According
to project’s planned C5 activity, teachers in mobility to Portugal attended: different
workshops to experience and observe Portuguese SEN students and teachers most
common practices, gaining awareness of intercultural differences and the
Portuguese educational system procedures. It is expected that these activities might
develop autonomy, social engagement, organization and commitment in our
students, important skills to work out collaboratively in school and afterwards
in real life contexts. Therefore, activities related to Learning by Doing were baking (flavors, ingredients, kitchen
utensils and usage, hygiene and safety procedures), gardening and arts made out
of local and recyclable materials.
Showing
real working examples, was a follow up to school experience and training, it
exemplified how working choices are dealt with in our community, besides
experiencing a different reality from the school one. Teachers had the
opportunity to visit MAPADI – a local private institution of solidarity that
supports children and older people with mental disability in the municipality –
an example of professional education and support, real working and social
inclusion, for example weaving looms,
cooking, laundry and car washing, services that are offered by the institution
and used by community. Participants also visited CAO - Occupational Activity
Center - a Residential Home with Autonomous Residences and Protected Employment
Center and could observe in locu a
unique national experience of inclusiveness for older people.
To
reflect how visual effects and ICT resources will enhance students' linguistic
and communicative skills and contribute to widen knowledge of European cultural
heritage, Alive and Ticking in the
Library activities, gave teachers an opportunity to attend workshops using ICT
for reading purposes, together with more traditional strategies to further
reading skills, like Kamishibai storytelling. Teacher librarian presented the school
library, explained the use of ColorAdd code for daltonic people and ICT
applications to develop reading. Pupils are encouraged to read digitally,
besides paper, to use ARAWORD pictograms if disabled, to associate the image to
its meaning, and to participate, all together, in activities related to Reading
Literacy.
Participants
could observe how sport promotes socialization, therefore inclusion, according
to the level of physical proficiency, as well as a collaborative experience
among pupils, in a simulation of real life, plus, working out safety criteria
and sports' gadgets. In Active, Sportive
and Safe! Teachers learnt about the school’s road safety circuit and protocol
as a Reference School for Road Education.
From Accessibility To Cultural
heritage, participants acknowledged and evaluated
accessibility solutions in Portuguese cities by comparison to their very own reality.
They were given an example on how to make students recognize places and
monuments and exercise citizenship awareness for disabled people.
Teachers
attended a workshop and learnt how to build digital Mobility Passport/guide
which exemplifies how students could work out an inclusive cultural visit to a
town. They visited different cities to acknowledge difficulties and notice
Portuguese facilities already in use, on the streets or on heritage sites,
profiting as well to get to know more about Portuguese culture.
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