Inclusive classroom - Methodology
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INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SANTARÉM
Teacher Training Courses
The primary school classroom – effective teaching approaches for an inclusive classroom through NFE tools and resources
METHODOLOGY
The training course is based on the use of non-formal education methods as an approach for delivering the contents. The general delivery method during the course is simulation of real lessons with students. During the 7-day training course there will be almost no lectures. Participants will, most of the time, step in the shoes of their students whereas the trainers will deliver the contents as suggested in the Teachers’ Toolkit. This will provide trainees with first-hand experience how to deliver the trainings to students after attending the course. The simulations will be accompanied by discussions on different scenarios of delivering the training sessions suggested by the participants.
The pedagogical methods that we use are based upon experiential training, group and peer activities, learning-by-doing and good practices’ exchange.
Teachers will learn about and participate in implementing a diverse number of non-formal ways for delivering contents in which students are active participants, e.g. simulations, role plays, guided drama activities, theatre of the oppressed, interactive video resources, Oxford-style debates, group and pair work, mind-mapping, creating artistic productions – collages, drawings, dances, poems/ prose, etc.
Local Portuguese teachers who have previously used the Teachers’ Toolkit and have delivered the suggested trainings to their students will participate in specialized sessions during which they will talk about their experiences and provide some first-hand tips and support to course participants. Local visits to the schools would be organized in case this is safe for both visitors and host schools.
The training team is multinational - experienced trainers from Bulgaria, Portugal and Greece, who have participated in the design of the Teachers’ Toolkit and previous teacher training sessions within the YESI project.