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It was a very exciting meeting. We have just started a course in a remote piece of land - located in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. And the course is the EU course. Teachers who arrived here are full of energy and they have a lot of experience to share. They had enough of imagination to plan a training course in the Carribean. And the topic of the course - really demanding. We introduced ourselves in a way that helped us to remember each other very easily - explaining our given names and the traditions associated with them. We are from different countries, however we could feel we have a lot in common.

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We all came in Guadeloupe very curious what we will see, hear, feel, share and observe. Our professional and personal life is in some ways the same and in some ways quite different. We share our feelings about our names and identity. It was great to meet the teachers from Slovenia, Finland and Poland on such great place- on the amazing Caribben beach.

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On the first day we started to get to know each other. It was interesting to listen other ladies and their thoughts about identity. We come from different backgrounds and  cultures. Even we Finns have quite different backgrounds. Many of us has not like their first name when they were young...now they understand more about the history and meaning of the own name and accept it.
The first day was really amazing: the landscape is fantastic and the lightness and warmness is enormous.  The water is as warm as in the spa. Is this true?

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We got to know each other first, we are all teachers from different education levels. Ladies from Finland, Slovenia and Poland. And all enthusiastic about days to come. This place is amazing! Sunshine after Finnish winter darkness and bright colors in sea, sand and trees make me feel dizzy! These days will leave permanent marks in to the ways I think about learning. I have had my doubts about outdoor learning, but after our learning/teaching sessions on the beach I realized, that environment can be very motivating. Sessions went really quickly, and luckily we also had time to dip in to the waves.

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Welcome to Guadeloupe! I am very priveleged to have yet another group of enthusiastic and motivated teachers! During the day we all engaged in transformational learning - deeper learning about ourselves and who we are, what we do and how we do it. I believe that being open minded and curious are the main factors driving the positive progress towards satisfaction in our professional lives.

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Today I learnt a lot about Guadeloupe. About its people and history. Then we discussed about identity and our names. It was interesting. I learnt a lot about other participants' names. Then we discussed about culture and had a French lesson. It was nice. I don't speak French at all and it would be nice to do so and understand something about the menus for example. For this reason my favourite quote from today is comme ci comme ca :)

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After yesterday's first sesson we evaluated the theme of identity together in the restaurant close by. Result:  thinking of the internationalisation, we first have to think about our personal identity and national identity to understand each other better.

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Identity is part of you and has inflouence on every person. Yesterday we looked similarity in differency of us. We had many opportunities to know each other thru the food we brough from our countries, sharing experiences and thinking about our national and international culture.

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Today we meet each othet at first time in front of the hotel and after that we drived to the lovely natural beach. We disscus about our names, what kind of meaning their have. After that we ate international lunch and told what have brought to the lunch. After lunch we disscus about nation and internationalaisation and Rita told us how Guadeloupe got own nationality.
Today I learnt that is worth to be open minded if you want to become international, our own expections are sometimes obstacle to internationalisation. Really nice day.

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Today we got to know our course members, saw new beautiful places on the island and discussed about identity. I am very grateful for many good laughs, tasty greetings at the lunch, nice discussions, warm seawater and the relaxing voice of the sea...

Rita gave many interesting thoughts about identity on different levels. For me it was an important idea that the identity is often under process. " This can be a highly illuminating but also unsettling process." As a teachers we can maybe also help our students in the process of reflection and reconsider who they are on the national and the international level.

We have all now stepped outside our everyday routines to the scene of the ocean and palms. Now we have a great chance to question who we are and what we value...