Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleINTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
Course Unit CodeICE121
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated4
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Know and explain the reasons of the immigration movement and its’ types
  2. Explain the theories of racism and its’ types
  3. Know the multicultutal environment and diversity in Cyprus
  4. Know the models of intercultural education
  5. Solve problems connected to the diversity and immigrants at school
  6. Explore, identify and explain primary school foreign children’s perceptions on the taught concepts and phenomena
  7. Develop and apply intercultural projects for multicultural students in class
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesNONECo-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program components -  A. Chatzipanagiotidou, Introduction to the Intercultural Education  ( course notes)
-  Ο. Ευαγγέλου-Ν. Κάντζου,Πολυπολιτισμικότητα και εκπαιδευτικός ρατσισμός, εκδόσεις Δίπτυχο, Αθήνα 2005

Course Contents -  Introduction to the “ Immigration”: Types, models and situation in Cyprus
-  Introduction in Intercultural Education : Intercultural Education models in Europe
-  Diversity and Racism: Discrimination, reasons and results
-  Multicultural and Intercultural Education: Differences and Theories
-  Intercultural material: Intercultural games and projects in class

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Γ. Τσιάκαλος, Οδηγός αντιρατσιστικής εκπαίδευσης, Ελληνικά Γράμματα, Αθήνα 2000
  • Lynch J, Multicultural education: principles and practice, Routledge and kegan Paul,London
References
  • Ν.Παλαιολόγου-Ο.Ευαγγέλου, Διαπολιτισμική Παιδαγωγική, Ατρωπός, 2003
  • Banks J, Lynch j, Multicultural education in Western Societies, Praeger, New York , 1986
Planned learning activities and teaching methods The theoretical part of the course is delivered by means of lectures as well as workshops. Students will work also in order to experience the teaching approaches used in a multicultural class.

Assessment methods and criteria
Midterm Exam25%
Project25%
Final Exam50%
Language of instructionGreek
Work placement(s)NO

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