Inclusion activities in and out of the classroom II

Students in a class/classroom participate in a joint activity aimed at inclusion and democratic coexistence.

Who are we?

Steps

  1. A teacher takes the initiative and asks the students to bring photographs of themselves.
  2. The students decide with the teacher in which area of the classroom (and in which way) their photographs will be placed, so that there is a collage of all the students in the classroom.
  3. Once the collage is created, the group can ask other teachers they interact with to bring their photographs, adding those to the collage. This activity can also be carried out in a digital format.

Let’s decorate our classroom

Steps

  1. The teacher and the students discuss the decoration of the classroom. They collect ideas and organize ways to do it.
  2. Students are divided into groups and take on an activity (e.g., drawing, collecting photos, collage, etc.).
  3. Once the classroom is decorated, an opening event can be organized: parents or another class can be invited and the students can show the visitors around their classroom.

I give you the floor

Steps

  1. The teacher agrees with the students that they will try to change the way the question-answer interaction is carried out in the classroom when discussing a topic (whether or not it is relevant to the lesson). The change is that, instead of the teacher giving the floor to each student who raises his or her hand to speak, the previous student who spoke should do so.
  2. Test this agreement in practice.
  3. The group discusses the benefits and difficulties of such a change. They may also discuss possible alternatives and decide whether to adopt one of the suggested ways.

Evaluation

Reflective class discussion: What feelings did I have during the activity? What thoughts did I haveabout it? What did I learn?

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Duration: 45-180 minutes for each activity

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More activities of the “During” category

Creation of an action plan

The Teachers’ Council forms an action team with the principal, school teachers, students and parents of all students and assigns it to create, design and coordinate the implementation of an Action Plan for the inclusion of the school’s refugee children.

Inclusion activities in and out of the classroom I

Students in a class participate in a one-hour activity aimed at teamwork and cooperation.

Agreement on the team operation (secondary education)

A workshop for the students to decide together what they need to do in order to work inclusively and efficiently in
the school environment.

Compare it

The school organizes an action or actions in which the students (either some or all of them, depending on the action) participate with the aim of including refugee students.

Rights, responsibilities and rules in the classroom (primary education)

Through an experiential activity, groups of students will learn about the connection between rights, responsibilities
and rules. They will democratically define the rules for the proper operation of their own classroom.

Mentors at school (students and parents)

A workshop for parents, students, or a mixed group of both, with the objective of training in peer-to-peer mentoring
(student-student-parent or parent-parent) in order to develop peer-to-peer counseling and support relationships
within the school community.