{"id":5012,"date":"2025-03-13T14:07:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/celebrating-interculturality-in-the-classroom-modelling-emphatic-and-open-minds.html"},"modified":"2026-10-04T14:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T14:54:08","slug":"celebrating-interculturality-in-the-classroom-modelling-emphatic-and-open-minds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/blog\/celebrating-interculturality-in-the-classroom-modelling-emphatic-and-open-minds","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating interculturality in the classroom modelling emphatic and open minds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u200bNowadays, scholastic programs embrace a heterogeneous variety of people with diverse socio-cultural backgrounds. For teachers, it is an essential issue to help students adapt to a new cultural background and also to shape critical and open minds respecting and celebrating diversity rather than rejecting it.<\/font><\/h2>\n

The new edition of the course \u201cIntercultural learning and cultural diversity in the classroom<\/strong>\u200b\u201d<\/strong> took place in Palermo from 12\/11\/2023 to 18\/11\/2023. The participants came from all across Europe, with Pernilla, Oliver and Tony from KLARA teoretiska gymnasium<\/strong> in Sweden; Nataliya and Larisa from Klaipedos “Santarves” progimnazija<\/strong> in Lithuania; Clara from EOI Santa Mar\u00eda de Gu\u00eda<\/strong> in Spain; and participants coming from two different German schools: Anja from Carl-Burger-Schule <\/strong>and David from St-Anna-Schule Wuppertal.<\/strong>
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At the beginning of the course, the participants recognised the significance of reflecting on the meaning of words. After focusing on the images they associated to the concept of \u201cdiversity\u201d, they collectively tried to construct an interpretation of what “intercultural learning” means to them.<\/font><\/p>\n

\u200bDuring the week, we examined the relation between culture and education. Participants got involved in some practical activities to be more conscious of\u00a0how cultures influence education<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0learning styles<\/strong>. The purpose of the activities was to think about the awareness and sensitivity that teachers need when specific cultural patterns emerge in the classroom.<\/font><\/h2>\n

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We also analysed the concept of\u00a0identity<\/strong>\u00a0as a first step to go in-depth into diversity. Through a visual task, participants thought about their identities and how these relate to culture.
Next, participants were immersed in a storytelling exercise about stereotypes. Through this activity, we explored the significance of the\u00a0vicious cycle of stereotypes<\/strong>. After seeing a TED Talk about this issue, participants reflected on how stereotypes can develop prejudices and discrimination, causing a vicious cycle that reinforces stereotypes.\u00a0<\/font>
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The last topic of this course was\u00a0inclusion<\/strong>. Participants were involved in different activities, starting to make simulations to recognise and discuss the challenges of\u00a0intercultural communication<\/strong>. The exercises can help students doubt common beliefs while thinking about finding relationships between different cultures. The other activities were about the concept of\u00a0membership and empathy<\/strong>. The challenges offered can be adapted to different topics and classroom activities, letting students understand the\u00a0importance of every member of the class<\/strong>\u00a0making helpful contributions and empathising\u00a0with other classmates\u2019 conditions and diversities<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/font><\/h2>\n

The participants’ sharing of their different ideas and cultural backgrounds enriched the course, creating a beautiful experience filled with fun, empathy, and sensitivity.<\/font><\/h2>\n
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\u200b\u200bDiscover more about this course\u00a0here.<\/a><\/font><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u200bNowadays, scholastic programs embrace a heterogeneous variety of people with diverse socio-cultural backgrounds. For teachers, it is an essential issue to help students adapt to a new cultural background and also to shape critical and open minds respecting and celebrating diversity rather than rejecting it. The new edition of the course \u201cIntercultural learning and cultural… Read More »Celebrating interculturality in the classroom modelling emphatic and open minds<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-course-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12698,"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions\/12698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erasmustrainingcourses.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}