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My name is Melina and I teach ICT in a Special Education Junior High School. I have been teaching there for 3 years and in fact my students are the kids of my heart. I think that it is a necessity for Greek teachers to raise awareness about the situation of newly arrived migrants as our  educational system has to integrate a great number of refugees. 

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Hello! My name's Ernestine. I talk about my close friends.
1)- Frank is my oldest friend. He is someone I met in our neighborhood when were ten years old and we grew up together. He's very easy to be with and is the kind of person who gets along with everyone.We both love to watch really Barcelona soccer and old movies.

2)- Osman is someone who is very friendly. We both love to watch really old movies and eat popcorn. I think we're both very easy going. We like to laugh all the time. We sat next to each other in English class Neither of up is very good at English, but we had a good time together in class.

3)- Grecia  is probably my best friend, we met in high school on our first day, when we both tried to sit at the same desk. We laughed, She sat next to me, and we became friends right away. W were both good at English class.

4)- I met my friend Herman Cortés at a party. 
Last year, we get along well because he's someone, who's very easy going and easy to talk to other people. We both like to travel  and talk about the adventures of our life.
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Adela Gabriela Muresan, Romania
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I am a primary teacher. I don t have immigrants in my classroom, but I am glad to teach classes about the cultural diversity . 
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Sunt Angela Rotaru,  profesor învățământ primar la o școală din România. Nu avem în comunitatea noastră emigranți, dar avem elevi  români care au învățat în diverse țări din Europa (Italia, Spania, Anglia, Germania) ș i care vin cu o anumită diversitate culturală , iar noi profesorii trebuie să dăm dovadă de o deschidere deosebită pentru a reuși să îi integrăm cu succes! Sunt Ambasador Scientix  România și Ambasador Edu -Arctic
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  Hello!My name's Marilena .I'm from Italy  and I'm a Mathematics  teacher at a primary school where there are a lot  of immigrants,I find very interesting to learn from their experience and I try to use it to construction the lesson.
Serena Antonaci - Italy
Serena Antonaci - Italy
Hello!My name's Graziella.I'm from Italy and I'm a teacher of French Language in a lower secondary school. I hope to improve my tools with migrants students. Thank you
Hello!My name's Graziella.I'm from Italy and I'm a teacher of French Language in a lower secondary school. I hope to improve my tools with migrants students. Thank you
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Iuliana, Romania
Iuliana, Romania
Hi! My name is Iuliana. I come from Romania. I am a primary  school teacher. I don”t have people from another country. But must to be  ready for any  eventulality.

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Marialuisa Italia
Marialuisa Italia

hello to all I think this is really interesting MOOCs
Lena Rossiou, Greece
Lena Rossiou, Greece
I am an ICT and Maths teachers and it is my first time during this school year that I teach to migrants teenagers of 16-18 years old.
Ecem ŞENER,TURKEY
Ecem ŞENER,TURKEY
Hi,I am a teacher of Turkey. Im a primary school teacher.
Mihaela Minca, Romaniaa
Mihaela Minca, Romaniaa
My name is Mihaela Minca teach physics and I wish that every human life might be fulfilled because people always have a smile. I think diversity is beautiful when we know to combine what we believe about life.
Mariacristina Guarino, Italy
Mariacristina Guarino, Italy
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Rossella, Italy
Rossella, Italy
Hi. My name is Rossella. I'm work as a special needs teacher in an Florance's primary school . I usually help students with some kind of disability but also foreign students as well they can be considered as some kind of students with special educational needs. 

Maria, Italy
Maria, Italy
Hi! my name is Maria and I'm a Mathematics and Science teacher at a lower secondary school, in Italy. I find very interesting to learn from your experience. Italian schools have an ever increasing number of immigrants every year but teacher are not prepared to face them. So, I hope to gain skills that allow me to better manage cultural diversity in my classes.

Marian Dragomir  
 Marian Dragomir  
Toma N Socolescu Technical College Ploiesti 
Hello from Romania, I am a language teacher and my pupils are in high-school. 
Manana Jakeli, Georgia
Manana Jakeli, Georgia
Hi, I'm from Georgia, Telavi. I teach History and Civic Education at public school N3 of Telavi. My students are between 13 - 18. I like my profession, I use new technologies in my classroom and my students are motivated. My hobbies are: reading, music - classical and jazz, art, computer technologies...
Stefania Montesano, Italy                                                                My name is Stefania and I have been teaching foreign languages for about twenty years both at primary and at different secondary level schools in Italy and in Germany.I am interested in reflecting on the impact of using technologies in my classroom to motivate and engage my students to learn. I work as a teacher trainer at schools and university. I like travelling a lot. :)
Stefania Montesano, Italy                                                                My name is Stefania and I have been teaching foreign languages for about twenty years both at primary and at different secondary level schools in Italy and in Germany.I am interested in reflecting on the impact of using technologies in my classroom to motivate and engage my students to learn. I work as a teacher trainer at schools and university. I like travelling a lot. :)
Sean, The Netherlands
Sean, The Netherlands
Hi, my name is Seán. I'm from the Netherlands, where I study at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in the Reclaimed Land. I'm following their new teacher trainer program called 'teachers college'.
Buddy, The Netherlands
Buddy, The Netherlands
My name is Buddy and I'm from The Netherlands. At the moment I'm a student at the University of Applied Sciences. I study Teachers College in Almere. I have experience with the ages 11-12 years (primary school) and the ages 12-15 years (secondary school).
Ilia, Greece
Ilia, Greece
Hi, I'm Ilia frrom Greece! I live in Itea, a small town near Delphi and i am a kindergarten teacher. My students are 4-6 years old
Isabel Fonseca
Isabel Fonseca
Portugal
Hi Colleagues! I'm an English/Portuguese  teacher in Lisbon, Portugal. This year I'm teaching two year 5 classes and 3 year 11 classes. The school is in a quite good location and it hasn't received any refugee students.
Kristijan Cincar, Serbia
Kristijan Cincar, Serbia
Hi. I am Kristijan Cincar. I am a CS, Informatics teacher from Vrsac, Vojvodina in the northern part of Serbia. I teach at SC Nikola Tesla  in Bistrita. 
Clapou Crina / Romania
Clapou Crina / Romania
Hi. I am Crina Clapou. I am a kindergarten teacher from Bistrita, in the northern part of Romania. I teach at No. 3 Kindergarten in Bistrita. 
Antonino Cocita, Italy
Antonino Cocita, Italy
Hello folks, i'm Antonino and i'm a primary School teacher. I come frome Palermo, Sicily, but I work in Milan, near the San Siro stadium. This year i started with a first classe and probably we Will stay together thoughtout the cycle. In the area of my School the immigrazione is a substantial phenomenon, about 50% of the pupils are immigrants of 1st or 2nd generation.
Antonino Cocita, Italy
Antonino Cocita, Italy
Hello folks, i'm Antonino and i'm a primary School teacher. I come frome Palermo, Sicily, but I work in Milan, near the San Siro stadium. This year i starter with a first class i probably i Will continue with 
Gabriela Vanda Cortez, Romania
Gabriela Vanda Cortez, Romania

Hello ! My name is Vanda Gabriela Cortez, I am a primary school teacher in a small mountain town, Brosteni. I work with children from 5-11 years.

Sabrina, Italy
Sabrina, Italy
Hello everyone! I am Sabrina, I am Italian and I currently live in the Uk where I work as a special education needs teaching assistant and I also teach Italian in private practice. At school we have a variety of children coming from different countries, some of which speak English as a second language. I think that understanding the familiar culture of these children would help in offering them the best learning opportunities, and will make them feel better included in the classroom. I am looking forward to learn more about the topic and learn from other's experiences.
Simona, Italy
Simona, Italy
Hi everybody! My name is Simona, I'm from Italy and I work as a special needs teacher in an upper secondary school with 14-19 year students. I usually help students with some kind of disability but always more frequently foreign students attend our school, so they can be considered as some kind of BES (students with special educational needs). They often are adopted children or their family has come to Italy to work. We also host in our classes foreign students for international exchange programs. 
Simona De Paola, Italy
Simona De Paola, Italy
Hello everybody, I'm an English teacher in the South of Italy. I teach in lower secondary schools, mostly in small towns where everyone knows each other but there are some exceptions, for example adopted children or students coming from East Europe or North Africa. The efforts from native and foreign students are huge and interesting, but all we need to train to deal with rising multicultural classes.
Sharmaine Benkaddour
Sharmaine Benkaddour
Hi everybody, my name is Sharmaine Benkaddour - de Graaf. I am from The Netherlands and I am an aspiring Dutch teacher. I also want to do a specialization in teaching second language learners (such as refugees or expats)

Ionela Lazea, Romania
Ionela Lazea, Romania
Hello everybody.
My name is Ionela Camelia Lazea and I am a kindergarten teacher from Bistrita, a small town in Romania. I work at No. 3 Kindergarten in Bistrita. It is a state kindergarten. This year I have the "big group", which has 5-6 year old children.
María from Spain
María from Spain

Hello! I just finished a Pre-Primary Education degree and I find this course very interesting to learn about Cultural Diversity and to learn from your experience and take in into account and apply the knowledge when I starting being a teacher.

Hi! I work in a italian public primary school. My students come from different countries. I expect this course to enrich and to improve my multicultural knowledges and competences.
Hi! I work in a italian public primary school. My students come from different countries. I expect this course to enrich and to improve my multicultural knowledges and competences.
Pierangelo Berardi, Italy.
Pierangelo Berardi, Italy.
Hi, I'm a special needs teacher in a primary school. I'm from Montesilvano in Pescara. I hope  to learn many things on cultural divrsity and share them with my colleagues
VINCENZO PORTONE, Italy
VINCENZO PORTONE, Italy
I'm an italian teacher (Mathematics) and I work in a Secondary School near Florence / Tuscany.
I'm here to improve my knowledges and competences. I'll enjoy the lessons and I would thank Teacher Academy for this free opportunity!!

MARIA LIMA, ITALY
MARIA LIMA, ITALY
Hi!! I teach in a upper secondary school in Italy. I have lots of multiculturally classroom, in wich there are students from many different countries.  It's very challenging every day to teach  to students who attend for the first time italian school and don't know italian language.
Hope to learn a lot in this course, in order to improve myself approaching this students.
Mirela Bacita, Italy
Mirela Bacita, Italy
hello everybody! I'm an English teacher in an upper secondary school in Italy and I also taught English in Romania 10 years ago. I have joined this course because the town where I work is as multicultural as London and there are a lot of Chinese students who speak little or no Italian when they start attending school!
Florina, Roumania
Florina, Roumania
Hy!  I  m a  kindergarden teacher....my  class is omogen
Melahrini Chalkidiki Greece
Melahrini Chalkidiki Greece

Hi my name is Melahrini and I'm aprimary school teacher from Greece.
Diana Stegaru, Romania
Diana Stegaru, Romania
My name is Diana Stegaru, I am from Romania and I teach children aged between 3 and 19. I teach English both in a public and private school, and also in a kindergarten.
PATRIZIA GIORGI, ITALY
PATRIZIA GIORGI, ITALY
HI! I am a teacher of music education in secondary school students from 11 to 14 years old. I will coming a project out of   class and interclass, The project is a  group of readings as "choral speaking". the project interest a group composed by foreign ad italian students.   
PATRIZIA MANCA , iTALY SARDINIA
PATRIZIA MANCA , iTALY SARDINIA
Hello everyone I teach English in Scuola Media. Unfortunately, at the moment ,I don't have any foreign student in class but, some years ago I taught in a school where I had at least three or four different countries represented . It was really challanging 
 I liked it a lot and I hope to have the opportunity to welcome foreign students in my classes in a near future.
FK, Greece
FK, Greece
Hi, everyone from Greece. I'm a secondary school teacher of greek language in Athens. In my school there are many foreign students, with different first languages and cultural backgrounds. Hoping to learn ways to come near these students and make them feel like home.

hi! I am Alina from Romania
hi! I am Alina from Romania
Cláudia Rolo, Portugal
Cláudia Rolo, Portugal
Hi! I am Cláudia Rolo, from Portugal! I am elementary teacher and I am also teacher of Portuguese, Mathematics, Science and History and Geography students with 10-12 years. Currently, I help students in tutoring centers. I go into this MOOC with the expectation not only broaden my knowledge about the potential of intercultural, but also meet new educational trends. Votes of the biggest hits!
Susana Medina Barrenechea, from Spain
Susana Medina Barrenechea, from Spain
Hello,I love teaching. My pupils are from 12 to 19 years old. I normally teach  Spanish Language and Litterature, but also Geography and History, if needed.
Susana Medina Barrenechea from Spain
Susana Medina Barrenechea from Spain
Hello,
I love teaching. My pupils are from 12 to 19 years old. I normally teach  Spanish Language and Litterature, but also Geography and History, if needed.
EDELIZIA
EDELIZIA
hi, I'm secondary school teacher in Naples Italy . I have to deal with intercultural differencies every day I and taking part in a course like this is an opportunity to share some ideas
Paula Gonçalves - Portugal
Paula Gonçalves - Portugal

Hello everyone!
My name is Paula Gonçalves and I am a secondary school teacher. I have been teaching English for more than 20 years now. My school is in the outskirts of Lisbon and my students are aged 11 – 15 and come from various social backgrounds. I am outgoing, cheerful and like trying new things . I am also keen on Technology. For me, teaching is a challenge every day and I love it. Hopefully things are changing for the better in our educational system and my school is attempting to make a difference. Let’s see how it goes. 

Teresa Oliveira, Portugal
Teresa Oliveira, Portugal
Olá!
I work in a secondary school where I teach Portuguese for speakers of other languages. 
My school is in Lisbon and I have students from many countries. I have to deal with intercultural differencies every day I and taking part in a course like this is an opportunity to share some ideas
Violeta, Romania
Violeta, Romania
Hi, everybody,
I am Violeta from Sibiu, Romania. I teach Romanian civilization and Spanish in a non-formal education school. My school is quite big, we have every year around 2000 students,  participating in more than 20 extra-curricular activities. I am project coordinator - we developped some eTwinning  projects, Comenius and Erasmus+ projects. We had also Comenius language assistants and JIca projects. I am also moderator for the featured group NFE - Non-formal EDucation, on eTwinning platform. I wait you here to talk about Non-formal education and how to involve it in our classes. 
Ioanna Efthymiou, Greece
Ioanna Efthymiou, Greece
Hi, I  live and teach in  a primary school in the centre of Athens. I teach a bit less than twenty years. At the moment I teach Maths, Greek language, History, Geography, Religion, Social Studies and Natural Sciences in a class of 14 pupils at the age of 11-12. They follow the 6th grade of the Greek Primary School, which is the last before Secondary education. Most of my pupils come from Greece or Albania, one kid is from Moldavia and one is a Palestinian refugee. In my school we wait  a number of almost 30 pupils that are refugees  but they can not attend school yet, because they are not properly vaccinated, as the Greek law demands.


Maddalena Autiero,Italy
Maddalena Autiero,Italy
hi, I teach mathematics and physics in secondary school in the Italian city of Naples
In our school there is not a very high number of foreign students ; for most, children are quite Ides integrated immigrant or adopted children from foreign countries .
in rare cases I have heard phrases intolerant in school.
I'm very interested to investigate the issue , fearing that there are aspects of the issue that really me completely escape

Mariya Stancheva, Bulgaria
Mariya Stancheva, Bulgaria
HELLO! My name is Mariya.
 I am a primary school teacher in a small  Bulgarian town.
 My school is big with about 450 students, 7-19 years old.
I have 24 students, 7 years old in my class and 3 of them are Roma.
I would like to find new ideas and improve my intercultural competence.


Francesco M. Manno. Perugia, Italy
Francesco M. Manno. Perugia, Italy
Hi everybody,

I am working as a secondary school teacher of Law and Economics and I'm a specialized support  learning teacher. In my school there's a quite high percentage (around 14%) of students of foreign background, as well as students with partially foreign origin. Cultural diversity is an everyday deal in my school, with students  of recent immigration, old immigration and Italian-born "second generation migrants". Please, notice the definition, second generation migrants; since they were born in Italy they cannot be strictly considered as migrants...
I've been working as a teacher for 14 years and working in the same school for almost nine years.
Hi everybody,
Hi everybody,
Maria Rietveld, The Netherlands
Maria Rietveld, The Netherlands

I'm working as a teacher in a university of applied sciences in primary education,The Netherlands. My students are 18 years and older. During their scholarships and after receiving their diploma, they teach classrooms that are composed of many cultures. However, my students themselves are white and female. There is no diversity whatsoever in their own education so I feel a strong urge to work with them on their (and mine!)  intercultural awareness. 
Maria Rietveld, The Netherlands
Maria Rietveld, The Netherlands
I'm an assistent 
Susana Landgrebe, Austria
Susana Landgrebe, Austria
Hello to everybody!
I am a teacher, that starts late my career, i am 46, though i am teaching only since 2 years,  i like it. My scool is a highscool (Gymnasium) n Vienna, with children in the age of 10 to 18, they are so different, so individual, not only because of the huge number of languages they speak beyond the german, but also in their creativity and behavior, i try to teach them literature, grammar an writing in German, and i had also italian classes (not this year) - my dream is to have some ethic lessons to.  
Sofía Abuter
Sofía Abuter
Buenos días a todos!
I am Sofia, I am 25 years old and I am actually nocht teaching. Instead I am doing a Masters in Educational Psychology in Barcelona. I can call myself a Third Culture Kid since I am born in Chile but grew up 15 years in Munich. With this biographical background I am motivated to learn more about cultural diversity in education. That is why I chose to begin a research internship in plurilingualism and interculturality in Girona. I hope one day I can contribute to make the education in this world better for all, especially for TCKs. 
Manuel Garcia Naples, Italy
Manuel Garcia Naples, Italy
Hello my name is Manuel Garcia and I am an Italian-American student at Vesalius college in Brussels Belgium. I am in my third year towards a degree in communications and look forward to being a teacher in the near future, and joining this highly influential profession in our society
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Gian Luca Cossari, Italy
Gian Luca Cossari, Italy
Hello everyone, my name is Gian Luca Cossari and I have 46 years. I teach in high schools for 21 years. I'm Italian, I live in Turin where I teach Electronics and electrical engineering at a Technical Institute of the city. I have always occupied the top three years and I brought the final year graduation examination. I have programming experience and didactic learning units. I believe that the cooperative work and the synergy between teacher and students is the basis of learning development. All this to the base of a scholastic success which should be the goal of achieving last of each teacher.

Irina Ignat, Romania
Irina Ignat, Romania
Hi, everybody! I am Irina, an English teacher in a technical college in Ploiesti, a small town near Bucharest. 
I've been teaching for almost 9 years and I want to get more familiarised with the topic of cultural diversity.
Good luck for everyone in the new school year!

Gian Luca Cossari, Italia
Gian Luca Cossari, Italia
Hello everyone, my name is Gian Luca Cossari and I have 46 years. I teach in high schools for 21 years. I'm Italian, I live in Turin where I teach Electronics and electrical engineering at a Technical Institute of the city. I have always occupied the top three years and I brought the final year graduation examination. I have programming experience and didactic learning units. I believe that the cooperative work and the synergy between teacher and students is the basis of learning development. All this to the base of a scholastic success which should be the goal of achieving last of each teacher.


Patrizia Ceccarini Italy
Patrizia Ceccarini Italy
Hi everybody!
My name is Patrizia and I teach Music in a italian public Secondary School, age 11 to 14.  I live in Rimini. My school is located in San Mauro Pascoli, a small town where there are many shoes and fashion factorys.  In my school there are some chinese students  not speaking Italian or English or French. I'm in trouble to teach in this kind of classes. I hope to  improve my  teaching skills
Floriana Larovere, Italy
Floriana Larovere, Italy
Hi everybody!
I'm Floriana and I teach French and Spanish in Barletta. I have been teaching for five years and in the last 3 years I'm working with foreign pupils. I'm very happy to start this exerience to know new colleagues and to improve my teacher skills.
Susan Gagliano
Susan Gagliano
Hi, I'm originally from New Jersey but have been living in Florence, Italy for almost 25 years. I have taught EFL to Italian kids in pre-school, primary and middle school for 13 years and I am now a teacher trainer for Erasmus + courses as well as for the Florence Education Office. I am interested in learning more about cultural diversity in a more systematic way, instead of just relying on personal qualities like empathy and open mindedness. 
Georgia Alexouda, Greece
Georgia Alexouda, Greece
I am a computer science teacher. I work in the junior and senior high school of the Experimental School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In my school we have few students, who come from other countries and most of them were born in Greece. I was born and grew up in Germany.  I grew up in an intercultural environment and I think that intercultural competence is very important.

Hi everybody.
Hi everybody.
My name's Marika and I live in Pordenone, not far from Venice in the north east of Italy. 
I teach Humanities in a middle school of the area. 
There are more than 200 students divided in ten classes. Once a week,  we spend two hours to work in workshops, a great opportuniy to learn together in creative classes. Two years ago, with my English Teacher colleague we realises a CLIL project talking about "Healthy Food", students were very envolved.
My students are aged 11 - 14. 
Andrea Raccagni, Italy
Andrea Raccagni, Italy
 Ciao a tutti!
I'm Andrea an Italian maths and science teacher at the middle school. I have been teaching for nine years at a private school in Martinengo near Bergamo.
There are about 240 students, divided into 9 classroms (from 6th to 8th grade). The school also has a computer lab, a little science lab and a gymnasium.
Only in the last two years I have had to deal with situations about migrants in my classroms and so I want to improve my skills about cultural diversity and school integration. 
gabriella s. Northern Italy 
gabriella s. Northern Italy 
 

I teach in a secondary Italian school. My students are disabled student aged of 14- 19. Some of them are Italian and some others are migrants coming from Africa, Asia.

So they have different social and cultural background with different religious credo and cultural values. These aspects are one of my main problem when I work with them . OOBcPL���3���

Lara Colaiocco, Italy
Lara Colaiocco, Italy
Hi everybody! 
I'm Lara and I teach English in a secondary school      ( 11-13 year-old pupils).
In my school there are many migrants coming from Senegal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Russia and so on...
My school is near the sea in a little place on the Adriatic coast called Porto Recanati.
I hope that this course will give me  useful means to teach so different students with incredibly diverse backgrounds.
Lara Colaiocco, Italy
Lara Colaiocco, Italy
Hi everybody! 
I'm Lara and I teach English in a secondary school      ( 11-13 year-old pupils).
In my school there are many migrants coming from Senegal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Russia and so on...
My school is near the sea in a little place on the Adriatic coast called Porto Recanati.
I hope that this course will give me  useful means to teach so different students with incredible diverse backgrounds.
Carmen, Italy
Carmen, Italy
I'a a science teacher in a secondary school in North Italy. I'm teaching this year to 15 yrs old students
Matteo Damiani, Italy
Matteo Damiani, Italy
Hi. My name is Matteo Damiani, I am from Urbino but I'm living and teaching in Cittanova - Reggio Calabira - in a low secondary school. My students are not only italian but many of them come from differnt contries, mainly from northern Africa and Eastern Europe.
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Valeria Mirisola, Italy
Valeria Mirisola, Italy
I teach english to adults in a prison, in Sicily.  Our students are both Italian and foreigners 
Stefania Giardullo,Italy
Stefania Giardullo,Italy
HI!! I'm Stefania from Italy and I teach English in a primary school. I like speak English with  my pupils in each moment of the school day. 

Luca Calabrese, Italy
Luca Calabrese, Italy
Hi to everyone, I am Luca from Italy and I teach in a secondary school in Taranto, a beautiful sea town in south of Italy.  My students are from various countries, european and not, so I think this is a melting point contest. I am very glad to stay here in this virtually contest to improve my multicultural skills for the opportunities of my students
Reneta Raicheva, Bulgaria 
Reneta Raicheva, Bulgaria 
Hello & nice to meet you! I'm so happy that I'm a part of this interesting course...hope that it will be useful for all of us. As a teacher in English to young learners, I'm interested in how will cultural diversity improve language skills of pupils & how will it motivate them for excellent project work.  We also like new ICT techniques & modern devices & often use them in our classroom. Collaboration with different partners from Europe is important for our team. We' d like to make a successful PBL with colleagues & friends from a lot of European countries. Hope that this course will propose amazing ideas & opportunities to meet new creative  teams. :) 
Sibel Saygın, Turkey
Sibel Saygın, Turkey
Hi! I'm Sibel from İstanbul,Turkey.I graduated as an English teacher from İstanbul University, I have been teaching for 12 years ,currently I am vice principal at a state secondary school and coordinator teacher of our province (Sarıyer). ıt is great pleasure to be here and share with educators from different parts of Europe.
In our schools there are students who come from different cultural backrounds.

Oriella, Italia
Oriella, Italia
Hi! I'm Oriella and I teach in a secondary school in Chiavari, a beatiful sea town in Northern Italy.
My students are from different countries not only european and I like work in a multicultural contest. I'm very happy to start this course to meet colleagues, to improve my teacher skills, to contribute to the learning process, to find new networking opportunities form my students.

José Sousa Portugal
José Sousa Portugal
                              
Hi. My name is José Carlos Sousa and I'm a Geography teacher in a secondary school. In this year I teach geography and discipline called "Integration Area" where address diverse topics related to the person, the society and the world. I have students from 15 to 19 years. My school is situated in Rio Tinto, a small city near Oporto the second largest city in Portugal.  It is a medium with some socioeconomic problems where children are left to themselves while the parents go to work to the great city of Porto,   so my school is a public institution of education and training and coordinating a group of nine schools - kindergarten, pre-school,1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle and secondary - attentive to the environment in which it operates, provides the your community a quality service, both in terms of management and organizational functioning, both in terms of education and training, qualifying their students for further studies or for integration into the working world, a humanism environment and responsibility, guided by high standards.  I don't dominate the English language so this course adds this motivation.
Valeria Mirisola
Valeria Mirisola
Maria Domenica Calciati, Italy
Maria Domenica Calciati, Italy
Hi! I teach french in a lower secondary school in a small provincial town.
Our area hasn't a strong migratory footprint but I had students who come from Senegal, Marocco and China.
Families still speak their native language.
I belive that this course will help me to enhance my teacher procedure, I'd like to improve myself in order to be a better teacher enriching my understanding and  working with my students  creating interesting lessons  in a multiculturally contest
Giselda Costa, Brazil
Giselda Costa, Brazil
Hi,  I am a professor and Researcher at Federal Institute of Piauí-Brazil . I received my Masters and PhD degree in Linguistics from Federal University of Pernambuco (Recife- Brazil). I have teaching and coaching experience on the level of secondary, higher, and adult education. My research interests focus the field of mobile learning, with a particular emphasis on context-aware on designing instructional methods, personal learning environments in formal and informal educational settings, innovative pedagogy and learning scenarios, foreign language teaching and critical visual literacy.  
I have a new project in my class called " cellatschool"
www.cellatschool.com
my homepage: www.giseldacosta.com

Silvia Palma, Portugal
Silvia Palma, Portugal
Hello from Faro, Algarve. I'm a science teacher in a public middle school that belongs to a group of 9 schools. I have students from 13 to 17 years belong to various nationalities and descendants of immigrant parents that belongs to different cultures. I tutor teacher of a group of institutionalized girls from broken families who attend a vocational course. I like technology, contact with people and volunteer. I'm looking forward to the course.

