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Workshop Description:

Developing Teacher Competences for Pluralistic Approaches

28–29 September 2021 
ECML, Graz, Austria (pandemic permitting) 
Working languages will be English and French with simultaneous interpretation

Pluralistic approaches aim to improve learning in the various aspects of language education by building on students' prior learning. They make it possible to take better account of the languages of the classroom, promote the development of plurilingual and intercultural skills and contribute to success in all subjects, which is based on the language skills of the learners.

The project proposes tools for teacher education to enable them to draw on these approaches in the practice of their various disciplines. It thus contributes to the development of inclusive, plurilingual and intercultural education and the strengthening of social cohesion.

Workshop focus:

• exchanges on specific needs in various contexts for the development of teaching skills for pluralistic approaches
• the sharing of participants’ experiences in this area
• the tools developed by the team, intended for teacher education and aimed at fostering the development of competences for the implementation of pluralistic approaches
• lists of teaching competences
• examples of scenarios and sequences of tasks for initial and continuing teacher education.

Participants will be invited to evaluate these tools and their relevance to their specific contexts and needs, and to make suggestions for improvement.

Expected outputs and outcomes:

• lists of competences
• sequences of tasks that participants can adapt for their own context by drawing on scenarios
• better competences for teacher training in language teaching through pluralistic approaches
• analysis of the specific needs for the use of pluralistic approaches
• development/selection of teacher education approaches
• use of the proposed tools
• a better knowledge of the issues related to teacher education in pluralistic approaches and of the responses developed in various countries.

Participant Profile

Professional background:

For this workshop, priority will be given to professionals with experience in teacher training in the different areas of language education at various levels of education:

• regional and foreign languages
• linguistic aspects of teaching all subjects, including the language of schooling as a subject.

Experience and competences required:

• a good knowledge of plurilingual approaches and in particular of pluralistic approaches 
  

• experience with these approaches in teaching and/or in teacher education.