Classroom Climate
This bilingually taught module (English/French) will seek to deconstruct the relationship between emotion and cognition and will explore modes of communication and pedagogical practices that support education for intercultural understanding in diverse classroom settings.
The course comprises 4 sessions of approximately 1 hour 30 minutes and can be delivered in-person in your school.
How to participate?
This course is bookable by a school or educational organisation and is not open to individual registrations. The course delivery format, number of attendees and schedule will be tailored to your school’s needs.
Please contact institute@ecolint.ch for an initial consultation and to request a quote.
Topics/ Keywords
Inclusion, emotion and cognition, classroom environment
Learning Outcomes
Participants will be able to
- Critically reflect on how one’s personal and social identity inform pedagogical practices, curriculum and course development;
- Communicate effectively and productively with students on the impact of identity constructs on the classroom environment
- Create inclusive classroom environments that draw intentionally and positively from the diversity of the student population to support learning and critical thinking;
- Implement innovative pedagogical practices and approaches that promote intercultural learning.
Sessions
Session 1: Emotion and cognition
- Introduction to research on emotion and cognition
- Learning Principles
- Climate factors
- Discussion and activity
Session 2: Using language
- Reading non-verbal communication
- Non-violent communication
- Speaking and listening
- Activity based on VISIONS guidelines
Session 3: Embracing ambiguity
- Teacher self-efficacy
- Pedagogy of discomfort
- Accepting vulnerability - teachers and students
- Giving students voice, choice and agency
- Discussion and activity
Session 4: Individual or small group coaching session
About the Facilitator
Karen Taylor is Director of Education and the Institute for Learning and Teaching at the International School of Geneva and Associate Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Education at Durham University, England. Prior to moving to Switzerland in 2008, Dr. Taylor taught at Sidwell Friends School and in the Liberal Studies Program at Georgetown University, Washington, DC (USA) where she received her PhD in History in 2000. Dr. Taylor's research interests include eighteenth-century French educational writing, global citizenship education, inclusion, and plurilingual education.
Reminder - how to participate
This course is bookable by a school or educational organisation and is not open to individual registrations. The course delivery format (in-person or online), number of attendees and schedule will be tailored to your school’s needs.
Please contact institute@ecolint.ch for an initial consultation and to request a quote.