Learning and Teaching in Multicultural Schools

Project Number: S1

Country: Sweden

Institutions/Departments: Malmø University, Faculty of Education and Society, Department of Society, Culture and Identity.

URL: https://edu.mah.se/en/Course/IS129E 

Project leader and contact person: Course Coordinator: Laid Bouakaz, laid.bouakaz@mau.se

Duration: Ongoing

Short Description:

The aim of the course is to prepare student teachers for their professional task of teaching within the context of diversity in pre-schools and schools. The course is organized around different themes, and includes both theoretical studies and school experiences:
* Personal and professional self-awareness
* Comparative studies of educational systems
* Strategies and methods for teaching/learning in multiethnic and multilingual settings
* Language and concept development
* Migration and national and minority group identity
* World philosophies, religions, ideologies and value systems in the Swedish classroom.
The course takes into pedagogical consideration and didactic advantage of the group’s international composition. It provides practical exposure to a school/pre-school setting and tasks through which students may reflect on their own cultural experiences and assumptions. Periods of theoretical studies alternate with periods of practical work in schools. Students are required to write an examination paper on a relevant topic or present and discuss in seminar project work based on course themes.

Implementation: Teacher training specialization, International course in English

Target Group(s), age & context: Third-year teacher education students with English fluency

Approach/Method: Specialisation course: Swedish and International students

Type: Exercises/reflections on own cultural experience and assumptions, theoretical studies, practical work in schools and pre-schools, portfolios, presentations, discussions, lectures, seminars, literature-seminars, group work and evaluation.

Funding: Malmö University

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