Through 3 activities, developed within the Pestalozzi Programme, participants will develop a common understanding of the concept of intercultural education from an epistemological point of view. The modelling of cooperative learning methods will encourage practitioners to change their practice in the classroom and develop the cooperative structure to support their students’ active learning.
The first activity allows the group to map out their previous knowledge and questions concerning the conceptual framework of Intercultural Education. Once this is set out and known by members of the group, they engage in the second activity that aims at receiving and learning new concepts of ICE thus enriching their “common tree of knowledge”. The unit ends with a research activity that motivates participants to pursue the work done in this group, once they are on their own.
The knowledge gained from this resource assists practitioners in promoting the concepts related to intercultural education in their own classrooms in addition to providing them with practical ideas to organise with their learners.
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To cite this resource: Arato, F.O. (2012). How can we use concepts and principles of ICE to change our professional practice?. In Council of Europe Pestalozzi Programme Training Units.
