The Toolbox is aimed at supporting teachers in including intercultural learning in any activity run in the school. Whatever the activity, what is most important are the intercultural competences of teachers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n To develop your skills which are essential to facilitate intercultural learning you can attend a training offered by the project partners<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n The toolbox is not meant to be an exhaustive tool: it promotes a method to include an intercultural dimension to the educating practices, and provides examples of activities to implement for this purpose.<\/p>\n The Toolbox is available in English, French, German and Italian and is now being\u00a0tested in 8 European countries until June 2018. Therefore the version you find online is a first draft which will then be improved o the basis of feedback received.\u00a0Here is the brochure about the Toolbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”246″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1500912268251{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vcex_teaser heading=”Objectives” img_size=”full”]<\/p>\n [\/vcex_teaser][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vcex_teaser heading=”Target group” img_size=”full”]Educators within the secondary school system, hereafter referred to as \u2018school staff\u2019. These can be different depending on the school system of the country. In most of the European countries, the target groups would be headmasters, teachers who are in charge of a class (headteachers), teachers, educators coming in for specific projects, educators from outside of school cooperating with the school.[\/vcex_teaser][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1500912268251{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}”][vc_column][vcex_teaser style=”four” text_align=”center” heading=”EXPLORE THE TOOLBOX” img_size=”full” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fintercultural-learning.eu%2Ftoolbox-explore%2F|||” hover_animation=”grow” border_color=”#dd9933″][\/vcex_teaser][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1500912268251{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1521114182752{padding-top: 25px !important;}”]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1500911994594{background-color: #f2f2f2 !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vcex_teaser style=”four” text_align=”center” heading=”Intercultural competence” img_size=”full” hover_animation=”grow” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fintercultural-learning.eu%2Finterculturalcompetence%2F|||” border_color=”#efcf00″]Intercultural competence is understood as the\u00a0ability to mobilise and deploy relevant attitudes, skills and knowledge in order to interact effectively and appropriately in different intercultural situations<\/strong>.\u00a0(D.K. Deardoff, The SAGE book of intercultural competence; CoE, Competences for democratic culture).\u00a0<\/em>See more\u00a0here<\/a>.[\/vcex_teaser][vcex_teaser style=”four” text_align=”center” heading=”Overall pedagogical project” img_size=”full” hover_animation=”grow” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fintercultural-learning.eu%2FPortfolio-Item%2Fself-assessment-questionnaire%2F|||” border_color=”#efcf00″]The Toolbox activities should be combined together in\u00a0an overall pedagogical project aimed at intercultural learning, based on the identified needs of the school, and not conducted as one-off activities<\/strong>, eg. students should develop their intercultural competence through a mix of learning mobility experiences, cross-curricular activities and subject specific activities.[\/vcex_teaser][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vcex_teaser style=”four” text_align=”center” heading=”competence based” img_size=”full” hover_animation=”grow” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fintercultural-learning.eu%2Ftoolbox-competences%2F|||” border_color=”#efcf00″]The Toolbox activities refer to competences<\/a> which are subdivided into 4 different groups: values, attitudes, skills and knowledge. The competences were taken from the model outlined in the competence framework called \u00ab Competences for democratic culture. Living together as equal in culturally diverse democratic societies \u00bb designed by the Council of Europe.[\/vcex_teaser][vcex_teaser style=”four” text_align=”center” heading=”Promotion of volunteering and active citizenship” img_size=”full” hover_animation=”grow” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fintercultural-learning.eu%2FPortfolio-Item%2Fpartners-and-references-for-intercultural-projects-in-high-schools%2F|||” border_color=”#efcf00″]The Toolbox activities should be run in cooperation with out-of-school educational organisations promoting\u00a0active citizenship and volunteering. <\/strong>Here <\/a>you can access a list of organisations that you might want to involve.[\/vcex_teaser][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vcex_teaser style=”four” text_align=”center” heading=”Whole school approach” img_size=”full” hover_animation=”grow” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fintercultural-learning.eu%2Ftoolbox-whole-school-approach%2F|||” border_color=”#efcf00″]Including intercultural learning in all aspects of the school life. This means that the activities of the toolbox are meant to be conducted with the\u00a0cooperation and involvement of all the stakeholders within the school and in the local community<\/strong>, eg. teachers and students, parents, non-formal education organisations expert on intercultural learning and mobility.[\/vcex_teaser][vcex_teaser style=”four” text_align=”center” heading=”Feedback” img_size=”full” hover_animation=”grow” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fintercultural-learning.eu%2Fevaluationmethods-2%2F|||” border_color=”#efcf00″]the Toolbox activities are based on the culture of feedback between learners and teachers, therefore evaluation at the end of each activity is always included.\u00a0Suggestions on how to carry on\u00a0visual evaluation<\/strong>\u00a0with students is present at this link<\/a>;[\/vcex_teaser][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vcex_teaser style=”four” text_align=”center” heading=”Reference to national school curriculum” img_size=”full” hover_animation=”grow” url=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fintercultural-learning.eu%2F%3Fpage_id%3D2330|||” border_color=”#efcf00″]The activities are referenced to the\u00a0learning objectives of the secondary school curriculum of the country where they are implemented<\/strong>. This will allow teachers, headmasters and educators to better integrate the activities in their lessons and the school programme. This feature will be made available in September 2018. In the meantime, if you want to know more about the national legislation in different European countries regarding the promotion of intercultural learning at school, click here<\/a>.[\/vcex_teaser][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n We can all learn from each other. Good practices in Scotland may be applicable in Turkey. A teacher in France may help a concerned school head in Hungary. Counsellors in the UK may learn from their colleagues in Slovenia.<\/p>\n Please send us your info, so we can get in touch with you about submitting your good practices.[\/vc_column_text]\u00a0
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