IEREST (Intercultural Education Resources for Erasmus Students and their Teachers) is an Erasmus Multilateral Project (2012-2015) which aims at developing an Intercultural Path (a set of teaching modules) to be provided to Erasmus students before, during, and after their experience abroad, in order to encourage learning mobility and to support students in benefiting as much as possible from their international experiences in terms of personal growth and intercultural awareness. Given that 'mobility still remains the exception rather than the rule' (COM(2009) 329: 5), there is a need of further innovative efforts in promoting it, above all in higher education. Also, the quality of the young Europeans' mobility must be taken into account, since it is well known that residence in a foreign country does not of itself reduce students' stereotypical perceptions of otherness (Shaules, 2007; Strong, 2011). IEREST has met these needs by developing an Intercultural Path (namely, a set of teaching modules) to be provided to Erasmus students before, during, and after their experience abroad, in order to encourage learning mobility and to support students in benefiting as much as possible from their international experiences in terms of personal growth and intercultural awareness.
Dato che 'la mobilità resta un'eccezione piuttosto che costituire la regola' (COM(2009) 329: 5), si avverte la necessità d'intraprendere sforzi ulteriori per promuoverla, soprattutto a livello universitario. È inoltre necessario prendere in considerazione la qualità delle esperienze di mobilità fatte dai giovani europei, dato che è ormai ben noto che la sola residenza in un paese straniero non garantisce la riduzione delle percezioni stereotipiche legate alla diversità (Shaules, 2007; Strong, 2011). IEREST risponde a queste necessità attraverso la realizzazione di un Percorso Interculturale (un set di moduli didattici) da offrire agli studenti Erasmus prima, durante e dopo l'esperienza all'estero, al fine di incoraggiare la mobilità giovanile e supportare gli studenti nel trarre il maggior beneficio possibile dall'esperienza internazionale in termini di crescita personale e consapevolezza interculturale.
Intercultural educational resources for Erasmus students and their teachers (IEREST)
BEAVEN, ANA MARIA GABRIELA;BORGHETTI, CLAUDIA;Rosa Pugliese
2015
Abstract
IEREST (Intercultural Education Resources for Erasmus Students and their Teachers) is an Erasmus Multilateral Project (2012-2015) which aims at developing an Intercultural Path (a set of teaching modules) to be provided to Erasmus students before, during, and after their experience abroad, in order to encourage learning mobility and to support students in benefiting as much as possible from their international experiences in terms of personal growth and intercultural awareness. Given that 'mobility still remains the exception rather than the rule' (COM(2009) 329: 5), there is a need of further innovative efforts in promoting it, above all in higher education. Also, the quality of the young Europeans' mobility must be taken into account, since it is well known that residence in a foreign country does not of itself reduce students' stereotypical perceptions of otherness (Shaules, 2007; Strong, 2011). IEREST has met these needs by developing an Intercultural Path (namely, a set of teaching modules) to be provided to Erasmus students before, during, and after their experience abroad, in order to encourage learning mobility and to support students in benefiting as much as possible from their international experiences in terms of personal growth and intercultural awareness.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
