About the program

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The main objectives of the project are:

  1. Reflecting on the concepts of culture, identity and intercultural competences
  2. Experiencing, sharing and reflecting on cultural contexts and personal development
  3. Exploring modern Portuguese life and culture as well as its background
  4. Sharing strategies to increase learner motivation, involvement, creativity and intercultural competence

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The initiative was organized by the Scientific Association DIGITAL IDEA and includes a mobility for training in the European Union for its members who are certified adult trainers.
In Portugal, five (5) adult educators who work in formal, non-formal, and informal learning were trained as part of the mobility flow. The educators investigated various facets of contemporary Portuguese culture and life, and they encountered a variety of challenges that will motivate and inspire them to find more inventive and efficient ways to engage and support students' development as well as communicative and intercultural competencies.
We anticipate that our strategy will influence adult education systems by assisting with policy reform and luring new resources for chances for mobility in Europe. It will additionally help establish actions and policies linked to inclusion and intercultural training progress in European countries.

Methodology

  • Active, collaborative and participative approach
  • Evaluation (with forms filled by trainees and trainers)
  • Dissemination and follow-up strategies
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Training material

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Training in Lisbon / Portugal entitled “Interculturality and creativity in Lisbon”

Members of Scientific Association DIGITAL IDEA within the framework of the approved European ERASMUS+ program in the field of Adult Education (2020-1-EL01-KA104-078217) participated in Structured Course / Training Course in Lisbon/Portugal entitled “Interculturality and creativity in Lisbon”.
Today's educators must use more creativity than ever before in order to engage students and support their development of communication and intercultural skills as well as their overall growth and development. The participants in this mobility had the chance to take on a variety of tasks aimed at inspiring and motivating their pupils as well as getting them to consider their identities and intercultural competency. We must continually push ourselves and be willing to reflect on other cultures and ways of life in order to effectively reflect and enhance the teaching process. In order for learners to develop their own intercultural competencies, intercultural competence needs to be improved.
The members of the association that participated in mobility are: Artinou Maria, Ioannidis Dimitrios, Ioannou Maria, Kitsakis Konstantinos and Siakavaras Ioannis.
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Dissemination and exploitation workshops

Open events were held for Adult Trainers of the program entitled "Interculturality and creativity in Lisbon" and code 2020-1-EL01-KA104-078217.
The main topics presented were:
- Incorporate intercultural competency, culture, and identity into adult education
- Learning about, discussing, and considering cultural backgrounds and one's own development
- Methods for boosting students' intercultural competency, creativity, enthusiasm, and involvement
- The history of Portugal, its culture, and its way of life today
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