c/o School of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University Campus 54124
Thessaloniki
Greece
- Youth and education
Our mission is to:
-connect academic knowledge with the broader society,
-involve parents, educators and children in the promotion of multiculturalism and multi/bilingualism
-inform and sensitize citizens on issues of racism in and out of the school context,
-provide voluntary classes for migrant students of primary and secondary education, who need support,
-produce multilingual material (periodical, other publications in print or digital form)
-oprganise actions that support migrant languages and cultures (seminars, social events etc)
-provide an informative and interactive wesite on multilingual and multicultural issues (www.polydromo.gr)
During the two years (since February 2009) of our existence we have:
-produced periodicals and other publications
-organised presentations, seminars, conferences and open discussions on issues of bilingualism and multiculturalism (at an academic and a social level)
-we have organised support classes for migrant students
-we have set up a site that is constantly revised, so that it can provide information to parents and educators in many languages.
-our new project is the production of informative material on educational issues in many languages that will be distributed to schools for free (via the Aristotle University)
-managed to make connections amongst educators, academics, parents and children with the aim of encouraging a dynamic and creative educational environment