Clementina/Portugal
Clementina/Portugal
I am Portuguese, math teacher of children between 10 and 12 years. My school is situated on the outskirts of Lisbon, is located in a region where we find people who came from the old colonies - Angola, Mozambique, Guinea, Cape Verde - and other countries India, Ukraine, England, France and other countries in Africa and Europe without being Portuguese speaking. We still have many Gypsies students and that they perceive different from anyone else even if it is Portuguese.
 Many of my students, although their families are from other countries they were born in Portugal, they speak Portuguese with some difficulty, but continue to talk with the family's mother tongue.
 In school activities it becomes very interesting to note the differences and similarities. 
Anna Scola Italy
Anna Scola Italy
Hello from Calabria! My name's Anna Scola and I teach English as L2 in Higher Secondary Schools in a small provincial town. I am open and likeable person and I am very fond of Edu Tech, but I am interested in music and art too. Every day I learn more from the students I teach than perhaps what they learn from me! I love watching some students grow and take steps towards discovering, effectively, who they are. It is for that reason that teaching is the best job in the world!
Olga Martins, Portugal
Olga Martins, Portugal
I live in Faro in the South of the country (Algarve). I´ve taught several teaching degrees, since the basic schools to the University of Algarve.
I also teach as a volunteer teacher in an NGO where girls from different dysfunctional families from social and cultural backgrounds lived. Their cultural diversities are also the most important issues I have to work with.
I´ve chosen this course because the topic provides a great added value for teachers and students.I teach students with very different cultural backgrounds and also participate in several Projects where the cultural diversity is the greatest issue to deal with. I would like to learn more in order to create new opportunities for the interaction among students from different nationalities promoting each time richer intercultural dialogues and competences.
It is also a great adventure for me to work for the first time in an online course with all of you.
Graziella Sidoti, Italy
Graziella Sidoti, Italy
ello , I'm Graziella , a teacher at the primary . I hope to learn much!

Loredana, Romania
Loredana, Romania
Hello, everyone! I am a primary school teacher and I also teach English to young pupils (6 to 10 years old). I run a small private school, called Lorelay Primary School in Iasi, a city in the East of the country. 
Chris, Macedonia, Greece.
Chris, Macedonia, Greece.
Hi friends! I am Chris and I am a science teacher at Intercultural Lyceum of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. I have been a teacher there for 15 years. I was lucky to see our school evolve over the years. From teaching young Greeks, children of immigrant Greeks abroad, to Greeks from former USSR, until recently children  of economy immigrants and war-zone escaping refugees, our school had students from many countries all over the world, from all six continents. This year we have many students from Pakistan, Afganistan, Iran, Syria as well as Chinese, Albanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Georgian. Now if this isn't an intercultural challenge!
Annalisa Ferrari /Italia
Annalisa Ferrari /Italia
I teach in Italy, in middle school (6th-8th grade). My school is located in northern Italy and is an area with a strong migratory footprint. Very often, in our classrooms the number of foreign students (ie from countries outside the European Community) are 30 or 40%. Some of them were born in Italy, but they have families who still speak their native language and have difficulty because their cultural background sometimes is very different from the one in which they live. Others arrived in Italy for four or five years, and attend school even if they haven’t the mastery of the Italian language and don’t yet possess the necessary skills. Finally, a group of them is in Italy for a short time and then has great difficulty understanding and communication. This year, in one of my classes, foreigners are many but they are well integrated from a social perspective; but they still have difficulties in acquiring skills.
Maria/Greece
Maria/Greece
Hello everyone! My name is Maria and I'm a Kindergarten teacher. My students are 4-6 years old. I was born and grew up in Finland but  I have been living in Greece nearly 30 years. I live in Patras, which is Greece's third largest urban area in northern Peloponnese, about 215 km west of Athens. I have been working in the public Educational field of Greece since 2003. I haven't got much working experience with immigrants since most of my students are born in Greece. I'm happy to be part of this great course and looking forward to getting new ideas how to improve my teaching skills in order to become an intercultural competent teacher.
Georgia Alexouda, Greece
Georgia Alexouda, Greece
I am a computer science teacher. I work in the junior and senior high school of the Experimental School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In my school we have few students, who come from other countries and the most of them were born in Greece. I was born and I grew up in Germany.  I grew up in an intercultural environment and I think that intercultural competence is very important.

Irina Bocaneala, Romania
Irina Bocaneala, Romania
I` am an Romanian litterature teacher in an vocational college, situated in Tulcea, the principal entrance gate to the Danube Delta. A large number of our students are originally from the Delta villages and a significant percent of them (25%) belong to national minorities: Lipovans (Russian Old Believers), Ukrainians, Greeks, Turks, Rroma (Gypsies), .  
Ivana, Croatia
Ivana, Croatia
Hi everyone! I am an english teacher and currently I'm working as  private tutor. 

Gabriela, Romania
Gabriela, Romania
Hi,
I'm a french teacher in a little town from Romania. My students' age ranged between 14-19.

Liliya, UK
Liliya, UK
Hello everyone!
Born in Ukraine, I live and work in England now. I teach ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) to mixed-level groups of adult learners. 
You can find my more detailed introduction in my Learning Diary on Padlet.
George, Greece
George, Greece
Hi everybody, I am a computer science teacher in a vocational lyceum. Our students are mostly Greek but we have also from Albania, Romania, Czech or Poland. I am looking forward to enriching my understanding and broadening my mind regarding cultural diversity in classrooms.
Mina, Italy
Mina, Italy
Hello!,
I'm a Middle school English teacher in a small town near Foggia, in the southern part of Italy. My students  are 11-13 years old and some of them are immigrants. I'm interested in this project  because I'd like to improve myself in order to be a better teacher for my wonderful students  
Gina, Italy
Gina, Italy
Hello, I am Gina and I am from Naples Italy. I teach Italian in a primary school. This year I have 14 students and two of them are immigrants. I believe that the presence of cultutal diversity in the classrooom is a resource and I joined this course to expand my knowledge on how to teach my student respect for diversity.

Dimitra, Greece
Dimitra, Greece
Hello!! I am a primary school teacher in Crete. My students come from different cultural backgrounds. I believe that this course will help me to enhance the teaching procedure. 

Laura, Italy
Laura, Italy
Hi, I'm Laura and I live in Cagliari, Sardinya Island, Italy.
I teach Italian, English, History and more in a primary school; my students are about ten years old. In my school there are not many immigrant children but lately many people are arriving in Sardinya from the sea. I think that Teachers are not formation about multicultural education so I would like to improve my competence.

Elisabetta, Italy
Elisabetta, Italy
Hi everyone! I'm half Irish, half Italian. I teach Religion in a Primary School in Italy: I have 9 classes with children ranging from 6 to 11 years old. Many of them come from different countries (India, China, Japan, Romania, Albania, Brasil, Philippines).In Italy  Religion is taught in public schools for its historical and cultural value and never in a devotional or doctrinal manner: the subjetc itself helps to instill understanding, tolerance and respect for diversity in a pluralistic society.
Dorota, Poland
Dorota, Poland
Hi,
I'm a teacher of English in primary school in Szczecin, Poland. It's a great pleasure to be on the course and share opinions.
I teach in classes 4-6, so my pupils are 10 to 12 years old. They come from different backgrounds. There are mainly Polish children but I also have kids from Ukraine, Afganistan, Chechnya. I want to be a competent teacher, that's why I decided to join the course.
Jessica Bruini, Italy
Jessica Bruini, Italy
Hi!
I am a teacher of English in a middle school in Modena, a middle-sized town in Northern Italy. Modena is famous for Pavarotti and Ferrari and for a lot of cuisine specialities like balsamic vinegar,  tortellini, Parmesan cheese, and so on...
I have been teaching for 15 years now and, like Alicia siad, it is my calling... even if sometimes this job can become really demanding... but it isn't only a job, is it?
In my school a third of our students are from a migrant backgorund. Some of them are the second generation of migrants families, others are new-comers. The countries where they mostly come from are Africa (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Ghana and Nigeria), Asia (China, Pakistan, India, Turkey), Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia).
This is the reason why I am attending this MOOC. Multiculturalism and cultural diversity awareness are themes on which I want to learn more and become more confident. I want to become a better teacher.

Hi there!
Hi there!
My name’s Alice. Born and raised in Italy. I can teach English and Spanish.
In my little experience, students’ age ranged between 10 to 13 and 14 to 19.
As a Foreign Languages teacher, I strongly believe that cultural diversity it’s a richness for the whole class, but sometimes building understanding and a peaceful environment among students becomes a challenge. That’s why I’m here. I want to be an interculturally competent teacher and carry on a really good work together.
Anna, Italy
Anna, Italy
Hi, I'm Anna and I teach English in a middle school. I started teaching in 2001. I live in Puglia where lots of migrants land. This is my first on line course... I hope I'll be good :-)

Ilaria Speroni, Italy
Ilaria Speroni, Italy
Hello everybody! it's a pleasure to be here with you!
I'm Ilaria from Italy. I teach italian, history and geography in secondary school. My pupils come from different country. last year I taught to migrants.     
Laura Tosi, ITALY
Laura Tosi, ITALY
Hello everyone!
I'm Laura from Italy.
I'm a foreign language teacher and I've been working in different backgrounds: kindergarten, primary, secondary school and with adults too.


The numbers of students from other countries is constantly increasing in Italy but in many small villages and towns there's still a narrow-minded attitude towards cultural diversity, among students and young people too.


I'd like to be part of a process in which diversity means enrichment, growth and opportunity so I enrolled on this course because I do believe intercultural education at school is our present and our future, since school is always the mirror of the society we live in.
Florin Balotescu, Romania, `Mihail Sadoveanu` Highschool and Olga Gudynn Int'l School 
Florin Balotescu, Romania, `Mihail Sadoveanu` Highschool and Olga Gudynn Int'l School 
Hello. everyone, again! It is very good to be back  after the MOOC http://academy.schooleducationgateway.eu/en/web/developing-project-based-learning-in-your-classroom. 
Both as highschool and secondary school teacher, I had students who came from different cultures as Iran, US, Turkey and also international fellow teachers. They are bilingual or multilingual, so teaching Romanian is a real challenge as one may take benefit from using parallel language structures. The most recent issue that I encountered is that students who speak other languages then their mother tongue, tend to disregard the latter,  considering useless. At he same time, they favor the use of languages as English or German, without cherishing their cultural background. So this would be a great topic to discuss about. 
Noelia Fernandez Rull, Italy
Noelia Fernandez Rull, Italy
Hi! I'm from Spain but I work for the italian public school. I teach spanish in a lower Secondary school. My pupils come from different countries. It's a really multiculturally context :))
Achilleas Kapartzianis, Cyprus
Achilleas Kapartzianis, Cyprus
Hi everyone! I am a Physics Teacher and I teach Physics at a secondary Technical School in Limassol. My school has an ever increasing number of immigrants every year.

Vanessa Ridolfi, Italy
Vanessa Ridolfi, Italy
I teach English in a secndary high school and we have immigrants in almost each class (they are mostly from Albania, since their parents came here to work).  The problem in Italy is that we don't have "special" classes, so students are all mixed up and teachers are not prepared to face them. 
Carmen Guidetti, Italy
Carmen Guidetti, Italy
Hi, everyone. I know I am really late, but I couldn't do my homeworks until now. I am so interested in this course, it is not the first course I attend on line and with the Teacher academy.
I am a foreign language teacher , I have been working from kindergarten to university levels, fortunately, since 1992. So I could have some experience qith different classes with immigrants. 
Each group of students reacts in a different way. Soem times it is not easy to solve some discrimination act into the classroom, but almost times it can be solved after some long speeches and debates about the conflict and its meanings.
In Italy, it is wellknown that immigrant situation is a problem that it is solved in different ways second if you are in the north or south of the country. Northern is, perhaps, more "cold" with immigrants, but there, there are also lots of stakeholders, further than the only school, that  welcomes them. Instead of the southern of Italy, where people, perhaps, are "warmer" than northern ones, but there are less structures and organizations to welcome them.
School is better organized at north than in the south, and there are more foreign students there than in southern regions. I am working in Ferrara since a couple of months, so I can't speak a lot about how a class is really here, but I think that it almost depends of the teacher and the groups of teachers to welcome in the best way and let to creat e multicultural learning environment.
Sandra, Northern Germany, Germany
Sandra, Northern Germany, Germany
I teach at a vocational college in Northern Germany and my subjects are ICT, English and Health Sciences. My name is Sandra.

I had my first experience teaching classes of migrants last year. This year we continue our experience in a number of teaching teams at our school.

Our general set-up:

We have chosen a coursebook and have decided to work with A1 starter level, though our students' command of German is already quite diverse in our classrooms. Language skill levels of German as a second language range from A0 (even after one year of teaching) to A2. Sometimes students achieve A2 in all language skill areas, sometimes speaking and understanding have reached A2 but writing and reading skills are still at beginners level. 

Some notes on facilities in our classroom:

A CD player, blackboard, flash cards and pencil and paper is mainly aiding us at the moment though we are working on a selection of specifically chosen youtube language learning videos to allow for more differentiation in our classrooms. 
hello!! it'a a pleasure to be here with you
hello!! it'a a pleasure to be here with you
Agapi, Greece
Agapi, Greece
Hiiii! I am an adult educator, qualified to teach civics to children 13-18 and a lawyer! At the moment I practise mainly  asylum law and I deal with matters that involve children and their families.
Samanta, from Italy
Samanta, from Italy
I'm a teacher in Primary school. I've teached for many years different subjects. This year I've a new rule in my institute: I will be involved in music and inclusion, entering in all the classrooms to develop projects. I think I could have the possibility to innovate myself and my way to teach.
Despoina from Greece says ''Hello everyone!''
Despoina from Greece says ''Hello everyone!''
Nice to meet you all!I'm a Greek Teacher and Adult Trainer in Thessaloniki(Northern Greece). My students are 3-65years old at NGOs, private playrooms and cultural associations. I really enjoy multicultural educational or working enviroments! live in an amazing multicolour city that inspires us everyday!
 
Adriana, Romania
Adriana, Romania
Hello, everybody, it's great to virtually meet you all! I teach math in a highschool in the West of Romania. My students are between 11 - 18 years old. We live in a multicultural, multiethnic city and we love it!
Hi from Luca Guerneri, Italy
Hi from Luca Guerneri, Italy
I'm an English teacher working in a vocational school in Forlì, Italy. It's a vocational school where students study to become social seervices carers or dental technicians. As it often happens in Italy with vocational schools students come from very different backgrounds and the vast majority of them are either immigrants recently arrived in Italy or second generation immigrant, children of parents who moved from different parts of the world to look for a job and a supposedly better life in our country. I've got students from North Africa (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia), eastern Europe (Roamnia, Albania and Ukraine). Cultural diversity is part of my everyday life and of my everyday teaching. I'm more than interested in sharing ideas and points of view on how this situation is handled by colleagues in my country and all over Europe.
I'm Francesco from Agrigento, Ital
I'm Francesco from Agrigento, Ital
I'm a young journalist and English teacher who is starting to focus on educational innovation in Europe: I'm specifically interested in the world of new tecnologies applied to the classroom activities, in particular of multicultural contexts like big European cities where 2nd generation children start to build their citizenship by growing with friends of other nationalities. I hope to take advantage of this course by learning how to boost intercultural competence to my job tasks and to the customers I address my work (students, readers, policy makers) 
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Domenico Matalone
Domenico Matalone
Hi everyone, I'm Business Administration teacher in secondary school. I'm from south-Italy: Calabria and at the moment I teach in this wonderfull part of Italy.  I follow this course to improve my self about methodologies   and strategies in management cultural Diversity in the classroom.
Hello from Chalkidiki Greece
Hello from Chalkidiki Greece
I'm Melahrini a primary school teacher.I became a head teacher since last year and I teach to 3 classes of my school.In my school we have some students from Albania and some from Bulgaria.
I always tried to bring my students close to other cultures working etwinning and other global projects.I'm very much interested  of learning  new methods of teaching.
I am Konstantinos from Larissa, Greece
I am Konstantinos from Larissa, Greece
I currently work at a Second Chance School where multicultural situations and phenomena are usual. While I am aware of the problematics and research on intercultural education, I expect this course to enrich my potential.

Giovanna Wiplinger Croce
Giovanna Wiplinger Croce
Hi everyone here!
I am a teacher of English in a Primary School in Quartu Sant'Elena - Cagliari- (Sardinia) in Italy.

I have got about 150 students per year divided into 8 up to 10 classes, their age goes from 6 to 11.

I love to involve students through Art, Music, Sports in order to learn English a fantastic language which has become universally accepted and recognized so auto reach as many people as possible in one shot!

At the moment I have many Chinese students at school, and few from East Europe. Sometimes it is difficult to communicate with them at the start of the year when neither children or parents speak Italian, and people like cultural mediator are difficult to find especially for Chinese language.
Therefore I hope to learn through this course to deal with all my foreign students in the best way to fully integrate them in our culture
I'm Marilia from Portugal
I'm Marilia from Portugal
At the moment all my students are Portuguese, my school is not a multicultural one. However I'm interested in learning about cultural diversity, so that I can prepare my students to a multicultural world and make them realize that  we should accept and respect everybody.
Hello everybody, I am Manuela. I live in Southern Italy and I have experience in teaching in the primary school. I am currently trying to move to the high school to teach English language and Literature. I do not have much experience in cultural diversity in the classroom, despite the fact that the area in which I live is strongly characterized by migration phenomena. Anyway in the past I had a case of newly migrated child from China, speaking neither English nor Italian and it was very difficult to find the right approach also from a personal and social point of view. Therefore I am really interested in learning more about this challenging topic.
Hello everybody, I am Manuela. I live in Southern Italy and I have experience in teaching in the primary school. I am currently trying to move to the high school to teach English language and Literature. I do not have much experience in cultural diversity in the classroom, despite the fact that the area in which I live is strongly characterized by migration phenomena. Anyway in the past I had a case of newly migrated child from China, speaking neither English nor Italian and it was very difficult to find the right approach also from a personal and social point of view. Therefore I am really interested in learning more about this challenging topic. 
Blagorodna S., Macedonia
Blagorodna S., Macedonia
Hello! I'm a secondary teacher and I teach informatics. I teach in a multiethnic school.

In my classes students  are from different ethnicities and religion. 

Hi, everybody!My name is Vera Napoli and I teach at the primary school.I work in Sicily, in Palermo in a little school.I have lovely pupils, very very nice!they are six years old and they desire to learn every thing.I am proud of they!!!
Hi, everybody!My name is Vera Napoli and I teach at the primary school.I work in Sicily, in Palermo in a little school.I have lovely pupils, very very nice!they are six years old and they desire to learn every thing.I am proud of they!!!
Carolina P., Italy
Carolina P., Italy
Hello all of you, I'm Carol and I'm living in a small village near Bergamo.
I've been teaching English for lots of year in secondary school, but some years ago I decided to change my school carreer and I decided to teach in evening classes. I have different Kinds of people, grown-up and young people. I tech Italian language to foreign people coming from Senegal , India and pakistan. It's an interesting experience!
Nickolas K., Greece (Epirus).
Nickolas K., Greece (Epirus).
Hello! I am a secondary school teacher and I teach physical education. I am very excited by this course, because I will have the chance to improve my skills and competences in cultural diversity. I do believe that physical education has an educational and socialising effect that makes it ideal vehicle for inercultural dialogue and social ntergration.
Blas Villalta, Spain
Blas Villalta, Spain
Hi everybody. My name is Blas Villalta. I'm teaching Spanish Language and Literature in a high school in a village in central Spain, in La Solana, Castilla-La Mancha. Most of our students are local but we have some of them from Latin America and Eastern Europe, and I think it's important for all of them to learn how to live in a multicultural society.

Eoin Walshe, Ireland
Eoin Walshe, Ireland
Post-primary teacher of Religious Education & Music. Working in a wonderfully culturally diverse context. You can find me on twitter at @eoinstweets and I'd look to connect with colleagues working in similar and different situations. Excited and enthused by this course. Best wishes to all from Dublin, Ireland
Stefania B., Italy
Stefania B., Italy
Hi, I'm Stefania and I'm teaching at a secondary vocational school in my hometown. My students are 14-19 years old. They come from various countries and sometimes the relationships between the different nationalities are really hard. I'm interested in learning how to start an intercultural dialogue so as to teach my students respect for all diversities.


Thomas Michels
Thomas Michels
I´m a teacher of a secondary school and there are even some refugees.
Maria Panou/ Kalymnos, Greece
Maria Panou/ Kalymnos, Greece
Hello, My name is Maria Panou and I live in Kalymnos, Dodecanese, a small island at the edge of east Europe. We have to fight among crisis, refugees, no work. I'm a teacher to Junior High School. I teach Ancient and Modern Greek Language, History, Orthodox Theology and Social Sciences. I adore to learn about everything and I'm enthusiastic I'm with you, as you are my window to world. I like ask questions, learn answers, discuss opinions. I've made in my school two e-journals. You can see them here :www.2gympsilkalymn.wordpress.com and www.oureuropeanschooljournal.wordpress.comand their addresses to facebook, where you can tell me your precious opinion about : a)https://www.facebook.com/orthodoxtheology.study/ b)https://www.facebook.com/Divingintheoceansofknowledge2012/ 
I'm also the leader at Orthodox Christian Camping of Archiebishop of Kalymnos, for eight years and on and you can see our camping's actions here :https://agiaparaskeviargoskalymnoycamping.wordpress.com/ Iwishing us a welcome to diving in the oceans of knowledge! As I'm a habitat of island's of spongers I'm wishing us to this special diving!
Svitlana Maliy
Svitlana Maliy
Greetings from Ukraine!
I`m an ESL teacher and I¬ve been teaching English for 20 years. My students are 13-16 years old. They are funny, noisy and creative. Our school is situated in the centre of our industrial city. There are about 800 students in it. My students are Ukrainians but they speak Russian, too.
Silvia T. Italy
Silvia T. Italy
Hi, I'm Silvia and I'm a teacher at the secondary school. I teach Italian language and literature, history and geography. I have been working in the past as a teacher for special need students and I've also taught Italian language to students coming from abroad. Now, in my classes, there are students coming from different countries such as China, Morocco, Albania, Hungary and I try to make my classes opened to the interculturality aspects and curious about the different background of each other
Gabriella T.- Italy
Gabriella T.- Italy
Hello everybody! I'm a primary teacher and I teach English and others subjects .My students are about 6 to 11 years old. My new school is located in center of the city.I enrolled this course to improve my competencies about appropriate educational tools and to be able countering a prejudices and racism.   
Gabriella Tarallo
Gabriella Tarallo
Stathis, Greece
Stathis, Greece
Hello from Greece! I'm a teacher on electronics and computing at the Technical Vocational school of Almyros. I have in my classes students from Greece, Albania and Bulgaria but no immigrants yet. I find very interesting to teach in such classes because of the different cultures of the children. I enrolled at this course as to equip myself with the appropriate educational tools  that will help me to make these students adapted to Greek educational system.
Carmen G, Italy
Carmen G, Italy
Hello eveybody! My name   is Carmen, I'm 50 and I teach Information Technology in a secondary school in Pordenone (Friuli), North East Italy, so my students are about from 14 to 19 years old. My classes always includes students from different Countries and cultures such as China, India, Africa, North and South America but also Norway. Some of them live in Italy for a long time, some have just arrived and I think many others will come soon.
Triantafyllia F, from Greece (Athens)
Triantafyllia F, from Greece (Athens)

Hello, I'm another one Triantafyllia. I'm teacher of Physical Education in a secondary Art School. I teach also traditional dances and I find the lessons about integration and multiculturalism very significant for all teachers. When we try to learn about others we can learn about myself
Maria A., Serres/Greece
Maria A., Serres/Greece
I am a primary school teacher and I teach all primary school subjects. This year I teach grade 4 students. My expectation from this course is to develop my intercultural competence.
Dolore, Italy
Dolore, Italy
Hello, I'm Dolores, from Cuneo (Italy), I teach in a secondary school and my students are aged 13/19.  Students, and above all young people, are more and more special and they need special teachings. Students com from different countries or only from different social realities. It is important for a teacher to be able to relate to them and to let them relate each other.

Cinzia
Cinzia
Hi! My name is Cinzia. I live in a beautiful town near Bari in Puglia (Italy). I teach Italian and Latin in a secondary school. I love my job because i have the opportunity to know a lot of boys and girls that are from 14-19 years old.  In my school there are italian students but also some students that come from Albania, Marocco, Tunisia.... In many cases they were born in Italy so they speak Italian well. 
Jasna Šojer/Croatia
Jasna Šojer/Croatia
I am librarian in The School of Midwifery, Zagreb, Croatia. For a years I do interactive developmental bibliotherapy and educational drama. The aim of these methods is to help students acquire and develop social and emotional skills which will help them through the turbulent and confusing process of growing up. My other activities include translating books for children and drama pedagogy literature. For a years me and my students are part of etwinning community with a big project experience with partners from Portugal, France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Germany, Turkey. As a leader of projects, I am very proud on our successes because all of them got European Quality Label, National Awards and Prizes. Also I am a big fun of European Schoolnet Courses which open me door to the new knowledge and give ideas for a projects as well as their quality.
Nils / Germany
Nils / Germany
Hello everyone, I'm a teacher at a secondary school in Germany. Our school is located in Eastern Germany between Halle (Saale) and Leipzig. I teach English, math and music and my students are from 10-16 years old. We do not have many migrants at our school but there are lots of prejudices...
Ilaria Lisci, Italy                 Hi everyone! I’m an educator in a penal colony where most of 70% are foreigner convicts. I try to appreciate the value of multiculturality into the penitenciary sistem, so as  I worked for ten years as a teacher in a primary school where I practiced the P4C, the Philosophy for Children, a curriculum  that want promote the philosophical thinking, based to Mattew Lipman, now I transferred the Philosophy for community in a group of prisoners. We discuss about philosophical topics, chosen whenever  by the group.
Ilaria Lisci, Italy                 Hi everyone!

I’m an educator in a penal colony where most of 70% are
foreigner convicts. I try to appreciate the value of multiculturality into the
penitenciary sistem, so as  I worked for
ten years as a teacher in a primary school where I practiced the P4C, the
Philosophy for Children, a curriculum 
that want promote the philosophical thinking, based to Mattew Lipman,
now I transferred the Philosophy for community in a group of prisoners. We
discuss about philosophical topics, chosen whenever  by the group.
Anna Bormida
Anna Bormida
HELLO ! My name's Anna and I'm a primary school teacher and a tutor trainee in Genova, Italy.I like travelling and speaking English. At school I involve my students in E-Twinning projects.
I work in a big primary school. 
There are 350 students from 6 to 11 years old , divided in 16 classrooms ! I teach English, Italian and Geography !
In my classroom (20 students) there are some students from other countries, they are of second generation, one from Romania, one from Nigeria (but they 're born in Italy) and some students live in mixed families (the mums are from Albania, Ceck republic, Greece). At the moment there aren't just arrived students.
I'm very happy to join this course in order to improve my competences in this field!

Ana Nojkovska
Ana Nojkovska
Hello everyone, my name is Ana and I am ELT in a public, primary school in Kumanovo, Macedonia. Our students are mainly of ethnically diverse backgrounds so being part of this course is of great vallue to me.
Nadia Pegoraro
Nadia Pegoraro
HI everyone. My name’s Nadia Pegoraro, I am a support teacher with a degree in Pedagogy. I teach at Pertini-Santoni Vocational School in Crotone, South Italy.


