Pilot Courses

In 2006 the draft of the main product of our PreQual project: the curriculum and handbook for an “Intercultural Qualification for Migrant Women to Enter the Health and Care Sector” will be tested and evaluated by three partners in Austria (maiz), Germany (ebg) and Italy (cesv). It has been developed on the basis of a first draft designed by MAIZ and on the results of the national studies conducted by all partners. These results were further elaborated on within 10 workshops organised by MAIZ, EBG, ANTIGONE, UNI.TS, ANPAS and CESV with the cooperation of more than 100 international experts from the different fields of the health and care sector.
While the purpose of the draft curriculum is to provide a compulsory framework in terms of content, approach and evaluation in all pilot courses, the draft will be adapted to suit the individual country-specific realities.

Methodological approach:
Besides the structure of the course contents, the didactical implementation requires using a method which necessitates the input of the course participants and where that input can be incorporated into the lessons. Paulo Freire’s approach to pedagogy called “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” considers the living conditions and circumstances of the students and concedes to them the ability to summon up the necessary motivation, knowledge and imagination needed to decide what is important for them. Learning is seen as a movement towards dialogue and social responsibility. Preparations, implementations and reflections are realized in participative cooperation.

Evaluation:
The whole course is accompanied by the self-evaluation method, developed by maiz from an antiracist and feminist perspective.
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Further information about the Courses:
Austria
Germany
Italy