Hoy en día, las escuelas y los programas educativos acogen a una gran variedad de personas cuyos orígenes socioculturales son muy diversos. Ayudar a los alumnos a adaptarse a un nuevo entorno cultural, por un lado, y modelar mentes críticas y abiertas que valoren y celebren la diversidad en lugar de rechazarla, por otro, es uno de los mayores retos para los profesores.
The new edition of the course “Intercultural learning and cultural diversity in the classroom” took place in Palermo from 19/07/2026 to 25/07/2026. The participants came from all across Europe, with Hanna and Dorota from Szkoła Podstawowa im. Królowej Jadwigi w Jerzykowie, Poland ; Laura from Ammattiopisto Spesia, Finland ; Sanita from Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia ; Marisa and Luis from Centro Concertado Fundación Flors, Spain ; Christina from Gymnasieskolan Vipan, Sweden ; Sanna from Hyrylän yläaste, Finland ; Emese from Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary ; Soledad from Escola Oficial d’idiomes de Palma de Mallorca, Spain ; and finally, Cristina from Institut Bellvitge, Spain.




The course started with acknowledging the importance of the concept of identity as a first step to go deep into diversity. From a visual activity, our participants thought about their own identity and the relation that identity has with culture. This allows the group to debate and to discover the theory of cultural intelligence to build an understanding of what “intercultural learning” means to them.
A continuación, los participantes realizaron un ejercicio de narración sobre los estereotipos. En conjunto descubrimos el significado de los el círculo vicioso de los estereotipos. They were invited to reflect about how stereotypes can convert into prejudices and discrimination, generating a vicious cycle that strengthens stereotypes. As put in an inspirational TED Talk we saw – “Show a people as one thing — as only one thing — over and over again, and that is what they become.”
El último tema sobre el que trabajamos fue inclusión. First, participants have been involved in simulation activities to acknowledge and discuss about the challenges of comunicación intercultural. Las actividades pueden ayudar a los alumnos a cuestionar supuestos comunes mientras piensan en encontrar conexiones entre diferentes culturas. Otra ronda de actividades en grupo se realizó en torno al concepto de membership and empathy. Los retos de grupo propuestos pueden adaptarse a diferentes asignaturas y actividades de clase, permitiendo a los estudiantes comprender las importancia para cada miembro de la clase aportar contribuciones valiosas y empatizar con las necesidades y diversidades de los demás compañeros de clase.
During the course we worked on the exploration of the link between culture and education. Participants got involved into some activities to become more aware of how cultures influence teaching y learning styles. The goal of the exercise was to think about the attention and sensitivity that teachers need when specific cultural patterns arise in the classroom.

As part of the learning process and the (inter) cultural offer of the course, participants had the chance to share experiences and to debate about them, making them even more eager and curious to put the knowledge gained in the classroom into action while discovering the city and interacting with our locals.
Más información sobre este curso aquí.
Where this course took place: Erasmus courses for teachers in Palermo
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