The Introductory for Beekeeping Tradition as an Educational Tool is intended to provide teachers a framework for understanding both the scope of the project and the conceptual components of Beekeeping Tradition. The project is broken into four parts: (i) Introduction to BTET; (ii) Beekeeping tradition book for teachers; (iii) Community engagement; and (iv) Video awareness.
National
Albania
Municipality of Gjirokastra, Albania
It addresses urban-rural linkages
It refers to other types of transformations (soft investment)
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As an individual in partnership with other persons
First name: Kristina Last name: Llane Gender: Female Nationality: Albania Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Rr Rilindasve, Ap. 11 Town: Gjirokastra Postal code: 6001 Country: Albania Direct Tel:+355 69 424 9603 E-mail:k.llane@yahoo.com
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New European Bauhaus or European Commission websites
Beekeeping in elementary school is a project that has in focus to the importance of inheriting the bees keeping and the culture of the Gjirokastra area which is known as Zagori about the beekeeping and environment, the difficulties that bees are facing because of losing the tradition and the importance that a clean environment has in them. Five elementary schools will be part of the project, 5 classes in each school; will learn more about the beekeeping, the love for the bees and the environment. These children will be part of discussions, activities and seminar for Beekeeping and environment and through their ideas and with the help of the teachers we will create an educational book for elementary school. This book will be as a kit for educational purpose for the teachers and will be in schools library. A final synchronous public exhibition will take place in Gjirokastra that will include the presentation of educational book for the schools and teachers and a panel discussion on how we can do more to protect and preserve our culture, tradition and the environment. The project will take place in Gjirokastra and it will start November 2021 and it will end May 10. 2021.
III. Technical Narrative (maximum 5 pages)
“For so work the honey-bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom.'- William Shakespeare. In the elementary school we do not want to teach them the order but how the bees communicate and work with each other and how these children, if they learn from the bees, we will have a better environment and more people loving and preserving the tradition of Beekeping.
History of the beekeeping in the area
Zagoria area is a mountainous area with a very favorable climate for bees. The environment in this area has a very rich variety of vegetation which gives very special properties to the taste of honey. Vegetation such as linden, various flowers,oregano, sage, etc grow in this area. In Zagori beekeeping has a long history.
preserving the tradition
educating the new generation for better future genration
helping the environment and the beekeeping tradition
Learning by doing
help the bees
The project will address the importance of keeping and preserving the tradition of beekeeping and the importance of the environment. These will be able through different workshop and seminar with teachers and children. Educational activities will be completed in 5 elementary schools where 5 classes will be part of the project. In total there will be 150 children taking part in the project. During the project there will be activities implemented from the children which are part of the project. They will introduce what they have learned to the other children of the school in the open hour classes.
Main objectives of the project are:
- Creating a monthly plan with teachers which will be used not only during the project timeline but to be part at their open hours for the years ahead. (Introducing the new generation to beekeeping traditions through activities and educational kit. - 10 hour classes and with activities for the bees and the environment.)
-Creating an educational tool like the book which will help the teacher to develop open hours during the biology or environment classes and making children more interested in this tradition, respecting it and the environment surround.(Educational book using the method learning by doing as a best method for children to learn and absorb better the information.)
- increasing community engagement through visits in project area where there are family that has a tradition of beekeeping.
- Increasing the knowledge and the awareness about the bees. (Creation of a promotional awareness video for the environment and beekeeping from the children and a panel with specialist who will discuss about the bee keeping tradition and the problems is facing nowadays. The creation of a method will help teachers years after year to work will new generation and to raise awareness in the community. This project intends to raise awareness about the bees, environment and the importance of preserving this tradition.
This project intends to raise awareness about the bees, environment and the importance of preserving this tradition. The target groups are children and teachers. they will learn about their culture and heritage; they will have a better understanding of beekeeping and environment that surround us. This project will not have only positive effect to children but mostly in their family. Teaching the children to love what is their culture and tradition is a huge step towards the beginning of learning on preserving what is inherited from generation to generation. The project will address the importance of keeping and preserving the tradition of beekeeping and the importance of the environment. These will be able through different workshop and seminar with teachers and children. Educational activities will be completed in 5 elementary schools where 10 classes will be part of the project. In total there will be 150 children taking part in the project. During the project there will be activities implemented from the children which are part of the project. They will introduce what they have learned to the other children of the school in the open hour classes.
The project will be implemented in urban and rural areas. In the rural areas the activities are minor than the engagement of the urban children in different activities that the schools provide. In this project the collaboration between children of rural areas and children of urban areas will contribute in creating more accessibility and inclusion environment for the children of rural area. During these years an awareness about the environment has been made from the government. Our initiative about the beekeeping tradition and environment will be an added value not only in the project area but also will be added as a part of the country initiative to protect the environment and help in global crises that the world is facing.
Previous generations have shown a very special care for the bee by inheriting this tradition from generation to generation. Long ago honey was harvested in two phases where the first phase was defined as flower honey and the second phase as oregano honey and this was quite clearly reflected in the honey color and taste. Beekeeping, the environment and the difficulties they face today
Today beekeeping faces a number of difficulties and one of the main elements is the environment and nature. Today people by not paying attention to nature make air pollution negatively affect bee livelihood. The bee is quite selective towards flowers and the environment where it requires a lot of cleanliness. If the surrounding environment is polluted the bee dies. In recent years elder people notice a very big difference from previous years and often times express if the bee disappears there is no life. If in previous years they did not use any kind of medicine for the protection of bees nowadays, they are obliged to buy the necessary medicines to fight various diseases faced by bees. The environment has undergone many changes. if previously the lands were cultivated where the vegetation flourished, today they have turned into lawns where the grass like clover has started to disappear, the trees like linden have been cut indiscriminately by human hands. The summer season has changed as it has become a fairly dry season and this negatively affects bees.
