meeting the challenge of the multicultural classroom (mcmc) conference
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The Portuguese National Agency’s Perspective. Meeting the Challenge of the multicultural classroom (MCMC) Conference 26th April 2013, Goldsmiths University of London. The Portuguese National Agency’s Perspective : . Key concepts for A GOOD recipe. the PAN - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF THE MULTICULTURAL CLASSROOM (MCMC) CONFERENCE
26TH APRIL 2013, GOLDSMITHS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
THE PORTUGUESE NATIONAL AGENCY’S PERSPECTIVE
1. THE PAN2. THE CORE INGREDIENTS3. THE SEASONING
THE PORTUGUESE NATIONAL AGENCY’S PERSPECTIVE:
KEY CONCEPTS FOR A GOOD RECIPE
Why?
1. THE PANIN THE LAST DECADES, SEVERAL
EU PROGRAMMES CHANGED EDUCATION AND TRAINING
NATIONAL SYSTEMS AND POLICIES ALL OVER EUROPE.
Because the European project has become more open and diverse allowing new stakeholders to participate in
it
Because European Programmes have become more demanding and qualified requiring excellence of
participants and networks
Because European programmes have strengthened their social dimension by sharing European values and assuring the
participation of several minorities
European Disability Strategy
2010-2020
Accessibility
Participation
Equality
EmploymentEducation and training
Social protection
Health
WE CANNOT MAKE THE EU WITHOUT CITIZENS, WE CAN
ONLY MAKE THE EU WITH THE CITIZENS AND WITH
THEIR IDEAS.
Viviane Reding, 2013EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights
and Citizenship
Why?
2. THE CORE INGRDIENTSIN RECENT YEARS, COMENIUS
REGIO CHANGED THE RANGE OF CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION.
Regio Partnerships – Portugal: 2009-2012
Partner countries 2009 2010 2011 2012
BG 1 ES 3 NO 1 BG 1FI 1 IT 1 RO 1 DK 1RO 2 RO 2 ES 3 ES 3
TR 1 LT 1 IT 1DE 1 GB 1 FI 1
IT 1 FR 1PL 2GB 1
4 8 8 11
Core ingredient 1|Strategic
partnershipInvolvement of school leaders, education authorities, other
stakeholders that actively contribute to school education
Commitment by the institutions involved
Valorisation of the results
Sustainability of the partnership
Core ingredient 2 | Co-operation on the development of school education
Development and implementation of joint initiatives
Promotion of exchanges of experience
Promotion of exchanges of know-how
Core ingredient 3 | European strategyLinking the planned activities to a European strategy
Including Europe in the institutions’ development plan
Core ingredient 4 | Learning mobilityStaff mobility (teachers; management staff; policy makers)
Professional development
Non-formal learning
Studies on the contribution of staff mobility to achieve the goals of the Lisbon Treaty:
1 WeaknessInstitutional impact
Why?- lack of institutional initiative- lack of institutional involvement- logistic obstacles: authorizations/replacements
Core ingredient 4 | Learning mobility
“IST-participants from schools and organisations which made use of Comenius In-Service Training in a strategic way, i.e. as an instrument for internationalisation or for staff development,stated considerably more often an impact at the institutional level. The effects are particularly high in schools and organisations which used Comenius for both internationalisation and staff development.”
Study of the impact of Comenius In-Service Training activities- Executive Summary -
Friedhelm Maiworm, Heiko Kastner and Hartmut WenzelStudy on behalf of the European Commission, DG Education and Culture
Kassel 2010
Why?
THE PORTUGUESE NATIONAL AGENCY’S PERSPECTIVE:
MCMC HAS BECOME A FLAGSHIP COMENIUS REGIO PROJECT IN PT.
• THE PAN• THE CORE INGREDIENTS• THE SEASONING
THE PORTUGUESE NATIONAL AGENCY’S PERSPECTIVE:
MCMC PROJECT
3. THE SEASONING“Job Shadowing: type of professional development that works as an assistantship/ a traineeship/ a period of observation of activities of a colleague with an analogue job, but implies involvement in the activities and a professional critical dialogue on the activities performed.”
Agência Nacional PROALV, Conference on new types of professional development - Job Shadowing, 2009
REDEFINITION of Professional
Development
Job shadowing adds:- involvement- experimentation- sharing practices- professional critical dialogue
Job shadowing in LLP includes:- European dimension- the use of a foreign language
PT COMENIUS ISTApproved applications, by type of training
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Structured course 235 216 241 249 309 278 316Conference 0 10 8 4 12 20 4
Job Shadowing 2 1 5 0 2 5 15
Total 237 227 254 253 323 303 335
MCMC Regio
PT Job Shadowing, per host country
2009 2010 2011 2012 UK 1 UK 3 UK 15 FR 1 FI 2
0 2 5 15
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Cogratulations to all of you and to
MCMC!
