
Preventing gender-based discrimination and promoting gender inclusiveness in education
Overview
The richness and complexity of gender related topics requires teachers and education staff to enhance their knowledge, skills and attitudes related to gender-responsiveness and inclusivenss.
By facing gender stereotypes, empowering students to express their unique self and fostering confidence in their personalities, educators can have a crucial role in preventing gender-based discrimination and fostering inclusive learning environments.
Such responsiveness passes through the promotion of self-reflection and self-awareness, the activation of anti-discriminatory and anti-harassment practices and the ability to implement tools and strategies to make students feel listened, understood and respected.
Target Audience
This course is addressed to teachers, trainers, educational counsellors, career counsellors, school psychologists, headmasters, school management and administrative staff working in primary schools, secondary schools, vocational schools, training centres, adult education schools, higher education, kindergarten and NGOs.
Please mind that the course may include teachers from different school levels.
Languages
The course is held in English.
For groups with at least 8 participants, we can organize an ad-hoc session in a different language. Please write an email to
info@erasmuslearningacademy.eu
to get more information about it.
| Location | Starting Date | Ending Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenerife | 04/04/2027 | 10/04/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 02/05/2027 | 08/05/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Porto | 02/05/2027 | 08/05/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 13/06/2027 | 19/06/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 25/07/2027 | 31/07/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Bologna | 19/09/2027 | 25/09/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Tenerife | 17/10/2027 | 23/10/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
| Palermo | 21/11/2027 | 27/11/2027 | Open for Enrollment |
Skills
What will you learn?
Participating in this course teachers and education staff will share and discuss challenges, best practices and strategies to facing, acknowledging and celebrating gender diversity in the classroom.
Learning Outcomes
This training course allows participants to get a broader understanding of gender and sexuality themes to create a safe and gender inclusive classroom environment. Participants will learn and practice tools and strategies to model positive behaviours, confront gender stereotypes, prevent gender-based discrimination, promote gender inclusiveness, respect and self-awareness, maintain open minds in the classroom. The general aim of this course is to equip teachers and education staff with tools to interact with the class taking into account the growing complexities of gender and sexuality themes while supporting students’ in expressing their unique identities:
Creating a Gender-Inclusive Classroom Environment
Learn tools to boost self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and create a safe, inclusive environment, while exchanging good practices with colleagues and trainers.
Challenging Stereotypes and Fostering Inclusive Discussions
Explore the mechanisms behind gender stereotypes and enhance skills to lead classroom discussions on gender and sexual orientation.
Understanding Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Discrimination
Learn tools to boost self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and create a safe, inclusive environment, while exchanging good practices with colleagues and trainers.
Daily Program
Please find below the standard indicative daily programme that will be personalized on participants needs and professional profiles. Our standard program comprises 7 days of course, of which the first one is dedicated to networking, preparation and cultural immersion and the last one to follow up, specific needs and cultural activities.
Please note that we always do our best to accommodate the specific needs of our participants in a flexible way, including but not limited to budget restrictions and travel arrangement. Participants can choose to arrive 1 day before the start of the course and/or leave one day after the end of it in order to enjoy a deeper cultural immersion. Upon specific request we can organize longer or shorter versions of this course.
| Sunday | – Participants arrival – Course introduction – Schools/institutions’ presentation & best practices sharing – Walking tour in the venue’s city | ||
| Monday | – Teambuilding exercises – Needs and expectations evaluation – Sex and gender: definition and difference – Gender identity and sexual orientation: definition and difference – The impact of gender-related norms and behaviors in the learning environment – Sharing experiences and challenges in tackling sex and gender topic | ||
| Tuesday | – Creating a gender-inclusive classroom: modeling language and behavior – Promote non-discrimination and anti-harassment practices for all students – Practical activities to foster inclusion and maintain open minds in the classroom – Farewell dinner | ||
| Wednesday | – Gender stereotypes: discussing gender roles and different cultural and generational perspectives – Discrimination linked to sex, gender and sexual orientation: sexism, homophobia, transphobia – Sexual harassment and sexual assault: similarities and differences – Optional cultural visit outside the venue’s city | ||
| Thursday | – Morning wrap-up – Exploring concepts of membership and relationships – The importance of discovering Empathy and its role shaping human relationships – Visit to a local institution active in the field of multiculturalism, integration of refugee and migrants, offering intercultural educational path | ||
| Friday | – Morning wrap-up – The extra benefit of using non-formal education methods in a multicultural environment – How to foster students’ inclusion, tolerance and intercultural awareness through non-formal, informal and experiential learning activities – Practicing, designing and delivering non-formal activities and tools – Farewell dinner | ||
| Saturday | – Space for discussion of future cooperation and planning follow up activities – Course roundup and final evaluation – Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony – Additional training session tailored to specific needs – Participants departure |
Other relevant facts
Methodology
All our courses have a standard duration of 7 days, totaling 35 hours of training. This includes both formal teaching sessions and practical activities, as well as moments for discussion, cultural experiences, and networking, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience in line with Erasmus+ quality standards.
