Module 4 – Integration of refugee youth and participants with special needs

Attending a farm visit can provide particular benefits for teachers who educate pupils with difficulties in mainstream learning systems. Classes including children and youth with special educational needs (e.g. refugees, children with migrant background, and children with learning disabilities or social problems) can benefit from outdoor learning experiences that are often different from the experiences which are gained in a conventional learning environment.

Farm officers, teachers and the staff of service agencies who work with refugee children and handicapped pupils must have a basic knowledge of intercultural behaviours and communication. The module will give practical hints and tools for farm visits with these target groups and present best practice examples as to how the experiences and learning opportunities for different refugee target groups and participants with handicaps can be organised to support their specific needs.

What is the goal of this module?

  • Unit 1. To describe the refugee and special educational needs target groups.
  • Unit 2. To describe the different requirements and approaches to integrating these target groups.
  • Unit 3. To present good practice examples to show how farm visits can be organised for the different target groups.

After finishing this module I will have learnt....

  1. a basic knowledge about intercultural behaviours.
  2. a basic knowledge about the intercultural requirements and special needs which must be considered when planning and running farm visits.
  3. good practice examples of successful projects with farm visits for the different target groups.

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