Welcome to the JoMiTE Intercultural course!

This Intercultural Course (4 ECTS) aims to promote intercultural communication in future European teachers through a deeper understanding of issues of intercultural communication, linguistic and cultural diversity, identity and teacher competences.  The module spans the three stages of the teaching placement abroad (TPA): preparation before the exchange (phase 1), development and reflection during placement  (phase 2a in country one and phase 2b in country two), and debriefing following the placement (phase 3). 

The aims of the module:

·          explore intercultural communication knowledge and skills to become interculturally competent teacher;

·          reach an understanding of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the EU member states and the impact this has on the local classroom;

·          develop an awareness of self and culture and to understand one’s own culture as a social construct in order to move away from ethnocentric perspectives;

·          examine the discourse of different educational systems on critical social and cultural issues;

·          acquire methodological tools for understanding and analysing intercultural issues in the classroom;

·          develop independent, critical analysis and original thinking within a challenging interdisciplinary and multinational context.

Course authors:

Melinda Dooly, University Autonomous Barcelona

melindaann.dooly@uab.cat

Ritva Kantelinen, University of Joensuu

rkanteli@joyx.joensuu.fi

Karmen Trasberg, University of Tartu

karmen@ut.ee

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