Janice Gutierrez
Janice Gutierrez
Hi everyone!
My name is Janice and I was born in Peru but i lived all my life in Barcelona, and I am an English teacher in a school. I teach in different levels, from 3 years old to 10 years, and most of our students are from differents nationalities, specially South America. 
Apart from English i teach also mathematics and im looking forward to learn more with this course!

Elisabetta, Italy
Elisabetta, Italy
Hello, my name is Elisabetta and I am a lower secondary school teacher. I teach English in a little school in Italy, but we frequently have new pupils coming from extra Europe and also migrants. Sometimes they are just arrived and can’t speak a word in Italian or English, so I have to start right from the basis of primary communication, making them feel welcome and safe at the same time. It’s hard and challenging, but I really love my work. I joined this course to improve my teaching skills and my competence in this field, also sharing my experience with other teachers and learning from theirs.

Maria Cristina from Viterbo, Italy
Maria Cristina from Viterbo, Italy
Hi everyone! nice to meet you! I'm an English teacher in a vocational school . In my school there are many students with special needs, with learning difficulties and foreign students. I attend an important trainign course in Strasbourg at Pestalozzi Programme of the Council of Europe. I learnt many techiniques and didactic tools to teach in an inclusive way, to fight racism and promote inclusion.however I need to improve my skills and competences to be ready to the challenges in my job..I'm very happy to have joined this course. I need your help to grow up a better teacher!!

Apostolia Maladaki
Apostolia Maladaki
Hello everybody, I am a teacher in a secondary school and I teach Greek language –ancient and modern. I live and work in a small town in the North part of Greece called Edessa . Although Edessa is not a pluralistic society I think that as a teacher I have to be prepared in order to deal in the best way the future  . 

Rosa Medeiros, Azores, Portugal
Rosa Medeiros, Azores, Portugal
I'm from Azores/ Terceira island.  I'm special needs teacher. My school hasn't received any refugee students. 

Elisabetta , Italy
Elisabetta , Italy
Hello everybody , I'm an English teacher. I started working asa teacher in 1994 and I had a lot of different experiences teaching adults, people in jail, and since 2001 I teach junior high school students. I've always cared about offering a wide intercultural experience to my students and myself too that's why I tried my best with Projects , exchanges  and never stopped learning....
 
Athina Ginoudi
Athina Ginoudi
I teach physics in a secondary high school in Crete/Greece. Developing  intercultural competence is a new skill,  that all of us need
Marialena Christodoulidou, Cyprus
Marialena Christodoulidou, Cyprus
Hi from Cyprus. I am a primary science teacher in  a public school  and during the last years I have often worked  with migrants students. As a result developing intercultural competences is essential for me to become more effective at my work !!  
Hi! I'm Alessandra,
Hi! I'm Alessandra,
I teach in a secondary hight school in the northern of Italy, in Aosta Valley. I teach maths and physics. I love my work!
Hi! My name is Giulia and I teach maths in a Tecnical secondary school in Grosseto a not big town in Tuscany near the sea.
Hi! My name is Giulia and I teach maths in a Tecnical secondary school in Grosseto a not big town in Tuscany near the sea.
I like my work very much and I want to improve my knowledge with this course. We can see migrants in street everyday, so i think that we'll find them in our classes soon. 
Maria Cristina, Italy
Maria Cristina, Italy
Hi, I teach six classes in a Vocational school for Tourism and Catering in the center of Italy, but I've been teaching in primary school for 21 years.
In our classes we have students from different countries, but not so many! This is why I'm here: to learn to help them feeling good at school!
Isa, Italy
Isa, Italy
I am a primary school teacher for almost 35 years and I teach in the same school for 30 years. Currently professor prevalent (teach almost all subjects) in a second class.
Recently I graduated "trainer for e-learning and multimedia" and I have a specialization for "expert tutorials from new technologies", as well a master on teaching for specific learning disorders and a course of high training in "Methodologies for digital classroom management".
I participated in the research project "learning4all" of the Politecnico di Milano.
They are formative for teachers in Lombardy.

Hi! I am from Romani
 Hi! I am from Romania. I am a teacher of English. I teach in a secondary school. It will be nice to find out new ways to communicate with our students
Rosalba, ItalyHi
 Rosalba, Italy
Hi!I'm a teacher of Information Tecnology in secondary high school. I also teached Electronics about five years ago in several schools of North Italy (Pavia), where many foreign students were in the classroom. I always tried to help them on integrating in.
I'd like to learn on regards to cultural diversity in the classroom improving my competences on this issue
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Agnieszka, Poland
Agnieszka, Poland
Hello. I'm a Math teacher in Secondary School in Kraków. My pupils are from 13 to 16 years old and they are rather not culturally diversed. Despite that, I think it is important to talk with children about cultural diversity, because a lot of them have an opportunity to meet peers from other countries, e.g. while visiting their parents working in other EU's countries.
Simona Caucci, Italy
Simona Caucci, Italy
Hi everyone! I'm a German and English teacher. I tecah at different school levels: vocational training schhol, adult educational centre and I'm also a special educational teacher at Secondary School. I really love foreign languages, travelling and experiencing different cultures. I appreciate the value of communicating and sharing ideas especially in multicultural contexts. 
Annamaria, Italy
Annamaria, Italy
Hello to everybody!
I teach English in a secondary school in Trieste. As the city is just on the border with Slovenia and also pretty near to Austria there are many foreign students in all the region. I teach in six classes and I have students from Slovenia, Croatia, Moldavia, Russia, Pakistan and China. 
 Teaching to these classes is a fantastic challange and I wish to learn more not only from the course but also from 
Nube Pupurea, Italy
Nube Pupurea, Italy
Hello. I am a 56 years old Learning Support Teacher and, despite of my age, I started just a couple of years ago to teach again in schools after 20 years doing something else. I see that cultural diversity is becoming more and more present in our classrooms and I would like to be prepared when it will happen even in my school. Actually in my class there are one student from  Romania and one from Ghana but they know quite well Italian language. They can communicate well in Italian but I'm not sure they're really included in and by our culture. That's why I'd like to learn more.
Konstantina Michalakopoulou, Greece
Konstantina Michalakopoulou, Greece
Hello! I am a secondary school teacher in Greece. I teach ancient and modern greek, literature and history. I' ve had 12 years of teaching experience, working with students from 11 to 16 years old. I' ve worked with students from different countries. I am very keen on learning useful things in this online course for cultural diversity.

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Laura, Sardinya-I
Laura, Sardinya-I
Hi everybody, I'm Laura and I live in Cagliari, Sardinya Island, Italy.
I'm an old teacher because I "live" in the school from 35 years...I teach Italian, History, English, Art and more in a primary school; my students are about ten years old. I don't have much experience in multicultural education but I believe that diversity is a very treasure for our society so I would  like to improve my competence.
Graziana, Italy
Graziana, Italy
Hello, I am an English teacher in a middle school where pupils are of at least forty different nationalities. My goal is to improve my teaching skills and practice, and of course share experiences and opinions with other teachers.
Anna, Italy
Anna, Italy
Hi, I'm from Italy and teach Math. My students ate 14-19 years old. They are Italians, but I believe I will have students of vrious nationality in the next years and I want to be ready for this situation.

Zenaida , Romania
Zenaida , Romania
Hi! I'm a primary school teacher.

Elena Azzurra Smareglia, Italy
Elena Azzurra Smareglia, Italy
Hi everybody! I'm Elena Azzurra and I live in Rome in a district by the sea. I started teaching English in a secondary school last year. I can work both at middle and secondary school and, at the moment I'm still waiting for the school appointment for the current year. Whatever school (vocational, high school), whatever grade (middle or secondary school) I work for, I think it is really important for my professional growth to improve effective strategies in order to help my students develop intercultural competences. This is the present and the future since students belong to an intercultural context at school and they will be a part of this background after school as well.

Maria M., Italy
Maria M., Italy
Hi everyone! I’m from Milan, Italy. I teach Italian, History and Geography in lower secondary school (students from 11 to 14 years old).

In my classrooms the most part of students is from Italy, but there are students from different countries (about 25% in each classroom): some students are in Italy for many years, some students are just arrived.

I hope this course will help me to make a contribution to the well-being of my students.

I want to learn something more about teaching in intercultural classroom and to improve my teaching practice.

Alice Cabrelle, Ital
Alice Cabrelle, Ital
Hi! I'm Alice and I live in Italy. I've been teaching Italian, History and Geography for 3 years. I work in Middle School and Secondary school, so my students are 11 to 19 years old. 
I've just changed  school so I have three classes aged 11 and 12. There are some foreign students but I don't know them well since I saw them only for two hours till now.
Elena Sala, Italy
Elena Sala, Italy
Hi everybody! I'm italian and I teach Spanish in a secondary school (students from 11 to 14 years old). I've just changed my school and I started working with 9 classes full of foreign students. I would like to learn how to give value to this context during my lessons. Surely this course would be a great start! 
Alessandra Pavese, Italy
Alessandra Pavese, Italy
Hi everybody. I'm from Italy. I teach history and Philosophy in upper secondary school. I have been teaching for some years in courses for cultural mediators. My goal is to keep in contact with other Teachers skilled and experienced in teaching in intercultural classes.

Silvia Giani,Italy
Silvia Giani,Italy
Hi everybody! I'm from Italy 😊
 I teach Spanish and English in lower and upper Secondary schools. 
I look forward to knowing something more about the topic of cultural diversity in order to improve my teaching practice and I want to share ideas and experiences with you👍
Merve Berrak, Turkey
Merve Berrak, Turkey
Hi, I'm an English teacher in a secondary school in Istanbul. I've been teaching English to 5th, 6th,7th and 8th graders for ten years. There are 300 students in my school and nearly half of them are Romani. Most of the Romani students cannot complete secondary education in my country. 
Stavroula Lada, Greece
Stavroula Lada, Greece
Hello everyone! I am a primary school teacher and I teach greek language, math, history, science, religion and art. I don't have much experience in cultural diverse classes, although I believe that we have to find ways to respect each others cultural diversity.
Caterina, Italy
Caterina, Italy
Hi everyone! I'm an English teacher in a secondary school in the south-east of Italy. There aren't many foreign students in my classes, so I have got very little experience. However, I'm very interested in cultural diversity!

Raffaella, Italy
Raffaella, Italy
Hi everyone! I am  a teacher of Geography, Science in a secondary school in Sardinya, Italy. I think that this course is very important for my work
Milena Giroldo, Italy
Milena Giroldo, Italy
hi, I'm Milena Giroldo. I am a primary school teacher and I teach in a small mountain town in the Gran Paradiso Park. I don'tt have a lot of intercultural experience, so that's the reason why  I enrolled in the course to expand my education.

Ester Campodonico, Italy
Ester Campodonico, Italy
Hi, I'm Ester Campodonico. I work in S. Margherita Ligure, a sea town in Liguria region. I work in a comprehensive school (students age 3-14) and I teach English in the Primary level. I'm also coordinator of school european projects (we had one Comenius and now an Erasmus+ project) and responsible of the intercultural area. I'm also an eTwinning ambassadors. 
Before working in the school, I worked as educator in a bosnian Roma camp and attended couple of courses about International cooperation.
In our school about 10% are immigrant children. We have also pupils from mixed couples. I think it's important to develop intercultural competences to face the multicultural challenges in the best possible way.
Anna Maria, Italy
Anna Maria, Italy
Finally, I am here! My name is Anna Maria and i teach social studies and economy in a secondary school in Southern Italy. In my school there are some foreign students from all over the world. I'm worried about my level of English, more than anything. I have a certification b2 but it is not easy for me to follow the introductions. I hope  theachers will speak slowly during future webinars!


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Mariella Brunazzi, Italy
Mariella Brunazzi, Italy
My name is Mariella Brunazzi. I live in Crema, a small town in the north of Italy.
I am a teacher of English Language and Culture in a local vocational school called "P. Sraffa".
I teach in the course for health and social care technicians and culinary arts technicians. 
In my school I am responsible for the following Projects: CLIL, Language Courses, Foreign Language Assistants, European Projects.

I am used to working in teams and collaborating with my colleagues in order to make our students get positive results and my colleagues and I are interested in changing our teaching approach to meet the requirements of our changing society.

“P.Sraffa” Secondary School is a large vocational and technical institute in the town of Crema in the north of Italy. Attended by nearly 900 students, 123 teachers and 20 support teachers for students with special needs, it offers courses to get vocational qualifications (regional culinary arts courses) and practical or technical diplomas in five different areas:- Culinary Arts and Hospitality- Health and Social Care- Commerce- Tourism- Graphics and Communication Design. The school focuses on professional skills and in each course school lessons alternate with periods of vocational training in local facilities to enable students to acquire methodological and operative skills to be used in promotional, organisational and managerial activities.
The students attending the school come from various backgrounds: working-class, middle class, migrants, people with special needs. The classes always include pupils from different nationalities and cultures. 
Amélia Vilarinho, Belgium
Amélia Vilarinho, Belgium
Hi, I'm a Portuguese Nursery and Primary School teacher. I've been working now for ten years in a multicultural and multilingual environment at the European School of Mol, in Belgium. We have children not only from Europe but from all over the world. As a person, I feel very privilege to have the opportunity to deal with such a diversity in my day to day life at school. 
I'm embarking in this "adventure" because I would like reflect on my work, improving my skills in order to better approach these childrens' differences helping them to enjoy and understand that it can be fun to relate with different language speaking friends, from different cultures, and how much we can learn from each other regarding multiculturalism and multilingualism. As surely most of my colleagues, I strongly believe that giving these children a proper environment to grow together in empathy, acceptance and curiosity regarding their cultural differences, will help them grow respectful, comprehensive and more positive adults. 

Rossella, Italy
Rossella, Italy
Hello, my name is Rossella and I am a professor of Italian, History and Geography in the Secondary School of First Degree.
My school is located in a village in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia, and there are no foreign students.
I have taught for many years at the North Italy and met many foreign students who have enriched my work.
I think all teachers are approaching intercultural, because soon will be a reality present in all the territory and we must be ready to welcome new students.
Gülşen Korucu,Turkey
Gülşen Korucu,Turkey
Hello , I am english teacher in secondary school.I haven't had an immigrant student to teach something.But To me,we should have intercultural competence as a language teacher.Because intercultural competence makes us more confident and resilient educator in our school.Moreover,we can empathise well and tolerate some matters  with constructive approaches better
Glykeria, Greece
Glykeria, Greece
Hello! I'm an EFL teacher from Athens, Greece. I have been teaching at a state High School for over 25 years. Living in a country which has become the main way to get to Europe especially with the mass of refugees it is really important for me to be aware how to be able to handle diversity effectively in my classroom!
Silvia, Italy. I'm a teacher of English in a lower secondary school near Ferrara, in the north of Italy.  I teach about 100 students from 11 to 14 years old. The school where I teach has long become a very multicultural community and I really hope that this course will help me give a positive contribution to the well-being of my students and their communities at large. I believe that schools are the ideal places for the integration of the different cultures and that the language classroom is a privileged place to foster respect and curiosity towards different cultures. 
Silvia, Italy. I'm a teacher of English in a lower secondary school near Ferrara, in the north of Italy.  I teach about 100 students from 11 to 14 years old. The school where I teach has long become a very multicultural community and I really hope that this course will help me give a positive contribution to the well-being of my students and their communities at large. I believe that schools are the ideal places for the integration of the different cultures and that the language classroom is a privileged place to foster respect and curiosity towards different cultures. 
Maria Antonietta, Italy
Maria Antonietta, Italy
Hello Everyone! I teach English and Informatics. I'm a Primary Teacher. I teach in Sardinia. For the moment there are not any foreign students in my school. However I would like to improve my teaching way.
Aleksandar,Serbia
Aleksandar,Serbia
Hi! I'm  primary school ICT teacher in Nis.Nis is  a large Serbian city in the southeast friendly.In my school has a lot of Roma pupils .In  school fosters gender equality and multiculturalism.
Daniela, Italy
Daniela, Italy
Hi! My name is Daniela and I'm a secondary school teacher. I teach law matters since 1999 in north Italy. During my experience I worked with bes students and foreign studends, expecially from Romania, Albania, Marocco and South America. I hope to improve my way of teaching.
Maria Pia - Italy
Maria Pia - Italy
Hello I'm an Italian teacher. I teach Italian, History and Geography in a Secondary school, not far from Rome. We have many foreign students in our school, about 20% in each class. They come from Romania, Albania, Pakistan, India and North Africa.   
Carmen, Italy
Carmen, Italy
I'm working as a teacher in a primary school in Milan. Milan is a big Italian city, in which different ethnic groups, cultures and races coexist together with the “Milanesi”. 
I think multicultural education provides a fundamental education for all students, with the purpose of eliminating discrimination because of ethnic origin and background. By incorporating many cultures into the classroom, schools can celebrate diversity, learn about cultures around the world and raise awareness.
Daniela, Italy
Daniela, Italy 
Hi! My name is Daniela and I'm italian. I work in the secondary school since 1999. In my experience I also worked with BES and with students belonging to different cultures, but I want to improve my way of teaching and so...I'm here
MIHAELA POPESCU-ROMANIA
MIHAELA POPESCU-ROMANIA
Hello! My name is Mihaela, I am an English teacher from Romania and I am eager to find more about the course “Cultural diversity in your classroom” for further developing my career and for implementing new and modern practices into the way I teach. I hope this online course about introducing cultural diversity  into classroom will respond to my needs and will make me glad for discovering it through social media.
            Currently, I am teaching English to high-school students being between 14 and 19 years old in a small town in Romania ,while trying to introduce technology and new methods of  teaching into my classroom. There are about 25-30 students in my classroom, some of them Romani students, i.e gypsies; for this reason,  I frequently promote intercultural awareness and openness towards the others. Unfortunately, there are just two information technology laboratories into my high-school and a lot of teachers use them, making a little bit difficult the permanent access to them. However, I frequently use the Internet into my classroom, different blogs and a variety of online videos, inclusively, as specific tools for teaching English as a foreign language.
Daniela, Italy
Daniela, Italy
Hi! I am Daniela. I work with international students from all over the world who come to Siena for studying in courses taught in English language. Daily I live small or big intercultural experiences and, after 8 years while I have travelled abroad, I started to think that anything is strange but everything is different. That is my daily motto now that I want to share with you. :)
Maja, Croatia
Maja, Croatia
Hy everybody! :-) Glad to meet you all. :-) I work as a social pedagogist in north of Croatia. The specialty of my work is that I work with Roma children who are members of national minority in Croatia. School where I work is attended only by Roma children (around 160 of them aged 6-11). Their mother tongue is not Croatian, and since Roma people are marginalized, multi-deprived and socially excluded, it is a great challenge to work with them and their parent in order to ensure inclusive education. I am very glad seeing that here are some of you who also work with Roma children. :-)

Petar, Croatia
Petar, Croatia
Hello! I teach math in a primary school (students aged 11-15) in Zagreb. In my school there are just a few minority students but I'm very keen to learn more about cultural diversity and integration.
Cristina G., Romania
Cristina G., Romania
Hello ! I teach History in a primary and secondary school in Constanta, Romania. In my school learn students who come  from different backgrounds.My students are 11 to 18 years old.I have students from different minorities in my classes and they bring different cultures.I hope this course offer me new methods and tools about cultural diversity in the classroom. 
Daniela,Macedonia
Daniela,Macedonia
Hello everyone !
I teach English in a primary and secondary school in Bitola ,Macedonia.I found multiculturalism the root of  respect of a diversity.My school is multicultural home of 600 students and there is great number of Roma students who need a lot of help on every level !!
Yiota Koufopoulou, Greece
Yiota Koufopoulou, Greece
Hello everyone! I teach English as a foreign language in Greece. So far in every classroom I've taught there are at least some students from other countries, who are usually 2nd generation immigrants coming from neighbouring countries. In the summer Iworked as an EFL teacher in a campsite in the UK for two months. There, I had first hand experience on the implications of cultural diversity in the classroom since I had to teach people from different countries, like Kuwait, China and France, who differed immensely not only in first language but also in cultural background. Being an immigrant myself for a while, gave me insight into stereotypes and tolerance towards foreign cultures. Happy to be with you and learn from your experiences!!! 
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Maria Filippa - Italy
Maria Filippa - Italy
I teach English in a vocational school specialized in Fashion and design. The school is located in  the poor inner Sicilian area. We don't have many immigrants in our school but students coming from different social classes and cultural backgrounds. We usually try to carry out activities which imply acceptance of the differences through the knowledge of these backgrounds. If we have Chinese or Romania students one of my favourite activity is the comparison of languages and traditions. I often use  the IWB and cooperative learning.
Chiara Leoni, Italy
Chiara Leoni, Italy
I am an high school teacher. Since I work mainly on long substitutions, I came in contact with many more students than  teachers with tenure with my same seniority. Also living and teaching in Milan led me to meeting  students from a moltitude of countries. Even if I had up to now extremely positive experiences I think it is extremely interesting to enroll in a course as this in order to improve my knowledge of intercultural strategies.

Mariangela Menghini. Italia
Mariangela Menghini. Italia
We have more foreigner students at school. Some of them are born here and the are bilingual, some other ones are just arrived. So we have different needs: to teach Italian as a second language, to know and share difference of culture, to share different rules at school or different ideas   i.e. about respect of women or some other items.

Carmela P. Italy
Carmela P. Italy
I am Carmela, a teacher of Italian literature, Latin and History in a secondary school in  Cosenza  - Italy 
. Cosenza  is a city with many immigrants, in my school there are foreign students  and we try to integrate many of them with collaborative learming and laboratories, I think that teachers need formation on intercultural neeed and strategies.
Ispir Iuliana-Florentina, Romania
Ispir Iuliana-Florentina, Romania
My name is Iuliana Ispir and worked for 17 years in preschool education, I worked one year in the primary. I work at has integrated school children from pre-school to primary and secondary education. Complexity is the integration of Romany children (Gypsies) in education. We know that this community is not very integrated one, both we establish, and in other countries, and therefore their education is much harder. Primarily because of reluctance Roma community (Gypsy) towards education, secondly because the Romanian community aversion toward Gypsies (it is believed that they are those that can not be educated delinquents). This confrontation is found in Romanian permanent in our society. Unfortunately....
Niculina, Buccharest
Niculina, Buccharest
Hello! I am Niculina and i am teaching Language and literature to Highschool Nichita Stanescu from Bucharest (students age: 15-19).
Barbara Tosi, Italy
Barbara Tosi, Italy
Hi, I am Barbara and I am the director of an Italian VET agency called CSCI. This is a consortium of high schools, university, public administrations, private companies , associations, foundation. Novara is located in the North Italy and is always been interested by migration ... for us it's really important to discuss about intercultural competences...for this reason we are involved into EU projects that have this main aim and each year we promote EU mobilities among our Young students (17-19 years old).
Maria Grazia - Italy
Maria Grazia - Italy
I am a teacher of Italian literature and History in a secondary school in  Sassari (Italy - Sardinia). Sassari  is a small city and in the last years the number of immigrants has increased a lot.  In my school the students coming from abroad are few, but over time they will surely increase, so I think that it is useful for teachers prepare for their reception and integration.

Carla/Italy
Carla/Italy
I am a teacher of  English language and literature in a secondary school in Modena, a city in the north of Italy. My city is not very big and I wouldn't define it as a multicultural reality but the number of immigrants has increased a lot in the last years. In my school the  students coming from abroad are still a minority which sometimes can make things worse for them, as they have to adapt to the majority and their culture is not properly known, respected and appreciated.
Maria Grazia, Italy
Maria Grazia, Italy
Hi everyone. My name is Maria Grazia, I'm from Italy. I've been teaching for 20 years, I teach Italian, History and Geography in a Secondary school, near Bergamo. My students' age is from 11 to 13/14.
In my school there are about 20/25% of students from other 
countries, so I'm very interested to develop my intercultural competences fior the inclusion process.
Hi! I'm Chiara, from Italy. I'm 25 years old and I've started teaching two years ago. For me this is the third year of teaching latin, ancient greek, italian, history and geography. I teach in two different schools: one, is a public professional school, where i teach italian, history and geography, the second is a private school where i teach latin and ancient greek!
Hi! I'm Chiara, from Italy. I'm 25 years old and I've started teaching two years ago. For me this is the third year of teaching latin, ancient greek, italian, history and geography. I teach in two different schools: one, is a public professional school, where i teach italian, history and geography, the second is a private school where i teach latin and ancient greek!
Konstantinos Kostavasilis, Greece
Konstantinos Kostavasilis, Greece
I am a secondary school teacher in Arta, a small town in Epirus, Greece. I teach history and greek langiage and I think it is very interesting to learn how to handle cultural diversity in a classroom, especially now that there are a lot of refuges needing educaton.

Maria Magga, Greece
Maria Magga, Greece
My name is Maria and I am an English language teacher in a small Junior High School in a village in central Greece. I feel that the Greek schools reality is rapidly changing - especially with the refugees that have arrived and the need to integrate them in our education system. Therefore, teachers need to adapt to the new conditions and improve our intercultural skills. 
Arianna, Italy                 About me                       Hello everyone!            I am a teacher in a Primary School. I teach students with disabilities.I teach in Italy. I would like to improve my intercultural competence.
Arianna, Italy                 About me                       Hello everyone!            I am a teacher in a Primary School. I teach students with disabilities.I teach in Italy. I would like to improve my intercultural competence.
Krystyna Pasek-Corsar
Krystyna Pasek-Corsar
Hello everyone,
I am a secondary school teacher in Peterborough, England. I teach kids age 11-15 now but it will expand to 11-18 in three years time as the school is growing.  
I am 37 and originally from Poland but I live in the UK for last 10 years with my lovely husband, great step-son who just started his A Levels, and a cat.
I completed the course Project Based Learning in July. It was very inspirational and interesting so I decided to start this course too as it is so up to date matter all over Europe. I always look for new practices and activities for my classroom and I am glad I have discovered the Teacher Academy.
I teach Geography and EAL (English as a second language). It will be great to be able to find ways to incorporate the diversity I have in my classrooms into my teaching. It will make my teaching and students learning more entertaining and engaging. 
Peterborough is the city I teach in. It is a very diverse place, including many African, Asian and European nationalities. My personal aim is to teach my students that it is OK to be of a different nationality and you can learn so much by interacting with different cultures. 
Nino, Georgia
Nino, Georgia
Hello Everyone,
I'm Nino Molashkia, 55 years old, I teach Russian Language at the Tbilisi N51 Public School, as well I'm a trainer and general education institutions authorization expert.
I am always tend to learn new methods for teaching, share experience . I am ready for cooperation and I am waiting for advises from your side too, because sharing experience is the best way to be familiar with the different tools.
Sabrina, ItalyHe
 Sabrina, Italy
Hello everyone! I'm Sabrina, I teach English in a Primary School in Castellanza, in northern Italy. My students are aged 6 to 11 and I have a wide variety of cultures in my classes. My students come from China, Albania, Romania, Pakistan, South America and Africa. I Always try to "investigate" their traditions because I think it is so important to know Others. I think it is a richness. 
I would like to find out some ideas on how to use diversity as an advantage for the Whole class.
Athanasia Papachristou
Athanasia Papachristou
My name is Athanasia Papachristou, my friends call me Nancy. I live in Thessaloniki a wonderful city of Northern Greece where many refuggees have come in the last period of time. My students are 12-15 years old.  I am a teacher of Greek language and literature and for the 9 last years an ICT trainer as well. I really enjoy experimenting with new teaching methods in order to make my lessons more interesting for my students. After 25 years of teaching I think that sharing is the best way of learning.
Georgia Konstantia Karagianni
Georgia Konstantia Karagianni
Hi everyone! I am Georgia, an english teacher from Karditsa, a small town in central Greece. Currently, i am working at the Music School of Karditsa, a public secondary school with students aged 13-18. Our school follows the national curriculum but there many hours of Music (theory and instrument playing) embedded in our program. There are many students in our school who come from different countries but seem to co-exist peacefully since Music creates connections. Nevertheless, i am more than willing to find out new ways and teaching strategies to make all students feel at home!

