Students joining the workshops develop the following competences:
Knowledge
getting to know and understanding the idea and goals of intercultural education
getting to know and understanding the idea and the value of non-formal education
getting to know and understanding the most important terms in connection with intercultural education
getting to know phenomena at the point of cultural contact, understanding their impact on intercultural cooperation and learning strategies how to cope with them
expending knowledge of their own personal cultural background and its effect on their own personal world view and their own personal behaviour
expanding knowledge of possible misunderstandings in intercultural communication and strategies how to cope with them
Getting to know programmes helpful for realization of own intercultural projects
Abilities
ability to describe and explain cultural processes
ability to establish and build positive intercultural contacts
ability to adapt the own behaviour to a cultural context, capability of coping with ambiguous situations
development of abilities concerning effective communication in different intercultural contexts (education, work, private life)
Understanding and extension of abilities to analyze values, norms and schemes of behaviour
ability 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.
ability for critical reflection concerning for instance their own personal stereotype construction of reality
Attitude
awareness of the existence of cultural differences
