The reinforcement of Physical Education Teachers’ Intercultural Competence (PETIC)

PETIC is a comprehensive project aimed to equip Physical Education (PE) teachers of primary and secondary education with the appropriate knowledge and skills for raising their own and pupils’ intercultural competence level. By the designing of a Learning Management System and through a Digital Education ecosystem, project attempts to upscale PE teachers’ learning and teaching competences for designing and implemented competence based didactic scenarios tailored made to the needs of their multicultural pupils. Additionally, project aims to ensure equal opportunities for all and attemps to encourage and involve schools and teachers with no experience in European projects, work in schools with high rate of migrant and refugee students and in remote and urban areas, that are most reluctant, or face various participation difficulties. PETIC intends to convert PE into a setting of exploratory learning, research, and expression, and lead all students, regardless of their cultural background, to achieve intercultural understanding, communication and sensitivity. Finally, project takes advantage of the diverse cultural perspectives of all partners and through the exchanging of experience and good practices aims to promote innovative, inclusive and multilingual pedagogies, to support national reforms and promote social inclusion.