Monica, Romania 
Monica, Romania 
Hi ! 
I am Monica. I am from Romania . I teach history . My students are 11-18 years . I am concerned about this theme because we have to find  solutions  for a better integration of  refugees children in school life . 
I am Renata from Croatia. I work in school for children with special needs. In my school we have Roma students and some of them they don't know Croatian language.
I am Renata from Croatia. I work in school for children with special needs. In my school we have Roma students and some of them they don't know Croatian language.
Valbona Shkembi ,Albania
Valbona Shkembi ,Albania
I'm Valbona from Albania! I live in Kucova . My job is Math & Informatic ' s teacher. and I work in secondary schools "28 Nentori " Kucove,a small town in Albania. I have worked as a secondary school teacher for about 15 years. My students are 11-15years old My interests related to research and taking part in presentations and forums for cooperation projects and exchange of experiences with communities both inside and outside the country.
Mirko, Italy
Mirko, Italy
I teach in middle school in a mixed urban/industrial/agricultural area in  small municipality about 1 hour north of Venice. We have a small but significat amount of students form other countries from India to Eastern European Contries, Africa,  and South America.

Vittoria , Italy
Vittoria , Italy
HELLO I AM A TEACHER OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS and my school is a scientific high school that is located in southern Italy, Caserta. In my school there are no foreign students, however, it often happened in my career to be in class with kids who do not even know the language, which is why I decided to take this course in order to acquire new skills
Silvana,Italy
Silvana,Italy
I teach in two primary schools in the North of Italy, near Turin. I've been teaching for 37 years and involved in many European projects. The schools where I work are quite small but we have immigrants from Romania mainly, Marocco and China
Rosy, Italy
Rosy, Italy 
I  teach in a primary school in  the   North of Italy,  near Milan  .  
There are 27 students in my class and some of   them are from different country. 
It is a good chance to   exchange points of view and experience with   teachers who believe in   the respect for  diversity  . 

Rosalia Lisandri
Rosalia Lisandri
Hello! I teach in a primary school, my students are nine years old. Some of them are from different countries so 'Im very interested to develop my intercultural competences.
Stamatia, Greece
Stamatia, Greece
I am Stamatia from Ioannina, Greece. I teach Ancient-Modern Greek Language-Literature and History in a Junior High School. My students' age is from 13 to 15. I am delighted to participate in this Mooc, because I have some foreign students and this is a good opportunity to understand their culture and to I promote to all my students the respect for diversity.
Wolfgang, Austria
Wolfgang, Austria
I am Wolfgang, a teacher from Austria. I am teaching geography and german language at the Ski-Akademie Schladming. This school is a secondary school where we combine prfoessional wintersport facilities and commercial education. I am also engaged in german courses for and "taking care" of refugee seekers in Graz.

Patrizia V., Italy
Patrizia V., Italy
Hello everybody, I'm Patrizia from Cosenza. This is a city located in Calabria, in the South of Italy. I teach  English in a secondary high school . My students' age is from 14 to 19. It's really interesting to participate in this course because I've no experience with foreign students and this is a good opportunity to improve myself.
Lino Milita, Italy.
Lino Milita, Italy.
Hello, I'm a secondary school teacher. I teach computing and I organize safety courses and stages. 20 % students had migratory background, most of them from Romania, Albania, Morocco.
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Giovanna, Italy
Giovanna, Italy
Hi , I'm a junior high school English teacher. My school is in the South of Italy. At the moment we haven't got many foreign students but I'm interested in cultural diversities as well!

Elisa, Ital
Elisa, Ital

Hello my name is Elisa and I 'am Italian . I 'am 55 years old and II am a primary school teacher
 I' am very happy to participate in this course because I think it is very interesting.

Ilaria, Italy
Ilaria, Italy
Hi everybody! I'm still waiting for the start of the new TFA in History (the post master university course that offers teaching training and leads to a teaching qualification). Anyway, I've worked yet and hHi everybody! I'm still waiting for the start of the new TFA in History (the post master university course that offers teaching training and leads to a teaching qualification). Anyway, I've worked yet and hope to work again in schools thanks to extra-projects funded by the municipality. The students I worked with often had migratory background, most of them from other european countries and North Africa.ope to work again in schools thanks to extra-projects funded by the municipality. The students I worked with often had migratory background, most of them from other european countries and North Africa.
I'm really interested on developing my intercultural competences: I'd like to get ready and competent for the new challenges our school system has to face in this moment characterized by an increase of migrations.
Inna, Ukraine
Inna, Ukraine
Hello from Ukraine! My name`s Inna. I`m Ukrainian. I`m an English teacher. My students are 9-14.I love my job!
Chiara Carbonari, Italy.  Hi everybody! My name is Chiara. I’m Italian and I live in Ancona, a city by the sea. I’m a substitute teacher and I teach tecnology at the Middle School. My students are aged 11-14. I have a little experience in teaching during which I have the opportunity to work with foreign students: Chinese, African and Arab students, some of them with special needs. I’m interested in a course like this because in my city arrived a lot of immigrants and I want to become a more interculturally competent teacher.


Chiara Carbonari, Italy.  Hi everybody! My name is Chiara. I’m Italian and I live in
Ancona, a city by the sea. I’m a substitute teacher and I teach tecnology at the
Middle School. My students are aged 11-14.

I have a little experience in teaching during which I have
the opportunity to work with foreign students: Chinese, African and Arab
students, some of them with special needs.

I’m interested in a course like this because in my city
arrived a lot of immigrants and I want to become a more interculturally
competent teacher.

Florentina, Romania
Florentina, Romania
Hello, I am a primary school teacher and I also teach English as a second language. 

Maria Anna Casoria
Maria Anna Casoria
Hello everybody!
I'm an English teacher in a Professional School in Bolzano, Italy.
In Bolzano English is taught as third language (after German). Most of my students have a migratory background.

Patrizia, Italy
Patrizia, Italy
Hello, everybody! I'm a prison teacher and I love my job. 99% of my students (males) are foreigners, each of them with his own story (and history). I do my best in order to create a peaceful and welcoming learning environment full of mutual understanding and support. I look forward to hearing and learning from you!

Joserra, Spain
Joserra, Spain
Hi there everybody.
My name is Joserra and I am a primary teacher. I teach English as a second languate at our school. It is 4 years since I also started working as headmaster.
We have may foreign students at school that is why I think this course is so interesting.
Patrizia, Italy
Patrizia, Italy
Hello everybody? I'm a prison teacher and I love my job. 99% of my students (males) are foreigners, each one with his own story (and history). It is crucial we create a peaceful and welcoming learning environment wher  can get to know each
Natalja, Lithuania
Natalja, Lithuania
 Hello everybody! My name is Natalja. I'm from Lithuania, live in Vilnius. 
 I have a master‘s degree in IT and have been working as an IT teacher-supervisor of Simono Daukanto pro-gymnasium more then 10 years. My school is Lithuanian, but we have pupils from others countries such as Russia, Poland, UK and so on. It important to know, how I must work with them.
Evangelia, Greece
Evangelia, Greece
Hello, everyone! I'm a secondary school teacher of English. I'm working in the 2nd Vocational Lyceum in Kozani, where the students come from different backgrounds. I'm sure the course will help me a lot deal with this demanding situation inside and outside of the classroom.
Miri
Miri
Miriam, Italy
Miriam, Italy
Hello everyone! I'm Miriam, and i'm primary school teacher. I teach music and art. In my school there are so many foreign students from all over the world. Often my students are free to tell their own traditions and cultural aspects of their country of origin.
Georgia , Greece
Georgia , Greece
Hello from the island of Crete !! I am a primary school teacher . I am excited that I participate in this course .Looking forward to exchange opinions and ideas. !!!
Ozan  ,    Turkey   Hello everyone! I'm a teacher in a secondary school in Sakarya the north of Turkey. My students mainly consist of 5th and 6th grades aged between 11 and 13 years old. As it is mostly known, Turkey has many refugees recently. This makes me interested in a course like this. Can't wait to learn more!!
Ozan  ,    Turkey   Hello everyone! I'm a teacher in a secondary school in Sakarya the north of Turkey. My students mainly consist of 5th and 6th grades aged between 11 and 13 years old. As it is mostly known, Turkey has many refugees recently. This makes me interested in a course like this. Can't wait to learn more!!
Tanja, Germany
Tanja, Germany
Hi to everyone, I'm Tanja from Germany and I'm an English and Philosophy teacher.
Hi to everyone, I’m Ida Di Natale. I work in a secondary school in the North of Italy. I teach special needs and economics to students aged 14-19. In my school there are young people from China, India, Turkey, Morocco and Albania and I would like to explore better their cultures and needs in order to work in a good way for them and with them!


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everyone, I’m Ida Di Natale. I work in a secondary school in the North of
Italy. 

I teach
special needs and economics to students aged 14-19.

In my
school there are young people from China, India, Turkey, Morocco and Albania
and I would like to explore better their cultures and needs in order to work in
a good way for them and with them!

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Maria, Greece
Maria, Greece
Greetings from the island of Crete! I teach English as a foreign language to children aged 6-12 at a primary school. Due to tourism and migration, all of my classes are culturally diverse and I hope this course will help me cater for all of my children and make the best use of this feature. =
Nela, Macedonia
Nela, Macedonia
I am teacher at elementary school in central capital city of Macedonia, Skopje. My students are aged 6-11.
Giulio Picciolini,  Italy
Giulio Picciolini,  Italy
I am a teacher at a secondary school in the south of the city of Milan, in Italy. Here live many Italian immigrants and many immigrants from all parts of the world. This year I have Chinese students in class, Arabs, Abanians and latinos (Ecuador). They are aged 15 -19
Ornella Pegoraro
Ornella Pegoraro
Hello everybody! My name's Ornella Pegoraro. I am an English teacher at Pertini-Santoni Technical School for Graphics and Communication in Crotone, a beautiful towin the south of Italy. My students are aged 14-19.
Ester Cardone
Ester Cardone
Hello everyone! My name's Ester Cardone. I teach Italian and History at Pertini-Santoni Technical School for Tourism in Crotone, in the south of Italy. My students are aged 16-19.


Sonia Galderisi, Italy
Sonia Galderisi, Italy
Hello everyone! My name is Sonia and I’m an Italian teacher of a Secondary School "Giovanni Paolo II" in Salerno, a beautiful city on the sea in the South of Italy. I teach English as Foreign Language at students aged 10/13. 
 
My teaching contest 

The school is quite big and comprehends three buildings:Kindergarten,  Primary School  Secondary School.
I love teaching and I always try to use new 
 learning strategies to satisfy the students' need. Moreover in the school where I teach in, there are many Moroccan and Chinese students, so I' m interested in developing the  necessary  and useful multicultural competences in my teaching contest. For this reason I hope this course about cultural diversity will be able to help me to find new tools and teaching strategies  to improve the integration of  those students with a different cultural background. 




Katerina Regouza, Greece
Katerina Regouza, Greece
My students and I send you a warm, loud greeting from the seaside city of Kavala in the north of Greece. I teach English to 12-15 year old boys and girls in the 5th Junior High School located in the old, historic district of the city. I first got seriously interested in the topic of cultural  discrimination, racism and intercultural competence in 2008 when I attended a Comenius in-service training course in Iceland organised by Guðrún Pétursdóttir, manager of Intercultural Iceland.I strongly believe that culture and intercultural exchanges are an integral part of foreign language teaching/learning. Through this course I intend to keep up with the wide range of theoretical and practical developments in intercultural education in order to guide my Greek, Albanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Italian students into an optimistic, responsible and peaceful future.
Elisabete Pires, Portugal
Elisabete Pires, Portugal
Hello, I am from Portugal, from a small city, and I teach informatics in secondary professional courses, mostly. The school is periferic and we have some students from different backgrounds and places from the world. They are not many but these are matters that we have to deal all time and to know that and to know how to deal with that can make the big different in all our student's life and in all our society. 
Keratso Georgiadou, GREECE
Keratso Georgiadou, GREECE
Hello everybody. I am Keratso . I teach maths and computing science in a High school of Komotini-Thrace  in North part of Greece near the borders to Turkey and Bulgaria.  In this area a Muslim minority of 120000 people reside in Thrace. Muslim students attend state schools together with students who are members  of the christian population and minority schools where only muslim students can enroll.

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Georgia - Zeta Tsigka
Georgia - Zeta Tsigka
Larissa, Greece

Hello, I wish you all a peaceful and creative schoolyear! 
I teach Greek language and history in secondary school (13-18). Larissa where I live, is a city with 200.000 inhabitants located at the center of Greece.
The rapid increase of cultural diversity in class is a big challenge for educators. I feel that it requires the best of being a teacher. So here I am, ready to learn and think more about  it
Paola, Italy
Paola, Italy
Hi everybodi! I'm Paola, from Rome. I'm a Primary teacher, and this year I'm working with seven years old children. My school is  located in a really multucultural neighbourood, so there are children from different countries (about
30%). I have always thought diversity is an added value, so this course is a big opportunity to know and share experiences and good practices with other colleagues from all the world. Thanks !
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Manuela teixeira-Portugal
Manuela teixeira-Portugal
Hello, I'm from the South of Portugal, from a small city near Faro, called Olhão.

Gianluca Marano
Gianluca Marano
Italy, Avellino, https://tackk.com/7un9cu
Hi! I'm Gianluca, I'm a teacher in a secondary school. In my school there are many cultural differences.
GALLO MARIA, ITALY        My name is Maria Gallo is a high school teacher and teach literary subjects in socio sanitaro.La My school is very big, there are different scholarly from high school to professional, is located in Marcianise, near Caserta, Italia.Il my resume professional split: 2) Masters, 1) training, a course of polyvalent Speciazzazione in support.
GALLO MARIA, ITALY        My name is Maria Gallo is a high school teacher and teach literary subjects in socio sanitaro.La My school is very big, there are different scholarly from high school to professional, is located in Marcianise, near Caserta, Italia.Il my resume professional split: 2) Masters, 1) training, a course of polyvalent Speciazzazione in support.
Aristea Pigiaki, Greece
Aristea Pigiaki, Greece
Hi, everyone!
I teach English in a Junior High School close to the city of Heraklion, Crete.
"Cultural diversity" is a great challenge for me as I believe that in a few years time my class will include a significant number of migrans. So, why not finding ways and ideas to make their inegration as easy as possible.
Melina Kiziridou, Greece.
Melina Kiziridou, Greece.
Hello. My name is Melina and I teach ICT in a Special Education Junior High School. I have been teaching there for 3 years and in fact my students are the kids of my heart. I think that it is a neccessity for Greek teachers to be educated in cultural diversity as our  educational system has to integrate a great number of refugees. 
Nicoletta Mazzurco 
Nicoletta Mazzurco 
Hi, My name is Nicoletta. I teach English in a primary school. In my classrooms there are a lot of foreign students, so I would like to improve my interculturale competence.
Claudia Mazzurco from Italia
Claudia Mazzurco from Italia
Hello, I'm Claudia Mazzurco and I live in Padua, in the North of Italy.
I teach English in a primary school. I would like to improve my intercultural competence. 
Katerina Boukorou, Greece
Katerina Boukorou, Greece
Hello!
I am Katerina Boukorou. I teach Ancient and Modern Greek Language, Literature, Greek and European History.
My school is the 4th General High School of Alimos (Makrigianneio), a suburb of Southern Athens, near the sea.
This course will give me new ideas in order to help my students (and myself) to open our minds about cultural diversity.
Mirko Vignoli
Mirko Vignoli
I'm Vignoli Mirko, I'm a primary school teacher, and every day they are in contact with foreign children. I am very excited to start this new adventure with this fantastic group.
Hello from Laskarina Polemi, Greece
Hello from Laskarina Polemi, Greece

Hello, fellow students. I have been teaching English for about twenty five years.  For the past 5 years I have been teaching in a Secondary Senior High school in Greece (in the area of Kaisariani). The reason I am taking this course is to try and make the best of culturally diverse communities. I hope I will be able not only to handle potential probles should they arise in my classes, but also to make the best of diversity and help my students do the same. 
Anastasia, Greece
Anastasia, Greece
Hi everybody!
My name is Anastasia, from Greece. I am a teacher of physical education in a primary school in a small town near to Heraklion, Crete. I would be very interested to learn how to develop intercultural competences in my classrooms

Laura Mongiò
Laura Mongiò
Hi, I'm very exciting to start this new experience with all you.
I'm a Primary school teacher and I work especially with special needs children.  I live and work in Turin in a comprehensive school. 
Valeria Orazi, Italy
Valeria Orazi, Italy
Hy, I'm Valeria and I'm a kindergarten teacher . I work in Piandimeleto, a little country in the centre of Italy. In my school there are a lot of children coming fron different country and I'd like to develop intercultural competence to help my students to grow happinly up and to respect each other.
Maria Rosaria Sorrentino, Italy
Maria Rosaria Sorrentino, Italy
Hello, I Teach in a Middle school in the south of Italy. Today we are experiencing a new reality where students have a hard time with integration and acceptance. I keep asking myself what to do to help them see their new companions from a different point of view. I need new ideas from those that have experienced, or are experiencing,  this issue. What activities or strategies could I use to help them discover more about the hidden reality that stands in the secret world of the newly arrived students? I certainly need to develop intercultural competence myself to support them!
Martina Sasso, Italy
Martina Sasso, Italy
Hi everybody!
I'm a Primary school teacher and I work especially with special needs children.
I live in a small city in the North of Italy and I've been working for three years. I graduated in Turin University in Educational Science  in primary school and in  preschool. I love meeting people from different countries and to compare ideas and thinking to pass cultural differences.
Evangelia Chasapi, Greece
Evangelia Chasapi, Greece
My name is Evangelia and I am a Science teacher in a secondary school in Dodecanese. My students are between 12 to 18 years old. I love being in contact with nature and engaging my students in the protection of our planet! I love travelling all over the world and acquiring experiences! My life goal is inspiring the young generation! I hope that in this course we will share our experiences and develop classroom activities that will strengthen our class community! 

Silvia Patrizia Ruggeri, Italy
Silvia Patrizia Ruggeri, Italy
Hi everybody, I'm a Math and Physics teacher in a secondary high school at Lecce (at the heel of Italy). My students are 15 or 16 or 17 years old. The cultural surprise I've experienced in one of my classes of 16 years old students is the following. Two years ago I had a Chinese girl in one of my classes. A colleague disapproved the behaviour of our student, because she dint't look at eyes when teacher was speaking, but our colleague of Chinese language underlined the fact that for Chineses it's a sign of respect for older people taking the gaze bent. It's was surprising for me how we can have wrong interpretation of third-party behaviour, so foreign student are for their classemates and/or teachers the opportunities to learn more and mitigate own reactions because maybe we don't know something about the foreign culture. 
Elena Scarpini, Italy
Elena Scarpini, Italy
Hi there, nice to meet you and excited for my first experience with an on-line course! I teach German and/or English in secondary schools in Italy (north-east). I teach every year in a different school and I always meet new students, colleagues and face with new school habits and rules! But this is not always a bad thing. I love meeting people and facing with new experiences, like this one.
Let's enjoy our work together!
Katerina Kostaki, Greece
Katerina Kostaki, Greece
My name is Katerina Kostaki. I work as an English teacher in the 2nd Junior High school of Nikea, a city 10 km away from Athens, Greece. I have been teaching English for 18 years.  My students are 12-15 years old. They speak English, French and German. Their level of English is pretty good and they are quite experienced in using ICT tools. In our school we have a lot of children coming from different countries and some of them are economic immigrants. This raises cultural diversity issues.

PEGGY STEFANIDOU GREECE
PEGGY STEFANIDOU GREECE
i teach law and economics in an upper secondary school in Greece...and i am so excited to take part in this course!..

Hello from Bulgaria!
Hello from Bulgaria! 
I am a secondary English teacher in a public school in Dimitrovgrad. 
My students are aged 11-15. Happy to work with you all!
Anna Cavallo, Italy
Anna Cavallo, Italy
Nice to mee you all! I write from Turin, a city of Northern Italy. I teach Italian, History and Literature in a Secondary public school, so my students are 11-14 years old. 
Hallo everyone, my name is Angela, I am from Italy, precisely Ortona, a little town in middle Italy. I am teacher in public school but I have several years of experience in both the public and private school.
Hallo everyone, my name is Angela, I am from Italy, precisely Ortona, a little town in middle Italy. I am teacher in public school but I have several years of experience in both the public and private school.





Marzia, Italy
Marzia, Italy
Hello, everybody.

I teach English as a foreign language in a secondary school in the south of Italy. There aren't lots of  foreign students in my school but most of them come from war zones and when they arrive they can't speak Italian or English. they are terrorized and they need a lot of time to make friends with other students and to start understanding and learning new subjects. Moreover, our school is not ready to host them and help them in the best ways. so I often think I'm not prepared to teach them and let them feel confortable. I ned hel to help them

Francesca Pecorella, Sicily, Italy
Francesca Pecorella, Sicily, Italy
Hi! I'm Francesca and i live in Sicily, a fabulous island of Italy really close to north Africa. I'm a remedial teacher, i think one of the best example of social integration at school
Beata,Poland


Beata,Poland

 Hi, I'm Beata.I'm from Chorzów.It's Upper Silesia - southern part of Poland. I'm a primary school English teacher - work with kids 6-13. I've been working in my school for 22 years.Many things have changed in this time. I can observe a real revolution - in technology, methods of teaching, styles of bringing up even in school fashion.  This is my first course here and I hope I'll get knowledge about methods of a better approach to multicultural students. 

Spiridoula Silioga, Greece.
Spiridoula Silioga, Greece.
I teach in kindergarten school for the last ten years. This year, I teach in a village in Corfu island with very few pupils (some of them are migrants).

Valeria Benatti, Modena (Italy)
Valeria Benatti, Modena (Italy)
Hi everybody, my name is Valeria, I am 28 and I live in Modena, a small town in the North of Italy. My current situation is as fuzzy as my hair in the picture... I have been training to become an English Teacher for Secondary school, but I have not started yet. Last year I was an English teacher at Primary School. It was a funny and rich experience, I learned a lot not just as a teacher, but about the world in general. Children can be surprising, and they often led me to see things from a different point of view. I really liked my job, but still decided to leave it this year in order to teach to older students. One of the main reasons was that in my previous school (a private school) I did not have many chances to get in contact with pupils coming from different parts of the world. Italy is now hosting immigrants and refugees from a variety of countries, and I believe it is important that students realise this is a great opportunity to meet different cultures and widen our horizons. I have been travelling to Africa (Mozambique) and Middle East (Lebanon, in a Syrian refugee camp), and the more I get in contact with these distant realities, the more I feel we should get closer because we have a lot to learn from each other.
This is the main reason why I decided to leave my secure job for a temporary one, and this is also the reason why I decided to enroll in this course. I hope to find and share new ways of looking at our reality and understand how we can cope with (and exploit!) them  in our class.
Thank you so much in advance, because I already know you will teach me a lot!
Sunay Efe.Turkey.Konya
Sunay Efe.Turkey.Konya
Hi, everyone.
I am from Konya as a Primary School teacher. 
As a 21st educator; we really need to help to build a more cohesive and open society; promote cultural diversity in Today's world. We need to grow up generations who are open and flexible to the changes; who are aware of the values and beliefs in other cultures; who are sensitive to differences among individuals within a culture; we really need to realize cultural diversity is essential and need to lead our students in this path.
Maria Rizza.Sicily
Maria Rizza.Sicily
Hi! I am Maria Rizza, I teach english at a secondary high school in Noto. It si asmall city South east of Sicily which attracts tourists all year around for its baroque style buildings, It is Unesco Heritage site,
indeed my school is in the city centre and is hosted in a Jesuit old monastery adapted to be be a school: not very comfortable but  interesting. In my school there are nearly 950 students, but they are scattered in different buildings,unfortunately. We have gymnasium courses and vocaional too. We  have  few immigrants  students at the moment, but they are coming, soon;for this reason I do not have experience in teaching in a multicultural and multilingual environment; however I think that I will nee this cometence very soon, ; for this reason I have enrolled this course:I do hope to learn a lot about how to deal with diversity 
Federica Rossi, Italy
Federica Rossi, Italy
Hello, my name is Federica, I am 46 and I have been teaching  English in Northern Italy for 18 years.
I started at a primary school in Thiene, Veneto and I am currently wrking in a middle school in my hometown, Cesenatico. 
As I believe in lifelong learning and try to do something new every schoolyear, this year I have decided to start using new technologies more extensively both for planning and at school with my pupils.
I am interested in travelling, cooking, art, new technologies, lifelong education and self-improvement.
Songül Kurt/ Turkey
Songül Kurt/ Turkey
hi to all dear colleagues; glad to be here to learn from one another. I am very keen on MOOCs, Learning Events and  seminars because these kind of activities give an opportunity to develop my personal learning environment, and exchange ideas with like-minded colleagues, I am an etwinning fan and I love caching up with pedagogical innovation and follow 21st century skills. I have been teaching English as a second language for 9 years in a secondary school in Turkey. ı will teach in paris for the new educational year, I will have multi-cultural student profile there, so I am very excited to take advantage of this MOOC.
Elena Caruso
Elena Caruso
I work in a very small Primary School in the countryside near Livorno and Pisa. 
I'm 43 and I've been teaching for 19 years.
During the past years I have been teaching several subjects, but last year I had my first experience as an English Teacher, and I really enjoyed it!
I was graduated in Education Sciences in Florence University and I'm specialized in working with children with special educational needs.

Serenella, Italy
Serenella, Italy
Hello everyone,
My name is Serenella and I am a primary school teacher in Abruzzo. I'm 53 and I've been teaching for 33 years. My students are 6-10 years old; I currently teach math, science and technology to children aged 6 years.
Polymnia Kyriakidou
Polymnia Kyriakidou
Hello world! My name is Pauline and I am a biology teacher in secondary education in Greece. I've worked in various cities but I'm currently in my hometown, Drama, and on maternity leave, enjoying my baby girl :) 
VLAD EUGENIA IOANA, Romania
VLAD EUGENIA IOANA, Romania
Hello, 
I am teacher at a secondary school and I an very happy to be in touch with you and to share may experience as a teacher and also to learn from yours.
Mariya Docheva
Mariya Docheva
My name is Mariya. I teaching math in Vocational school "General Vladimir Zaimov", Sopot, Bulgaria.
Evi Karella-Greece
Evi Karella-Greece
Hello everybody, I am a kindergarten teacher. My school is in Katerini a town in Central Macedonia .

Federica, Italy
Federica, Italy
Hi everybody, I live in northern Italy and I'm teaching Italian Language, History and Geography at the intermediate  school. So I deal with many newly arrived students. Send me all your tips and enjoy the course!
Athanasia Pasiali, Greece
Athanasia Pasiali, Greece
Hi! My name is Athanasia Pasiali and i live in Athens. I 've been teaching Informatics in secondary education for 23 years. It is very interesting to share experiences with new colleagues.

