Profile of the participants:

The participants are teachers (working in kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools etc.) or adult trainers active in the sending organization interested in Digital learning, inclusion and in growing a creative and intercultural environment in their institutions, with or without previous experience, willing to develop themselves professionally not only through the course, but by involving themselves in preparatory and follow up activities. They must be interested in other cultures and in developing the institution’s European dimension.

Objectives:
-    To develop competences regarding applying non-formal education activities and techniques in different formal settings in order to encourage inclusion
-    To Understand the dimensions of incorporation/integration, identity and belonging
-    To develop skills for dialogue, tolerance and collaboration, using games and exercises;
-    To develop communication, collaboration, presentation, problem-solving, negotiation, critical & creative thinking skills;
-    To overcome integration barriers such as poor qualifications and language which may harm immigrants/refugees;
-    To share best practices and transfer knowledge and methods between different cultural zones and different learner ages regarding successful inclusive approaches
-    To develop the participants’ competences of ensuring harmonious group building (taking into account diversity challenges) and transforming the class as a group into a team by usage of non-formal group dynamics
-    To develop better understanding of their own competence as teachers and to develop creative intercultural strategies for dealing with inclusion challenges in their own schools and classrooms
-    To help teachers understand the students different realities and better integrate them in the classroom
-    To be better aware of inclusion issues in different cultures
-    To supply tools that will help create bonds between the students and the teacher in a way that every student feels included
-    To promote the use mediation and negotiation tools in the fight against exclusion of people with fewer opportunities
-    To promote European cooperation in the field of education within the framework of the Erasmus+ program by partnership building