We tailor the working methods based upon participants’ needs, attitudes and professional profiles in order to ensure high productivity, effectiveness and transferability into practice.
The standard methodology is highly practical and participative with hands-on approach that comprises real-job examples, case studies examination and simulations. We embrace collaboratively working methods that foster mutual learning and cooperation among participants. Our focus is on learning in an interactive and international environment knowledge applicable to the real contexts and/or in the classroom. The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and best practices’ exchange. They include visits with local schools and institutions allowing the participants to better understand the local education system as well as exchange ideas and contacts.
Morning Wrap-up and brief daily evaluations are foreseen to ensure quality of education and to adapt the learning programme to participants’ needs better tailoring the education.
We organize optional social, networking and cultural activities in order to give participants the opportunity to know Italy as well as to exchange best-practice and establish professional cooperation and links.
The training and staff team is multinational thus giving a full European dimension to the course.
Costs and Erasmus+ Funding
Teachers, trainers, headmasters and any other staff of education organizations are eligible to receive an Erasmus+ grant covering all the costs to attend our training courses including travel, board and lodging, cultural activities and all fees. Our training courses are tailored to be fully funded by Erasmus+ and we offer different options to ensure the best comfort and quality at a price that is within the Erasmus+ grant.
We offer our courses in an all-inclusive format: training and accommodation in the same venue, networking meals during the courses as well as cultural visits are provided by us and are fully covered by the Erasmus+ funding. In this way participants just need to organise their international flights and can rely on us for all the other practical arrangements.
If you prefer you can take care of some of the practical arrangements (e.g. meals, accommodation…) by yourself but we strongly recommend entrusting us with the accommodation booking in order to ensure optimal logistic organization, networking with fellow
participants, safety and time-efficiency.
Read more about how we take care of your subsistence and practical arrangements.
The most common option that we offer to schools and organizations costs EUR 1,415 in Bologna, EUR 1,235 in Palermo and Zagreb, EUR 1,265 in Tenerife, 1215 EUR in Athens and EUR 1,335 in Porto. This price includes the course fee, certification and support fee, accommodation in single room, breakfast, 2 coffee breaks per day, 3 networking meals (shared lunch/dinner opportunities with other participants), a walking tour in the venue’s city and a sum-up dissemination video.
Please note: in Bologna the price includes full board (all meals), whereas in the other locations only the 3 networking meals are included alongside breakfast.
Prices shown may vary for specific courses that include extra services or visits to schools and associations. More detailed pricing information for each course is available upon request or at the time of enrolment.
For schools sending 2 or more participants we can offer accommodation in double rooms and we can provide as well accommodation for people or relatives accompanying the participants.
When attending our courses, we recommend you to request 9 days of individual support for your subsistence costs, 7 days for the course plus 2 additional days for the travel. In this way you can have more flexibility in planning your stay and you can enjoy all the cultural activities planned from the first to the last day of course. You can read here more about the Erasmus+ funding. Shall you have need any help with filling the budget during the application stage or have any problem with your grant please let us know and we will see how to support you.
Certification and Validation of learning outcomes
At the end of the course, each participant will be awarded a certificate of attendance, together – if requested – with the Europass Mobility Certificate.
The certificate are in line with the Erasmus Quality Standards and include a short description of the course and its learning outcomes, dates, venues, the name of the course provider and the course instructor(s).
We support the participants in every step of certification and validation of learning outcomes with specific focus on European instruments and Erasmus plus requirements such as staff mobility/learning agreement, quality commitment and Europass mobility certificate.
We experienced that schools and education organizations may require additional documents to certify the competences learned or the presence in the training course. Upon request we can provide additional certification and reporting documents as well as we provide photos of the training course and a sum-up video that can be used for visibility and dissemination purposes.
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