2 (BACKGROUND)
In community life; human relations take an important place. It makes courtesy, delicacy a necessity of its nature; It is obvious that people who know how to respect him first and then to others will be able to provide their needs more easily and will be more happy. In order for our children to be notorious, gentle ladies and gentlemen, in the line extending to the future; courtesy education is of great importance.
The purpose of this study is to raise awareness of the participant students about gentle behavior towards other people through various activities and to promote empathy. With this training, it is aimed to ensure that students produce solutions to problems and to organize their lifestyles in order to reduce these problems in daily life.
3. METHODS
The students participating in the project were stimulated first to reflect upon their classmates behaviors and their own behaviors, next related home behaviors and last about BEHAVIORS in pandemy. They were watched about courtesy videos. Students consisting of mixed country team groups; They prepared concept maps. Students in schools prepared case study drama videos. The drama topic was always born from real situation lived by students. Through drama they represented incorrect and correct BEHAVIORS, their discussions and their proposed solutions. Next they sent the video to the students of the other country. Along with the video, teachers prepared a task for the students about the video. The students participated in the test after watching these videos sent to them. Students from different countries came together and designed various products to raise awareness about gentle behavior.
During the activities, students were only guided within their needs and special needs; their products have been evaluated. They developed self confidence, autonomy, divergent thinking. Courtesy training process was closely followed through evaluations.