Olga Keramida/Greece
Olga Keramida/Greece
Hello, i am a kindergarten teacher in the 1st kindergarten in Pylos Messinia's. 
Carla Senis, Italy
Carla Senis, Italy
Hello! I'm a teacher in a secondary school, my students are 11-14. There are some refugees in my island - Sardinia -chifly men. Women and children tried a better life in North Europe.
Among my students there's still a certain fear of the "unknown" . It's very important for teachers to help our students to open their minds and welcome people who comes from troubled countries for a better life. 
That's why I'm here......

Francesca lombardi
Francesca lombardi
Hi all! My name's Francesca and I teach Italian, Art and English in a small Primary School near Genoa (Italy).
I'd like to diversify my pupil's learning lessons and discover other colleagues interesting methods.
Caterina Musmeci, Italy
Caterina Musmeci, Italy
Hi! My name is Caterina Musmeci. I teach Music in junior high school (two schools this year). I live in Sicily, a country involved in the issue of migrants. I  am very interested in course's topics.
Andreas Galanos
Andreas Galanos
Hi! I am a greek secondary teacher, living and teaching in Thessaloniki. I teach grades 7th-9th. My subjects are Language, Literature and History.
Francesco, Italy
Francesco, Italy
Hi, I'm a primary school teacher in Marradi, a small village near Firenze, even if I'm from Torre del Greco, near Napoli. Although we are a small school with not many students, there are often children coming from Morocco, Albania and Romania. We wish to make very effective our inclusive education.

Papadomichelaki Chrysi
Papadomichelaki Chrysi
Hello! My name is Chrysi and I work as a teacher in Greece. I teach children aged from 6 to 12 years old at primary school. Greece is a multicultural and intercultural country, so I am expecting from this course to improve my competencies and abilities, so I will be able to help all of my students.
Antonella, Italy
Antonella, Italy
Hi! I'm a teacher of English  and this year , for the first time , I 'm teaching in a vocational school  where there are lots of  foreign students. I'd like to improve my multicultural competences.
Lina, Italy
Lina, Italy
Hello, I'm Lina I am a teacher of primary school. In my school there are few foreign children, but I think it's important to know different cultures to form open minds and tolerant.
Nick, Gree
Nick, Gree
Hello. I teach primarily college students and this year I will teach in secondary education.
Chiara Sabatini/Italy
Chiara Sabatini/Italy
Hello! I'm a teacher of English and my students are from 11 to 14 years old. I'm from Terni (Umbria - centre of Italy) and I work in a big school in my town. I've often worked in intercultural project and I'd like to improve my way of teaching and competence. I love reading, travelling, listening to pop music and ... chocolate! 
Natasa, Greece
Natasa, Greece
Hi!! I'm Natasa and I come from Didymoticho in Greece. I have just finished college. I am a primary school teacher for children with special needs. I'm about to start working in the next month. I'm very excited about this course because i would like to be prepared in case i ever have to teach a kid with different cultural backround, so I could teach him or her the best I can. Besides in these days in Greece the chances of teaching a bilingual student are very high. So.... let the course begin!
Hi! I'm Laura. I teach in a primary school. This year my students are 23 from different countries (Italy,  China, Morocco, Egypt, Ecuador and Rumania). I would like to learn to be a intercultural competent teacher.
Hi! I'm Laura. I teach in a primary school. This year my students are 23 from different countries (Italy,  China, Morocco, Egypt, Ecuador and Rumania). I would like to learn to be a intercultural competent teacher.
Ioanna/Greece
Ioanna/Greece
Hi everybody. I am a primary school teacher and I 'd like to learn  how to become an intercultural competent teacher.
Georgia ,Greece
Georgia ,Greece
Hello everybody. My name is Georgia and i  am a preschool teacher. My school is at north east Greece. My classes usually have 20 -25  students 4-6 years old.I had bilingual students few years ago .I think that it is important to me to take this course because of the situation of the migrants that takes place in Greece nowdays.
 
Triantafyllia / Greece
Triantafyllia / Greece
Hi, I`m Triantafyllia Syvaka from Thessaloniki (Greece). I`m headmistress and I teach French as a foreign language in experimental senior high school of university of Macedonia
Colomba, Italy
Colomba, Italy
Hi! I'm Colomba and I am 53 years old. I was born in Torre del Greco, a province of Naples.
I teach in a primary school, I'm a computer lab teacher. I love my job.
IRENE, Italy
IRENE, Italy
Hi! I am half British and half Italian and I live in Northern Italy where I teach English as a foreign language in High School. The school I work in is quite large and the students are aged 14-19, most of them boys who attend three different courses which all finish with the Italian State exam (equivalent to A-levels). Along with academic subjects, my students learn more vocational subjects like electronics, information technology, logistics, etc. An average class size ranges from 22 to 28 pupils and lessons start at 7.45 in the morning and finish at 13.30 except on Fridays when they go on till late afternoon 16.55 this is because there are no lessons on Saturday morning.
Rania, Greece
Rania, Greece
Hi! I'm a teacher of English in a state primary school in Greece. My school is in the province ofKorinthia. This year my students are aged 8-12 (3rd, 4rth, 5th and 6th grade) and a lot of them are bilingual immigrant children from Albania. I have worked as a teacher of English (TESOL) for about 25 years in the primary and secondary sector in Greece and Cyprus and my classes have always consisted of culturally/linguistically diverse students. As a result of my experience, I have developed an interest in culturally and linguistically diverse children and carried a case study on their integration for my master's degree. Very recently I finished my phd thesis on the role of linguistic background of bilingual immigrant children in Greece. So, anything I learn on cultural diversity intrigues me. I joined this group in order to find out how theories come into practice in our diverse classrooms. Also, since Europe has received a large number of immigrants and refugees, I feel that only through  equal opportunities to the education of the young generations we can contribute to the creation of a safe, productive and creative society for all.
Serena Italy
Serena Italy
Hello everybody! My name is Serena and I teach English at a lower Secondary school in the north-east of Italy. My students are aged 10-14. I have been teaching for  21 years; I have been a Primary teacher for 8 years. I like my job! I think I am creative and curious. I like travelling by camper, singing, playing the guitar, reading and being involved in  crafts activities. I like learning new things!
I'm involved in Etwinning projectc and I experienced Comenius some years ago.
Lina Mosca Italy
Lina Mosca Italy
HI everybody!!
My name is Lina Mosca and I am 53 years old. I live in Caserta next to Naples and I teach French language in a secondary school.
I like a lot my work and I relise every year a school exchange with  a French school and pupils have accomodation in family.
I work for European projets (Erasmus+) and we had approved an AK1 projet in 2014 call
Jaime Carvalho Martins    Portugal
Jaime Carvalho Martins    Portugal
Hi, I'm a Portuguese Volunteer Teacher now and I live in Faro, Algarve, Portugal. 
I was born in Mozambique, in the South of Africa. 
I studied in Mozambique and in Portugal. 
I was a Lecturer in The Algarve University, a Vocational Trainer and a Secondary Teacher in Faro. 
I think that all of us should open our mind about Immigration and Cultural Diversity because I don’t know if we will need emmigrate to anther country in the Future too. 
As a teacher  I need  to find and use many resources and materials that reflect different realities. 
Laura,Ital
Laura,Ital
Hi! I'm a math teacher at the school in Italy. I think it is important to approach these problems of diversity to promote the social integration of every boy in acquiring a new language and a new culture.
Luisa Pascarella, Italy
Luisa Pascarella, Italy
Hello everybody! I'm a primary school teacher and live in Cervino, near Caserta, where I work too (my school is near my house). This year I'll teach in a first class where there aren't pupils that come from different country. Last school year in my  fifth class there were two student of muslim religion born in Italy from foreign parents. I was a great opportunity to learn more about their amazing culture and traditions!
Filomena, Italy
Filomena, Italy
Hello everyone! 
Filomena, Italy
Filomena, Italy
Hello everyone! I'm Filomena and I'm a teacher of Italian and history in the secondary school. I live in Triggiano, near Bari. In my classroom there aren't students from different countries. I hope to enjoy this course and develop my intercultural c
Filomena, Italy
Filomena, Italy
Hello everyone
Ge, Italy
Ge, Italy
Ciao! I'm Ge and I'm a pre-primary teacher. I work in Sassari in the north of Sardinia. In my school there are children  from different countries such as Africa, East Europa and China.  I hope to enjoy this course and develop my intercultural competences!
Loredana, Italy
Loredana, Italy
Hello everyone! I'm Loredana and I'm a learning support teacher in the secondary school. I live in Bracciano, a little country near Roma. I work with diversity and I think that everyone is different. 
It's important to accept cultural diversity. 
Carla, Italy
Carla, Italy
Hi
I am an Italian teacher,my name is Carla Bisogni,I
am teaching in a comprehensive school in Battipaglia, a big town not far from Naples. My students are from 11 to 13 years.I like  travelling very much because there is so much beauty in this wordl  . Why am I interested in  this course?   because I want to learn how to encourage my pupils to accept cultural diversity  share their experiences with other people and to create a real friendship.
Diva, Italy
Diva, Italy
Hi everybody! My name is Diva and I'm 42. I live and work in Naples, Italy. I am a teacher of secondary school. My students are aged from 11 to 14 years old. I teach Italian, history, geography and Latin. I am very excited to start this course with you! 
Erica, Italy
Erica, Italy
Hi! I'm Erica and I teach Italian, Latin and Greek in high school. I'm just a temp, so I change school every year... I have never taught in a multicultural class, but I think that learning how to approach a class with different cultural background is simply a must. I hope to learn a lot in this course!
Federica, Italy
Federica, Italy
Hi everybody! I'm Federica and teach English and Spanish as foreign languages in secondary school (11-14 years old students) on the outskirts of Milan. Population is diversified and more and more foreigners are joining the community. I feel impelled to learn more about intercultural skills and competences. I hope this course can give me hints how to handle and emphasise diversity in class.
Antonio, Italy
Antonio, Italy
Hi everybody, I am a teacher of technology in a secondary school in the province of Bergamo, in northern Italy . 
My school currently has 4 sections with a total of 12 classes of about 20-24 students eachone. I teach in 3 sections and therefore I have about 200 students .
My students aged 11 to 14 years and are mostly Italian, in every class there are 2 or 3 pupils of foreign origin and some of them do not speak Italian yet .
I hope that the insights and debate within the course can provide me more skills to effectively reach even these guys, overcoming the difficulties associated with language and cultural differences.


Fe
Fe
Hi Everybody, 
I teach math and science in a secondary school of Northern Italy. My students are aged from 11 to 14 years old. So happy to learn with you!
Gianni, Italy
Gianni, Italy
Hello everyone.

I'm Gianni and I live in a village in the province of Venice (Italy).

I teach in a commercial institute and I have students from 14 to 19 years.

I teach law and economics.
Xanthi, Greece
Xanthi, Greece

Hello, everyone.  i m from Greece and i am a teacher in secondary education in Experimental Senior High School of Universith of Macedonia. I teach religious studies, philosophy and onther projects. I like using technologies in my classroom and I m very interested for diversity. I m very glad that participate in this classroom!
My school is the "Experimental Senior High School of University of Macedonia", in the western area of Thessaloniki (Greece).There is a connection between my school and the University of Macedonia; it means we have University’s support to make research.
So, our Institution  and most of the teachers have always been interested in experimenting new methodologies and new way of teaching and learning, for this reason we have let the teachers been involved in Projects methodologies.  Working in a multicultural environment especially last months. 
We have learned that in our ever changing global world knowledge of a subject is not  enough for students to face with the global matters of our present times. For this reason we try to  broad horizons and create  a research-rich environment where the subject matter is driven by the latest knowledge and research, delivered in a way which encourages students to develop  both subject specific and generic skills which they can apply immediately in the real world, especially in the labour market. We encourage students   to be aware of and to draw on the research  within and beyond the school, including internationally. In this area of increasingly rapid globalisation, we lead  the teaching and learning experience for  students  to be globally connected, enabling students to develop an under- standing  of how their subject is viewed and pursued in different parts of the world. We give great importance to  learning  on interdisciplinarity, integrated learning, on team pedagogy. 


 

 
Nevruze Erkan Erkoç,Turkey
Nevruze Erkan Erkoç,Turkey
Hello, everyone! I'm chemistry teacher in a secondary school, İzmir,Turkey. My school has almost 70 teacher and 1000 students. They are 15-18 years old and from different ethnic groups of Turkey. I hope this course will provide develope my teacher skills.
Claudia, Italy
Claudia, Italy
Hi, I'm a secondary teacher in Italy. I agree with what all three people.I think that we should change our mind about immigration. We live in a multicultural world so it's necessary that every area, especially schools, teaching people to understand diversities and to accept them.
Alicia said an important thing: as teacher we have to find and use resources and materials that reflects different realities. So using topics about immigration or names from other cultures is a great choice.
Guner, Turkey
Guner, Turkey
Hi, my name is Guner. I have been teaching Turkish Language and Literature for 18 year in several secondary schools. I built up interdiciplinary lesson plans with INTEL for two years. My school is in Uskudar, İstanbul. We have nearly 650 students and the school hasn't got a great project about education. Our students have to achieve to learn everything for the national exam to go to the best universities. Therefore we have no enough time to think about diversity and other social issues:) I hope I will learn new things and change the vision of my school.




Emanuela, It
 Emanuela, Italy

Hello! I'm a pre-primary teacher in Italy. In my class of 5-years-old children there are many migrant children coming from different Countries. Working in a multicultural environment is sometimes hard but I think that it represents a challenge to build the path to cultural and social integration.

Patrícia, Portugal
Patrícia, Portugal
Olá!
I'm a 35-year-old teacher from Gaia. I teach Portuguese, English to young learners and I train future teachers too. 
I love researching and discussing the themes of identity and citizenship with fellow teachers. I've lived in London with my husband and baby girl but we decided to return home a few months ago.
Maria Dolores, Italy,
Maria Dolores, Italy,
Hi everyone! I'm Maria Dolores, I was born in Catania (Sicily), where I live but I have an European  citizen spirit. I lived abroad and I like the comparison with other culture, so i want to improve my interultural skills. Last year I taught italian language in a middle school in  Piedmot, where I knew  students from different countries. Moreover, I have experience like volunteer  italian teacher in a care center of refugees in Catania, where i met pepole with different backgrounds and very hard experiences. I'd like to increase  my teaching  skills to become an interultural competent teacher.
Hi! My name is Danuta. I live in Jastrzębie- Zdrój, in the south of Poland. It’s an industrial town away from big cities. I teach to secondary students aged between 13 to 16. The school is rather small  but there is  a very nice atmosphere. The classes are almost totally mono cultural  both in terms of religion and nationality.  My students have no direct contact with foreigners. The Comenius /Erasmus Plus projects have been the only occasion to meet other nationalities. The European projects  are also an excellent opportunity for me to become  more conscious about the intercultural competence.  
Hi! My name is Danuta. I live in Jastrzębie- Zdrój, in the south of Poland.
It’s an industrial town away from big cities. I teach to secondary students
aged between 13 to 16. The school is rather small  but there is  a very nice atmosphere. The classes are almost
totally mono cultural  both in terms of
religion and nationality.  My students
have no direct contact with foreigners. The Comenius /Erasmus Plus projects have
been the only occasion to meet other nationalities. The European projects  are also an excellent opportunity for me to
become  more conscious about the
intercultural competence.  
Keti,
Keti, 
Keti, Italy,
Keti, Italy,
Hi everyone. I'm Keti from Venice, Italy. I'm a math's teacher in a secondary school. My students are 13-19 years old and on average half of them are foreigners. I hope this course help me to improve my approach with students from different cultures 
Ilaria, Italy
Ilaria, Italy
My name is Ilaria, I am  twenty-nine years old and I was born on the twelfth of March nineteen eighty-seven in Torre del Greco, a province of Naples.
I graduated with first class honours in Philosophy and then I have studied for three years Italian  Sign Language and in the same time I worked like interpreter of Italian sign language in an elementary school, my job  facilitated inclusion process of deaf children. Now I teach philosophy and history in a high school. I love my job because through education I want to bring up new generations to respect towards people, animals and nature.

cinzia,italy
cinzia,italy
Hello, I'm Cinzia and I'm a teacher of primary school.In my school there are few foreign children, but I think it's important to know different cultures to form open minds and tolerant.
Vuoto
Beata, Poland
Beata, Poland
Hi, I'm Beata.I'm from Chorzów.It's Upper Silesia - southern part of Poland. I'm a primary school English teacher - work with kids 6-13. I've been working in my school for 22 years.Many things have changed in this time. I can observe
Cecilia, Germany.
Cecilia, Germany.
Hi, I'm Cecilia, I'm an italian singer living and working in Germany. I teach Italian as a foreign language at the conservatory, where my students are between 17 and 25. Half of them are Europeans (mostly Germans) and half are usually Asians. I am used to working with singers from the whole world in theaters too (I work as Italian coach for opera productions) and I want to improve my intercultural competences. Hugs to everybody from Berlin!

Paolo, Italy
Paolo, Italy
Hi, I'm Paolo from Cosenza district (Calabria), southern italy or souther europe or nord africa ecc. (depending of geographical point of view). I try to teach ICT and Computing in Secondary School, every day I work and live in diversity cultural also :-) 

Science help me to find and propose new point of view, new curiosity way to explore to know how mitigate fear in diversity. But creativity and art are important also when help in discovery smile and help in living with other people. I try to be optimistic. I love my work in school when collaborating with other colleagues. Thank you for this opportunity.
Rossella, Italy
Rossella, Italy
Hi, I'm Rossella. I live in Viareggio, a beautiful town  near Pisa. I teach Italian, History and Geography , my pupils are 11-13 years old. In my classrooms there are always foreign students from East Europe. I earned Ditals certificate about Italian Second Language at Siena University and a improvement course about multiculturalism at Pisa University. Therefore 
I take an interest in cultural diversity and I'm very happy to be here.
Rosaria, Italy.
Rosaria, Italy.
Hi everybody! I'm an English teacher in a Secondary school and my students range in age from 14 to 18. I teach in a Language school and I strongly believe it is very important for my students to develop intercultural competences. I'm really looking forward to 
empowering my understanding of different models of intercultural societies as well as of existing multicultural programs and initiatives.

Hi, greetings from Poland! My name is Paweł. I'm a music teacher in primary and secondary music school. I come from Krakow and teach in two schools, in my city and a little town near Krakow. We have there completely different backgroud in this two places, different school communities, and qualities of interpersonal relation. I lead indyvidual piano and organ classes, but I also work with bigger groups of pupils. Despite of in my country we have not to deal with serious questions and problems of emigrantion and refugees we notice growing number of foreigners, also among our pupils and students. They bring to us their own traditions, culture, habits and experiences. It's very inspiring but sometimes dificult as well. So my motivation to take part in this course comes from such challanges. I’ very glad to be here and can meet all of you!!
Hi, greetings from Poland! My name is Paweł. I'm a music teacher in primary and secondary music school. I
come from Krakow and teach in two schools, in my city and a little town near
Krakow. We have there completely different backgroud in this two places,
different school communities, and qualities of interpersonal relation. I lead
indyvidual piano and organ classes, but I also work with bigger groups of
pupils. Despite of in my country we have not to deal with serious questions and
problems of emigrantion and refugees we notice growing number of foreigners,
also among our pupils and students. They bring to us their own traditions,
culture, habits and experiences. It's very inspiring but sometimes dificult as
well. So my motivation to take part in this course comes from such challanges.
I’ very glad to be here and can meet all of you!!

Roberto, Italy
Roberto, Italy
Hi! I'm Roberto, I'm a IT Teacher in Secondary School, in Cuneo (north-west of Italy). 
So, I'm looking forward to improve my intercultural competences taking part in this course.
Isabella, Italy
Isabella, Italy
Hello! I'm Isabella and I live in Mola di bari, a small town in the south of Italy. I teach Italian, Latin an ancient History in a secondary school. My students are 13-19 years old. In my classes i have students from Romania, Albania, Etiopia and Ruanda.So I'm interested to learn more about multicultural diversity  in your schools and to make my teaching better.  
Luisa, Italy
Luisa, Italy
Hello, I'm a Primary school teacher and I teach Italian, Art, STEM in a second grade. My pupils are 7 years old. In my school around 30% of the students are bilingual and most of them come from Northern Africa, China ore Eastern European countries.  I am very interested in multicultural issues because I, as a woman , am totally feeling a Citizen of the world (as Virginia Woolf argued). 
Sonia, Italy
Sonia, Italy
Hi! My name is Sonia and I live in Biella, a small town in the north of Italy. I teach Human Sciences and ICT in a secondary school. My students are from 13 to 19 years old and a lot of their parents come from a foreing state. This is my first course in this platform and I'm interested in learning about methods for a better approach to multiculturalism.
Aranzazu, Spain
Aranzazu, Spain
´Hi! I live in Santander and I ´m a secondary school teacher. My students are from 13 to 18. At school there´re students coming from South-America, Romania and China. Diversity is an important issue nowadays and I´d like to learn from all of you here. This is my first course in this platform.  
Sebastiano, Italy
Sebastiano, Italy
Hi, I'm Sebastiano, I teach Italian and history in a secondary school. My students are 13 - 20 years old. Among my students are immigrants from Albania, Romania, Moldova, India, and that's why I'm interested in learning about the tools and methods for a better approach to multiculturalism.
Costanza, Italy
Costanza, Italy
Hi everybody! 
I'm Costanza and I teach English as a foreign language in a secondary school in Finale Emilia. My students are 14-19 years old.
I'm an active eTwinner and  life-long learner.
Marco, Italy
Marco, Italy
Hello, I'm from Carignano a small village in the north of Italy.I teach   in the secondary school. I teach to students aged between 11 and 13 years. In my classes I have students from Albania and Romania .For that reason I would like to know more and more.
Oriana, Italy
Oriana, Italy
Hi, I am a teacher in Elementary School and a teacher of Italian as a second language for adults in Further Education (immigrants and asylum seekers). Intercultural Studies are for me a lasting interest since my BAC+MA on it. In the schools of my region there's a lot of immigrant children. I went last August to volunteer in Chios, Greece, where I worked in projects for Afghani and Syrian refugees, unaccompanied minors too.
Maria Simou, Greece. Hi ! I' ve been teaching religion and philosophy courses for 15 years in a secondary school in Kamatero, a town near Athens. The students are between 16 and 18 years old. Courses on cultural diversity will be very useful for me not only because of the students from other countries that we have in our classes but mostly because of the particularity of the religion lessons.
Maria Simou, Greece. Hi ! I' ve been teaching religion and philosophy courses for 15 years in a secondary school in Kamatero, a town near Athens. The students are between 16 and 18 years old. Courses on cultural diversity will be very useful for me not only because of the students from other countries that we have in our classes but mostly because of the particularity of the religion lessons.

   

Francesca, Italy
Francesca, Italy
Hello, I am Francesca and I teach to students aged between 11 and 13 years. In recent periods in Cagliari, Italy, where I live, there's so many people of other nationalities as well in school must learn new skills and to acquire intercultural awareness and sensitivity about this. I hope this course will help me to improve teaching approaches
Maya, Bulgari
Maya, Bulgari
Hello, I`m Maya and this is the first Mooc course for me. I am a secondary school teacher and I teach  to students aget beween 11 and 15 years. I hope this course will help me to improve teaching approaches.

Daniela, Italy
Daniela, Italy
hello! I'm a primary school teacher in a rural area in the middle of Italy. Half of the students in my class are of foreign origin and I have not much experience. I hope the course will be of great help
hello I'm Carmen I 'm from italy I live in Verona and i teach economics and law in a secondary school :My students are 15 -19 and they are studing in order to become experts in admistration and finance. many of them have parents from foreign countries and sometimes  italian students think they are better than the others. i think that this course could help me to explain them that everybody is important
hello I'm Carmen I 'm from italy I live in Verona and i teach economics and law in a secondary school :My students are 15 -19 and they are studing in order to become experts in admistration and finance. many of them have parents from foreign countries and sometimes  italian students think they are better than the others. i think that this course could help me to explain them that everybody is important
Nickie Liaropoulou, Greece
Nickie Liaropoulou, Greece
Hi everyone! I am Nickie, I live in Athens and this is the second Mooc course for me. The first one, which was on Project-Based Learning last June, was an amazing experience. This year I am going to be teaching English (EFL) at a primary school (6-12 year olds)in an area on the outskirts of Athens. The majority of our pupils belong to an ethnic group minority. So,  it is not really a culturally diverse environment, since most students belong to the same group still, I believe there is room for a lot of improvement as far as (inter)cultural awareness is concerned, both on the part of the teachers and on the part of the pupils. I believe that this course is going to be of great help to all of usQ
Vilma Bertola
Vilma Bertola
My name is Vilma Bertola, I live in Mondovì, a small town in the North-West of  italy.  I have been a teacher of English  for 38 years so far. I have taught young learners, secondary school students as well as adults. In the last 18 years  I have taught  14/19 years old students in a vocational school where a large number of students come from different countries and cultures. Despite my long teaching experience I feel I have to learn more about multicultural diversity in order to improve the quality of my teaching and my relationships with students

Sabrina Vespier
Sabrina Vespier
Hi! I'm Sabrina and i'm from Italy. I teach informatics at the secondary school and my lovely students are from 15 y.o. In my class there aren't students from other countries. So i think it's a pity for them because it could be a good lesson of life "to stay together"
Daniela Millini
Daniela Millini
Hi eveybody,
I'm Italian and I teach English in a low secondary school in a little town near Venice ( Quarto d'Altino). My students are from 10/11 to 13/14. The number of kids coming from other couuntries (EU and not EU) varies from year to year, as well as the countries they come from. Years ago I had a class where the majority of students were not of Italian origin - but I also have classes mostly composed of Italian students. We have quite a large number of students from Africa ( and not only Northern Africa) from China, from Southern America,  Albania, Moldavia, Macedonia, Ucraina...Different approaches have been implemented to promote their integration and inclusion, not all of them particularly  successful - for a number of different reasons :(   This year we are one of the partner schools in an Erasmus+  KA2  focusing on finding new ways to make inclusion & integration more effective and real for these students. This course is a great opportunity to share ideas and opinions on such important issues.

