Achieving Intercultural Education and Language Awareness and Intercultural Communication In School of Inclusion Using ICT

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Full reference

G. Karountzou, I. Papadogiannis and M. Wallace, Achieving Intercultural Education and Language Awareness and Intercultural Communication In School of Inclusion Using ICT, IAIE 2021 Intercultural Conference, June 27-30, 2021, held online

Abstract

The recent refugee crisis as well as the continuous migration made it imperative to update for the Greek educational system to be updated and apply new methods, teaching techniques that include intercultural practices, so that the school becomes able to manage the cultural heterogeneity of students. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have become an extremely useful tool for teachers promoting the principles of Intercultural Education and the Inclusive School. However, ICT are not sufficiently utilized in the Greek Educational system. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the ways of utilizing ICT. In the modern Greek educational system and focus on the possibilities but also the problems in their application in the school context. An effort will be made to highlight all the positive results from the application of ICT in Greek education, with an emphasis on primary education, especially now that we are experiencing the Covid 2 virus pandemic and social inequalities and educational exclusion are growing.