Month: November 2015
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Teaching migrants
The latest Absolutely Intercultural podcast features two teachers talking about the challenges of teaching diverse groups. Jennifer Appave at Kalø Højskole in Denmark and Alexandra Haas of VHS Rhein-Sieg in Germany talk about their experiences with various groups inlcuding refugees.
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Internationalising an adult education institution
“An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.” Oscar Wilde In my final report from the Internationalisation conference (in Danish) in Copenhagen last week we will look at the example of an adult education institution, VUC Storstrøm (in English). The main message from this second chance institution is that internationalisation…
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Internationalisation: not just for teachers
Internationalisation of education does not just have to happen at institutional level; it can happen at local government level and there was a wonderful example of this at the recent conference (in Danish) on internationalisation in Copenhagen last week. The municipality of Aalborg wants nothing less than to be the best place for education in Denmark…
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Internationalisation of a Youth organisation
So how does an organisation internationalise itself? At the recent Internationalisation conference in Copenhagen we heard about one youth organisation’s experience.