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An Intercultural Look at Our Schools (ILAOS)
Action 2.E.6
1.C.10
Presented to 350 participants from all ECML member states
When schools consider the intercultural dimension of teaching and learning, they ensure students develop
and reach their potential in all subjects.
For this reason, PPLI adapted and contextualised the ECML Roadmap for Use in Post-Primary Schools in
Ireland. The result is ILAOS, a toolkit for self-evaluation and support for intercultural and linguistic diversity in
post-primary schools. Development of the toolkit and project resources involved working with and gathering
feedback from other stakeholders and developing examples of good practice in collaboration with teachers.
This toolkit raises awareness of the effect students’ plurilingual and pluricultural identities and competences
has on learning. It also supports teachers and school management in improving students’ access to the
curriculum whilst also encouraging schools to cast an intercultural look at aspects of school life beyond the
classroom. ILAOS ensures all languages and cultures of the school community are included and valued.
Website resources
The ILAOS website hosts a range of resources to support schools to engage with the project.
All the resources can be downloaded. They include suggestions for successful implementation of the toolkit,
multilingual information letters for parents/guardians, and other documents to engage the whole school
community.
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