Project describtion

Schools are a place where children and adolescents with different social identities come together. They may, for example, vary in their social and cultural origin, religion, appearance, physical and mental abilities, gender, or sexual orientation. While the resulting diversity in schools finds more and more societal acknowledgement, the way students interact with each other still reflects certain social norms, leading to prejudice and discriminatory behavior towards single groups of people. For instance, racist, sexist, homophobic or body related insults are a daily occurrence in students everyday school life. The experience of such group-based victimization can have enormous negative impact on school performance (e.g., worse grades, higher truancy).
The project „Alle Achtung! Achtung für alle!” aims to conduct a school curriculum that helps to induce an appreciative and bias-free school climate where students can freely develop their identity without fear of being discriminated against. To this end, we want to get into conversation with school social workers, as well as students themselves, to create a curriculum based on their specific needs. In the further course of the project, the curriculum will be implemented and evaluated in schools to investigate whether it can lead to sustainable changes in school climate.

Team

• Prof. Dr. Caterina Gawrilow (University of Tübingen, Department of Psychology, School Psychology)
• Prof. Dr. Gertraud Stadler (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Gender in Medicine)
• Tomasz Moschko (University of Tübingen, Department of Psychology, School Psychology)

Project duration: 03/2021-12/2021