Εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα για τη διαπολιτισμική επικοινωνία: “Επικοινωνούμε ... διαφορετικά!”

Abstract

Due to the imperative need of modern societies for communication and understanding among people from different cultural environments, it is said that education should promote the cultivation of skills that can ensure the peaceful coexistence of individuals. The aim of this paper was the examination of the phenomenon of multicultural communication as presented in Freedom Writers ((LaGravenese, 2007), as well as the creation of a socio pedagogical project based on the aspects of communication that are depicted in the film. The theme of the movie is the endless effort of Professor Erin Gruwell to improve the lives of students from a multicultural classroom in Los Angeles. The research of verbal and non-verbal communication was based on the method of content analysis .The outcome of the survey reports a great amount of references in non-verbal communication, reflecting the importance of role in interpersonal relations. As far as verbal communication is concerned, references were detected in the categories of violence, barriers of effective communication and a great deal of instances in the category of prejudice and stereotypes. Given the results of the research, an educational project applied to the first graders of Vocational high school was designed, entitled “Communicate… differently!”.