Free recommendations for successful and qualitative school partnerships worldwide
Development
2014
Handbook “Sustainability in Schools”
Tools & Papers
Schools
Education, Intercultural Competences, School
School has been international for a long time
The international cooperation of schools has become an important part of the pedagogical school life. In the context of the internationalization of the school system, teachers organize a wide range of international activities, ranging from cross-border projects and class exchanges to contacts via the Internet.
About the manual
The handbook “Nachhaltigkeit macht Schule! Recommendations for Successful and Qualitative School Partnerships Worldwide” aims to provide educators who implement international school partnerships with suggestions for the development of sustainable and qualitative school partnerships. On the one hand, the handbook provides diverse background information on quality development in the context of international school partnerships, on the other hand, it presents practical tips, examples and above all recommendations for the design and implementation of successful school partnerships.
Author
Alice Scridon (IZ)
Assignment
(former) Federal Ministry for Education and Women
Goals of the manual
Even schools that have not yet started any international activities will find the handbook helpful in dealing intensively with the topic of internationalization and in defining areas to be worked on in the future. The guiding idea behind the creation of the handbook was to highlight opportunities and forms of international school partnerships, to sensitize them to an ongoing discussion of quality, and at the same time to leave room for their own design and implementation. The handbook provides a number of checklists as an analytical tool, on the basis of which it is possible to reflect and decide in which areas of one’s own school partnership further development should be initiated.
More and more teachers* and students* look beyond national borders when it comes to a topic dealt with in class and start international activities ranging from cross-border school projects, class exchanges or international work meetings to internships abroad.
Alice Scridon
You too can look beyond the national borders!
With the recommendations and materials in this collection, you will have a lot of inspiration and information to start your own international school projects and give your students a view beyond their own horizons.
The publication is available for download free of charge and released for non-commercial use. For commercial use please contact office@iz.or.at.