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
• 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
• Freire, P. (2019). Pedagogika zatiranih. Ljubljana: Krtina.
• Priložnosti za uspeh: priročnik za vzgojitelje in učitelje pri delu z otroki in mladostniki priseljenci (2017). Maribor: Založba UM.
• Smernice za vključevanje otrok, učencev in dijakov iz drugih jezikovnih in kulturnih okolij v slovenski vzgojnoizobraževalni sistem (2024). Ljubljana: ZRSŠ
https://www.gov.si/assets/ministrstva/MVI/Dokumenti/Srednja-sola/Smernice-za-vkljucevanje-otrok-ucencev-in-dijakov-iz-drugih-jezikovnih-in-kulturnih-okolij-v-slovenski-vzgojno-izobrazevalni-sistem.pdf
Additional information on implementation and assessment Project (30%)
Written exam (70%)
