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Absolutely Intercultural
I co-host this podcast about all things intercultural with monthly episodes. On Spotify and Apple podcasts.
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diversophy – intercultural game
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En-ROADS for understanding
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Latest posts
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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.
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Why internationalisation?
Key Action 1 Erasmus+ proposals must be based on an internationalisation plan. This means that your institution needs a plan about how it will internationalise or Europeanise, before funding can be granted for specific projects. In my last post I mentioned that this was primarily as a way of improving quality in learning. So let’s take a…
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What is internationalisation?
In the old days, if you were a teacher and fancied a training course at the EU’s expense all you needed to do was leaf through the course database and persuade your boss to do without you for a week. Now it’s not so simple and staff development funding like this has to be part…
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Why residential?
Effective teacher development does not just happen in courses. Mentoring, coaching, peer evaluation, observation, lesson study and personal journaling are all valuable approaches. So why do we propose a residential course for getting to grips with the basics of culturally responsive teaching?
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Uncovering hidden talents
Most of us can do more than we think. Often it is a case of raising awareness and re-framing. In the case of the many people who have spent years running a household,it is about how those skills could easily translate into an entrepreneurial setting. This is what we were attempting in the M-HOUSE project,…
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The wider audience
I just joined Zaretta Hammond‘s Facebook group (author of CRT & the brain) and she pointed me to an article in the Irish Times about the need for CRT in schools there. The article describes the need for culturally responsive teaching given the dedicated but homogeneous cohort of staff in Irish schools at the moment…
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Home-made clocks
Although this one relates to school rather than adult education, the case of the clock that a teacher thought was a bomb illustrates many aspects of the need for culturally responsive teaching.
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CRT & the brain
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students This is a book by Zaretta Hammond which was published this year by Corwin Press and is an excellent reference even for those of us working in adult education. Hammond takes us through the brain processes which both lead…
