Collaboration: Across borders
Birte Kjær Peulicke
Birte Kjær Peulicke
Learning outcome
By the end of this challenge the participants have learnt:
· How to implement internationalization in their teaching/preschool activities
· Which competences are needed to collaborate with foreign cultures
· Where to find different portals and where to find international collaborative partners in different countries
· How to navigate in the different portals e.g. The Image Portal and e-Twinning.
· How to use the contents of the different portals
· What a project is and how you can use the project method in your teaching/preschool activity.
· How to use "The Image of the Other" material
· How to start international collaborative projects in different institutions.
· Where to ask for funding.
Content
Group work and discussions about the different approaches of international collaborative work
Possibilities for a teacher/social worker of today. Project examples from schools and kindergartens. How to organize the international work at schools and kindergarten institutions. Information of the different possibilities there are for teachers and social educators of today.
Group work and discussions about the different approaches of international collaborative work
Possibilities for a teacher/social worker of today. Project examples from schools and kindergartens. How to organize the international work at schools and kindergarten institutions. Information of the different possibilities there are for teachers and social educators of today.
Readings
Learning with e-Twinning, a handbook for teachers.
Chapter 2: Getting started in Collaborative project work by Birte Kjær Peulicke and Cees Brederveld (can be downloaded from the link below or from the college database 'artikelbasen'.
Product!!!
Examine and navigate in the portals. Make test pieces like letters and study project examples on the different portals.
Write your answer to the challenge including relevant materials, e.g. from the portals or your discussions in the group.
Possible key concepts
Curriculum, cultural diversity, awareness, inquiry, creativity, attitude, appreciative approach, global citizen, international learning environment, globalization, internationalization, cultural competence. In-service teacher training, international committee
Links
www.espnet.eu/image
