Cultural diversity is a growing reality in education, requiring inclusive and responsive teaching practices. Educators play a key role in creating environments where all learners feel valued and supported.

The Easy Together project, funded by the Erasmus+ programme, aimed to facilitate inclusion and education of children with fewer opportunities and promote multicultural understanding and tolerance.

A practical and accessible handbook for teachers on the inclusion of culturally diverse children was developed and made available in English, Romanian and Czech. The handbook includes 40 structured methodology sheets, each offering ready-to-use activities and approaches. The handbook was distributed to 400 schools and evaluated by 57 teachers.

The methods are based on real classroom experience and combine formal and non-formal education approaches. This makes them practical, engaging and adaptable to different learning contexts. Teachers can use them to respond to diverse needs and abilities.

The project has also developed interactive and playful learning tools, which have been distributed to 496 schools and evaluated by 90 teachers.

• A series of educational quizzes bring diversity-related topics closer to children (in Czech and Romanian).
• Online educational games help build vocabulary and cultural awareness (available in up to 16 languages).
• Imagination Cards and Talk Together Cards foster storytelling, communication and empathy (in Czech, Romanian and English).

Project impact

For partner organisations, the project strengthened institutional capacity for international collaboration and communication, and enhanced staff’s practical know-how, contributing significantly to the organisations’ long-term development.

Feedback from teachers, learners and other stakeholders was positive, highlighting the relevance and effectiveness of the project results. Children from migrant, refugee and minority backgrounds benefited from the educational materials and activities, which project partners continue using beyond the project’s life cycle.

The Easy Together project shows that inclusion begins with understanding. By creating multilingual educational materials and sharing good practices across Europe, we help teachers and children build classrooms where diversity is seen as a strength, not a barrier.

— Sevdalina Kovářová Kostadinova, Spolek Zaedno

Are you interested in learning more about how to improve your school’s inclusion policies and practices? Have a look at the self-assessment tool on inclusion and wellbeing; its targeted questions aim to improve school success for all and foster an inclusive and healthy environment.