My learning diary by Jenny Karoumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f Jenny (Evgenia) Karoumpali's diary about raising awareness about the situation of the newly arrived migrants. en-us 2017-03-28 16:51:00 UTC 2024-02-22 15:15:47 UTC hello@padlet.com 1.1. The situation of newly arrived migrants and refugees is a complex topic and it can seem quite daunting to start addressing this topic in the classroom. Which specific aspects of this topic do you feel less confident about? Where do you see your own information gaps? What are your goals for this course? jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163221797 I believe that my knowledge with regard to what is happening in countries such as Syria, Pakistan and Somalia is poor. Therefore it is difficult for me to talk to the children about the situation that refugees from those countries have experienced before they come in Europe. 

I hope that in this course I will acquire some more ideas about how to manage to inform my pupils about the situation of the newly arrived refugees.

]]> 2017-03-28 18:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163221797 1.2 If you would like to share any reflections or responses to the above videos feel free to leave your thoughts. jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163259052 These videos brought me some thoughts.
My parents migrated in Athens, Greece (internal migration) in the 1960’s, in order to find a better job and to have a better quality of life. My sister migrated in the UK for University Education in 1997 and in 2001 she migrated in Switzerland, as she found a good job there.
A famous Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis (1925-), was a refugee in France during the period 1970-1974 (in the years 1967-1974 there was a dictatorship regime in Greece). Before Mikis Theodorakis flee from Greece he was in prison and his life was in danger, as he was against the dictatorship regime. During his imprisonment he wrote a substantial amount of songs describing his feelings. Here are some of these  songs...
]]> 2017-03-28 20:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163259052 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163259979 Hi everyone!
My name is Jenny (Evgenia) Karoumpali.
I come from Greece and I teach music (since 1998) in both primary and secondary education (in Greece) I am 43 years old.]]> 2017-03-28 20:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163259979 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163260272 For this school term I teach music in the primary education, at the primary school of Katochi, Aitolia & Akarnania, Greece. 
With regard to my migrant students, all my migrant students come from Albania. IThere are no refugees in the region
My hobbies? I am a DIYer....]]> 2017-03-28 20:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163260272 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163261735 During the 1950s and the 1960s a substantial amount of people in Greece migrated in order to find a job (the unemploymant was a very serious problem in Greece in that period). Some songs of that period describe this situation.  Here are some songs describing the Greeks' migration during the 1950s and the 1960's]]> 2017-03-28 20:33:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163261735 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163262270 2017-03-28 20:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163262270 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163262513 2017-03-28 20:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163262513 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163262680 2017-03-28 20:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163262680 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163262923 2017-03-28 20:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163262923 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263094 2017-03-28 20:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263094 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263312 2017-03-28 20:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263312 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263411 2017-03-28 20:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263411 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263553 2017-03-28 20:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263553 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263846 2017-03-28 20:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163263846 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163264136 2017-03-28 20:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163264136 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163264363 2017-03-28 20:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163264363 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163264570 2017-03-28 20:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163264570 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163264890 2017-03-28 20:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163264890 jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163265017 2017-03-28 20:51:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163265017 1.3. If you would like to share any reflections or responses to the above videos feel free to leave your thoughts. jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163549770 Being either a migrant or a refugee is painful, more painful with regard to refugees and less painful with regard to migrants.
In the region I work and I live there are no refugees, but there are economic migrants. These migrants have come in Greece for a better job and a better future. 
]]> 2017-03-29 20:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163549770 1.4. If you would like to share any reflections or responses to the above videos feel free to leave your thoughts jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163554146 All these videos cultivate empathy: what refugees and migrants go through. Our native pupils should be informed of this situation, so that their attitude towards refugees gets more humanistic.]]> 2017-03-29 21:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/163554146 1.5 If you would like to share any reflections or responses to the above videos feel free to leave your thoughts. jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164880188 The difficlies, which the refugees confront are significant, not only  
during their journey but also during their stay in The EU.
Despite the fact that in Greece the legislation with regard to the  
asylum seekers is excellent, it is not applied lack of resources...
  Of course there are people who are very friendly to the refugees in  
Greece, but there are protests against them (especially from people  
who share far right ideas). A lot of people protest in Greece against  
the refugees, using the following argument "Why EU gives money for the  
welfare of the refugees, while there is no money for the local people,  
who suffer on account of the economical crisis?"]]> 2017-04-05 13:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164880188 2.1. What has your experience been in these areas? Have you previously addressed these topics with your students? What was their reaction? Share any reflections and insights about the issues raised in the two videos. jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164896053 The videos are very helpful for the teachers .I have already talked with my pupils about both terrorist attacks and refugees. When it comes to a terrorist attack, I first let them tell me what they know so far, and then I inform them as objectively as possible. When it comes to the refugees, I tell them that these people are forced to leave their country on accounts of wars or dictatorships. Then I tell them about prominent Greek people who became refugees during the dictatorship that took place in Greece in the years 1967-1974. I also tell them about prominent Greek people whose ancestors came in Greece as refugees in 1922 (in 1922 about 1,500,000 refugees came in Greece from Asia Minor). 

