Intercultural Education: Teaching Models & Practices for Integration and Learning (migrants, refugees, foreigners)

Essay from the year 2018 in the subject Pedagogy - Intercultural Pedagogy, University of Piraeus, course: Educational program in intercultural education from the Department of Economics of University of Piraeus, language: English, abstract: The presence of foreign language learners in the modern school makes it multilingual and multicultural by definition and at the same time demands their equal participation in the learning process through individualised and/or differentiated teaching. Based on a work plan, e.g. "going to the market", whose main objective is the verbal and non-verbal expression of students in different communication situations, the aim is to design, in brief, an indicative scenario that uses a) the communicative approach, b) learning strategies, in order to introduce students to communication situations they will encounter in the market.

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Serafeim A. Triantafyllou is a Computer Science Teacher. He has worked as a Computer Science Teacher in schools of Primary and Secondary Education of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. He is also a Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert for 2023-2024. He was born in Thessaloniki. Serafeim received his BSc in Applied Informatics at the Department of Applied Informatics of the University of Macedonia, an MSc degree in Continuing Education at the Department of Educational and Social Policy of the University of Macedonia, and a master's degree of Education in Special Education at the Department of Education of the University of Nicosia and the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education of the University of Patras. He has completed successfully the (400 hours) educational program in intercultural education at the Department of Economics of the University of Piraeus. He has completed successfully the 1st EURASIP-GAIPDM Seasonal School on "Learning from Signals, Images, and Video" at the School of Informatics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He holds a certificate of Membership of IEEE Education Society that recognizes him as the Affiliate in good standing, denoting a personal and professional commitment to the advancement of technology. Serafeim is also a Member of the Hellenic Society for STEM Education. Serafeim taught as Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Macedonia from 2021-05 to 2021-09, and as Teaching and Research Staff in School of Pedagogical and Technological Education (ASPETE), Annex of Thessaloniki (Greece) for the academic years 2017-2019 and 2022-2023 respectively. He has served as a reviewer for academic journals and academic conferences. Serafeim is also a certified trainer for Adults of non-formal education by the National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications & Vocational Guidance - EOPPEP. He worked as a professor of Computer Science in Public Vocational Training Institutes and Lifelong Learning Centres. His research interests are in the areas of Educational Technology, STEAM technologies, Gamification technologies, Artificial Intelligence, Special Education, Lifelong learning and e-learning. Serafeim is also author of computer science and pedagogy books.