Europe/Middle East/Africa Focus

Keynote 2: Using Systemic Interventions to Humanize the Classroom

Irene Nikandrou & Leda Panayotopoulou (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece),

Janina Tosic (Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, Germany)

Teaching is more than conveying content. Our role is to create a safe learning environment that facilitates interactions between participants and to incorporate emerging issues into our design. As educators, we need to take into account the broader socio-economic context as well as the intra- and interpersonal experiences of our students. We need to facilitate learning experiences that allow our students to develop holistically as human beings. In this keynote session you will experience the power of systemic interventions and we will discuss goals and outcomes of these exercises. You will leave the keynote with concrete ideas for your own courses and learn more about how systemic interventions shape individuals, relationships, and the general atmosphere in the classroom.

Keynote 2: Discussion