Title:           International Teacher Training

Provider:    Humanistic Association Germany

Place:         Istanbul, Turkey

Description:

Migration and refugees have become relevant topics in a lot of European countries and this means also new situations for schools and teachers. Students with migratory backgrounds are in the classroom carry different perspectives and offer new aspects of diversity. Acknowledging the heterogeneous composition of classes, teachers will have to confront themselves with new challenges and approaches of teaching.

• The course will approach the topics from two sides.

• New methods on the topics of migration and diversity learning are presented in a practical way, we will try out several methods.

• We will introduce Turkey not only as a main country of emigration to Europe, but also as a country with a large internal migration and a high number of refugees. The course will give an overview of the current situation, as well as visits to schools and projects, where we will meet teachers and people involved in migration projects there.

• Nowadays students with migratory background especially those coming from the so called “muslim countries” are confronted with prejudices. Besides dealing with these subjects the course will generally provide material and approaches to work with diversity in classrooms.

• Participants will get some insights into the Turkish society, and - with a focus on educational questions- develop intercultural learning.