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TEACHING EUROPEAN VALUES THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING:

CASE OF JEAN MONNET MODULE EUVOLIA

Olena Tupakhina

JMM EUVOLIA Co-Coordinator

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Values Shift Trajectory in Ukraine (European Social Survey) [Bryndza, 2017]

Survivalist values: social safety and stability, traditions and rules inherited once and for all

Openness to change: independent thinking and actions, originality, life satisfaction

Self-esteem: social status, income rate, power and personal success

Self-transcendence values: shared benefits, common good, human rights, human dignity

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Ukrainian population (18+) structure based on dominant values (SOCIS survey based on World Values Survey), 2015 [Bryndza, 2017]

Safety, wealth, material assets, being taken care of

(survivalist values)

Rational thinking, personal achievements, secularism

(secular and rational values)

Human dignity, human rights and freedoms, intangible benefits (self-expression values)

Tradition, group affiliation, well-tried remedies and decisions

(traditional values)

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JMM EUVOLIA Goals and Objectives

New Ukrainian School = New Teacher

European identity

Critical thinking

Cultural codes

«Values in action»

Experiential learning

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EUVOLIA Schwarz Values Survey (2018)�top 5 priorities�

Students	National average (SOCIS, 2015)	EU average (Atlas of European Values, 2017)
Personal and national safety	Personal and national safety	Harmonious coexistence
Moral values	Income	Legal equity
Leadership	Power over people and resources	Ecological safety
Legal equity	Social justice	Personal freedom
Social justice	Love/friendship	Social justice

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EUVOLIA incoming students survey �(2018-2020, 126 respondents)

Have you ever heard of European Values?

Constantly come across it in various media and study it systematically through the university curriculum

From time to time, mostly from media

Occasionally

Never

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To what extent do you understand the concept of European Values?

Well aware of it

General understanding

Basic knowledge

No idea at all

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Утилітаризм

Individualism

Atheism

Rationalism

Capitalism

Democracy

Tolerance

Rule of Law

Gender equality

Personal freedom

Rational egoism

Religion

Tradition

Rule of force

Utilitarianism

Independence

Secularism

Empathy

Every man for himself

Money runs the world

Globalism

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To what extent did the Ukrainian society embrace the European values, based on your own experience?

To a full extend

Major part

Minor part, but would embrace the rest within the next two or three generations

Rejects European Values and won’t embrace it any time soon

No need to embrace European Values, because they are a threat to our national values

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Teaching Values: Traps of Tradition

Formal and dogmatic approaches
Lack of critical thinking development practices
Lack of self-reflection practices
“Official double-think”
Stigmatizing “otherness”
Lack of interdisciplinary ties in Humanities and Social Sciences = pixelized vision of historical, cultural, political and economical processes

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Double-think: EUVOLIA survey, 2019

Corruption is a threat (92%)

Having a helping hand on the top (31,5%)
Praising desk officials with gifts (36,3%)
Family ties over legal mechanisms (21%)

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EUVOLIA Basic Principles

Cultural product as a values case study

Critical thinking: projection and analysis

Close reading: understanding contexts

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EUVOLIA Task Types

Body Swap: changing the protagonist’s gender

Devil’s Advocate: confronting the tradition

Time Machine: restaging the plot in modern times

Deus ex Machina: saving the day by modern means

Court Hearing: discussing pros and cons

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EUVOLIA Group Projects

Get a team of 5 and register your project

Pick a product: modern Ukrainian movie, TV show, book, song, ad etc.

Find out what set of values it is based upon

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EUVOLIA Group Projects: Performance Algorythm�

What is the product about? Who and what for was it designed?

Messages

Who designed the product? When and under what circumstances was it designed? How does it look from another cultural/time perspective?

Contexts

Looks, speech, behaviour, motivations
Set of values

Agents

Background, driving forces, winners and losers

Conflict

Product’s ideology

Oppositions

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EUVOLIA Group Projects: Oppositions Chart

Bechdel test, gender stereotypes

Male vs Female

Prioritized social behavior strategies

Collective vs Individual

Marginalization or inclusion?

I vs The Other

Source of authority, locations, technologies

Modern vs Traditional

Determinism or Voluntarism?

Emotional vs Rational

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EUVOLIA Group Projects (2019-20)

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Low quality of mass market cultural products in terms of axiological encoding

My set of values depends on external influence

Values of people outside my filter bubble

Art, state and ideology interrelations

Genesis of European Values

Transitive nature of values

Responsible consumption of cultural products