Maria Mitsiaki*, Iraklis Pliakis**
Democritus University of Thrace*
University of Reading**
This paper presents a cross-thematic project of Sociology and Greek Language seen under the perspective of Intercultural Education. We approached the notion of “migration” to a multicultural class of 14 3rd Grade pupils of the Greek Senior High School (SHS) coming from Albania, Romania, Moldova and Greece. All foreign pupils have attended primary school in Greece and have good command of the Greek language. The 7-hour intercultural cross-thematic project was implemented as follows: 1. “Minorities-subcultures and diversity”, 2. “Economic migrants and political refugees: a multicultural setting”, 3. “Different migration policies”, 4 “We vs the others”: stereotypes, prejudice and racism”. The project’s effectiveness was evaluated via a) written production, b) questionnaires, and c) hypothetical condition tasks. The findings suggest that, in spite of the pupils’ initial reluctant attitude, at the end we reached an equitable interaction of the diverse cultures within the class by sharing cultural expressions through dialogue and by experiencing mutual respect.
