Connect & Comfort
What is this project about?
[Topic] Students explore the major concerns they experience in school life (academic stress, career anxieties, and peer relationship issues) as well as potential solutions. 1. Investigating Current Conditions & Drafting Questions * Students draft int...
- Age of Students
- 13-15 years, 16-18 years
- Project Duration
- 3 weeks
- Starting Month
- September 2026
This project contributes to the following global goals
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify and describe major school-related concerns and their sources across different cultural and educational contexts through collaborative interviews with international peers.
Students will be able to demonstrate emotional intelligence by applying active listening and empathetic communication techniques when analyzing peer concerns from their partner class.
Students will be able to analyze and compare how students from different countries experience and address academic stress, career anxieties, and peer relationship challenges.
Students will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of potential peer-to-peer support initiatives based on research findings and intercultural feedback from their international collaborators.
Students will be able to design and co-create an innovative, culturally-responsive peer support initiative with their partner class that addresses shared student concerns and demonstrates sustainable impact.
Skills to develop
Project Activities
Mapping Student Concerns Across Cultures
Students share their own school-related stressors (academic, career, peer relationships) and learn about their partner class's concerns through a guided video introduction and asynchronous forum exchange. This sets the stage for collaborative research and builds empathy across contexts.
Co-Designing Interview Questions & Conducting Peer Research
Students collaboratively draft interview questions with their partner class, conduct structured interviews or surveys with peers in both schools, and compile findings on how students experience and cope with stress, career anxiety, and relationship challenges. They document patterns and differences in responses.
Analyzing Findings & Proposing Peer Support Solutions
Students compare research data from both classes, identify common concerns and cultural differences, and brainstorm innovative peer-to-peer support initiatives (e.g., shared Padlet of stress-relief tips, co-produced encouragement video, care package exchange). They select the most feasible and impactful initiative to co-create.
Co-Creating & Launching the Peer Support Initiative
Students work with their partner class to produce and launch their chosen initiative in real time, whether a shared digital resource, video challenge, or care package exchange. They document the process and gather initial feedback from peers on how the initiative affects them.
Reflecting on Impact & Sharing Learning
Students reflect on the effectiveness of their peer support initiative, present their research findings and co-created solution to the school community, and discuss what they learned about emotional intelligence, cross-cultural collaboration, and sustainable peer care.