Early school leaving is a complex, dynamic and multifaceted phenomenon, resulting from a combination of personal, social, economic, educational and family-related factors, very often linked to socio-economic disadvantage. It is rarely a sudden decision, and usually the visible result of a long process of underachievement and progressive disengagement from education.
Continue Reading“Now that my ladder’s gone, I must lie down where all the ladders start In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart” William Butler Yeats
“Working together for local integration of migrants and refugees ” Concrete examples of how different-sized cities have shaped migrant and refugee integration policies at the local level.
A dilemma for inclusive education is one of quantity vs. quality. Is it more important to improve the quality of education for those students currently in school or to use resources to expand the number benefitting from education? From a human-rights perspective, there is no question that continuing to exclude some children from education, or from the regular education system, is discrimination and needs immediate rectification.
I often use a story to illustrate this last point.
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Dimension 1:
Concepts
In a national education system that is in the process of becoming inclusive:
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Members of ICON Greece visited Riace global village, where about 3.000 refugees reside in an almost abandoned village. ICON Greece was invited by NGO Darsana Terranga which has affiliates with local authorities and residents. The visit in Riace and the working meetings with partners were the most interesting and challenging projects ICON Greece implemeted.
Target groups:
The term ‘diversity management’ refers to the adequate and effective management of differences through:
• knowledge
• dynamic skills
• creative mind-set (ability to see things from different angles)
• and without rigid prejudgement (Ting-Toomey and Chung, 2004)
The term ‘diversity’ refers to the non-homogeneity among the members of a society (individuals and/or groups) from a cultural, social, political, economic, or any other perspective. As a consequence, the definition of diversity can vary.
Fargespill (or “Kaleidoscope” in English) is an ensemble consisting of children and youths from all over the world.