Scope
Dealing with the integration of migrants and refugees in a national education system in an inclusive classroom.
ECVET points: 3.5
Target groups
Staff at all types of education and training organizations:
- Directors / headmasters
- School psychologists and counselors
- Administrative staff
- Teachers / trainers
Methodology
- Presentations
- Examples and case studies
- Workshops and exercises facilitated by the trainer
Thematic units
- Diversity and inclusion definition
- Diversity is a fact inclusion is choice
- Migrants and Refugees
- Myths and stereotypes
- Issues and challenges for teachers and community
- Creation of inclusive school
- The importance of sense of belonging
- Language and culture barriers
- Techniques to fill the gap between local students and immigrant students
- Class activities to support immigrant students
- Integrating Newly Arrived Migrants in Schools – Development Plan to support families
- Development Plan for integrating new migrants in school
Learning material
The learning material consists of presentations and support material in English language.
Cost
Tuition fee: 400 euro per person
The cost includes the learning material and the certificates: Certificate of completion, Europass Certificate Supplement, Europass Mobility.
All costs can be funded by Erasmus+ programme KA1 mobility of staff.
Cultural activities (optional)
Includes:
- a walking tour of Piraeus and welcome dinner,
Indicative menu: Cretan salad, zucchini fritters, sausage, cretan grilled cheese, cretan meat balls, pork slow roasted in the oven with sauce and herbs, served with mashed potatoes flavoured with mushroom truffle, traditional cretan pasta, dessert, wine / raki
PRICE per person: 25 euros (beer or other drinks are not covered, except those mentioned above)
- a guided tour of Athens, visit to Archaeological sites,
It includes: The Acropolis hill, Parthenon, the historical area of Plaka & Monastiraki: 3 hours guided tour
COST: 150€ divided to the number of participants. No transport costs or entrance ticket to Acropolis Hill are included.
- a common dinner in Athens,
Indicative menu: Feta wrapped with honey and sesame, greek salad, black eyed peas, octopus, calamari, cod croquettes, chicken strips, burger patties, orzotto with vegetables, wine and refreshments
PRICE per person: 30 euros (beer or other drinks are not covered, except those mentioned above)
The restaurants and menu may change depending on the availability and time of the year and the weather conditions.
The cost of local transportation and the entrance fees to sites and museums are not included.
Training sessions
Location | Dates | Cost |
Piraeus | 2-6/9/2024 | 400€ |
Piraeus | 31/3-4/4/2025 | 400€ |
Piraeus | 1-5/9/2025 | 400€ |
Further information
Lila Anthopoulou, tel: +30 2104286227, e-mail: lila@idec.gr
Course Features
- Lectures 71
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 5 days
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
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Day 1
- Welcome
- Presentation of participants
- Expectations from the training course
- Introduction to the training course, syllabus, methodology, learning outcomes.
- Understanding Diversity
- Culture
- Cultural diversity
- Linguistic & financial diversity
- Religious diversity
- Cultural shock
- Identity and social identity
- Values-Personal values
- Diversity and inclusion definition
- Diversity is a fact, inclusion is choice.
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Day 2
- Diversity and inclusion definition
- Diversity is a fact, inclusion is choice.
- Small presentation of participants schools
- Stereotypes-Prejudice and discrimination
- Migrant and Refugees
- Myths and stereotypes
- Ethnocentrism, xenophobia, and racism
- Human migration
- Reasons of Migration
- Migrants and Refuges
- Issues and challenges for teachers and community
- The Refugee problem
- Decisions by migrants are forced or voluntary activity.
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Day 3
- Emotional intelligence class
- The importance of sense of belonging
- Positive relationships
- The power of emotions
- Help students to recognise and express their emotions and feelings
- The iceberg of emotions and the iceberg of behaviour
- Students’ self-esteem
- Self-esteem Rosenberg test
- Communication
- Language and culture barriers
- Culture differences in Non-verbal communication
- Personal space – Perception of time – Monochromic & polychromic cultures
- Feedback characteristics
- Different models for feedback
- G.R.O.W
- I.D.E.A
- S.B.I
- H.E.A.R.
- Sandwich
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Day 4
- Formal and non-formal education
- What is Inclusive school and what are the benefits?
- Teaching refugees and build empathy in class.
- Learning Style
- Teaching strategies
- Collaborative Learning
- Project based learning.
- Debate
- Flipped classroom method.
- Spaced learning method
- Inquiry learning
- Six thinking hats
- Emotional Freedom Technique
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Day 5
- New migrant students
- Needs of newly arrived migrants at school
- Breaking the ice and building group confidence
- Prepare yourself and your class.
- Support specific need of the new arrivals.
- Development Plan to support families.
- Bullying
- Help students cope with the stress of war.
- Future plan
- Reflection – evaluation of the training course
- Certificates – Europass Mobility
- Closure and farewell