Objectives and competences
Students:
• Understand development of culture concepts in early childhood
• Understand and identify stereotypes and prejudices related to different cultures
• Analyse and understand different needs of children and parents in intercultural environment
• Know, use and evaluate methods and strategies for teaching in intercultural environment
• Analyse, plan and evaluate possibilities for cooperation with local environment for the purpose of intercultural education
• Use ICT in intercultural education
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Understanding of the concepts of culture and interculturality in preschool period
• Stereotypes and prejudices
• Positive approaches to different cultures for preschool teachers
• Identifying children and parents’ needs from different ethnical and cultural groups while working in preschool institution
• Inclusion of children from various ethnical and cultural groups in preschool education
• Methods for teaching intercultural education
• Cooperation with local environment
• ICT use in intercultural education
• Research of good practice and solutions in educational system for the intercultural education
Learning and teaching methods
• lectures
• discussion
• e-learning
• research learning
• problem based learning
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
• knows basic concepts on multicultural education;
• is able to analyse stereotypes and prejudices and prepare proposals how to cope with discrimination
• can recognize and adapt work to children from various cultural background;
• knows the examples of best practice in multicultural education and knows how to apply them into practice;
• use and develops various strategies for work with immigrant parents.
Readings
• Souto-Manning M. (2013). Multicultural teaching in the early childhood. New York: Columbia University.
• Park, M. idr. (2018). Responding to the ECEC needs of children of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe and North America. Washington: Migration Policy Insitute.
• Janta, B. in Harte, E. (2016). Education of migrant children. EU: Rand.
• LICARDO, M., GOLOB, N. (2017). Priložnosti za uspeh : priročnik za vzgojitelje in učitelje pri delu z otroki in mladostniki priseljenci. Maribor: Pedagoška fakulteta UM.
