Mapping mobility trajectories

Mapping mobility trajectories

Mobility trajectories Educators are encountering more varied student populations in their classrooms, yet they frequently struggle to transform this diversity into an added value for educational practice and for students’ engagement. Research project MO-TRAYL...
Cocktail party simulation

Cocktail party simulation

In this activity, a cocktail party is simulated. Individuals take on roles as representatives of three different companies that are collaborating on a business venture to develop a hotel and retail shopping complex. The companies are a hotel, a construction firm and a...
Me as us

Me as us

Building empathy between the ingroup and outgroup is complicated. A large part of that complexity is distance from the lived experience. People often believe they are unquestionably part of a homogeneous identity, whether it be their country, race, or political views...
Culture shock

Culture shock

“Culture shock is the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone when they are suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes” (Oxford dictionary). This activity helps students understand the phenomenon of culture shock a bit...
At the table

At the table

As part of a workshop it is common practice to do an exercise that not only helps people to get to know each other, but also to create awareness of identity formation, values, norms and rituals, and the power of culture. In this exercise, participants in a workshop...
The flag exercise

The flag exercise

Part of workshops is often for people to get to know each other better and learn about the many different parts of each other’s identity. And most of all, learn that identity is more than one’s ethnicity or nationality. Learning goals To increase awareness of...