1. Valorizing Intercultural Teaching
and Learning
Antonio M. Seoane Pardo
Francisco J. García Peñalvo
Valentina Zangrando
Susanne Popp
Zalla, Enkarterri, 10 julio 2013

2. Index
• Interculturality background
• From MIH to EHISTO: intercultural teaching and
learning at school
• Towards a valorization of interculturality throughout
a network of practitioners
• TEEM Conference
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es

3. Interculturality background (i)
• On-going priority of the EU, explicitly stated in most
EACEA actions and other EU policies
• 2008: European year of intercultural dialogue
http://www.interculturaldialogue2008.eu
• < 500 projects in the last 5 years within EU actions
(120 multilateral projects)
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es

4. Interculturality background (ii)
• “But the development of intercultural competencies and
skills as part of an overall political vision or national
strategy on life-long learning processes has yet to be
achieved” (ERICarts: Sharing diversity, p. viii)
• To move towards a strategy of intercultural dialogue “it is
necessary to move from traditional canons to open
processes of creative interaction” by developing
“intercultural skills and competencies through
educational and media programmes” (ibid., p. 146-7)
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es

5. From MIH to EHISTO: Intercultural
teaching and learning at school (i)
http://mihproject.eu
http://www.european-crossroads.eu
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es

6. From MIH to EHISTO: Intercultural
teaching and learning at school (ii)
MIH: Comenius Multilateral Project 2009-2011
• Objective: Methodology and ICT tools to face
multiculturality by studing Geography and History
• Primary and secondary school
• Products:
ü MIH Handbook
ü 40 Digital modules
ü Teacher traning
courses
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es

7. From MIH to EHISTO: Intercultural
teaching and learning at school (iii)
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es

8. From MIH to EHISTO: Intercultural
teaching and learning at school (iv)
EHISTO: Comenius Multilateral Project 2012-14
• Objective: critical discussion of a responsible mediation
of History in mass media
• Secondary school
• Products:
ü Handbook and OERs
ü Teacher seminars & training
courses
ü Transnational History Media
Education (for policy makers)
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es

9. Towards a valorization of
interculturality throughout a network
of practitioners (i)
Forthcoming projects:
• TRAMA: Images for transversal competences
acquisition
• VITAL: Valorizing intercultural teaching and learning
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es

10. Towards a valorization of
interculturality throughout a network
of practitioners (ii)
Objectives:
• Involve practitioners and policy-makers in a network
to promote intercultural teaching and learning
ü Implementation of the technological ecosystem
ü Collection of good practices
ü Virtual and face-to-face focus groups
• Intercultural learning programme
ü Three iterations
ü Supported by a social networking ecosystem by Grial
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es

11. Salamanca, 14-15 November 2013
Paper submission: July 29 2013
GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es
http://teemconference.eu

12. GRIAL – Universidad de Salamanca http://grial.usal.es
• Track 1. Doctoral Consortium
• Track 2. Technological advances and teaching innovation applied to Health Sciences
Education
• Track 3. Communication and cultural diversity
• Track 4. Science 2.0 supported by Open Access Repositories and Open Linked Data
• Track 5. A promised land for educational decision making? Present and future of
learning analytics
• Track 6. A robot in the classroom
• Track 7. Formal and informal learning experiences in multicultural scopes
• Track 8. Application of Mobile and Software As A Service (SAAS) in learning processes
• Track 9. Educational innovation
• Track 10. New publishing and scientific communication ways: Electronic edition and
• digital educational resources
• Track 11. 4th International Workshop on Software Engineering for E-learning
(ISELEAR’13)

13. Valorizing Intercultural Teaching
and Learning
Antonio M. Seoane Pardo
Francisco J. García Peñalvo
Valentina Zangrando
Susanne Popp
Zalla, Enkarterri, 10 julio 2013