Case Study Ireland One day in the shoes of “The Other” because I was looking at it from my to us as a society and also a benefit Expectations own perspective. The opportunity to to our children when we pass on see things from a different viewpoint what we have learned. My expectations of the course helped me open my own mind to revolved around being able to better change and to prompt me to look at Participant’s quote integrate learners from different changing my approach cultures and backgrounds into my “The The evidence and resources were a classroom. I had hoped to learn how need in society for all people to great help as they gave me new to create a safe, inclusive and conform to a set standard also made insights into the target group and dynamic learning space where all reluctant in the past to try new things, also gave the target group the learners felt valued, welcomed and after this training, I am now able and opportunity and tools to develop comfortable. willing to push the boundaries in their own thinking and approaches I also wanted to get resources and search of the path that will lead to to learning and integration to make practices that will make me a better proper, meaningful integration…” the training more successful for teacher and make me more aware of them. what are the best practices coming I also met people in a similar position Thought for the Other out of Europe, helping me to make to myself and we used the sure that I am delivering the best opportunity to discuss various The ability of people to see “a us” quality in my classroom possible. approaches and ideas that have and not “a them” will be the measure I also, wanted to meet like-minded worked for us in the past and we also of how we progress as a society. I people on the course and be able to discussed the tools in the Handbooks hope that this project helps us on the network with them. for Us & Them and how they could road to making sure that in the What have I learned? be used to make our service better. future, there will be no “us” or It is good to know that people are “them”… Just a “we”! working on making our integration The opportunity to look at the move from the point of view of the migrant into one another’s cultures easier and more simple. This was really interesting and it was a ability will be of great benefit great focus point for my learning
Case Study One day in the shoes of “The Other” Ireland Expectations My expectations of the course revolved around being able to better integrate learners from different cultures and backgrounds into my classroom. I had hoped to learn how to create a safe, inclusive and dynamic learning space where all learners felt valued, welcomed and comfortable. I also wanted to get resources and practices that will make me a better teacher and make me more aware of what are the best practices coming out of Europe, helping me to make sure that I am delivering the best quality in my classroom possible. I also, wanted to meet like-minded people on the course and be able to network with them. What have I learned? The opportunity to look at the move from the point of view of the migrant was really interesting and it was a great focus point for my learning because I was looking at it from my own perspective. The opportunity to see things from a different viewpoint helped me open my own mind to change and to prompt me to look at changing my approach The evidence and resources were a great help as they gave me new insights into the target group and also gave the target group the opportunity and tools to develop their own thinking and approaches to learning and integration to make the training more successful for them. I also met people in a similar position to myself and we used the opportunity to discuss various approaches and ideas that have worked for us in the past and we also discussed the tools in the Handbooks for Us & Them and how they could be used to make our service better. It is good to know that people are working on making our integration into one another’s cultures easier and more simple. This ability will be of great benefit to us as a society and also a benefit to our children when we pass on what we have learned. Participant’s quote “The need in society for all people to conform to a set standard also made reluctant in the past to try new things, after this training, I am now able and willing to push the boundaries in search of the path that will lead to proper, meaningful integration…” Thought for the Other The ability of people to see “a us” and not “a them” will be the measure of how we progress as a society. I hope that this project helps us on the road to making sure that in the future, there will be no “us” or “them”… Just a “we”!