«Ζώντας Όλοι Μαζί»: Σεμινάρια ευαισθητοποίησης εκπαιδευτικών για τη στήριξη των μαθητών προσφύγων και μεταναστών

Abstract

Refugee and migrant children face unique challenges, including lack of access to education,  language  barriers, social exclusion, multiple moves, and trauma exposure that can increase the risk of psycho-emotional problems and school failure (Ruiz, Kabler, & Sugarman, 2011; Anagnostopoulos et al., 2016; Hebebrand et al., 2016). ‘Living together’ is a series of awareness raising training seminars for formal and non-formal education teachers to strengthen resilience, promote inclusive education and psychosocial support of refugee and migrant students in Greek schools. The seminars were developed by British Council in partnership with UNICEF and were implemented from May 2017 to May 2018. The key elements of the seminars included: interactive presentations, experiential structured classroom activities, educational material, and evaluation of the training seminars’ effectiveness. Around 800 teachers took part in the 27 seminars organized in 11 cities in Greece. The results of the seminars evaluation showed that participants obtained new knowledge and tools for the educational and psychosocial support of refugee and migrant students.