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece
Despoina Amarantidou, Greece
Hello, I am Despoina from  Drama, a small town in Northern Greece. I teach English at a Primary School and my students are from 7-12 years old. There are chidren from Albania and Bulgaria in my school and there is a hot spot in my town so we might have refugees some time, as well.
Nicoleta Serban/Romania
Nicoleta Serban/Romania
Hello! I am Nicoleta. I have been teaching primary school subjects for twenty years. I live and I teach in a small town from the south part of Romania, named Slatina. I have 34 students. Every day is important to me, to discuss with my pupils, to understand them, to teach them.
Pieri stefania
Pieri stefania
Hello, I'm from  Trevi a small village in the centre of Italy.I teach English and P.E in the primary school.In my classes I have  children from Albania,Morrocco,Romania .For that reason I would like to know more and more about cultural diversity  and became a better teacher and a better person.Thank you for the great opportunity
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Elsa Pereira PT
Elsa Pereira PT
Hello,
I'm Elsa Pereira. I teach portuguese language in Rio Maior , a city 80km north Lisbon in Portugal . I was  enrolled in PBL Course, last jully. I liked  it very much , because i learned news and diferents competences, resources, activities and share the experiences in the classrooms . It was a great challenge ! 
I would like to know  and learnd more about the cultural diversity in school.
Heidi Giese, Germany
Heidi Giese, Germany
Hello, I teach in a secondary school in the middle of Germany in a rural area. My students are 11 up to 16 years and my subjects are French, Art, History, Social Science...In my actual  class I have pupils from Albania, Pooland, Syria. So I'm looking forward to learning useful things in this online course.
Manana Jakeli, Georgia
Manana Jakeli, Georgia
Hi ! I'm from Georgia, Telavi. I teach History and Civic Education at public school N3 of Telavi. I like my profession,  I've been a teacher of History and Civic Education for 20 years; I like innovations, I always use new technologies in teaching History. My students are between 13 and 18 years old. My hobbies are: reading,  music - classical and jazz, art, computer technologies...  Georgia is a multiethnic country, which is its greatest merit. In this case, I think this course will be useful for me...
Aurelia, Ital
Aurelia, Ital
Hi everyone! I'm Italian  and I'm a secondary school teacher. I teach economic disciplines, including specialized support for students with disabilities. I've decided to enroll this course to get some informations and ideas to improve my knowledge and my practice and to raise my intercultural awareness.
Michela FuriaHel
 Michela Furia
Hello! I teach Italian and English  in primary school. My students are from 7 to 11 years old. They are from different countries and sometimes it is difficult to communicate.
Helen, Calabria Italy
Helen, Calabria Italy
Hello everyone! My name's Helen Putterill and I work as a mother tongue teacher of English in a Language Secondary School in Vibo Valentia, Calabria in the toe of Italy. The languge school has 450 students ranging from ages 14 to 19 varying greatly in ability and socio-economic background. At the moment we have few students from other cultures and those we do have tend to come from mixed backgrounds, usually Italian and one other, mostly eastern European. There are many more culturally diverse classes in lower secondary schools who will be in upper secondary over the next few years. I am really glad to benefit from your experience  in learning more about how our schools will be in the very near future and hear some of your solutions. 

Maria Grazia, Italy
Maria Grazia, Italy
Hello! I’m Maria Grazia and I am Italian primary school teacher. I’m 42 years old and I live in a little city of Sicily, S. Margherita di Belice. I teach Catholic Religion by 15 years in two schools. My students are in class II and IV and are aged 7-10 years. I am very glad to attend professional development courses. I often see in many schools that nor teachers, nor native, nor immigrant children and their families can speak English. It’s difficult to communicate. I hope to exchange some points of view with European colleagues in the next weeks. 
Augusto, Italy
Augusto, Italy
Hi, everybody!
My name's Augusto and I'm an English teacher in a Secondary school in Aversa, a town between Caserta and Naples. My students are from 14 to 18 and some of them aren't from Italy, so it's very important for me to make them comfortable at school: that's why I really hope this course will be useful to this purpose.

Sonia Galderisi, Italy
Sonia Galderisi, Italy
About me
Sónia Rocha, Porto, Portugal
Sónia Rocha, Porto, Portugal
My name is Sonia and I am a teacher of the 1st and 2nd cycle (variant Visual and Technological Education) in Portugal.

At this time I have worked in the Curriculum Enrichment Activities project in basic education. 
In my discipline, "school connection with the environment" of the content is cultural diversity, and students like a lot to learn.
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My name is Ornella and I teach Music in Italian School , in Puglia, to students between 11 and 14 years old. There are many cultural diversity and I think that this diversity are our hope
My name is Paola and I'm Italian. I teach English in a secondary linguistic school. In my school there are no refugees but several students coming from other countries.I think that as a teacher I should do my best to make cultural diversity become something that enriches everyone
My name is Paola and I'm Italian. I teach English in a secondary 
linguistic school. In my school there are no refugees but several 
students coming from other countries.I think that as a teacher I should do my best to make cultural diversity become something that enriches everyone



Nuria Martínez, Madrid, Spain
Nuria Martínez, Madrid, Spain
Hi!! I 'm a vocational training teacher and now I work form the Spanish Ministry of Education. I hace taught New technologies for 10 years to students between 16 and 20 years old. My students were from Spain, South America, East Europe and China. I try to bring out te best in my students every moment. For this reason, I have to become a more interculturally competent teacher. I hope that it Will have a good effect in my teaching ski 
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Nuria
Elissavet Perakaki, Greece
Elissavet Perakaki, Greece
Hello! I'm a musician and I teach music in a junior high school, in Pireaus. There are many immigrants in my school and I think that this diversity makes us open minded.  
Maria Papavasilopoulou, Greece
Maria Papavasilopoulou, Greece
Hello! I am a secondary teacher in a Music High School. I teach greek language, history and literature.  There are no immigrants in our school, so far, but I believe it is a very important and crucila mater to deal with.
Charoula Michalakopoulou, Greece.                                      Hi!  I teach greek language in the 2nd Junior High School of Almyros in central Greece. We have a "hotspot"  close to our city and I'm very interested to the course.
Charoula Michalakopoulou, Greece.                                      Hi!  I teach greek language in the 2nd Junior High School of Almyros in central Greece. We have a "hotspot"  close to our city and I'm very interested to the course.





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Pefkoula Stagia, Greece
Pefkoula Stagia, Greece
I’m a primary school teacher at Nea Michaniona, Thessaloniki, Greece. My pupils are 8 -9 years old. 10 out of 22 of my students are foreigners. I have no refugee children in my classroom yet, but I may have soon. So it’s very important for me to exchange ideas with other teachers and learn from experts on cultural diversity. 

Katerina Kostaki, Greece
Katerina Kostaki, Greece
My name is Katerina Kostaki. I work as an English teacher in the 2nd Junior High school of Nikea, a city 10 km away from Athens, Greece. I have been teaching English for 18 years.  The last two years I have been involved in e-twinning projects. We have been awarded two National Labels. I love my job and I like improving and learning new things especially related to technology. I also like travelling, taking photos and communicating with people!

Ana Paula Fonseca
Ana Paula Fonseca
Portugal
Hi! I'm from Portugal and I work with teenage students. I teach English in a village near Coimbra. I am looking forward to work with you because multicultural societies are more and more common. I have 4 students from different nationalities in my classes this year.
Dimitra Arampatzi, Belgium
Dimitra Arampatzi, Belgium
Hello! My name is Dimitra, I am Greek and for the last two years I work in Brussels, in one of the European Schools. I am a pre-primary teacher and my students ages are between 4 and 6. I find my participation in this course very important, as the mission of the European Schools is to provide a multilingual and multicultural education for nursery, primary and secondary level pupils. So, it is very important for me to improve my intercultural competences so as to become a better teacher.
Maria Kleidara, Greece
Maria Kleidara, Greece
Hello, I am Maria from Kilkis, Greece and I am a teacher in 4th Kindergarten of Kilkis. In my class there are many students from different countries and they bring in the class different cultures and habits. Most of them don't even know the language and there are voices who do not like the presence of students from other nations in the class. Moreover in my town, I'm sure you all heard Eidomeni, came last years many refugees and now there is a policy to send refugees in Greek schools. Several local authorities and organizations of parents don't like this idea and they react. Last year though we had a student from Syria and I heard parents who disagreed. I hope to find in this course ideas that will help me to deal all the negatives opinions about the refugees. After all they are children who had to leave their country because of a war
Pietra Sellaro, Italy
Pietra Sellaro, Italy
Hello! My name is Pietra. I from Italy and I live in Catania, in Sicily. I'm a teacher in a primary school. I teach Italian language, English language, Maths, Science, Technology and Art. My pupils are in class three. They're eights years old.They 're very interested to now new things. In my cIass there aren't children of diffferents culture, so I haven't intercultural experiences. I hope develop my intercultural  competences in this course.

Ilaria Zandonella, Italy
Ilaria Zandonella, Italy
I live in Padua, near Venice, in Italy and I teach Science through English in different schools. I do believe this course will be very helpful in understanding and helping the many migrants' children we have in our schools, especially for the inclusion process.
Pietra Sellaro, Italy
Pietra Sellaro, Italy
Mariella Gallo, Italy
Mariella Gallo, Italy
Hi friends, I'm from Catania, on the east coast of Sicily. I've been teaching in Secondary School and this year I'll start in a new school teaching English to adults or young adults. I'll know students from different countries and I confess I'll need  help from experts. Last year I worked in Tuscany and it was my first class with young learners aged 11-13 from China and other countries. It was an interesting experience, but I need to make better. For this reason I expect to learn more.
viki doga,grece
viki doga,grece
we have pupils from Albany, Russia at school, it a popular school.

Angelina Alberico, 
Angelina Alberico, 
Hello, my name is Angelina Alberico, I'm Italian and I live in a Southern country and specifically in Marcianise, located a few kilometers from Caserta, a town known for its splendid the Royal Palace.

The school where I teach is quite large, divided into several buildings and more educational levels, namely childhood, primary and lower secondary. There are about 1500 students aged between 3 and 14 years old and about 160 teachers. I teach in three different classes: in a fifth mathematics, science and technology and in another mathematics, physical education and technology, and a fourth in history and geography. In my classes, there are no foreign children, but I'm very interested in this course to increase my teaching skills, in the event that in the future among my pupils there might be some different culture baby.
Patrizia, Ital
Patrizia, Ital
Hello everyone! I'm Patrizia and I teach in an elementary school of Crespano del Grappa, a small village at the foot of Monte Grappa, in northern Italy. My students are very motivated to learn and love the teamwork. In different classes attend many students from different European countries and not. We did have some experience with a Comenius project in which we met pupils and teachers from different European countries. This project has been very constructive and exciting for my students and me. 
Patrizia
Patrizia
Maria Grazia, Italy
Maria Grazia, Italy
Hi everybody! I'm an English teacher in a secondary school in Capua, a small town near Caserta (South of Italy). My students' age is between 14-18. I teach in 5 classes and many students are from different countries in the world. I have no intercultural competences so I hope this course will give me a new methodological approach and some good ideas to become a better teacher!
Caterina Fantini, Italy
Caterina Fantini, Italy
Hi! I'm Caterina from Italy. I live in Mestre and teach in a primary school. My pupils are 8-9 years old. I've got 20 pupils and 15 are foreigners. It isn't easy work in the class, and sometimes I feel inadequate. I hope the course help me. 
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Ozgu Ozturk,Istanbul
Ozgu Ozturk,Istanbul
Hello I am Ozgu from Istanbul. I've been teaching high school students for almost 7 years. My school is a village school near  Istanbul. I am taking this course cos I have  a project about creating awareness of refugee children and support their preschool education.
Clara Gulino
 Clara Gulino, Italy
Hello, I'm Clara from Sicily. I've been teaching English in a Middle School of Southern Sicily for many years and I've been a witness of the great change in our school as far as the background of our students. Since I'm a curious person I want to learn how to cope with this change and how to improve my teaching.
Cinzia, Italy
Cinzia, Italy
Hello,  I' Cinzia; I teach Italian, History and Geography and my students's age is 11-14.
My two classrooms are very different: in the older one there are two students sons of foreign parents;, but well integrated; in the younger one there is  a nigerian boy, born in Italy but strongly related to his country. In the same classroom there is a boy son of migrants (from two foreing countries), that has difficuklties to recognise himself as 'son of migrants'. In this context is difficult to create a "group", so I've decided to enroll this course to improve my knowledges and to try differente aprroaches with my students
Patrizia, Italy
Patrizia, Italy
Hello everybody.

I teach Italian, History and Geography in a school for adults. There are also teenagers in my classes but most of our students are foreign adults and they come from different country, so I’m used to working in a multicultural environment. I hope that this course will give me new resources for my work.


Maria Lisitsina
Maria Lisitsina
Greetings from sunny Armenia!!! I'm an ICT teacher, ages 6-18. I teach in Ohanyan Educational Complex.
Vicky Archondi,
Vicky Archondi,
Hello,from Volos ,Greece! I'm an English teacher & Applied Linguist currently teaching General English and ESP at the Vocational High School of Almyros. I mainly teach students from Greece, Albania and Bulgaria.I have no encounter with immigrants yet. However, given the fact that I confront students from different cultural, linguistic and religious backgrounds, I attend this course hoping to equip myself with those educational tools that will facilitate their immersion and adaptation in the Greek educational system
Marilena, Greece
Marilena, Greece
 Hello, I am Marilena Athanasakou, from Athens, Greece. I have been teaching music in secondary education, ages 12-15, for the past 7 years. My school is a new one for me this year and right in the center of Athens, in an area with many immigrants. Classes just started, and classrooms are filled with students of different countries and cultures. I hope this course will offer inspiration and advice, so that my lesson planning makes all students feel included and actively contributing in the learning process, even if they don't know the language very well. 
Manuela, Italy
Manuela, Italy
Hi everyone, I am Manuela, a secondary school teacher. I have a degree in Chemistry and until last year I taught Natural Sciences. 
​Last year I attended the specialization for the educational support activities for students with disabilities. The work of this specialized teacher is very important and just because it's focused on the person itself allows me to be supportive for all students in the class. 
I'm interested in the topic of the course and in particular in inclusion of all the students with all their differences as richness. The cultural diversity is not less important, considering the large percentage of classes populated by immigrant or their sons. I want also to improve my english level so this course could be a new stimulus for me. 
Mary, Italy
Mary, Italy
Hello! I’m Mary, I teach English in a high secondary school. I enrolled this course  because I hope to learn more about teaching strategies in immigrants classes because of the presence of immigrants in my school. I think It’s important to be aware of the different background of each student so, as a teacher, I feel the need to exchange experiences and ideas with peers. 
Mary, It
Mary, It
Debo from Scotland
Debo from Scotland
Hello. I am a French teacher in Scotland. Quite new in the profession. I lived, worked and studied in three different countries. I am now in a large school with a good number of foreign students. They all are between 11 and 18 years-old, but I mainly teach the youngest. I hope to get some information and tools to improve my practice and raise cultural awareness.
Angelo, Rivoli, Italy
Angelo, Rivoli, Italy
Currently I teach at the Liceo Scientifico Statale, Linguistico, delle Scienze Umane «C. Darwin», in Rivoli, near Turin, Piedmont. I teach Italian & Latin Language and Literature, History and Geography.
At the moment I don't have particular problem with immigrant students, but I think I will have in the future
Maria Theodoridou, Greece
Maria Theodoridou, Greece
I'm a primary school teacher in Evia, Greece. I am interested in ICT, multicultural projects, languages and music. I work as a teacher since 2004 and I enjoy participating in projects like this one. I hope that this course gives me/us ideas of how to deal and work with kids from all over the world, in a very harmonic environment. 
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Elisabetta, Vicenza Italy.
Elisabetta, Vicenza Italy. 
I am a teacher of English in a technical high school of about 600 students. 
The age ranges from 13 to 19. I hope this course will give me tools and perspectives to help my classes to talk about cultural diversity, something they are very sensitive about.
Matteo, Trapani (Sicily).
Matteo, Trapani (Sicily).
I work in a secondary school .
I am a teacher in the economic legal disciplines , including specialized support for pupils with disabilities . I am very interested in the issue of cultural diversity and I hope that this course will help my knowledge in this field .
Anna-Maria Panagiotidou, GREECE - Central Macedonia
Anna-Maria Panagiotidou, GREECE - Central Macedonia
Born bi-cultural as a migrants' kid myself, I have lived all my life with 2 country cultures. Later on I found out that my grandparents were refugees themselves: Greeks who once upon the ancient times had migrated to Black Sea area, returning to Greece in late 1910.
I've been an ICT and Computer Programming educator in junior high schools and secondary highschools for 14 years. Also certified  ICT adult trainer, steward and trainer for an educational community of practice. 

Whatever issues raise in my town, region, country, neighbour countries,.... and in what I call society I am sooner or later getting involved as a volunteer, as an activist, as a person who cares and feels the responsibility of not remaining neutral. This is why I love to take part in this course and be a node in a network of people supporting changes to the better.

Marianicola, Italy
Marianicola, Italy
Marianicola
Marianicola
Hello! I'm an italian  teacher. My pupils are from 3 to 6 years old in a small village close to Campobasso. Let's 
Sofia, Greece
Sofia, Greece
Hello everybody! My name is Sofia and i am a primary school teacher and i have a MA in special needs education. I am looking forward to attending the course in order to enrich my knowledge about multicultural education and be prepared to work with children from  different civil backrounds.
Madalena Quental, Portugal
Madalena Quental, Portugal
I am a Geography teacher, at a secondary school in a small town call Mafra, near Lisbon.I look forward to this course
Rosa Giuliano, Italy
Rosa Giuliano, Italy
Hi everybody! I'm an Italian teacher. I teach at a Secondary School in Lamezia Terme, Calabria. My region is in the South of Italy. My pupils are 11-13 years old and some of them often come from other countries. Because of its position, Calabria, the toe of Italy, is one of the main region where immigrants arrive. Schools are changing and they are so colorful and rich in cultures that I think teachers have to  acquire more competencies in order to give value and opportunities to ALL students! 
Carmela, Italy
Carmela, Italy
Hello everybody! 
My name is Carmela ad I am from Italy. I work in a middle school in Marche, a region in the center of Italy. I teach religion to students aged 11 to 16 years.  I teach more than 400 children. Among my students are young people from different parts of Europe and the world (Albania, Romania, Moldova, India, China, Argentina, Morocco, Macedonia) and different religions.

Rosalinda Di Mauro, Italy
Rosalinda Di Mauro, Italy
Hi everybody, I am an italian teacher. I work in a 1st grade secondary school. I'd like to learn more about cultural diversity and share experiences with you. I'm very happy to partecipate this course.

Hi!I'm Maria Elena. I'm from a little village near Campobasso, Molise, In Italy. I'm 31 years old and I'm a Secondary school teacher. Last year I had my first experience in a vocational school. 
Hi!I'm Maria Elena. I'm from a little village near Campobasso, Molise, In Italy. I'm 31 years old and I'm a Secondary school teacher. Last year I had my first experience in a vocational school. 
Iliyana, Bulgaria
Iliyana, Bulgaria
Hello, I am  teacher of English as a foreign language in low secondary school in Haskovo. I teach 5th  and 6th  graders. I am interested in the course' s topic and expect to learn a lot about cultural diversity.

Olga Ilyina, Finland
Olga Ilyina, Finland
Hello everybody! My name is Olga and I am from Finland. I work at a primary school in Espoo and teach German and English.  I would like to share experience and ideas about diversity with others.
Barbara Trivelli, Italy
Barbara Trivelli, Italy
Hello, I'm a kindergarten teacher from Terni Italy. I' ready to learn!
Giada, Italy
Giada, Italy
Hello everyone, 
I'm Giada and how you might have noticed by my name I'm Italian. I'm a recent MA Graduate still in searching for what to do as an adult. Can't wait to hear and learn from all of you about teaching. 

Marianthi Arvanitidou
Marianthi Arvanitidou
I am a primary school teacher from Komotini - Greece. I am very happy to participate in School Academy
Evaggelia ,Greece
Evaggelia ,Greece
Hello from Pella area,north Greece.I'm a teacher of English in a primary school in Giannitsa.I am in a new school this year and I feel excited to work with very young learners.!

RosannaG, Italy 
RosannaG, Italy 
Hello everyone.

My name is Rosanna, I'm Italian and I live in Rome, where he taught mathematics and physics at a secondary school. It is a linguistic high school, with pupils from the first to the fifth year.

I hope this course will give me new ideas, methods and resources to deal with cultural diversity in my classes, in order to become an intercultural competent teacher.



My educational context

The school where I work is a high school and is located in the capital.

There are about 200 students aged 14-19, who attend two different addresses: Scientific and language. Each course has a duration of five years, ending with the so-called State Exam.

There are different subjects: Italian language and literature, history, English language and culture, Spanish language and culture, the French language and culture, German language and culture, mathematics, computer science, chemistry, science, physics, systems and networks, religion, philosophy, etc.
Maria Vasilopoulou, Athens Greece. 
Maria Vasilopoulou, Athens Greece. 
A Few things about me. 
I'm really pleased to attend this MOOC learn with and from you all!!
Ourania Ropi
Ourania Ropi
Hello from Karditsa, a town situated at the center of Greece. I have taught in secondary school the lessons of Greek language and literature. Currently I am not working and I've decided to attend this course in order to improve my intercultural skills. I believe in lifelong learning and the long distance programmes like this provide an excellent opportunity to acquire more knowledge. I am looking forward to collaborate with you all.
Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy
Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy
About me

Hi everybody! My name is Angelamaria. I am Italian and I live in Salerno, a beautiful sea town in South Italy where I teach English as a foreign language at a Secondary School. It is a Technical School, where students have to deal with a technical English in the third, fourth and fifth year of their course. 

I hope this course will provide me new ideas, methods and resources for addressing cultural diversity in my classrooms in order to become an intercultural competent teacher.



My teaching context

The school where I work is quite big and it is situated in a small mountain town.

There are about 650 students aged 14-19, who attend two different courses: Technical (Information Technology and Mechanic) and Comprehensive Schools (Classic, Scientific and Linguistic Courses). Each course lasts five years, ending with the so-called State Exam.

There are several subject matters: Italian Language and Literature, History, English Language and Culture, Mathematics, Information Technology, Chemistry, Science , Physics, Systems and Networks,  Religion,         P. E.  

 


Dimitris Zisimopou
Dimitris Zisimopou
Hello to everyone! I am Dimitris from Nafpaktos, Greece. I work as a school counselour in primary education (7-12). My interests are in diversity (cultural, special needs) and in  
ways to design inclusive educational enviroments.
Hello, my name is Claudia and I teach English language and literature in Italy.I teach in the secondary school and I'd like to have more competenze in cultural diversity because in my country (Sardinia) there are lots of people who belongs to different countries and they wanted to fit in. 
Hello, my name is Claudia and I teach English language and literature in Italy.I teach in the secondary school and I'd like to have more competenze in cultural diversity because in my country (Sardinia) there are lots of people who belongs to different countries and they wanted to fit in. 
Claudia Valentini, L'Aquila, Italy
Claudia Valentini, L'Aquila, Italy
Hi there! As an EFL teacher&trainer, Media Education senior, Special Need Teacher Educator, I explored #diversityMOOCs themes and issues in deep. Recently I participated to CoE Pestalozzi Summer School on 'Diversity of learners, Diversity of Teachers' all about fostering change and effective intercultural, inclusive, equitable, creative school thinking globally and educating locally. It's a tough world we're living in, but beautiful and diverse, too! I am daily starting from the woman in the mirror, and you? 
Louise, Malta
Louise, Malta

Hello! I am Louise, from Malta.  I am an Ethics support teacher in primary and secondary schools, supporting teachers of Ethics. This is a new subject, reflecting a new reality in Maltese society and in schools. Maltese state schools are bound by a concordat between the State and the Holy See, and thus they are bound to teach the Roman Catholic Religion. Due to an influx of migrant students as well as many Maltese opting out of Catholic Religious Education, Ethics is now being offered to those students opting out of CRE.  Although Malta is small, the school contexts can be very different, depending on the locality and catchment areas. Some schools are very diverse in terms of students with different faiths and cultures, while others are still more or less homogeneous. Having a diverse classroom is a challenging experience for many teachers, since this situation developed very quickly and we have had little, if any, training when it comes to dealing with cultural diversity in the classroom.  There are schools whose population is made up of only Maltese students while in other schools one can find more than 60 different nationalities.  Thus this course came at an opportune time for me and I am looking forward to learn from those of you who have had more experience in this field and hope that I can also contribute to this exchange of ideas, knowledge and support

Ljiljana L.D., Zagreb, CROATIA
Ljiljana L.D., Zagreb, CROATIA
Hi! My name is Ljiljana and I teach Croatian language and world literature in the School for Hotel and Tourism in Zagreb, Croatia. My students are 14-18. I'm looking forward to learn smthg new and interesting.
Paola C. from Genova,Italy.
Paola C. from Genova,Italy.
Hi!I'm Paola, I'm 37 and I've been working as English teacher for 10 years in Italian schools. Each year, because of the instability in our school system, I face different classes, from 10 to 13 students, or from 14 to 18 year old students.I hope to find new ideas, nice sharings and people
Stefania A., Italy
Stefania A., Italy
Hi, my name is Stefania and I come from Italy.  I have worked  in Canada and I had the chance to understand what it really means to work with children from all around the world! This course is a great opportunity!!
Alan Cowie, UK
Alan Cowie, UK

I coach with kids football teams in Northern Ireland The kids I coach are aged 9/10 and 13/14. We have a small number of newly arrived pupils. 

I'm part of the UK National Support Service  for eTwinning and have worked in the European Commission's school education programmes for over 15 years.

I'm very curious about how we include all pupils and motivate them.

Cristina ITALY
Cristina ITALY
Hallo! I'm Cristina.I've worked in many different secondary schools in Italy and every year I've to face with students coming from different countries. I'd like to learn new challenging strategies...
SARA, BERGAMO (ITALY)
SARA, BERGAMO (ITALY)
Hi everyone!
I'm Sara, 35 aged.
I teach Italian Language, History and Geography. 
Especially I love teaching creative writing and helping my students to create short- stories or poems, that can make them more conscius of their inner life and dreams...
I freely admit to having  little expertise with cross-cultural class...no doubt, I still have a lot to learn! But I  feel cultural diversity can be plenty of opportunity  for enriching students' minds, once teachers have resolved early problems.
Despina, Greece
Despina, Greece
Hi! I'm an English teacher working in both primary and secondary education. Currently, I am working in a primary school teaching pupils aged between 6 and 12 years. Almost all my classes are culturally diverse and I have dealt with diverse student population for quite some time. My main concern is how the newly arrived migrants can be accomodated in our schools and how the native students accept our changing intercultural society.
Silvia Tucci, Italy
Silvia Tucci, Italy
Dear colleagues, 
I'm Silvia and I'm a secondary school teacher in Rome. 
I have been teaching for two years, so I haven't  much experience in dealing with multicultural classes. The reason why I'm attending this course is learning effective strategies in order to apply them in everyday routine. In fact I think it's a very hot topic in nowadays pedagogy.
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Asun Ara, Spain
Asun Ara, Spain
Hello! I am a seocndary school teacher in a village in the north of Spain. I teach English and Spanish as foreign languages. I have worked in different schools in my region, Aragón, and I have taught children from different countries and children with different necessities and abilities. I have had to learn to deal with all these children by myself as better as I have been able, but I would like to learn much more about dealing with diversity in a class. Thus, I think I will be able to learn a lot about diversity during this course.
George, Greece
George, Greece 
Hello! My name is George and  I come from Greece. I have recently begun to teach in an elementary school in the center of Athens. As far as i can tell, we are talking about a culturely diversed school , where nationallities from many countries of the world meet. I usually teach Greek language and maths in 1st and 2nd grade.
Sara, Italy
Sara, Italy
Hello everybody my name is valentina and I teach in a primary school in Palermo, sicily
Cristina Fantoni, Italy
Cristina Fantoni, Italy
Hi everybody! I'm a passionate French teacher in San Giovanni in Persiceto, close to Bologna. In my school there are many students coming from other country and their number increases every year.
The most difficult thing for me when I welcome a new student that is not speaking Italian, is to make him feel a little bit better and less confused.
I always think about how I would feel lost if I had to face the same experience....and I'am an adult, he's not!
In the past five years I've been more and more working with eTwinning: I find it very motivating for me and my students and it is a good way to make them working togheter in a different way. They have fun, they "do things" in the foreign language and everybody is involved at his own level, foreign students too.
Silvia Gradi, Italia
Silvia Gradi, Italia
Hy everybody! I'm a secondary school teacher; I teach Italian Language, History, Geography. My student are eleven to thirteen years and some of them are from China, Pakistan, Albania, Marocco. Actually I collaborate with my headmistress in the organization of Italian language courses. I would like to find new strategy and methodology for supporting cooperative learning.  

