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The European project entitled INCrEAsE – Intercultural Competences for Adult Educators working with Multicultural and Multilingual Learners was written and coordinated by Gr.T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iasi (Romania) and involves Pixel in the transnational partnership. The project was funded by the European Commission in the framework of the Erasmus+ Programme, KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education. The aim of the European project Increase is to develop the intercultural competences of adult educators working with multicultural and multilingual learners.
Funding Programme
Erasmus+ Programme, KA2 - Strategic Partnerships for Adult Education
Theme
Digital Education, Inclusion and Diversity, Language Learning
Target group
Adult Education
Project Reference
2019-1-RO01-KA204-063872
Date
01-10-2019 | 30-09-2021
Role of Pixel
Partner
Project Details
Project Title
Intercultural Competences for Adult Educators working with Multicultural and Multilingual Learner
Context
The main objective of intercultural education lies in preparing people to perceive, accept, respect, & experience alterity. The theme of interculturality has emerged in the last decades as an educational response to phenomena of increasing interconnections. It is known that many conflicts, challenges such as the migration/ refugee crisis, the “Brexit", the globalization, all these phenomena have a significant impact on the intercultural life spheres of our society, including education in general & adult education in particular. The necessary (but not enough) condition for resolving conflicts is to find efficient communication channels &adequate skills to ease conflicts & tensions.
Educators play a key role in responding to these challenges. However, the current situation is pointing out the existing lack of intercultural communication (ICC) of adult educators, especially considering that most of the practitioners involved in this activity are qualified outside the field of education & therefore lack even the general competences of adult education.
Objectives
For achieving the above aim the partnership will undertake the following objectives:
– Mapping of the current situation in the matter of multiculturalism in adult education for each partner country to identify the profiles of the trainer of trainers from the perspective of ICC, by production of video testimonials
– Identification of experiences of adult educators in dealing with multicultural learners, problems/difficulties faced, successful experiences/best practices actions, advice/tips on dealing with multicultural groups of adults; production of the Interactive Map of Multicultural and Multilingual adult educators/learners in EU with focus on knowledge, skills & attitudes
– Support the adult educators from both formal & non-formal education institutions while working with multicultural & multilingual learners, to use specialized tools to evaluate the stress of acculturation
– Strengthening ICC of adult educators using the developed training programme & material for self-learning
– Increasing cultural awareness among adult educators by involving them in piloting, in cascading the newly gained knowledge, experience & expertise during the multiplier events.
Target Group
The project expect to raise awareness in:
– Participating target groups: adult educators will be provided with resources & a training programme designed to equip them with competences necessary to deal with intercultural situations in their learner groups in a sensitive & constructive manner.
– Indirect target group: multicultural and multilingual learners, international students, migrants and refugees by supporting them to overcome stressors, like: language barrier, cultural aspects, religious facilities, relationship with family, social support & academic facilities.
– Long term impact: shape positive attitudes toward multiculturalism and cultural diversity in society, adult education centers/organisations/ Universities, services, businesses, companies, hospitals, etc., and acquire possibilities to use project outputs in a wide range of applications.
Results
In summary, INCrEAsE project will develop:
- Interactive Map of Multicultural and Multilingual adult educators/learners in EU with focus on knowledge, skills & attitudes
- E-Tests/Questionnaire Tool to set up the Profile of multicultural learners needs, related to the process of adaptation of freshman international learners and immigrants)
- Intercultural Communicative Competence Training Programme for Adult Educators (60 hours) and piloting it with representatives of the target group
- E-book “Enhancing Intercultural Communicative Competence" – a self-learning resource for adult educators based on the developed training programme and methodology and consisting of the self-guided professional development materials as well as the selected examples of the most relevant case studies and good practices. The E-book will be available on the project and the partners' websites for free download.