Basic module
Introduction to intercultural education:
- Clarification of terms like „culture”, „multicultural”, „intercultural” and „intercultural education”
- Phenomena at the point of cultural contact and strategies how to cope with them: intercultural differences, stereotypes, prejudice
- Possibilities of realizing intercultural projects by benefiting from financial aid of the German Polish Youth Office and the European Youth in Action Programme
Duration: 8 hours of lesson
Please note! You have to take part in the basic module in order to be allowed to join advanced modules.
Advanced module
Aiding the development of intercultural competences of children and youths:
- Specifics of work in intercultural classes
- Role as a teacher “appreciating diversity and sensitizing to diversity”
- Development of abilities necessary for the work with migrant children and polish children returning from abroad.
- Most typical difficulties occurring in intercultural classes. Strategies how to prevent them and how to cope with them (regarding especially specifics of adaption process of foreign pupils).
- Extended information on how to realize intercultural projects by benefiting from financial aid of the German Polish Youth Office and the European Youth in Action Programme.
Duration: 8 hours of lesson
Advanced module
Intercultural communication:
- Development of abilities for effective communication in various intercultural spheres (education, business, private sphere)
- Extension of knowledge concerning cultural dimensions, stereotypes and prejudice as well as understanding their impact on intercultural cooperation.
- Understanding and extension of abilities in order to analyze values, norms and schemes of behaviour. Perfection of abilities to “read” messages according to the communication code of a certain culture.
- Perfection of abilities to cope with misunderstandings and difficult situations in various intercultural situations.
Duration: 8 hours of lesson
Advanced module
Working in an intercultural team:
- Specifics of work in an intercultural team
- Extension of knowledge concerning cultural dimensions, stereotypes and prejudice and understanding their impact on intercultural cooperation.
- Perfection of abilities in coping with misunderstandings and difficult situations in various intercultural situations possibly occurring while working in an intercultural team.
- Benefits generated by diversity in an intercultural team.
Duration: 8 hours of lesson
Advanced module
Stereotypes and their effect on intercultural contacts:
- Obtainment of knowledge of what stereotypes are, how they start to exist and what characterizes them.
- Analysis of the role of stereotypes in the life of people as well as how to oppose their negative consequences.
- Consideration of differences between stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination.
- Presentation of processes in which stereotypes change to prejudice and furthermore to discrimination in intercultural contacts.
- Effect of social stigma on victims – Consideration of behaviour typical for persons, who are bullied due to their membership to a certain group.
- Perfection of abilities in order to prevent stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination in intercultural contacts.
Duration: 8 hours of lesson