Cultural diversity in your classroom by Annalisa Agnese https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV en-us 2016-09-12 14:22:30 UTC 2025-12-17 17:23:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123150474 There are some children of different countries at school, and so I'm very interested to this course because we can share ideas and best practices.
]]> 2016-09-12 14:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123150474 1.1 Why address cultural diversity in schools? isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123164039 We should address cultural diversity in schools because we have to take into account the best for our students, personalising their learning experience, thinking that everyone is an enrichment for the other.]]> 2016-09-12 15:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123164039 1.2 Developing intercultural competence as a teacher isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123166006 Have we got intercultural competence? That's the question! How to develop it? We have to think our and other's cultural values, beliefs, traditions when we teach. it's very important to be open to other cultures and try new things. I need to work on it. The biggest challenge is to integrate diverse resources, expecially working with other collegues. ]]> 2016-09-12 15:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123166006 1.3 Your teaching resources isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123182501 I use teaching resources from websites or apps, my choises depend from the classroom I'm in contact to. They could be also appropriate to use in a culturally diverse classroom]]> 2016-09-12 15:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123182501 1.4 Developing intercultural competences of your students isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123185447 to develop students interculetural competences is important for teachers to encourage to accept differences and to know the richness of other cultures.]]> 2016-09-12 15:51:26 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/123185447 1.5 Understanding different models of living & working together in culturally diverse communities isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/124196140 Classroom are organized promoving a participatory system, but there isn't a public space for debate on different cultural norms.]]> 2016-09-15 19:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/124196140 Self-assessment activity isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/124203983 Pro-active and engaged with everything students bring to the class

You are a reflective practitioner who pro-actively engages with your students and everything they bring to the class. Your engagement with parents and local community allow you to fully understand your students and make the learning experience relevant and effective for them. Your openness and curiosity allow you to integrate different cultural practices into your teaching and ensures that the diversity of every one of your classes is accounted for in the resources and teaching practices used in the classroom. 


]]> 2016-09-15 20:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/124203983 Module 2: Recognising cultural diversity for learning in everyday practice isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125035948 I've some students who don't speak language of instruction very well, because they have come from Brazil, China and Romania for few years. I've a positive relationship with them, but they have some interaction problems with peers.]]> 2016-09-20 12:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125035948 2.1 Example activities to develop students' intercultural competence isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125038702 Last year we planned some projects to value cultural diversity with open discussions in class, realizing works to encourage students to help each other and to be more open-minded, involving the community with little dramas and concerts in Christmas and at the end of the scholastic year.]]> 2016-09-20 12:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125038702 2.2 Supporting students with different first languages isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125047953 Support students with their different first languages is a challenge for teachers. It's very interesting the idea of a library for the hole family, involving parents. ]]> 2016-09-20 12:57:07 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125047953 2.4 Creating a sense of belonging and identity in your class and school isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125065705  I feel that we do a lot of work to create a sense of belonging and identity in our classes every day. We organize also projects with the cooperation of external actors opening a window to the hole community around the school. However al lot of collegues are sceptic, thonking that these activities subtract time to learning, but it's learning too!]]> 2016-09-20 13:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125065705 2.6 Developing empathy & open-mindedness isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125082850 I involve students to know each other with discussions and circle time activities.]]> 2016-09-20 14:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125082850 2.7 Final activity: design a lesson plan and review your peers isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125094343 Learning designer: I'd like an Italian version!!]]> 2016-09-20 14:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125094343 2.8 Final activity: hand in your lesson plan & peer reviews isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125101069 My lesson plan: ]]> 2016-09-20 14:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/125101069 My peer reviews...  tank you!! isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/126348948 Ciao, Annalisa. I'm not familiar with your particular field: so, I'm on a need to know situation. For this reason, I fell the need for some intermediate steps, like the extraction of key data from raw material, in your lesson plan.But, again, is probably a problem of lack of competence on my side. The total amount of time of the activities in 270 minutes. I did the maths, but my maths are not exactly sharp as a razor. Sorry if I'm wrong. In the respect of developing students' intercultural competences and open mindedness - indeed not explicitly mentioned - this activity can have a powerful result (provided a significant presence of students of many cultural origins not altering their eating habits). First "read" activity seems to me a "discuss" activity in brainstorming mode. Your lesson plan is very effective in the respect of building a class community and reaching out the students' parents or relatives. The presentation and discussion of students' activities will develop the perception of belonging to a community. Alignement with learning outcomes seems OK. The activities are well balanced. There is an effective use of IT. The link to US discovery is effective if one or more students eat American food at breakfast. I hope they don't. :))


An extremely interesting work, well balanced in aims and outcomes and based on an interesting topic. I really appreciated the idea of using a virtual board.
Excellent!-Gaia

Hello, Annalisa!
I think that never before would have I thought of presenting statitistics in  such a palyful and interesting manner! Pretty pioneering , the least to say..what is more your project succeeds in being both cross -cultural and cross-curricular at the same time. Keep up the good work and all the best.
Vicky Archondi

]]> 2016-09-26 13:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/126348948 STARTING ANOTHER ADVENTURE: Raising Awareness about the Situation of Newly Arrived Migrants isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/134736689 Learning Objectives are:

  1. Understand the backgrounds, journeys, reasons for leaving and current legal and living conditions of newly arrived migrants in Europe
  2. Identify and get in contact with an organisation or informal group working with newly arrived migrants in your locality, region, or country
  3. Investigate the background and current situation of newly arrived migrants in your locality, region, or country
]]> 2016-11-02 12:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/134736689 1.1 Getting Started isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/134754457 How to address this topic with students?
Talking about newly arrived migrants with their diverse reasons and situations why they're leaving their countries, talking about their adventures and stages.


I haven't any informations about migrants data of my country and I'd like to deeper analyze legislative framework
 ]]> 2016-11-02 13:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/134754457 Newly arrived migrant students in the school isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/141442481 Final step?
The Learning Objectives for this module are:

  1. Understand the general organizational models of integrating newly arrived migrant students in schools
  2. Understand how school structures and management are important factors for the successful integration of newly arrived migrant students
  3. Develop some ideas on how to create a welcoming and safe environment at school for newly arrived migrant students
  4. Identify who inside and outside your school you can work with to support the integration of newly arrived migrant students


]]> 2016-12-02 17:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/141442481 1.1 Challenges & Opportunities isaese77 https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/141443907 2016-12-02 17:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/isaese77/DIV/wish/141443907