What I have learned through all these years from the bees I want to share that with children because I am very sure that learning in the early age about the bees, preserving the tradition and taking care of the environment will make these children better grown up, with the love for the bees’ community tradition and environment.
In the project the main stakeholders that have been engaged in the project were: Local :Regional Directory of Education, Regional Directory of Environment, Beekeeping expert, National: Video-maker expert which helped the children to gain knowledge in technology and creating a video content. The teachers and the community were engaged during the implementation phase of the project.
This project intends to raise awareness about the bees, environment and the importance of preserving this tradition. The target groups are children and teachers. they will learn about their culture and heritage; they will have a better understanding of beekeeping and environment that surround us. This project will not have only positive effect to children but mostly in their family. Teaching the children to love what is their culture and tradition is a huge step towards the beginning of learning on preserving what is inherited from generation to generation. The project will address the importance of keeping and preserving the tradition of beekeeping and the importance of the environment. These will be able through different workshop and seminar with teachers and children. Educational activities will be completed in 5 elementary schools where 10 classes will be part of the project. In total there will be 150 children taking part in the project. During the project there will be activities implemented from the children which are part of the project. They will introduce what they have learned to the other children of the school in the open hour classes.
This project intends to raise awareness about the bees, environment and the importance of preserving this tradition. This project will not have only positive effect to children but mostly in their family. Teaching the children to love what is their culture and tradition is a huge step towards the begging of learning on preserving what is inherited from generation to generation. Another initiative that its needed to be highlight is the component community which will be part of the project and will share will the new generation not only their knowledge but mostly the way of living, the protection of the environment, by remembering the past to build a better future together.
The project is designed that all the component of it can be replicated or transfer in other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This project can be easily replicated not only in different parts of Albania like the urban or rural areas but also it can be transferred and implemented in the Balkan countries either. If the project will be eligible for the price the project will be implanting in another area which include Saranda to Konispol. During the summer months this areas are suffering from the pollution, acoustic pollution and garbage pollution. The awareness and the engagement of community of these areas is really important as a driven factor in the support of the climate changes and the small steps that we can do together to change and to educate the future generations.
This project intends to raise awareness about the bees, environment and the importance of preserving this tradition. The target groups are children and teachers. they will learn about their culture and heritage; they will have a better understanding of beekeeping and environment that surround us. This project will not have only positive effect to children but mostly in their family. Teaching the children to love what is their culture and tradition is a huge step towards the begging of learning on preserving what is inherited from generation to generation. To monitor the project will apply quantitate and qualitative data such as :
Survey to understand the progress of the children. This survey will be developed from teachers and me in order to provide a better view of the knowledge that they have gained.
b. follow-up of documentation process
This would allow tracking of progress and any possible challenges.
c. Pre-evaluation it will be done during the 3rd month in order to evaluate the progress so far.
Both monitoring and evaluations would be summarized in final reports.
F. Communications Plan
The main type of communication will be the social media as
• facebook, instagram, and Linked-in for the stakeholders
• Local media
• Printable leaflets, which will be distributed in schools and community.
Each activity will be visible in media.
The project is addressing the climate crises which has a huge impact in the world and the same in our country. By implementing small steps in community and in the education process this project will help to rise the question of how important is the climate changes in our life and our planet. Through this project we will address the main important problems that the climate change has impact our lives and the environment and especially in the tradition of the beekeeping. creating a method which will be in use in the upcoming years will help to raise better children and ambassadors of protecting the environment and beekeeping as a really important factor for the global challenges.
Obj.1
Creating a monthly plan with teachers which will be used not only during the project timeline but to be part at their open hours for the years ahead. (Introducing the new generation to beekeeping traditions through activities and educational kit. - 10 hour classes and with activities for the bees and the environment.)
Outcome Indic.: Children and teacher are able to obtain more knowledge about the bees and the environment.
Output Indic.: Up to 5 teachers and 150 children will gain more knowledge through the seminars/workshop, 10 seminars will be conducted.
Objec. 2
Creating an educational tool like the book which will help the teacher to develop open hours during the biology or environment classes and making children more interested in this tradition, respecting it and the environment.(Educational book using the method learning by doing as a best method for children to learn and absorb better the information.)
Outcome Indic.: Creating a working plan based on the book for the schools which will help the teachers teaching about bees and environment.
Output Indic.: Increasing the knowledge about the bee and environment in 10 classes of 5 elementary schools in project area. 2000 books and a working plan printed.
Object. 3
- increasing community engagement through visits in Project area with families with a tradition in beekeeping.
Outcome Indic.: children and communities of the area will be engaged in discussion about the bees and environment
Output Indic.: Up to 150children will engage with the communities.
-up to 4families will explain their work with the bees and what problems they have
Objec. 4
- Increasing knowledge and the awareness about the bees.
Outcome Indic.: creating a video awareness about the beekeeping tradition and surrounding environment.
Output Indic.: up to 150children will learn how to create a video and with their engagement they will learn more about beekeeping tradition and the environment
Beekeeping is a very important component in the life of the planet and people. The bees are the one community that are struggling in this climate changes. During these 10 years, the tradition of beekeeping in Albania has become less and less part of Albanian families. Due to climate changes a lot of families have lost the tradition of beekeeping, one of the important thing is that the environment is polluted which really affect the life of the bees. In this project is tackled the beekeeping and the importance of environment. Different trainings with teachers and children will be conducted about the awareness of beekeeping and the environment. Brochure and leaflet will be created for the project area, and community meeting will be conducted to address the issues and to explain the importance of beekeeping and the environment.