Vasiliki Kosmatou, Athens
Vasiliki Kosmatou, Athens
Hello! My name is Vasiliki and I teach PE in a Lyceum in Athens. In our school there are greek students but  there are also some students from Albania, Romania and Ukraine. I teach them Physical education and their engagement to the lesson is excellent ( as the fact that they do not speak so well the greek language, ),sports is our common issue. The girls from Ukraine are very interest in Rhythmic gymnastics as this sport is very popular in their country. 
Christina (Greece)
Christina (Greece)
Hello, 
My name is Christina and I am a Primary Teacher in a public school in Greece. I teach Modern Greek, Mathematics, Geography and Religion.
In our school we have both native Greeks and foreign students, which makes me familiar with the different approaches and methods for teaching  two different groups.
Liesa Behiels, Belgium
Liesa Behiels, Belgium
I am Liesa Behiels. I am a teacher trainer in Ghent. I teach adults who have worked in the private sector and want to become a teacher. Last year I also thaugt a class of adults. The subject was 'culture'. Since I work with adults with great variety in backgrounds or I have to teach how to handle a group with a variety of backgrounds, I believe this course will be a great inspiration. 
Vali Pavel,Romania
Vali Pavel,Romania
Hello! I am Vali Pavel, I'm teaching at secondary level, my students are aged 11 to 15. I live in a multicultural region, but we don't have yet too many migrants. We teach Romanian,Turkish,Rushian,Rroma,Macedonian kids. We can say that we live in peace and we learn  one from eachother about the cultural heritage left by our ancestors.
Adela Granić / Croatia
Adela Granić / Croatia
Hello. I am school librarian from Umag, Croatia. My students are aged  7 to15.
Vasiliki Psaridou / Greece
Vasiliki Psaridou / Greece
My name is Vasiliki Psaridou and I teach in a Primary School in Komotini Greece. This Primary school is different from ths others. Students are Greeks but not Cristians, they are Muslims. They don't know greek and they don't speak greek unless they are in school. Some courses (like greek language, geography, history) are tought in greek and some others (like turkish language, mathematics, physics) are tought in turkish. 
Gabriella  Gasperini, Italy
Gabriella  Gasperini, Italy
Hello, I  am  Gabriella  and  I  teach  English  as a  second   language   in  a  Professional  State  School  in  Varese , in
Lombardy,  Northern  Italy.  My  students  range  from   14 to 18  years.
Kondylo (Litsa) Glarou/Greece
Kondylo (Litsa) Glarou/Greece
Hello all! I am Litsa Glarou and I come from Greece. I have been teaching Theology in higher secondary education for 22 years. 

Rosa Gaspar/Portugal
Rosa Gaspar/Portugal
Hello I'm Rosa. I live in Madeira Island, Portugal. I teach, in Primary School. My  job is to help all children in need. My pupils are 6/10 years old.  I chose this course because I belive that the integration and inclusion of children  from different cultures and traditions is an enrichment for us.
Eleftheria
Eleftheria
Hello! My name is Eleftheria and i am from Greece. I teach Ancient Greek, Latin, Literature and Modern Greek Language in Secondray and Primary School. In my class there are children not only from Greece but also from coutries around in Asia and Africa. So, im currius about how i can teach them with interesting ways
Hi everybody! My name's Roberta and I teach English in Italian Secondary Schools. I'm really glad to take part in this new experience. I'm very interested in cultural diversity in classes, since I had to deal with a lot of classes with students coming from different countries. I'm ready to make the most of this course!
Hi everybody! My name's Roberta and I teach English in Italian Secondary Schools. I'm really glad to take part in this new experience. I'm very interested in cultural diversity in classes, since I had to deal with a lot of classes with students coming from different countries. I'm ready to make the most of this course!
Angelo.
Angelo.
Hi everyone. I teach Italian Litterature and Latin Language and Culture in a secondary school ("liceo")  in Alatri, a small town near Rome. My students are 17, 18, 19 years old. 
My school was founded in 1713 in a XVI century building. So, I suppose we work in a very traditional environment: one language and one culture. In the last years we had multiple waves of migration from East Europe and Albania. So, I have to deal with new, puzzling  and unexplored problems: teach Dante's Paradiso and Vergilius' Aeneis to non Italian speaking students. 
Learn to understand cultural diversity and imagine strategies of interaction and comprehension.
I am here because I have a lot to learn.

Ekaterini from Poland
Ekaterini from Poland
My name Ekaterini Papas-Rotko suggests mixed nationalities followed- believe me - by mixed personalities.I have been teaching English for thirty five years, which again the data, will tell you much about my age. Well, not extremely young any more, but still young in spirit :-). For three years I have been this lucky teacher who was given special hours to introduce PBL on separate lessons with each class. I give the examples on methodology of this approach, show students group dynamics and what wonders this knowledge does when it comes to planning, conducting and presenting the project. All this I am honored to introduce in Complex of Silesian International School in Katowice, Poland which hosts students from all over the world making me encounter multicultural issues every day. Together with my teen-students we teach each other multi-culture, tolerance, respect to the different.
Milena
Milena
Hello!I'm Milena an Italian primary school teacher in Padova. In my school there are many foreign pupils and it's very interesting to know all cultures !
Giovanna
Giovanna
Hi everyone! I am Giovanna, an italian secondary school geography teacher.
I have been living for about 10 years in Milan, though I am originally from a small town in the south of Verona province.
I have been working as a teacher for the past 7 years starting from the primary school level in which I worked for a couple of years mainly as an Italian L2 teacher and designing intercultural and global citizenship activities for children who didn't attend religion classes. After those experiences I moved to the upper secondary school level in which I have been teaching geography to students aged 15-19 for the past 4 years.
I think that cultural diversity is differently perceived, personally and socially lived by students who are migrants themselves from who have a family story of migration or who (perhaps apperantly) don't have any. This context is even more complex because of the out-of-class world which is  constantly linked to the in-class challenges, relations and activities. Trying to deal with this complexity in a better way is the reason why I am here. 

Rosaria
Rosaria
Hi! I'm Rosaria from Italy. I teacher in a primary school where there are many foreign students with many difficulties. So it's very important to know how we Can help them and involve all the classmates in a very empatica environment.
Mariangela
Mariangela
I am Mariangela and I teach English in a lower secondary school near Milan.  There aren’t so many foreign students in my classes yet but their number is increasing and I ‘d like to learn and share opinions not only on how to cope with new migrants but also on how to develop intercultural competence in my students.

Maria Nikolova
Maria Nikolova

Greetings from Bulgaria!
May name is Maria. I'm teacher in Bulgarian language and Literature. My school are little rural school. My students are Roma children with Turkish mother tongue. They are try different children but are very opened to other cultures and peoples.
Vera, from Varese, Italy
Vera, from Varese, Italy
Hello! I am Vera, I am 33 and I teach Spanish as a second language in secondary school (kids are from 11 to 14 years old) since 2011. Unfortunately, being a private catholic school, I don't have many opportunities to have a great cultural diversity in my classes. This course I  have only 3 foreign students: one is from India, one is from Chile and the last one is from Ucraine. Anyway I am very interested to learn something more about this topic, because I think it will be usefull for the future. During the last years my colleagues and I have noticed an increase in matriculation of adopted foreign students.
Hello my name is Mar
 Hello my name is Maria, I am from the north of Portugal and I teach in a secondary school.
DLeonardo C., from Calabria, Italy.
DLeonardo C., from Calabria, Italy.
Hi to everyone. I'm Leo and i teach english and other
Maria, from Caserta, Italy
Maria, from Caserta, Italy
Hi everyone!I am Maria and I teach in a primary school of Mondragone, a small town of the South Italy.My pupils are 8 years old and they are very motivate to learn.We made some experience Etwinning who have been very constructive for my students and me.
Suela, from Berat, Albania. I'm an leteratyr teacher in a Secondary School  located in a little village near Berat in the south of Albania. My students are aged from 15 to 18years. 
Suela, from Berat, Albania. I'm an leteratyr teacher in a Secondary School  located in a little village near Berat in the south of Albania. My students are aged from 15 to 18years. 
Lucia, from Ferrara, Italy
Lucia, from Ferrara, Italy
Hi, I’m Lucia. I teach math and science in Secondary School (11-14). In my classes use to attend lessons, together with the Italian ones, students from North Africa, from Asia, from Middle East. I’d like to learn more strategies to make them all feel part of a team who have to grow and build their future together.
Irini Pougounia, Kalymnos
Irini Pougounia, Kalymnos
Hello, everyone! I am a teacher of ancient and modern greek language at the 1st High schoolf of Kalymnos. My island is situated at the south-east of Greece, at the sea border with Turkey. During the last two years we have welcomed quite many refugees and immigrants from the Middle East.

Hi!
Hi!
I'm Kristina (32). I worked as a journalist but after a year as a Fulbright TA in the US, I got inspired to become a teacher. Now, I am teaching English, Geography and European Studies @ a European Middle School in Vienna, Austria. I'm the class teacher of a wonderful culturally diverse class. The heritage of my 23 students comes from 13 different nations. We are one big peace project :-)  In Vienna, migration is a big topic in education, and I'm looking forward to learning more about it! 
Vasiliki Agg.,Zakynthos,Greece
Vasiliki Agg.,Zakynthos,Greece
Hello!!!I'm a pre-school teacher. I've had 9 years of  teaching experience working with students for 4 to 6 years old. I work in a kindergarten in the island of Zakynthos. My students are fron Greece and Albania.
Nikos Efthymiou, Thiva Greece
Nikos Efthymiou, Thiva Greece
Hi .I am a Teacher in Vocational school of Thiva. I am Mechanical Engineer. I Teach in a class  with Greek Indian ,Albanian and Romanian studends  aged 15-17 years old.

M. Cristiana Cagliari Italy
M. Cristiana Cagliari Italy
Hello I'm Cristiana. I live in Sardegna. I teach, in Primary School. My  job is to help all children in need. My pupils are 6/10 years old. In the class there is only child foreign. She arrives from Senegal. I chose this course because I belive that the integration and inclusion of children  from different cultures and traditions is an enrichment for us.
Concetta Bonfitto,Italy
Concetta Bonfitto,Italy
Hi, I live in a little town in Apulia. I teach, in Primary Schoo,l Italian , Maths, English and Science. My students are 6-10 years old. In my class there are students with different cultures. They have already taken of project "Diversity is our wealth". I' d like to share our experience.
Stefania Talvacchia, Italy
Stefania Talvacchia, Italy
Hi everybody! My name is Stefania and I live in a small town in central Italy. I teach English in a secondary school for Business studies and Marketing located in S.Benedetto del Tronto, a nice seaside resort on the Adriatic coast. My students are 14-19 and every year they are involved in international projects and competition which are able to motivate them strongly. This is my first course in Teacher Academy and I'm eager to work and learn with colleagues from around Europe. In our school the number of migrant students is going up so it's necessary to get ready to face this situation.
Nadya, Bulgaria
Nadya, Bulgaria
 I have been teaching English  for 15 years. I work in a secondary school.  My students are 12 - 19 years old. in my class there are students with different culture. I like traveling and reading books. I am looking forward to sharing some experience with all of you.
Alex_PT
Alex_PT
Hi! I am an EFL teacher in a secondary school around Coimbra, the famous university town. I do love teaching and as we all know, this is a very demanding and challenging job. That's exactly why I'm here, attending this MOOC and with high expectations once I've never been enrolled in a course around this topic.
I like blogging, reading and trying out new 2.0 web tools to implement in the classroom.
Serena Gulino
Serena Gulino
Hello everyone! My name is Serena, I live in a small town located in the southern part of Sicily. This year I will be teaching English at primary school (fifth grade pupils). A couple of years ago I worked as an Italian Language teacher for asilum seekers and refugees, both minors and adults. I find very motivating attending a learning event about this subject and exchanging experiences and good practices with other teachers all around the world. 
Daniela Stefania Pagano - Italy
Daniela Stefania Pagano - Italy
Hi, everybody! I'm Daniela from Catania (Sicily). I'm a special needs teacher in a secondary school. I taught English for 12 years before taking the title of specialization on special needs. A few months ago I attended others online courses because I update myself constantly. I hope this course give me some more updates.

Clara Abegão, Portugal
Clara Abegão, Portugal
Hi everybody! I´m from Faro, and I teach biology and health related subjects in a secondary school. My students atend a professional course of Health Assistent. I have students from different cultures and nationalities at my school/ class , so I want to learn more about cultural diversity.
Alicia - Spain
Alicia - Spain
Hello!
I am a teacher from Spain. I teach some subjects in a Primary School, including English.
In the schools of my city there is a wide variety of students, including foreign ones. I wish to learn more about integration skills. 
Chiara - Italy
Chiara - Italy
Hello everyone! I'm 24 years old and I'm from Sicily. I have just graduated in Rome, so for now my teaching experience is only about my apprenticeship.
I experienced how much cultural diversity there is in a lot of schools in Rome. 
So I can't wait to learn more about this matter!
Kristina Kaučić / Croatia
Kristina Kaučić / Croatia
I have been teaching English and German for 18 years so far. I work in a secondary school - vocational and general. My students are 15 - 19 years old. I like traveling. I am keen on eTwinning projects. There are no foreign students in my school right now, but ...

About me
About me
Hello !
My name is Paola Lo Cicero from Palermo, I teach English and IT in English as my school includes courses of IT. My students are 14-19 years old and a few of them come from not european countires. I've participated in Comenius projects, the last one was about migration, the title was "Voices from the Sea " a project that sprang after the Arab spring 2011.  I like tavelling and exchange cultural experiences with new collegues.
Good start for all of us !
Ekaterine Naroushvili
Ekaterine Naroushvili
Ekaterine Naroushvili/
Ekaterine Naroushvili/
Hello ! 
I Teach   History and  Civic in a secondary school /Kutaisi.Georgia/ My students are 11-16 years  old. In my school there  are not   forign   students, but I’m  interested  to this course to develop my professional competence . I hope this course  will help me  because we can share  ideas and  best practices .
Good luck everyone!


Crina Clapou / Romania
Crina Clapou / Romania
Hello. I am a preschool teacher from Romania. I teach 5 to 6 year old children this year. I enjoy music and traveling. 
Crina Clapou
Crina Clapou
Hi to all :)
Hi to all :)
My name is Ana. I teach at the University of Kinesiology (future PE teachers) subjects pedagogy and didactics. Zagreb, Croatia is now one of the places were migrant children are included in schools. I am so curious to learn from you!!

Hi to all 
Hi to all 
Ileana Enastescu, Romania
Ileana Enastescu, Romania
Hi to all! I teach French as a foreign language in Romania. My students are 12 - 15 years old. I want to learn more information about  different models of intercultural societies in order to develop students' intercultural competence.

Ileana E
Ileana E
Hi, I am Silvia from Romania and I am a PhD Lecturer at University of Craiova where I teach marketing and management.
Hi, I am Silvia from Romania and I am a PhD Lecturer at University of Craiova where I teach marketing and management. 
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Sil
Mariana, Greece
Mariana, Greece
Hello there! My name is Mariana and I teach English in two primary schools in the outskirts of Kozani, Greece. My students are mostly of Greek origin, but there are students from Albania and Bulgaria as well. I would be very interested to learn how to develop intercultural competences in my classrooms!
Francesca, Italy
Francesca, Italy
I'm a primary school teacher, I usually teach Italian Language, History, Geography and Art. My student are six to eleven years. Now, I collaborate with my Principal in the organizational of school. My student are mostly from Romania, Albania, Marocco. I would like to  to learn to develop strategy and methodology to develop intercultural competences in my students
Eveline Chaves, Liezen, Austria
Eveline Chaves, Liezen, Austria

Hello everybody!
I'm a Geography and PE teacher at a vocational school in Liezen, a small town in the middle of the Austrian Alps.
My students come from very different backgrounds with a variety of languages spoken.
So, I'm looking forward to improve my intercultural competences taking part in this course.



Manuela Teixeira, Portugal
Manuela Teixeira, Portugal
Hi everyone, 
I teach English as a Foreign Language in a school in the South of Portugal.
My students are 12-15 years old.
We have got students from many european countries, specially from Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Croatia, Sweden; Brazil and Guinea.
I hope to learn new strategies and competences to help my students the best I can.

Pavel, Lithuania
Pavel, Lithuania
I am a school teacher and a lecturer in a University from Lithuania. I am working with different age students (from 12 years to N) and teaching them information technologies. Some of my students are foreigner
Vasilica Gazdac,Romania
Vasilica Gazdac,Romania
Domenico Gaeta , Italy
Domenico Gaeta , Italy 
Hi there My name is Domenico , but all my relatives and friends call me Mimmo. 
I have been teaching English  as a Foreign Language in a Higher Secondary School in Rome for about thirty years now. Teaching is a job and a passion. I'm also very fond of reading. I love listening to rock and jazz music and I spend some time watching movies. I share what I like doing with my family and with my students.
Elisa, Italia
Elisa, Italia
I teach hotel technology in a secondary school, near Viterbo. There are some children of different countries and I think is most important to develop my intercultural competences to help them. 

Doina Andrei, Romania
Doina Andrei, Romania
Hello everyone! I am an engineer teacher and I teach technology and textiles in a vocational school for children with special needs, in Buzău town, Buzău county, Romania. My students are 12-19 years old.
Dražena Potočki, Croatia
Dražena Potočki, Croatia
Hello from Novska, Croatia.
I am math teacher in a primary school.

My students are 10 to 14 years.
The class has an average of about 25 students.

Paola B. from Italy
Paola B. from Italy
I teach English in a secondary school. Our school is in the North-East of Italy. My pupils are aged 14 to 19.
Katia P. from Italy
Katia P. from Italy
hello, i teached in a primary scholl (students aged 6/10 ). I met many foreign children. I currently teach in Messina (Sicily) in a pre-scholl  where there are many sri lanka pupils.My students are 5 years.
Mafalda L. from Italy
Mafalda L. from Italy
I worked as a Content manager / Web editor for 7 years, then I started to teach italian literature and grammar, history and geography in what we call "secondaria di primo grado" (schools with students aged 11/12 to 13/14) for 6 years (in Calabria - South of Italy - and in Rome). In 2011, I moved to "secondaria di secondo grado" (students aged 13/14 to 18/19) and started to teach Italian literature/grammar and history. It's my sixth year, now.  
I met lots of foreign students in my career: form Ukraine, Germany, Egypt. Morocco, Romania, Poland, Philippines, China...and I realized "language" is the first and main step to integration. 
The best way to learn a new language? Make some new friend and share habits (religion, food, jokes) with classmates. 
Once I proposed "The religion game": every student had to pick up an unknown religion and try to figure out everything about it (where and when do they pray? Is there a church or synagogue or mosque nearby? What are they forbidden to eat?   etc.). The "game" lasted a couple of months and ended with the task "try to convince others that your religion is the best": they learnt how easy is to misunderstand and quarrel on religion topics. 
Students enjoyed the "game" and recognized the importance of understanding and acceptance of other's religion.
Cristina Popescu from Romania
Cristina Popescu from Romania
Hello everyone!

My name is Cristina and I teach English in a school in the south of Romania! 
My students are between 7 and 15 years old and they always enjoy experiencing new teaching activities.
I am very excited to be part in this online course with teachers from all over Europe! 
I love this idea of project and I can't wait to see how it will continue as this is the first time I attend an online course!

Best wishes, 
Cristina Popescu
Merve from Turkey
Merve from Turkey
I am an English teacher in a primary school. I have more than 600 students. My students are from different provinces of Turkey. There are some immigrant students.They are from Syria.
Camelia from Romania
Camelia from Romania
Hi there! I teach English in a secondary school in a town situated in the south-east of Romania. I have been teaching English for  20 years and I want to be in touch with all that is new regarding teaching.

Dhurata / Albania
Dhurata / Albania
Hello teachers.I teach  albanian language in my school.My pupils are 12-15 years old.I am from Tirana,the capital of Albania.Nice to be  with you and to learn together
Serena From Italy
Serena From Italy
Hi there! I am an Italian teacher from the very south of Italy. 
Serena From Italy
Serena From Italy
Hi! 
Hi! 
I'm Laura and I am Italian.
I am a Secondary School teacher of French.
I look forward to learning a lot from this course!

Hi
Hi
Teresa from Italy
Teresa from Italy
Hello everybody, I am an Italian teacher. I teach at secondary school in Palermo. My students are 16-19 years old. In my classes there are only some students, but I am very interesting to learn and to develop intercultural competences for helping them. 
Teresa 
Teresa 
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Maria Rita, Italy
Maria Rita, Italy
Hi, I teach English as a Foreign Language in a secondary school in central Italy. There aren't many foreign students in my classes but I want to learn how to develop my and my students' intercultural competence.
Tiziana from Italy
Tiziana from Italy
I am an Italian  teacher of  Foreign Languages . I teach English and also German in secondary schools.  I have been teaching since I was 19 and currently  I am working in a secondary school with specialization in Art, Multimedia , Fashion and subjects related to architecture. I love my job but  I have  realized that I need to cope with learning  differences and difficulties as some of my students are not Italian. I have taught in some schools where about 30% of my students came from other countries and I feel that  cultural diversity is not a problem but a lot of teachers are not ready  to teach in many situations.  I have just moved to a new school and I do not  know much about the new  learners. But  I have decided to enrol as I would like to learn more and devise activities that can help me as an educator and my students too.





Eleonora, Italy
Eleonora, Italy
Hi everybody!
I’m Eleonora, a Secondary School teacher working in Caserta. I’m an English teacher but I also work with students with special needs, so my most important role is making inclusive processes effective. In my classes I’ve some foreign students and I think that creating a highly intercultural environment, with a real interpersonalcommunication, is fundamental for the students’well being and for their growth in a multicultural society. So, I hope these courses will help me learn how to deal with cultural diversity effectively. l����z �����ĭ
Lorenzo from Italy
Lorenzo from Italy
Mary - Italy
Mary - Italy
Hello! I’’m Mary, I teach English in a high secondary school. I enrolled this course  because I hope to learn more about teaching strategies in immigrants classes because of the presence of immigrants in my school. I think It’s important to be aware of the different background of each student so, as a teacher, I feel the need to exchange experiences and ideas with peers. 
Olga from Czech
Olga from Czech 
Hallo everyone, My name is Olga and I am teacher of German language in  secondary school in Rakovnik in the Czech Republic. I do not have much experience with inclusions or immigrants,  but this topic is of great interest and very important for me as  teacher of foreign languages.
Donatello_
Donatello_
Hello everyone, I'm 42 years old and I teach art at secondary school near Salerno. I have a lot to learn: this is my second year of teaching. I collaborate with colleagues and executive support. I advised them to enroll in this course. For me it will be a challenge even for my not good knowof English. I have already had foreign students in the classroom and I believe that art is an essential tool for overcoming diversity. Good luck everyone.
Paola - Ita
Paola - Ita
Hallo! My name is Paola and I'm a secondary school teacher for special needs students. I also deal with non-native Italian/English speaking students and I very much hope to learn and also be helpful in this group. Thank you!

Paola
Paola
Angela P.- Italy
Angela P.- Italy
Hello!I'm Angela and I am a Primary school teacher in Italy in a country near Napoli.I teach Italian language,History,Geography,English language,Art,and P.E..My student are in class V and are aged 9-10 years.In my school there are not many foreign students but I'm interested to this course to develop my professional competence and share ideas and best practices.
Chiara - Italy
Chiara - Italy
Hi everyone! I'm an Italian teacher for GermanEnglish. I'm a substitute teacher for secondary schools active in Milan and nearby cities. I have very little teaching experience (2 years), so I hope to learn from more expert people. Since our society is multicultural I think it is of vital importance to develop multicultural skills and practises and to help our students to gather them too.
Donatello, Italy
Donatello, Italy
Donatello 
Donatello 
CIURCA CONCETTA, Italy
CIURCA CONCETTA, Italy
I teach Italian, Latin and History in a secondary school situated in the center of Sicily: Leonforte. My students are 16-19 old. In my school there are not foreign students but I think it's important to develop my professional competences.
CIURCA CONCETTA, Ita
CIURCA CONCETTA, Ita
Cinzia F., Italy
Cinzia F., Italy
I teach English in a secondary school in  Italy , near Rome. The school is situated in a beautiful and attractive area, near a lake, ideal for holiday makers. My students are aged 11-14. In our school we have an 18% foreign students and Inclusion and Interculturality has always been  focus area in our Curriculum. We already took part in European projects with Etwinning in order to foster contact with students of other nationalities. 
Every year we also produce an intercultural webmagazine that is available on the school website.

Cinzia
Cinzia
Luigi, Italy
Luigi, Italy
Hi! I'm a Secondary School teacher of Italian Language and Literature, History, Geography and Social Studies. I teach in Bologna and I worked in many multicultural environments. Hope to develop my professional competences!
Eliana, Cyprus
Eliana, Cyprus
Hello! I am Eliana and I am a Primary school teacher in Cyprus. I teach   Greek Language, Maths, Health Education, Art and Geography. There are children from other countries in my classroom so I am really interested in learning more about intercultural education. 
 
Annalisa- Italia
Annalisa- Italia
Hi everyone! I'm Annalisa, I tech in a Lower Secondary School in Ischia. There are some children of different countries and so I'm very interested to this course because we can share ideas and best practices.
Nicoleta- Romania
Nicoleta- Romania
Hi! I'm a teacher primary education at Secondary School Ion Creanga,  Buzau, Romania. My students are in class IV and are aged 10-11 years. I am very glad to attend professional development courses. Good luck!
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Emanuela- Italia
Emanuela- Italia
Hi everybody!!! I'm Italian primary school teacher. I teach  Primary school subjects expecially maths ,technologies, P.E etc..
My school is near Venice in a small small town. 
I hope to exchange some points of view with european collegues.
Many children arrive from different countries and sometimes is not simple to approach them.


Elena- Italy
Elena- Italy
Hello! I'm Elena, an italian teacher working at the pre-primary school. I work in many different schools every year because I'm not a tenured teacher and everytime I find children coming from different Coutries and cultures. In many schools nor teachers, nor native and immigrant children and their families can speak the same language, so it's difficult to communicate and introduce the new-arrived students into the class group. I'd like to find ideas and to think with others about how to make a difficult and uncommunicative situation  an opportunity for teachers and children to enrich each others.
p.s.: I'm sorry, I know that my english is not perfect.
Elena- Italy
Elena- Italy
Loredana, Italy
Loredana, Italy
I, I'm Loredana , a French teacher at a secondary school in Italy and I'm interested in these subjects because last year  in my  classroom I had a lot of students from different countries  and I hope to exchange some points of view with other collegues.
Ivana - Italia
Ivana - Italia
Hello everyone! My name is Ivana and I am a teacher of Italian literature, history and geography but also support teacher. I work for ten years on Rome's outskirts ... a context often uncomfortable, both socially and culturally. I never wanted to change, even though it is so much fatigue and exhaustion of the work with so troubled teens, often aggressive and angry with the world. I have worked with both boys secondary school degree (for seven years) with both boys secondary school level (this year is the third ...). Especially in recent years I have had kids of different cultures and often coexist in the same class Chinese, Africans (from different regions), Rom, Romanians, Macedonians, ... in short, the true multiculturalism. I have done a lot of experience on the field and now I wish to compare the abilities and skills that I have developed with my colleagues from other regions, cities, states, ... I want to learn about their experiences and to make known to them my experiences. .. I want to put my strategies in their service and acquire new for me and my students.

