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Travelling Folktales
Educational sector: Primary and Secondary
Preparation
- Good knowledge b2 on the Common European Framework Scale, to follow the trainers, take part in discussions and create didactical material
- Democratic culture competence framework
- Collaborative and team work
Aim
This course aims to familiarize participants with the activities focusing on cultural awareness, diversity and mobility. It also aims to enable participants to use stories and material to enhance their practices and promote amongst their students an awareness of the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity and of the need to combat racism, prejudice and xenophobia.
Objectives
- Identify and explore in Travelling stories issues that pertain to diversity, travelling and the mobility of people, ideas, cultures, etc.
- Define culture as an outcome of both tradition and contemporary life
- Recognize and challenge cultural stereotypes
- Describe the various approaches for the instruction of culture and difference included in folktales
- Select the appropriate methods to match their teaching purposes
- Apply the suggested methods in their everyday practice
- Propose other innovative approaches to teach culture and difference
Learning outcomes
With the completion of the course, participants will be able to use travelling folktales in order to
1) Decide on their focus
Decide what educational areas they wish to target and set their objectives.
2) Choose the folktales they could use
Browse the collection on-line and select the travelling folktales that best fit their objectives. Familiarize themselves with the stories they are going to use and the languages they are presented in.
3) Design activities
From the “Culture” and “Difference” pools of activities on the website, choose the suggested activities that best fit their objectives and selected stories. Adjust them and/or design their own activities, in order to address the specific needs and abilities of their own students.
Methodology
Step 1: Introduction to Intercultural education
Step 2: a) Familiarization on key concepts and b) Elaboration on Pedagogical approaches
Step 3: Basic didactical strategies
Step 4: Examples of good practices
Step 5: Learning scenarios development
Step 6: Assessment tools
Step 7: Round table on Intercultural education
Step 8: Evaluation of the event
Follow-up
- Learners will be able to use the moodle platform for uploading didactical scenarios and/or use existing material
Programme
Day zero
Arrival of the participants. Ice breaking party. Short introduction of the course – expectations of the participants
Day 1
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-11:00 Introduction Travelling Folktales on Intercultural Education (TFIE)
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Key concepts of TFIE (teachers role, tools, technics, learning scenarios, assessment)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Examples of good practice
16:00-17:00 Wrap – up
Day 2
09:30-11:00 Familiarization with travelling folktales pool of activities
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Development of a learning scenario by learners support by trainers
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-17:00 Development of a learning scenario by learners support by trainers
Day 3
09:00-11:00 Development of a learning scenario by learners support by trainers
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Team work – creating a learning scenario
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-20:00 Free time to visit the Pieria district (Olympus mountain, Ancient Dion)
Day 4
09:30-11:00 Attending a class lesson
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 Development of a learning scenario by learners support by trainers
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:30-17:00 Presentations of Learning scenarios by teachers
Day 5
09:30 – 13:30 Presentations of Learning scenarios by teachers
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 17:00 Round table on TFIE
a) Evaluation of TFIE
b) Suggestions for changes adjustments
c) Evaluation of the event
Evening: Farewell party
Day 6
Departures
Certificate
Certificate of attendance including description of training content and time input – EUROPASS
Trainers
Evangelos Kapetis (PM)
Masters of Arts Applied Linguistics / English Teacher. Teaching English in Primary and secondary education. Creator of learning and teaching material both formal and informal learning for tradinional and ICT based classroom activities. Head of European projects department at Platon.
Participation in conferences and congresses. Coordinator in Comenius, LLP and Erasmus+ projects. Participant in more than 30 projects in Comenius, Minerva, Lifelong Learning and Erasmus+
Evgenia Moysidou
Bachelor in History and Archaeology and Master in Ancient Inscriptions. She teaches History at Platon secondary school, applying Playful learning and Artful thinking strategies. Is in charge of the Thessaloniki Time Machine project which build a model of the city’s past. She also participates in History and Culture oriented Erasmus+ projects.
- (+30) 23510 31111
- info@platon.edu.gr
- Γανόχωρα - Κατερίνη, Ελλάδα