Flip it: a fairy tale

Flip it: a fairy taleis a holistic educational programme that tackles gender stereotypes and discrimination, the acceptance of diversity and freedom of expression. The main priority of the programme is to empower creativity and imagination by involving children in projects and games.

9 y.o. students of 35th Primary School of Athens participate in 13 complete sessions. Nine (9) of them are workshops, one (1)is for the preparation of an exhibition by and with the children, two (2) are for the preparation of a performace and, finally, one (1) is the final event-presentation to the whole school community.

Designed by Lambrini Georgiou, (Εducator), Ioanna Nikolaidou (Early Childhood Educator)
Lambrini Georgiou (teacher), Sophia Konstantopoulou (communicator), Persa Zacharia (visual artist, theatrologist)

Under the auspices and with the funding of the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Greece.

Educational Goals

Children are expected to:

identify gender stereotypes within the repetitive structure of classical fairy tales and reflect critically on it,
interact in an entertaining way and, in a safe environment, reflect on the impact of stereotypical gender perceptions on their choices, behaviours and relationships,
be empowered in recognising their own preferences alongside those of others and to develop skills of equal cooperation and a desire to establish healthy social relationships,
cultivate their critical thinking, freedom of expression and emotional empathy for all that is different and different, and to
assert their right to strengthen their self-confidence in their everyday choices.

The school community is expected to:

transform the classroom and the school into an environment that provides freedom of expression for all, regardless of age, gender or cultural background,
promote participatory decision-making processes,
encourage participants and stakeholders to express themselves in public through the final performance,
prevent and addressing discrimination based on gender expression,
prevent and addressing gender stereotyping and bullying, and
compile a dossier to be submitted to the Institute of Educational Policy (IEP) with a view to producing educational content for schools.

Κοινωνική ανάγκη

Τα έμφυλα στερεότυπα και οι προκαταλήψεις ορίζουν τις συμπεριφορές και την καθημερινότητά μας. Τα κορίτσια-πριγκίπισσες οφείλουν να είναι καθωσπρέπει και όμορφες, ενώ τα αγόρια-πρίγκιπες δυνατά και θαρραλέα. Αυτοί οι έμφυλοι διαχωρισμοί αποτυπώνονται στην ψυχοσύνθεση των παιδιών από τα πρώτα κιόλας χρόνια της ζωής τους μη επιτρέποντάς τους να αναπτύξουν την αυτοεικόνα τους με τρόπο που να τα εκφράζει. Παιδιά που στέκονται κριτικά στους έμφυλους διαχωρισμούς γίνονται ενδυναμωμένα ενήλικα άτομα που δρουν με σεβασμό στην ελευθερία και τη μοναδικότητα κάθε ατόμου. Το εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα που προτείνει το Genderhood αποτελεί μία δυναμική πρόταση προς αυτή την κατεύθυνση.