TRAINING COURSES
TIILC is committed to
excellence in the provision of learning /
training courses for intercultural learning and communication.
Provision and monitoring of quality courses are central to our ethos as
our coures are aimed at both national and international learners. TIILC
offers innovative opportunities for intercultural learning and
communication nationally and internationally. Our goal is to bring
clear understandings of local and global cultural perspectives to all
learners, be they residents in England or in any country around the
world. TIILC develops and provides programs of training courses for
teachers and learners on a rolling basis. These are designed to be
delivered in a creative and particapatory way. They are also designed
to be flexible and reflect the realities of contemporary lifestyles.
MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES GLOBAL COLLECTIONS ARCHIVES
Contact Seminar
11 - 13th June
2009
The
purpose of this seminar is to bring people together who work in
curating and explaining diverse global living cultures within the
museum and galleries heritage sectors. The seminar will address issues
relating to the challenges and difficulties of applying intercultural
communication skills to promote understanding and usage of such
collections. Diverse points of view will be explored reflecting global
history with a view to unlocking the potential of collections as an
asset for education and learning. This will include how contemporary
Europe has embraced the growing number of migrants communities .
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CULTURAL EXPLAINING COURSE
Practice-Policy-Theory-Advocacy
22nd Jan - Nov
2009
The purpose of this
course is to use integrated
approaches and tools to address issues relating to use of people’s
local knowledge and the understanding of identity in a changing world..
The influences, commonalities and differnces of cultural interpretation
on environmental and social-economic issues will be explored.
The course module is for a year and successful students who completed
and passed the course will gain admission for a master’s degree course
at International Development Research Institute, University of London.
The one year course learning root One day per semester at International
Development Education Research Centre at Institute of Education, London
University
1st Semester
students expected to
reflect on the issues raised with a
fellow student and share a joint practical paper on the issues which is
shared with fellow students. What is a Cultural Explainer- their
contribution to building support for development? What do we mean by
perspectives/approaches to learning?
2nd Semester
is based primarily on
practice methodologies and approaches
and students will be on placement in partners venues which are selected
schools, museums and community voluntary organisations including
internationally based companies.
3rd Semester
is to review of what has
been learnt from practice and relate
it to own thinking include one to one support sessions with students to
identify specific follow up needs. To also enable students to
contribute effectively to policy development, implementation and
critical evaluation.
EXPLAINING LIVING CULTURES
24th – 31st July
2009
The purpose of this
course is to use integrated approaches and
tools to address issues relating to the understanding poverty and long
life learning from Africa or ‘Southern’ pespectives. The influences,
commonalities and differnces of cultural interpretation on
environmental and social-economic issues will be explored.
Participants will reflect on cultural values and inheritances and
interactions in an increasingly global society. The course will explore
different methods and approaches to explain libring culutres in our
increasingly global society.
CULTURAL HERITAGE IN DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION COURSE
26th March
2009
The
aim of this course is to demontrate how arts and cultural heritage can
be used as learning opportunities in development education - and also
as a tool to faciltate understanding of other peoples’ cultural
inheritances and thus enriching the lives of the learners and their
communities. The seminar will offer participants cross-cultural
interaction and communication to develop partnerships projects.
