HOW TEACHERS CAN BENEFIT FROM THE REFUGEE ISSUE: A SUGGESTED CREATIVE PROGRAM FOR PUPILS
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https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.2831Keywords:
creative program, refugee issue, primary education, early childhood educationAbstract
It is estimated that the refugee phenomenon is a multimodal issue in a preschool and elementary class. The teachers have many complex problems to solve. There are teachers who have difficulties in order to getting over. However, the refugee phenomenon could be an issue for matching the common elements among pupils. According to the theoretical background analyzed below, the findings so far internationally and in Greece emphasize the importance of creativity in education and its outcomes. In Greece, in recent years, during the refugee flows and the integration of the refugee pupils into the classes, teachers and students are faced with challenges in order to overpass the difficulties. This paper aims to suggest a program for educators based on the cultivation of creativity and the means of expression in children from different cultural backgrounds. Diversity will be the point of convergence to enhance creativity, the stereotypical and repetitive are indices of low creativity, while the difference is a privilege that can be exploited by children with different recruits and this is the starting point for enhancing creativity.
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