Activities of Marlene MIZZI related to 2015/2138(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Learning EU at school (A8-0021/2016 - Damian Drăghici)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that investing in a generation of knowledge-thirsty young people will produce a generation of youngsters willing to educate themselves, and to aim for academic achievements, and that it will reduce the number of school drop outs; is of the opinion, that in order to nurture generations of employable, flexible, qualified job and career seekers, education should go beyond the class room;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that making children aware of the potential of the outside world, – a world they might have heard of but never dreamt of visiting – would in turn stimulate a yearning for learning and study about other cultures, the arts, languages and customs; stresses that one way of promoting European cultures, languages and values to children at a very young age is through school and extracurricular activities in other countries and cultures, while being a part of the national school curriculum activities;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Is of the opinion that school visits to other countries at a very young age would provide children with the unique opportunity to have a direct contact and a first-hand experience with the diversity of different European cultures, languages and history; recalls that the Erasmus+ programme does not cover mobility of very young children, and therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to explore the possibility of fine tuning the school curricula to include targeted school visits to other countries, so that in their school-lifetime, children would have been exposed to other cultures at least once;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the sharing of best practices among Member States in combating discrimination and prejudice on the basis of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age and disability in educational settings, including by evaluating teaching materials, anti- bullying policies and anti-discrimination policies;