Effective partnerships in promoting intercultural education

The Moldova State University is continuing its efforts to promote EIC among educational
community by strengthening partnerships with pre-school and school institutions. Thus, On April
12, 2023, at the Center for Didactic Resources for Intercultural Education of the Moldova State
University, a training course on Methodology of Intercultural Education was organized for teachers
and managers from educational institutions where pre-service teachers from the Faculty of Philology
and the Faculty of Psychology, Pedagogy, Sociology and Social Work conducted their internships.
During training sessions moderated by Dr. Dorina Rotari, participants had the opportunity to
develop intercultural skills and learn new educational practices in order to align with the challenges
of multicultural schools. These sessions focused on fundamental aspects regarding the principles and
dynamics of intercultural competence development, intercultural didactics, intercultural competence
assessment, etc.
Through this training, advanced experiences in the field of intercultural education were disseminated
and acquired within the project “Promoting and developing intercultural education for pre-service
teacher training” (phase 2), implemented by E.C. PRO DIDACTICA in partnership with 6
universities with a pedagogical profile in the country and funded by the Pestalozzi Children’s
Foundation from Switzerland.