Thank you all for the wonderful experience we're going to live ... Ivana


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Paola DL, Italy
Paola DL, Italy
Hello everybody,
I am Paola from Lecce. I work as a teacher at a primary level. 
I'm sure it will be great working with you in the next few weeks.
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Maria Paola, Italy
Maria Paola, Italy
Hi everyone! I'm Maria Paola, I'm 28 years old and I live in a little city near Turin. I work in a secondary school with students with special needs. This is my first work experience and I love this job but I have lots of things to learn. I studied anthropology at the university and I would like to learn to combine theoretical skills with those teaching.  

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Gianni Stival - Italy
Gianni Stival - Italy
I am an Italian teacher, I teach science in secondary high schools in the hinterland of Venice. Although I teach by 10 years I am still a flexworker, as is usual in Italy. In my job I use different strategies so I consider mine a blended teaching. I teach often with traditional methods but when I have more resources, like MIWB in class or supported science laboratory I try alternative methods like projects, learning by doing and situated tasks. I apologize for my english that is really bad, I am planning to study english but the improvements would be visible only for the future courses.
Gianni Stival - Italy
Gianni Stival - Italy
I am an Italian teacher, I teach science in secondary high schools in the hinterland of Venice. Although I teach by 10 years I am still a flexworker, as is usual in Italy. In my job I use different strategies so I consider mine a blended teaching. I teach often with traditional methods but when I have more resources, like MIWB in class or supported science laboratory I try alternative methods like projects, learning by doing and situated tasks. I apologize for my english that is really bad, I am planning to study english but the improvements would be visible only for the future courses.
Theodosis, Cyprus
Theodosis, Cyprus
Hi everyone! I live in Larnaca and I am a primary school teacher in an Internationl School!
Luisa, Italy
Luisa, Italy
Hi everyone! I teach English as a Foreign Language to kids aged 11-14 in a school in northern Italy. Migration is a relevant phenomenon in the area where the school is located, and about 20% of the students were born in non-native families. I've been teaching for ten years in a private school, where Cultural Diversity was not a big theme, and I've just moved to this state school, so I feel I need training to successfully manage the new context I'm facing. Each classroom in our school has a pc + video projector and an IT room is available to students.
Edit, Hungary
Edit, Hungary
Hello everyone, I am Edit Rathne Toth, a secondary school teacher from Pécs, Hungary. I have been teaching for 15 years, mainly English for 10-18 year-old students. My other major is Biology. I teach in the suburbs of the city, where there are about 800 students from various social backgrounds, but there are only a few students from different cultures. Hungary is not a country of multiculturalism, but my city, Pécs, is a bit multicultural, as it is university city with a lot of foreign students in the higher education.
Antonella , Italy
Antonella , Italy
Hello everybody!
My name is Antonella. I come from Italy and I teach in a Secondary School. I have been working as a teacher since last year, so I don’t have too much experience.  I know that this year there will be a consistent number of foreign students in my classrooms �and that's why I am so interested in following this course.

Efi Douloumi, Greece
Efi Douloumi, Greece
Hello! I am a secondary school teacher in Drama, a town in northern Greece. I teach Informatics in a vocational school but last year I taught for some hours in a primary school. 
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Rosa Di Lonardo
Rosa Di Lonardo
 I'm Rosa  and I'm  a teacher  of  math  in a Secondary school in the province of Potenza , in South of  Italy. I' ve been teaching for 16 years. My classes are not always composed by migrants but I would like to learn how to handle this situation and improve my knowledge in my teaching practise.

Lorenzo Bongini
Lorenzo Bongini
Hello everybody, I'm Lorenzo and I teach physics to 9 and 10 graders in a technical school in Empoli, Italy. The kids I work with have many different backgrounds and I am eager to gain new insights in how to better understand and address their needs
Cornelia Melcu
Cornelia Melcu
I am a primary school teacher in Brasov, Romania with a master in Educational management and human resources. Additionally, I am a teacher trainer of Preparatory Class Curriculum, Google Application in Education Course and European Projects Course and a mentor to new teachers and students in university too.

I am also an eTwinning ambassador, a Scientix deputy Ambassador and a prize winner in several competitions like eTwinning Awards and other national and international competitions. I was a Comenius project coordinator and now I am involved in the Erasmus+ program. I also participate in many extracurricular activities and local, national and international projects for motivating students in school topics.
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Adele
Adele
Hi all, I'm Adele from Palermo, Italy. I'm a primary school teacher in an Istituto Comprensivo of my city. This year I 'm the main teacher in a 5th grade and this is my 20 year of teaching :) 
This is my second MOOC and I'm looking forward to learning new things!

Gaia
Gaia
Hello everybody! 'm Gaia from Legnano, Milano. I've been working as a primary school teacher for 16 years; this is my third year as English teacher.
This year I have two 2nd grades and two 5th grades.

Elsa
Elsa
Hello, everybody! I am Elsa Escobar from Portugal. I was born in Angola before it became an independent country and I moved to Portugal, together with my parents, in 1975. In Portugal, I have lived in several villages and towns, before becoming a teacher. I have been teaching in the same school in northern Portugal for the last 17 years. I love my job and therefore I try to learn as much as possible in order to be the best teacher I can. I am very much interested in diversity in the classroom, so I think I will taking part is this course a lot!  
Marcela, Italy
Marcela, Italy

I was born in Eastern Europe before the fall of the Berlin Wall. I have been living, studying and working in Western Europe for the last 15 years in a few EU countries in four languages.
European Union is in equal parts my personal, as well as my professional adventure (EU mobile teacher; I took part in the project of the EU mobility year, 2006/2007).  I taught in schools with 63% migrant students, I founded with other volunteers and I was the president of a migrant association. I always brought my personal and professional experience in the first line in order to improve and reflect on the intercultural model in schools.

Maria Boukorou, Greece
Maria Boukorou, Greece
Hi. My name is Maria Boukorou. I live and teach in Almyros, a small town in  central Greece. I am a secondary school teacher. I teach ancient and modern Greek language, literature and history. My classes are always composed by a small number of migrants. Furthermore sometimes the pupils from Balkan countries who come to Greece have no any  experiences of Greek language. 

Maria Boukorou, Greece
Maria Boukorou, Greece
Hi. I am Maria Boukorou and i live and teach in Almyros, a small town in central Greece. I am a secondary school teacher. I teach ancient and modern Greek language, literature and history. My classes are always composed by a small number of migrants. In some cases pupils from Balkan countries who come to Greece have no any experiences of our language.

Daniela Nicoletti, Italy
Daniela Nicoletti, Italy
Hello, everybody! My name is Daniela Nicoletti and I work in a little village near Ancona, Italy. I’m a teacher at kindergarten level  (3-6 year-old-pupils). I have been teaching for more than 15 years and I’m interested in foreign language teaching for very young learners. I’ve been involved in a KA1 and KA2 Erasmus Plus projects which represent a real challenge to anybody’s understanding of what cultural diversity means and implies. I have applied to this course not only beacuse  I believe that cultural diversity will be more and more the main feature of our classrooms in the near future, but also because permament learning is a key point for successful teaching.

About Benedetta
About Benedetta
I'm 30. I live in  Florence. I've been working as P.E. teacher for 6 years. I'm personal trainer and I like to improve other people's lives.
I like my job.
I've 9 different classrooms  of pupils between 7 and 15 years old.
About me
About me
 Hello everyone, 
I'm Laura Pinto and I'ma teacher of French in a Secondary school in the province of Taranto , in South East Italy. I' ve been teaching for 12 years.  My classes are not always composed by migrants but now they often come in South of Italy without knowing any italian words. I would like to learn how to handle this situation and improve my knowledge in my teaching practise.
Hi,I'm Gülden from Istanbul Turkey.I have been teaching English at a secondary school for ten years.I can describe myself as a life long learner and active etwinner.There are many international students at my school,some are refugees and I am eager to learn how to handle this situation and be a better teacher for them. I would like to learn more about it so that I will be able to reflect all the experience and knowledge in my own teaching practice,and learn from others.I hope this course will enhance my teaching atmosphere therefore I am very excited about this wonderful course.Let's make the most of it!
Hi,I'm Gülden from Istanbul Turkey.I have been teaching
English at a secondary school for ten years.I can describe myself as a life
long learner and active etwinner.There are many international students at my
school,some are refugees and I am eager to learn how to handle this situation
and be a better teacher for them. I would like to learn more about it so that I
will be able to reflect all the experience and knowledge in my own teaching
practice,and learn from others.I hope this course will enhance my teaching atmosphere
therefore I am very excited about this wonderful course.Let's make the most of
it!
About me.Hi!
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Hi!
I'm Maria Elena. I'm from a little village near Campobasso, Molise, In Italy. I'm 31 years old and I'm a Secondary school teacher. Last year I had my first experience in a vocational school. 
Ivana
Ivana
Hi, I'm an italian Music Education teacher. This is my first year of teaching in a middle school and I am very interested to the cultural diversity to create an inclusive school climate. 
Gordon Cassar
Gordon Cassar
 I am Gordon from Malta and in the past I used to teach ICT/Computing and Music in local secondary schools. I was also an eLearning Support Teacher.   Presently I have changed my role as I am now working at the Schools Information Systems Unit with the aim of supporting Maltese state schools where it comes to Management Information System and Virtual Learning Environment. 
About me...
About me...
My name is Monica Giansanti, I live and teach in Modena (north of Italy), but I come from Perugia (centre of Italy), so I am a tiny migrant.

I teach Italian Language, Histroy and Geography to students of 10-13 years old.
Presentation
Presentation
Hello everyone, 
I'm Beatrice Bonsi and I'ma teacher of Italian, History and Geography in a middle school in the province of Ferrara, in North East Italy. I' ve been teaching in public school for nine years and I taught for two years to adults, in particular to migrants who wanted to know Italina language for obtaining a permanent visa. My classes were always composed by a relevant number fo migrantsn and they often came in Italy without knowing any italian words. 
AFischer- Introduction
AFischer- Introduction
Hello everyone,
My name is Anne Fischer and I am a primary school teacher, curriculum coordinator, and teacher trainer in Berlin, Germany. I teach in a private Bilingual school in Berlin. I am originally from the US but have been living with my family in Europe and the Middle East for a decade now. Most of my professional career has been in international schools where people from all different races, cultures and religions are mixed in the classroom.  As I have lived in various places, I have seen what it is like first hand to be an outsider and a 'minority'. Nonetheless, I believe I have a lot to learn in regards to cultural diversity in the classroom. 

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Hello! My name's Ernestine. I talk about my close friends.
1)- Frank is my oldest friend. He is someone I met in our neighborhood when were ten years old and we grew up together. He's very easy to be with and is the kind of person who gets along with everyone.We both love to watch really Barcelona soccer and old movies.

2)- Osman is someone who is very friendly. We both love to watch really old movies and eat popcorn. I think we're both very easy going. We like to laugh all the time. We sat next to each other in English class Neither of up is very good at English, but we had a good time together in class.

3)- Grecia  is probably my best friend, we met in high school on our first day, when we both tried to sit at the same desk. We laughed, She sat next to me, and we became friends right away. W were both good at English class.

4)- I met my friend Herman Cortés at a party.
Last year, we get along well because he's someone, who's very easy going and easy to talk to other people. We both like to travel  and talk about the adventures of our life.
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Sunt Angela Rotaru,  profesor învățământ primar la o școală din România. Nu avem în comunitatea noastră emigranți, dar avem elevi  români care au învățat în diverse țări din Europa (Italia, Spania, Anglia, Germania) ș i care vin cu o anumită diversitate culturală , iar noi profesorii trebuie să dăm dovadă de o deschidere deosebită pentru a reuși să îi integrăm cu succes! Sunt Ambasador Scientix România și Ambasador Edu -Arctic
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I am a primary teacher. I don t have immigrants in my classroom, but I am glad to teach classes about the cultural diversity .

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Hello!My name's Marilena .I'm from Italy  and I'm a Mathematics teacher at a primary school where there are a lot of immigrants,I find very interesting to learn from their experience and I try to use it to construction the lesson.

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Hello!My name's Graziella.I'm from Italy and I'm a teacher of French Language in a lower secondary school. I hope to improve my tools with migrants students. Thank you

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Hello!My name's Graziella.I'm from Italy and I'm a teacher of French Language in a lower secondary school. I hope to improve my tools with migrants students. Thank you

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Hi! My name is Iuliana. I come from Romania. I am a primary  school teacher. I don”t have people from another country. But must to be  ready for any  eventulality.

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I am an ICT and Maths teachers and it is my first time during this school year that I teach to migrants teenagers of 16-18 years old.

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Hi,I am a teacher of Turkey. Im a primary school teacher.

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My name is Mihaela Minca teach physics and I wish that every human life might be fulfilled because people always have a smile. I think diversity is beautiful when we know to combine what we believe about life.

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Hi, I am a teacher of German as a second language. I am a supply teacher, just at the beginning of my career. I'm glad to be part of thiscourse , that will offer us tools to face such a delicate topic.

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Hi. My name is Rossella. I'm work as a special needs teacher in an Florance's primary school . I usually help students with some kind of disability but also foreign students as well they can be considered as some kind of students with special educational needs.

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Hi! my name is Maria and I'm a Mathematics and Science teacher at a lower secondary school, in Italy. I find very interesting to learn from your experience. Italian schools have an ever increasing number of immigrants every year but teacher are not prepared to face them. So, I hope to gain skills that allow me to better manage cultural diversity in my classes.

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Hello from Romania, I am a language teacher and my pupils are in high-school.

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Hi, I'm from Georgia, Telavi. I teach History and Civic Education at public school N3 of Telavi. My students are between 13 - 18. I like my profession, I use new technologies in my classroom and my students are motivated. My hobbies are: reading, music - classical and jazz, art, computer technologies...

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Stefania Montesano, Italy                                                                My name is Stefania and I have been teaching foreign languages for about twenty years both at primary and at different secondary level schools in Italy and in Germany.I am interested in reflecting on the impact of using technologies in my classroom to motivate and engage my students to learn. I work as a teacher trainer at schools and university. I like travelling a lot. :)

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Stefania Montesano, Italy                                                                My name is Stefania and I have been teaching foreign languages for about twenty years both at primary and at different secondary level schools in Italy and in Germany.I am interested in reflecting on the impact of using technologies in my classroom to motivate and engage my students to learn. I work as a teacher trainer at schools and university. I like travelling a lot. :)

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Hi, my name is Seán. I'm from the Netherlands, where I study at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in the Reclaimed Land. I'm following their new teacher trainer program called 'teachers college'.

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My name is Buddy and I'm from The Netherlands. At the moment I'm a student at the University of Applied Sciences. I study Teachers College in Almere. I have experience with the ages 11-12 years (primary school) and the ages 12-15 years (secondary school).

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Hi, I'm Ilia frrom Greece! I live in Itea, a small town near Delphi and i am a kindergarten teacher. My students are 4-6 years old

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Hi Colleagues! I'm an English/Portuguese teacher in Lisbon, Portugal. This year I'm teaching two year 5 classes and 3 year 11 classes. The school is in a quite good location and it hasn't received any refugee students.

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Hi. I am Kristijan Cincar. I am a CS, Informatics teacher from Vrsac, Vojvodina in the northern part of Serbia. I teach at SC Nikola Tesla in Bistrita.

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Hi. I am Crina Clapou. I am a kindergarten teacher from Bistrita, in the northern part of Romania. I teach at No. 3 Kindergarten in Bistrita.

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Hello folks, i'm Antonino and i'm a primary School teacher. I come frome Palermo, Sicily, but I work in Milan, near the San Siro stadium. This year i started with a first classe and probably we Will stay together thoughtout the cycle. In the area of my School the immigrazione is a substantial phenomenon, about 50% of the pupils are immigrants of 1st or 2nd generation.

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Hello folks, i'm Antonino and i'm a primary School teacher. I come frome Palermo, Sicily, but I work in Milan, near the San Siro stadium. This year i starter with a first class i probably i Will continue with

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Hello ! My name is Vanda Gabriela Cortez, I am a primary school teacher in a small mountain town, Brosteni. I work with children from 5-11 years.

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Hello everyone! I am Sabrina, I am Italian and I currently live in the Uk where I work as a special education needs teaching assistant and I also teach Italian in private practice. At school we have a variety of children coming from different countries, some of which speak English as a second language. I think that understanding the familiar culture of these children would help in offering them the best learning opportunities, and will make them feel better included in the classroom. I am looking forward to learn more about the topic and learn from other's experiences.

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Hi everybody! My name is Simona, I'm from Italy and I work as a special needs teacher in an upper secondary school with 14-19 year students. I usually help students with some kind of disability but always more frequently foreign students attend our school, so they can be considered as some kind of BES (students with special educational needs). They often are adopted children or their family has come to Italy to work. We also host in our classes foreign students for international exchange programs.

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Hello everybody, I'm an English teacher in the South of Italy. I teach in lower secondary schools, mostly in small towns where everyone knows each other but there are some exceptions, for example adopted children or students coming from East Europe or North Africa. The efforts from native and foreign students are huge and interesting, but all we need to train to deal with rising multicultural classes.

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Hi everybody, my name is Sharmaine Benkaddour - de Graaf. I am from The Netherlands and I am an aspiring Dutch teacher. I also want to do a specialization in teaching second language learners (such as refugees or expats)

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Hello everybody.

My name is Ionela Camelia Lazea and I am a kindergarten teacher from Bistrita, a small town in Romania. I work at No. 3 Kindergarten in Bistrita. It is a state kindergarten. This year I have the "big group", which has 5-6 year old children.

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Hello! I just finished a Pre-Primary Education degree and I find this course very interesting to learn about Cultural Diversity and to learn from your experience and take in into account and apply the knowledge when I starting being a teacher.

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Hi! I work in a italian public primary school. My students come from different countries. I expect this course to enrich and to improve my multicultural knowledges and competences.

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Hi! I work in a italian public primary school. My students come from different countries. I expect this course to enrich and to improve my multicultural knowledges and competences.

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Hi, I'm a special needs teacher in a primary school. I'm from Montesilvano in Pescara. I hope  to learn many things on cultural divrsity and share them with my colleagues

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I'm an italian teacher (Mathematics) and I work in a Secondary School near Florence / Tuscany.
I'm here to improve my knowledges and competences. I'll enjoy the lessons and I would thank Teacher Academy for this free opportunity!!

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Hi!! I teach in a upper secondary school in Italy. I have lots of multiculturally classroom, in wich there are students from many different countries.  It's very challenging every day to teach  to students who attend for the first time italian school and don't know italian language.
Hope to learn a lot in this course, in order to improve myself approaching this students.

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hello everybody! I'm an English teacher in an upper secondary school in Italy and I also taught English in Romania 10 years ago. I have joined this course because the town where I work is as multicultural as London and there are a lot of Chinese students who speak little or no Italian when they start attending school!

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Hy! I m a kindergarden teacher....my class is omogen

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Hi my name is Melahrini and I'm aprimary school teacher from Greece.

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My name is Diana Stegaru, I am from Romania and I teach children aged between 3 and 19. I teach English both in a public and private school, and also in a kindergarten.

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HI! I am a teacher of music education in secondary school students from 11 to 14 years old. I will coming a project out of class and interclass, The project is a group of readings as "choral speaking". the project interest a group composed by foreign ad italian students.

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Hello everyone I teach English in Scuola Media. Unfortunately, at the moment ,I don't have any foreign student in class but, some years ago I taught in a school where I had at least three or four different countries represented . It was really challanging
I liked it a lot and I hope to have the opportunity to welcome foreign students in my classes in a near future.

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Hi, everyone from Greece. I'm a secondary school teacher of greek language in Athens. In my school there are many foreign students, with different first languages and cultural backgrounds. Hoping to learn ways to come near these students and make them feel like home.

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Hi! I am Cláudia Rolo, from Portugal! I am elementary teacher and I am also teacher of Portuguese, Mathematics, Science and History and Geography students with 10-12 years. Currently, I help students in tutoring centers. I go into this MOOC with the expectation not only broaden my knowledge about the potential of intercultural, but also meet new educational trends. Votes of the biggest hits!

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Hello,I love teaching. My pupils are from 12 to 19 years old. I normally teach  Spanish Language and Litterature, but also Geography and History, if needed.

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Hello,
I love teaching. My pupils are from 12 to 19 years old. I normally teach Spanish Language and Litterature, but also Geography and History, if needed.

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hi, I'm secondary school teacher in Naples Italy . I have to deal with intercultural differencies every day I and taking part in a course like this is an opportunity to share some ideas

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Hello everyone!
My name is Paula Gonçalves and I am a secondary school teacher. I have been teaching English for more than 20 years now. My school is in the outskirts of Lisbon and my students are aged 11 – 15 and come from various social backgrounds. I am outgoing, cheerful and like trying new things . I am also keen on Technology. For me, teaching is a challenge every day and I love it. Hopefully things are changing for the better in our educational system and my school is attempting to make a difference. Let’s see how it goes.

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Olá!
I work in a secondary school where I teach Portuguese for speakers of other languages.
My school is in Lisbon and I have students from many countries. I have to deal with intercultural differencies every day I and taking part in a course like this is an opportunity to share some ideas

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Hi, everybody,
I am Violeta from Sibiu, Romania. I teach Romanian civilization and Spanish in a non-formal education school. My school is quite big, we have every year around 2000 students,  participating in more than 20 extra-curricular activities. I am project coordinator - we developped some eTwinning  projects, Comenius and Erasmus+ projects. We had also Comenius language assistants and JIca projects. I am also moderator for the featured group NFE - Non-formal EDucation, on eTwinning platform. I wait you here to talk about Non-formal education and how to involve it in our classes.

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Hi, I  live and teach in  a primary school in the centre of Athens. I teach a bit less than twenty years. At the moment I teach Maths, Greek language, History, Geography, Religion, Social Studies and Natural Sciences in a class of 14 pupils at the age of 11-12. They follow the 6th grade of the Greek Primary School, which is the last before Secondary education. Most of my pupils come from Greece or Albania, one kid is from Moldavia and one is a Palestinian refugee. In my school we wait  a number of almost 30 pupils that are refugees  but they can not attend school yet, because they are not properly vaccinated, as the Greek law demands.

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hi, I teach mathematics and physics in secondary school in the Italian city of Naples
In our school there is not a very high number of foreign students ; for most, children are quite Ides integrated immigrant or adopted children from foreign countries .
in rare cases I have heard phrases intolerant in school.
I'm very interested to investigate the issue , fearing that there are aspects of the issue that really me completely escape

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HELLO! My name is Mariya.
I am a primary school teacher in a small  Bulgarian town.
My school is big with about 450 students, 7-19 years old.
I have 24 students, 7 years old in my class and 3 of them are Roma.
I would like to find new ideas and improve my intercultural competence.

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Hi everybody,

I am working as a secondary school teacher of Law and Economics and I'm a specialized support  learning teacher. In my school there's a quite high percentage (around 14%) of students of foreign background, as well as students with partially foreign origin. Cultural diversity is an everyday deal in my school, with students  of recent immigration, old immigration and Italian-born "second generation migrants". Please, notice the definition, second generation migrants; since they were born in Italy they cannot be strictly considered as migrants...
I've been working as a teacher for 14 years and working in the same school for almost nine years.

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I'm working as a teacher in a university of applied sciences in primary education,The Netherlands. My students are 18 years and older. During their scholarships and after receiving their diploma, they teach classrooms that are composed of many cultures. However, my students themselves are white and female. There is no diversity whatsoever in their own education so I feel a strong urge to work with them on their (and mine!)  intercultural awareness.

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I'm an assistent

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Hello to everybody!
I am a teacher, that starts late my career, i am 46, though i am teaching only since 2 years, i like it. My scool is a highscool (Gymnasium) n Vienna, with children in the age of 10 to 18, they are so different, so individual, not only because of the huge number of languages they speak beyond the german, but also in their creativity and behavior, i try to teach them literature, grammar an writing in German, and i had also italian classes (not this year) - my dream is to have some ethic lessons to.

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Buenos días a todos!
I am Sofia, I am 25 years old and I am actually nocht teaching. Instead I am doing a Masters in Educational Psychology in Barcelona. I can call myself a Third Culture Kid since I am born in Chile but grew up 15 years in Munich. With this biographical background I am motivated to learn more about cultural diversity in education. That is why I chose to begin a research internship in plurilingualism and interculturality in Girona. I hope one day I can contribute to make the education in this world better for all, especially for TCKs.

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Hello my name is Manuel Garcia and I am an Italian-American student at Vesalius college in Brussels Belgium. I am in my third year towards a degree in communications and look forward to being a teacher in the near future, and joining this highly influential profession in our society
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Hello everyone, my name is Gian Luca Cossari and I have 46 years. I teach in high schools for 21 years. I'm Italian, I live in Turin where I teach Electronics and electrical engineering at a Technical Institute of the city. I have always occupied the top three years and I brought the final year graduation examination. I have programming experience and didactic learning units. I believe that the cooperative work and the synergy between teacher and students is the basis of learning development. All this to the base of a scholastic success which should be the goal of achieving last of each teacher.

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Hi, everybody! I am Irina, an English teacher in a technical college in Ploiesti, a small town near Bucharest.
I've been teaching for almost 9 years and I want to get more familiarised with the topic of cultural diversity.
Good luck for everyone in the new school year!

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Hello everyone, my name is Gian Luca Cossari and I have 46 years. I teach in high schools for 21 years. I'm Italian, I live in Turin where I teach Electronics and electrical engineering at a Technical Institute of the city. I have always occupied the top three years and I brought the final year graduation examination. I have programming experience and didactic learning units. I believe that the cooperative work and the synergy between teacher and students is the basis of learning development. All this to the base of a scholastic success which should be the goal of achieving last of each teacher.

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Hi everybody!
My name is Patrizia and I teach Music in a italian public Secondary School, age 11 to 14. I live in Rimini. My school is located in San Mauro Pascoli, a small town where there are many shoes and fashion factorys. In my school there are some chinese students not speaking Italian or English or French. I'm in trouble to teach in this kind of classes. I hope to improve my teaching skills

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Hi everybody!
I'm Floriana and I teach French and Spanish in Barletta. I have been teaching for five years and in the last 3 years I'm working with foreign pupils. I'm very happy to start this exerience to know new colleagues and to improve my teacher skills.

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Hi, I'm originally from New Jersey but have been living in Florence, Italy for almost 25 years. I have taught EFL to Italian kids in pre-school, primary and middle school for 13 years and I am now a teacher trainer for Erasmus + courses as well as for the Florence Education Office. I am interested in learning more about cultural diversity in a more systematic way, instead of just relying on personal qualities like empathy and open mindedness.

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I am a computer science teacher. I work in the junior and senior high school of the Experimental School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In my school we have few students, who come from other countries and most of them were born in Greece. I was born and grew up in Germany.  I grew up in an intercultural environment and I think that intercultural competence is very important.