Supporting Diversity: Intercultural Classroom Management 

Daily Program

Day 1 – Culture and identity
Introduction to the course, the school, and the external week activities;
Icebreaker activities;
Presentations of the participants’ schools;
Needs and expectations evaluation;
Intercultural classroom as a new challenge for teachers;
Exploring Identity and Culture in the classroom;
Sharing experiences and challenges in your work.

Day 2 – Intercultural communication and stereotypes
Learning about cultural patterns;
Intercultural communication;
High and low context cultures;
Stereotypes and prejudices: their role in the perception process;
Confronting personal prejudices.

Day 3 – Building teachers’ capacities related to anti-discrimination and equality
Learning about EU anti-discrimination legal framework;
Recognizing discrimination – practical empowerment exercises;
Legal protection in case of discrimination;
Understanding your responsibility to preventing discrimination in the group and work environment.

Day 4 – Building teachers’ competencies with storytelling
The role of empathy in human relations;
Storytelling as a tool for intercultural awareness;
Storytelling and social change;
Story circles and intercultural competence development.

Day 5 – Raising awareness and respect for the inclusive classroom
Key competencies for an inclusive classroom;
Emotional investigation;
Practical exercises for building teachers’ capacity.

Day 6 – Course closure & cultural activities
Course evaluation: round-up of acquired competencies, feedback, and discussion;
Awarding of the course Certificate of Attendance;
Excursion and other external cultural activities.

Who is it for?
This Erasmus Plus training course is suitable for teachers, trainers and educators who want to build trust, and allow the students to enter the story where they are, making them more open to learning.

Language proficiency
This Erasmus Plus training course is best suited for those with at least a A2 level. All of the materials will be presented in English.

Methodology
With the aim to involve active participation and achieve the best learning experience, the course methodology is based on dynamic, innovative and creative methods of experiential learning.
It consists of:

Theoretical work If you do not know what you are talking about, you will not be able to apply it. Nowadays, more and more emphasis is put on practical learning, yet theory is a necessity. You have to know the background of a subject to be able to pinpoint its challenges.

Practical work Through practical workshops and interactive tasks you will gain personal experience that will help you understand and implement ideas in your own work.

Coaching Each participant in the course will get the opportunity to receive direct feedback from our coaches. These individual consultations will result in being able to better position your skills in your respected organisation.

Each program starts on Monday morning and finishes on Friday evening with Sathurday being optional for enjoing cultural activities. Throughout the course, besides training, we will promote professional networking through a variety of social and cultural activities.

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