General Principles

Member institutions of the Comenius Association organise international weeks for staff and/ or students that usually last for one or week.

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These international weeks can be implemented in different ways:

• a week including school visits, discussions about practice, cultural visits, etc.

• a thematic week focusing on a specific topic

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These international weeks could also consist of:

• a school placement

• courses in the host institution

• a research week

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The international weeks have several objectives:

• Above all to challenge their ‘ethnocentric’ views on culture by meeting other cultures, other ways of living, other families, other people.

•  To enhance the personal development of students and staff by enabling them to experience something different from their daily routine

•  To encourage their autonomy by giving them the opportunity to develop their own projects

•  To broaden their educational experiences by being exposed to other systems

•  To give them the opportunity to communicate in another language.

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Conditions

• Target groups: any student or any staff member from member institutions interested in the project

• Deadline for students’ nominations: 20 November. 

• For the institutions who can only host a limited number of participants this will be clearly mentioned in the description.

• Nominations can only be forwarded by the international office.

• In December, before the holidays, Host Institutions have to confirm the possibility to accept more students if requested by some coordinators.

• Cost: we try to keep it as low as possible to stimulate mobility. More precise informations will be communicated in the description of each international week.

• Accommodation: to be negotiated with the host institution

• ECTS credits: 1 or 2 credits for a week, depending on the preparation and commitment

• Certificate: each participant will receive a certificate.

• Preparation: depending on the project, some preparation might be required.

• During the project, participants have to be present at all activities involved in the project.

• After the project, participants are encouraged to disseminate the results, the contents of the project in their home institution.

 

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