1.   The document includes standards that relate to intercultural understanding that should be included in our own standards.

·      A potential PD activity for staff would be to look at these standards and consider units in which they would apply

2.   The inclusion of standards is not enough, the school must be create and environment conducive to intercultural understanding

·      Our school meets the criteria on a surface level. It would be interesting to see how staff feel we do as a school in this regard (strongly agree to strongly disagree) to identify areas we may need to improve on

3.   A whole school approach is needed

·      The main point here is that the school have areas in which they need to improve. Setting up this PLC is a start, but time has been lost for one reason or another. Key takeaways: the school needs “organizational policies, guidelines, rules and decision making processes”; and an “underlying school ethos.” Creating a definition for the whole school will go someway to helping this

4.   Implications

·      There are no negative implications being mentioned here. I cannot foresee how including this will have downsides to our students. However, time will be an issue as it always is in our school. 

5.   Activities for Teacher Educators to Address Intercultural Understanding in Teacher Education

·      Again, some activities that could be useful as a PD exercise. It aims to tackle cultural understanding of key aspects related to school: ethos, policy and governance; learning environment; curriculum; pedagogy; resources.

Can be research based (project based learning session?) on interests/ current topical issues

Importance of studying all is stressed, so student doesn't feel distanced/overly proud of their own culture.

Stresses Cross curricula studies - doing it across every subject (not just one hour a week focus) and has different suggestions for this.

Learning outcomes and Content for curriculum:

Basically: 
Learn own language, learn about other cultures, opportunity to learn the national language and their own mother tongue, tolerance, develop skills of behavior towards others.

Content for education

*Education should be relevant to the local intercultural

context, while also addressing broader national, regional and global intercultural issues.

*Respect for diversity - essential and central to education

*Global values plus individual/national values around local content need to be considered

*"Education shall enable all persons to participate

effectively in a free society, promote understanding, tolerance and friendship

among all nations and all racial, ethnic or religious groups.” (universal declaration of human rights - UDHR)

*Education systems, schools and teachers are responsible for strengthening the

child’s cultural identity and values, while also promoting respect and understanding for the

culture of others.

* critical role that education

plays in fostering inter-cultural, inter-religious and inter-racial understanding within and

between societies in the region

* intercultural understanding involves awareness, knowledge and understanding of many aspects of other cultures, for the purpose of living together peacefully and harmoniously. Also an understanding of our own culture, a deep exploration of our personal and cultural values, and the experiential development of respect and compassion for the rights of others, translated into positive action, are also required.

* Curriculum should include:
Learning to know
Learning to do
Learning to be
Learning to live together***(includes all of the first three)

* 6 principles of education underpinning IU
- Identity, language and cultural heritage
- Social justice, equity and human rights
- Valuing diversity and creativity – social and economic benefit for all
- Unity and solidarity in diversity
- Fostering tolerance, peace and social harmony
- Cultural inclusiveness and cultural appropriateness and sensitivity in education

http://www.isaschools.org/index.php/services/internationalism International Schools Association

http://www.rafflesis.com/media/2624/ris-internationalism-policy.pdf Raffles International 

Internationalism at RIS incorporates global citizenship, interdependence, values, language, diversity whilst demonstrating knowledge and appreciation for your own culture and the culture of others. RIS Definition of International Education. International Education serves as a link between countries and cultures.

https://www.qaeducation.co.uk/content/value-internationalism-education The value of internationalism in education

https://www.qaeducation.co.uk/content/value-internationalism-education Internationalism 

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001478/147878e.pdf

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THE ROLE AND OBJECTIVES OF

To enable our pupils to know more about global issues and to:

https://www.islux.lu/page.cfm?p=606
There are many characteristics that lead to the definition of an international school. Most agree that the best international schools base this definition on several key factors: