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Intercultural Education through Museums.

Museums represent valuable resources for intercultural education but innovativemethodologies need to be developed to increase motivation for learning, particularlyamong upper-secondary school pupils. One way to stimulate pupils' active involvementin intercultural learning and their reflection on sensitive and complex issues regardingcultural diversity, intercultural dialogue or combating racism and xenophobia, as well astheir willingness to learn other languages, is by integrating the use of ICT and the ideaof trans-national learning partnerships in the framework of school-museum cooperation.Thus, the project aims at developing and testing an innovative methodology structuredaccording to the following steps:- pupils, supported by teachers of various subjects and by museum specialists, designan interactive video game based on the resources offered by a local museum- they exchange DVDs with their games and try to find solutions to games produced bypartners- through a series of videoconferences they exchange ideas inspired by their work onthe games- each class reflects on the learning outcomes associated with the whole experienceBy engaging in this process pupils are motivated to learn English (their games will be inEnglish), to improve their skills for using technology, to express their creativity, but alsoto learn and reflect about cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue. A package ofDVDs produced by pupils, together with an additional DVD with resources andmethodological instructions for teachers will be produced and disseminated.
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