Inclusion and diversity

Multiculturalism: immigrants integration

A ten-day course on teaching multicultural classes and supporting the integration of immigrant students and their families. It works on cultural mediation, reading needs and cultural backgrounds, preventing misunderstandings and turning each person’s resources into learning, with visits to a vocational school and an integration project and a round table with school project coordinators.

10 days
Certificate of attendance
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Who it is for

Teachers of primary, secondary and vocational schools
Adult education teachers
Teacher trainers, careers officers, educational guides and counsellors
Headteachers, principals and managers of schools and of organisations offering adult or vocational education

What you will learn

Interpret the needs of immigrant students in relation to their path and personal projects
Understand the cultural background of everyone in the communication
Prevent misunderstandings and conflicts caused by language or migration
Recognise and value immigrants' cultural, personal and professional resources
Turn individual needs and resources into training programmes
Help immigrant students and families know their rights and the services available across the EU

By the end of the course, you will be able to

Act as a cultural mediator between school, students and families
Prevent and handle misunderstandings in multicultural classes
Plan learning that builds on immigrant students' own resources
Guide families towards their rights and the services available

Programme, day by day

Day 1Course opening

Introductory meeting: practical arrangements, timetable and venue
Acquaintance meeting and introduction of the host organisation

Day 2Needs and cultural backgrounds

Interpreting the immigrant student's needs for their path and personal projects
Interpreting the cultural background of those involved in communication

Day 3Resources and interaction

Recognising immigrants' cultural, personal and professional resources
Creating opportunities for interaction between cultures

Day 4Orientation and rights

Presenting the EU's history, culture and social approach to immigrants
Helping immigrant students and families with their rights and EU services

Day 5Vocational school

Professional visit to a vocational school
Workshop in the school

Day 6Integration projects

Professional visit to a multicultural integration project
Round table with coordinators of multicultural projects in schools

Day 7Cultural mediation

Cultural mediation
Analysing the needs and resources of the person receiving mediation
Cultural mediation workshop

Day 8Preventing misunderstandings

Identifying difficulties caused by language or migration
Facilitating exchange to prevent misunderstandings and conflicts

Day 9From needs to training

Turning each person's needs and resources into training programmes
Organising the school to meet cultural differences

Day 10Closing

Final workshop
Certificates ceremony

How the course runs

Predominantly active methodology
Case studies and practical examples
Group work
Activities built around the participants' personal and professional interests

Certificate of Attendance, issued by BragaMob, and Europass Mobility, issued by your school and completed with us. Accommodation, meals, transfers and cultural integration activities can be added to the course: your quote lists each service you choose. Dates on request.

Inclusion and diversity