EUGLOH Workshop: Diversity in Education

The activity aims to foster knowledge exchange and share effective teaching strategies to address key challenges encountered by educators.

It consists of:

1. Online lectures on the topics of interculturality, diversity, and inclusion, which will be conducted in the morning and are open to all EUGLOH members (students, academic, and administrative staff from the 9 universities of the Alliance).
2. Hybrid workshop sessions in the afternoon open to EUGLOH students (from the 9 partner universities) of education programmes aiming to become preschool to high school teachers.

Participants can expect a rich and engaging programme that delves into various aspects of culture, identity, diversity, and inclusion in education. Additionally, the programme provides a unique opportunity to gain an international perspective on diverse educational systems while facilitating connections with experts from Germany, Sweden, and France.

Students participating in the workshop are also requested to attend the online lectures.

Workshop sessions will be conducted in hybrid form at each of the three organizing universities (UPScaly, LU, and UHH), where groups of 4-5 students will engage in discussions based on the topics covered in the lectures.

LU, UPSaclay, and UHH will provide physical spaces for students enrolled at these universities to participate in the workshop in person.

Content and Methodology

The programme is split into three days and each day is devoted to a specific topic:

Monday, 10th: Interculturality

1. Exploring notions of culture and identity and their impact on our perceptions, expressions, and actions. Discussing effective strategies for navigating multicultural contexts within classrooms and pedagogical teams.
2. Examining the role of emotions and emotional expressions in drawing symbolic boundaries between 'us' and 'them' in the classroom.

Wednesday, 12th: Diversity

1. Theoretical foundations of diversity, methodology of curricula and textbooks analysis.
2. Discussing the benefits and effects of translanguaging for students.

Friday, 14th: Inclusion

1. Establishing a high school dedicated to differences: Reversing references from student to practices.
2. Exploring inclusion from the perspectives of students with physical disabilities. Examining students' voices and their impact on dominant conceptualizations and policies of inclusive education.

Competences

• Emotional awareness & resilience
• Knowledge into action
• Intercultural skills

Requirements

• Selection strategy: First come first served.
• Number of participants: Unlimited for online lectures, up to 100 for the workshop sessions, with 30 participants for each organising university and 10 for the other EUGLOH member universities.
• Certificate/ECTS: Students who have attended the entire programme will receive a certificate of attendance.
• Language: English.

This activity is part of Work Package 5.