Trainer: Katarina Fritzsche, M.A., Cultural Awareness Trainer, Business Coach

Registration until: 14.11.2023

Topic:
In this two-part workshop you will dive into concepts and methods from social and cultural anthropology which will empower you to deal with diversity in schools, together with your students and based on an equal footing. In the course of the workshop, you will be exploring a range of methods. Through self-reflexive excercises and group work, you will be enabled to adapt these methods to your own teaching routine – no matter which subjects you teach. Additionally, you will discover where and how to find teaching resources for your lesson planning.

This workshop is designed as a safe space to share experiences and challenges in dealing with diversity and cultural differences in class. You are warmly invited to make new connections with your workshop fellows and create a vibrant network of teachers from different regions and school types.

Please note: since the methods and resources we are about to explore and discuss require certain abilities of self-reflection and change of perspective, they are appropriate for working with students at age 13 and older. Please make sure you have the following materials ready for our sessions: blank paper, drawing materials (e.g. felt pens, coloured pencils), matches.

Trainers: Alexandra Habicher, Marie Tardieux, Meggi Wiesmann (Center for Teacher Education Cologne)

Registration until: 28.01.2024

Topics:
In this practical workshop, you will acquire the technical and didactic basics for developing your own learning materials. You will learn

• different formats of digital learning materials
• which criteria you can use to assess their quality and
• how to create and publish digital learning materials yourself.

With the support of mentors, you will develop and create, either alone or in a team, your own digital learning materials, be it a video, a digital work sheet, or an interactive quiz. A pool of feasible ideas is available. To participate in the workshop, no previous technical knowledge is required.

The workshop consists of four parts:
1.    Introductory session: 05.02.2024, 15.00 – 16.30 CET
2.    Self-study phase (of approx. three hours)
3.    Drafting an idea by 19.02.2024 (including a 30-minute counselling session with the mentors, if needed)
4.    Feedback session: 29.02.2024, 15.00 – 18.00 CET

Guest: Kulturbad

Katarina Fritzsche, Social and Cultural Anthropologist M.A., Cultural Awareness Trainer, Business Coach

Registration until: 25.09.2021

Topic:
Are you a teacher or planning to become a teacher, asking yourself how to deal with diversity in class whilst embracing and honouring the diversity of your student group? If so, this workshop is just the right thing for you to participate in! In this two-part online workshop you will dive into concepts and methods from social and cultural anthropology, which will empower you to thematize diversity with your students based on an equal footing. In the course of this dynamic workshop, you will be exploring a range of methods with your workshop fellows. Through self-reflexive excercises and group work, you will be enabled to adapt these methods to your own teaching routine – no matter which subjects you are actually teaching. In addition to this methodological toolbox, you will discover where and how to find teaching resources for your lesson planning, with a special focus on what social and cultural anthropology has to offer in this context. Furthermore, this workshop is designed as a safe space to share experiences and challenges in dealing with diversity and cultural differences in class. You are warmly invited to make new connections with your workshop fellows and create a vibrant network of teachers from different regions and schooling contexts.

Please note: since the methods and resources we are about to explore and discuss require certain abilities of self-reflection and change of perspective, they are appropriate for working with students at age 13 and older. Please make sure you have the following working materials ready for our sessions: blank paper, drawing materials (e.g. felt pens, coloured pencils), matches.

Guest: IKUD Seminare

Registration until: 15.10.2021

Topic:
In this interactive workshop, held by an intercultural trainer and expert from IKUD Seminare, you will learn why people from different cultures think and learn differently and prefer specific learning techniques. We will connect theory of intercultural communication and competence to real life and create aha moments. After this workshop you will be able to adapt your teaching techniques to the intercultural classroom and develop new ideas for your profession as a teacher in an international environment.

Guests: SubVision

• Esters, Sonja, M.A. Lecturer in Cultural and Social Anthropology and Social Inequality Research with the main focus on antiracism and transcultural education
• Diederich, Manon, M.A. Political Educator in the realm of inter-/transcultural skills and antidiscrimination with the main focus on gender, migration and antiracism

Registration until: 19.11.2021

Topic:
The subject of gender seems omnipresent : It fills the news, public debates, political discussions and mainstream media. In the educational contexts it has always been prevalent : Whether schools are gender-mixed or separated, whether girls and boys have the same opportunities and access to education, whether different disciplines record a higher ratio of a certain gender. But what exactly does gender refer to and what is the difference between sex and gender ? Which spheres of our lives are affected by gender roles and how do these play out in the educational context ? These and other questions will be raised in our workshop « Gendersensitive Approaches in Education ». We will discuss how gender roles are negotiated in classroom contexts, how representations in educational material affect students’ gender identities and how respective expectations impact grading for instance. Referring to self-reflexive approaches and scientific input, we will shed light on the various facets of the phenomenon and its effects in the educational context.

The english workshop aims to transfer basic knowledge surrounding gender and strengthen the skills to identify and counter gender-based discrimination in educational contexts as well as raise awareness for different dimensions of social inequality and how they are intertwined. Max. 20 participants.

Guest: InterCultur (Nele Beck and Stefanie Stadelmann)

Registration until: 10.12.2021

Topic:
To counter structural exclusion, prejudices and other forms of discrimination, a diversity-reflective approach to pedagogy and education can foster a process of positive change. The workshop dives into embracing uncomfortable conversations and raises awareness about mechanisms of discrimination in the classroom based on stereotypes and prejudices. The interactive online format aims to foster a constructive dialogue about discrimination, micro-aggressions and self-awareness. Together we want to develop strategies to promote constructive dialogue about these issues and to find tools for confronting critical issues to eventually initiate a process of change.