There is a theatre play “My dear Smyrna”, which talks about the refugees who came in Greece in 1922. I wish my pupils could attend this theater play (this theater piece was on Athens and now is in Thessaloniki, Greece, too far from my pupils)…

]]> 2017-04-05 14:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164896053 2.2. Bringing newly arrived migrants into our classrooms can seem quite complicated if you don't have any support available. So what are your main questions and concerns about this? If you have already brought a newly arrived migrant into your classroom, would you recommend this activity to other teachers and why (not)? jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164916549 There virtually no refugees in the region where the school I work is. It would be a good idea that a refugee from another region in Greece could talk to the pupils of my school via internet (Skype etc).  We must be sure that refugees are willing to talk about their ordeal, as some refugees may not be ready to share.  

]]> 2017-04-05 15:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164916549 2.3 Do you have any other ideas how to address these topics with your students? Share them. jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164929954 I found those websites:

http://www.mixanitouxronou.gr/siria-fotografies-prin-ke-meta-ton-polemo-pou-dichnoun-tin-politistiki-katastrofi/

http://news247.gr/eidiseis/kosmos/news/5-xronia-polemos-sth-syria-270xil-nekroi-ekatommuria-prosfyges-kai-mia-xwra-ereipwmenh.3954729.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.gr/2016/08/26/okto-logoi-pou-den-teleionei-o-polemos-sti-syria_n_11722716.html

]]> 2017-04-05 16:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164929954 2.4. Do you have any other ideas how to address these topics with your students? Or would you like to share your own personal stories linked to the topic? Share them. jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164939790 Erika’s ideas are very useful. 

As earthquakes take place often in Greece, I think it would be useful to share with my pupils experience of flight in case of an earthquake.  The flight in earthquakes have things in common with flights of refugees: your life is in danger, you are not prepared to flight, you have no choice but to flight, you have no time to take much of your personal belongings…

I have personal stories with regard to earthquakes. I experienced  the strong earthquakes in Athens, Greece both in 1981 and in 1989 (during the earthquake of 1981 my family and I fled with our pyjamas, as the earthquake took place at night!). In 1985 my cousins’ houses were destroyed during the earthquake that took place in Kalamata, Greece… In 2008 I experienced the strong earthquake that took place in Patras, Greece.

]]> 2017-04-05 16:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164939790 2.5 Do you have any other ideas how to address these topics with your students? Share them jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164965324 Here is a movie with regard to migration, xenophobia etc in the Greek context.]]> 2017-04-05 18:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/164965324 2.6. How can we positively shape the use of social media when it comes to the topic of newly arrived migrants. Social media can be a powerful tool for positive and negative use, so how can we help our students understand and shape the exchanges happening on social media in a positive way? Share your thoughts. jennykaroumpali https://padlet.com/jennykaroumpali/zlln6us6es0f/wish/165305790 I think that Alicia refers to the media education. Through media education pupils should sort unreliable from reliable information. I realize that more time should be given in media education. In this way pupils should realize the validity of the information given (who spreads the news – rumors etc).

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