Tools to prevent racism and enhance multiculturalism in VET colleges Erasmus Project

Project Title

Tools to prevent racism and enhance multiculturalism in VET colleges

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Migrants’ issues; Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Social dialogue

Project Summary

According to Eurydice (2019) “Integrating Students from Migrant Backgrounds into Schools in Europe: National Policies and Measures” -report: “migrant students underperform and express a lower sense of well-being in school compared to native-born students in most European countries.” There are different factors at play, but among them, is the question of teachers’ ability to consider the diversity and to adapt to needs and to provide adequate support. It seems, that there is a lot of material about racism and multiculturalism in the field of basic education, but in general, very little in the field of the vocational sector. Therefore, there is a great need to gather more information from different countries and exchange as well as to adapt the good practices to the vocational sector, too. The project objectives are twofold: we want to improve the vocational college teachers’ (subject and practical) skills and competences to detect and understand racism in the vocational college setting and to better equip them with needed competencies and practical tools for them to adjust and support students with diverse backgrounds.

The chosen concept is four-day workshops (LTT-activity week) that are to be carried out in each project participant’s country. The structure of a workshop will be as follows:
Day 1: Introduction to the local context
Day 2: Presenting the findings and discussion + exercises
Day 3: Developing and preparing a small pilot activity
Day 4: Pilot day + evaluation

The focus of the workshop, however, changes according to the host college as every country has its context that should be considered when talking about multiculturalism and racism. Countries’ different migrant histories’ and stages provide a massive amount of valuable information as well as do the participants’ multifaceted backgrounds and experiences. However, to ensure that the workshops are focused, contextualised and time-efficient we’ve been contemplating inviting experts to facilitate the first two days of the workshop.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 87340 Eur

Project Coordinator

VANTAAN KAUPUNKI & Country: FI

Project Partners

• Stichting Christelijk Regionaal Opleidingen Centrum Noord- en Oost Nederland
• Galway and Roscommon Education & Training Board
• Mercuria kauppaoppilaitos Oy
• Colegio Nuestra Señora de Begoña Bil