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Grundtvig EU Funded Course
Deadline for Grant Applications
Is
30th April 2010.
reference number: UK-2010-1145-003.
FUNDING AVAILABLE
The grant available for In-Service Training is a contribution to the total costs incurred and
includes course fees, travel, subsistence and other costs.
Course Fee: A contribution will be made to the real costs of course fees based on a
maximum of 150 Euros per day.
Travel Costs: These are based on real costs incurred and the grant will normally cover
100% of all travel costs with the most economical form of transport being used (the use of
public transport is encouraged).
Developing Skills to Facilitate Learning with People from Different Cultural Backgrounds
What this 5-day course offers
The Aim
The course will enhance the participants’ awareness of the importance of cultural issues in motivating and improving their students’ participation in various learning activities. The course is designed to give lecturers, teachers and trainers, cultural tips and hints to enhance their course participants’ motivation to learn and become involved in the learning process. The Course team would ensure that the course participants represented various different cultures, in order to enhance the learning outcomes.
Who Should Attend
This is a course for lecturers, teachers and trainers who wish to introduce orenhance their facilitative skills and improve their ability to deliver participant centred learning to course participants with different cultural backgrounds.
The course is highly interactive and participants will be expected to take an active part. The course leader will encourage participants to share their experiences, exercises and coping strategies during this course
The Objectives
By the end of the course, successful participants will be able to:
1. Explain the possible effects of culture on individual learning styles
2. List strategies to identify the type of learners, having regard to their cultural background
3. Identify cultural reasons why participants might disengage from the learning process
4. List cultural acceptable strategies to cope with different types of learners
5. List ways of gaining learners ’ psychological acceptance’ from participants with different backgrounds
6. Explain the benefits of collaborative learning and identify strategies to overcome some cultural resistance to it
7. List stimulating ways of starting courses having regard to cultural diversity
8. Demonstrate how to elicit existing knowledge of culturally diverse participants attending the course
9. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of small group work when dealing with a multi-national group
10.List practical ‘Do’s & Don’ts of facilitating small group learning activities when dealingwith diverse cultures
11.Demonstrate how to effectively debrief group exercises when dealing with participants having diverse cultures
12.Recognise the cultural effects of body language when delivering learning
Course Length
This Course is delivered over 5 days.
Number of Participants
Because of the interactive nature of this course the minimum number of participants needed to run this course are 6. The maximum number of participants the facilitator will accommodate on the workshop is 24.
Further information via email from: -
Abacus House, 15, Acacia Park, Bishop’s Cleeve,
Cheltenham,
Glos. GL52 7WH
United Kingdom
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