Working with Culturally Diverse Group. Workshops 380-ERA-7JEN

Aim of the course:

The main purpose of this course is to develop students’ competences from the field of work methodology with culturally diverse group

During the classes students will be able to learn (in an active way) about:

- processes taking place in cultural diverse settings;
- the challenges in the field of designing educational process in culturally diverse group;
- the process and rules of designing educational work with culturally diverse group;
- the methods characteristic for the intercultural education (used in the group of school children and teenagers);
- the examples of the projects and programmes directed to culturally diverse groups (including educational innovations).

Topics:

1. The meaning of the terms: culture, multicultural society, culturally diverse group, intercultural competence (2h).
2. The cultural diversity in the context of designing work with culturally diverse group (including the specificity of the north-eastern part of Poland and countries of the course participants) (4h).
3. Different cultures learning process on the basis of Edward T. Hall's Cultural Iceberg Model (2h).
4. Software of the mind (?) The dimensions of national cultures by Geert Hofstede (2h).
5. Packing a backpack with intercultural tools. The process of acquiring intercultural competences (2h).
6. Stranger and Other in the class. Attitudes towards Otherness and the role of the teacher in the educational process (2h).
7. Examples of governmental solutions which support students with migrant backgrounds (including refugees) in European countries (field of formal education) (4h).
8. The process and rules of designing work with a culturally diverse group (2h).
9. The examples of projects and programmes directed to culturally diverse groups (including educational innovations) (4h).
10. The examples of schools working with culturally diverse groups (4h).
11. Potential, challenges and difficulties related to work with a culturally diverse group. (2h).

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