ABOUT THIS TRAINING
This 7-day course equips teachers to integrate gender equality, inclusion, diversity awareness, and anti-discrimination principles into everyday teaching.
Participants learn to recognize biases, design inclusive materials, support marginalized learners, prevent gender stereotyping, and foster equitable classroom dynamics.
It combines EU and Council of Europe policies, child rights education, intersectionality frameworks, and practical classroom strategies.
Target audience:
Pre-primary, primary, and secondary teachers;
youth workers;
school administrators.
Format:
Experiential & practice-oriented with creative and humanities-based methods.
Unique angle:
Intersectional, human-rights-based, culturally responsive, with emphasis on micro-behavioural change, school culture building, and niche tools used in progressive education.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Knowledge
Participants will understand:
EU frameworks on gender equality, inclusion, and anti-discrimination in education
Intersectional lens (gender x ethnicity x disability x migration x socio-economic background)
Gender stereotypes and their impact on learning, self-confidence, and choices
Inclusive communication, materials, and learning environments
Implicit bias and teacher micro-behaviours
Skills
Participants will be able to:
Apply inclusive pedagogies and gender-sensitive teaching strategies
Detect and address discriminatory incidents, microaggressions, and exclusion
Redesign lesson plans and learning materials using inclusion standards
Facilitate sensitive discussions (identity, stereotypes, discrimination) safely
Implement participatory democracy and children’s rights education
Attitudes
Participants will develop:
Reflective teaching practices
Commitment to fairness, equity, and diversity
Courage to intervene constructively in discriminatory behaviour
NICHE METHODOLOGIES & TOOLS
Intersectional bias mapping
Gender-neutral classroom design & language mapping exercises
Critical media literacy for stereotype deconstruction
Story-based identity exploration (narrative, drama, visual literacy)
Restorative anti-bias micro-circles
Design-thinking for inclusion
Children’s Rights Classroom Charter (based on CoE Child Rights Education Framework)
Empathy-building arts tools (image theatre, tableau, comics creation)
DELIVERABLES FOR PARTICIPANTS
A complete Inclusive Teaching Toolkit (digital)
Checklist for gender-sensitive and inclusive lesson planning
Equality & Inclusion Classroom Charter template
Set of 21 micro-practices to implement immediately