Key Competences in Socio-Cultural and Educational Inclusion of Disadvantaged Groups
Preparation:
The prospective participants will receive a list of materials (studies, books, articles, etc.) along with websites connected to the course content. Support information and detailed programme will be provided. Via e-mail a questionnaire will be sent to the participants in order to indicate their professional requirements, interests and expectations related to the subject of the course. They will be asked to prepare short Power-Point Presentation, showing their institution and/or their own experience in the subject matter of the training event.
Objectives:
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To contribute to the promotion of inclusive education and training policies and practices in contexts of social and cultural diversity;
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To study the Role of Teachers in Inclusive Education: interaction between learners and teachers; the disposition, skills, knowledge and motivation of teachers in adopting new approaches the education of students from various economic, cultural and experiential backgrounds;
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To emphasize on Teachers’ input as a paramount in ensuring any real changes in practice, and hence impacts on the outcomes of learning;
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To identify the challenges and to draft the related policy of overcoming the problems faced;
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To increase teachers’ competence in recognizing, accommodating and valuing diversity in the classroom and wider society to enhance teachers’ competence to overcome discrimination, exclusion and disadvantage in education;
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To lead to widest possible understanding of inclusion in education and training in order to capture the full scope of related problems and accommodate the specific problems of diverse disadvantaged groups;
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To develop an approach that is balanced between the general pluralism and equal opportunities perspectives;
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To acquire knowledge of Education (Formal, Non-formal, Informal) as a Tool for Democratization, Stabilization, Inclusion and Promotion of Tolerance and Intercultural Understanding;
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To perceive educational inclusion as a process of increasing and encouraging participation and decreasing exclusion, whereby participation means greater recognition, acceptance and respect along with inclusion in the learning process and social activities in a way that enables an individual to develop a sense of belonging to society;
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Mapping of Policies and Practices for Teachers’ Preparation for inclusive education;
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To improve teacher education systems including initial teacher education, induction, mentoring and continuing professional development;
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Strengthen the profession and ensure the quality of teacher educators;
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To develop the key competences in disadvantaged groups; the assessment of their competences and the identification of the gap between the “starting competences” and the competences they should have to be integrated in society;
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To create an individual learning path for the learners to accompany them in the best way through this learning process;
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To provide our target groups with learning opportunities through non formal education and experiential learning;
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To increase the skills of teachers and trainers about the assessment and recognition of competences, the pedagogical approaches to work with disadvantaged groups and the valorization of the competences acquired in a non formal and informal context;
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To explore examples of good EU/world practices and experiences in the field of educational inclusion of disadvantaged groups.
Methodology:
The methodological approach implicates:
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Team – Building Sessions;
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Group Discussions;
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Activities of research about EU policy for recognition and validation of competences;
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Assessment of the "entry" competences and creation of individual learning pathway for the learners;
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Problem – Solving Activities;
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Debates;
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Questioning;
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Goal – Setting sessions;
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Decision – Making Sessions;
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Action – Based Strategies;
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Brainstorming;
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Star bursting;
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Planning an Structuring;
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Negotiation and Persuasion;
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Ice – Breaker Sessions,
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Self – Motivation Sessions;
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Tests.
Follow-up:
A mailing list of participants will be created after the course and they will be encouraged to remain in contact with the trainers and with their fellow participants, as long as to establish future partnerships and projects, related to Erasmus+. Self-evaluation materials will be provided. At the end of the course the participants will accomplish a questionnaire in order to get a detailed feedback for the effectiveness of the training event. They will be asked to present an action agenda on the method of implementing the key learning points into their professional practice. A Facebook group will be formed for discussions and sharing of ideas and good practices after the workshop. The participants will be given the opportunity to transmit the knowledge and experience achieved to their colleagues and by this to assist in the dissemination of the leaning results and outcomes.
Programme of training activities day-by-day:
Day 1 – SUNDAY Arrival and accommodation at the hotel: Ice – breaking meeting
Day 2 – MONDAY
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome and registration
10:00 – 11:00 Introduction: THE EIGHT DOMAINS OF KEY COMPETENCES (1 hour)
11:00 – 13:00 Questionning and discussion: Who are the disadvantaged groups in participants’ countries? What sectors they tend to be excluded from? How much? What are the main reasons of this exclusion?
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:00 Guided City Tour
Day 3 – TUESDAY
09:30 – 10:00 Team-building session
10:00 – 13:00 Main reasons of the inclusion of disadvantaged groups; Approaches of non-formal and informal education (3 hours)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:00 Motivational Strategies (3 hours)
Day 4 – WEDNESDAY
09:30 – 10:00 Team-building session
10:00 – 13:00 INCLUSION OF MIGRANTS THROUGH MUTUAL RELIGIOUS UNDERSTANDING (3 hours)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00 Understanding Group Needs and Characteristics as well as Group Resources (1 hour)
15:00 – 17:00 INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES I: RAISING CULTURAL AWARENESS (2 hours)
Day 5 – THURSDAY
09:30 – 10:00 Team-building session
10:00 – 13:00 INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES II: UNCONSCIOUS PERCEPTION PATTERNS (3 hours)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:00 MENTORING: A GUIDE TO GREATER CIVIC PARTICIPATION (3 hours)
Day 6 – FRIDAY
09:30 – 10:00 Team-building session
10:00 – 13:00 INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCES III: ENHANCING EMPATHY IN INTERCULTURAL
ENCOUNTERS (3 hours)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:00 Final Session: TEST; Feedback, course evaluation and dissemination focus; Farewell
Day 7 – SATURDAY Departure day
