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European School Education Platform
Course session in Madrid, celebrated in December 2023
Third-party on-site course

Inclusion and active citizenship in the primary school classroom

This is a 7-day hands-on, practical training for primary school teachers, which will empower participants with the skills and knowledge on how to organize relevant training activities for young learners, so that the teaching process meets everybody’s needs and complies with the characteristics of the inclusive classroom. Students will become more open-minded and acquire active citizenship skills.

21.12.2023
Next upcoming session:
02.12.2024 - 08.12.2024
Multiple locations
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Description

Children’s rights, diversity, tolerance, empathy, non-violence related issues and non-formal education teaching approaches have become even more important considering the diversity of our societies resulting from the migration flows in recent years and the long periods of distance learning. Schooling could play a key role in overcoming the historically developed negative attitudes to human differences and the lack of life communication and citizenship skills resulting from distance learning. The realization of this role suggests that teachers have the relevant knowledge, skills and tools.   This 7-day course will empower primary school teachers with the skills and knowledge how to organize relevant training sessions for their students so that the teaching process meets everybody’s needs. Students will become more open-minded and acquire active citizenship skills.   The course is the result of an Erasmus+ partnerships - cross-sectoral school education project Young Learners Embrace Social Inclusion and Social Involvement. The partners developed a Teachers’ Toolkit comprising 38 training resources distributed in 3 modules: Children’s Rights, Diversity and Social Inclusion, and Active Citizenship and Social Involvement.   Participants in the training course will have free-access to the ready-to-use training materials. Each topic is accompanied by a number of multimedia objects, e.g. animated cartoons, video clips, filmed drama performances and discussions, simulations, case studies as basis for discussions, interactive e-games, etc. Multimedia objects are ready-to-use materials meant to support teachers' work as mediators in the trainings. The multimedia resources are described with the corresponding characteristics as learning objects in the Toolkit.   After the training course, participants will be supported in the practical implementation of the newly acquired skills and competences. 

Learning objectives

  1. Getting deeper in the specifics of the Inclusive Classroom’s major characteristics.
  2. Learning what the 3 Hs of the inclusive teacher are.
  3. Getting the knowledge of basics in Children’s Rights, Diversity and Involvement education through the topics in the Teachers' Toolkit.
  4. Mastering skills which will enable them to discuss with their students questions on existing notions of human differences in modern society and run relevant activities choosing from the ones suggested in the Teachers’ Toolkit considering the local context.
  5. Getting to know non-formal education teaching approaches and start using them not only in the suggested civic education trainings but also in the routine teaching process.
  6. Responsibly accepting a code of behaviour so that all their actions and interactions bear respect to students’ individuality by participating in the course training sessions together with a diverse group of European teachers.
  7. Learn more about the challenges Spanish teachers have faced in designing an inclusive environment through the planned sessions with the involvement of Spanish teachers.
  8. Learn how to work in international teams through the group and pair activities.

Methodology & assessment

The training course is based on the use of non-formal education methods as an approach for delivering the contents. The general delivery method during the course is simulation of real lessons with students: during the 7-day training sessions there will be almost no lectures and presentations. Participants will, most of the time, step in the shoes of their students whereas the trainers will deliver the contents. This will provide trainees with first-hand experience how to deliver the trainings to their students after attending the course.

The pedagogical methods are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange.

Teachers will learn about and participate in implementing a diverse number of non-formal ways for delivering contents in which trainees are active participants, e.g. simulations, role plays, guided drama activities, theatre of the oppressed, interactive video resources, games, group and pair work, mind-mapping, creating artistic productions – collages, drawings, dances, poems/ prose, etc.

Local Spanish teachers will participate in specialized sessions during which they will talk about their experiences and provide some first-hand tips and support to the course participants. Local visits to schools and inclusion centres could be organized depending on the participants’ needs and the availability of the host organizations.

Certification details

At the end of the course, each participant will receive a certificate of attendance and a Europass Mobility Certificate. We will support the participants in the certification process by delivering a special session devoted to Europass mobility certificates, as well as in the validation of learning outcomes process by providing mentors to all trainees during the implementation process when they will deliver trainings to their students using the Teachers’ Manual topics. We will provide photos from the training course delivery and a selection of videos that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes. The lesson plans and all digital resources will be freely available to the trainees for prospective trainings and re-dissemination among colleagues and students.

Pricing, packages and other information

  • Price:
    560
    Euro
  • Package contents:
    Course

Additional information

  • Language:
    English
  • Target audience ISCED:
    Primary education (ISCED 1)
    Lower secondary education (ISCED 2)
  • Target audience type:
    Teacher
    Head Teacher / Principal
    School Psychologist
  • Learning time:
    5-10 hours

Upcoming sessions

  • Starting on 02.12.2024 - Ending on 08.12.2024
    Planned
    in

    Madrid

    , Spain
  • Starting on 14.04.2025 - Ending on 20.04.2025
    Planned
    in

    Madrid

    , Spain

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