Week 1-4
The first four weeks are dedicated to an anonymous exchange between students in pairs.
During specific activities, students ask their international peer a set of questions and themselves give answers that reveal glimpses of their environment, customs and emotions. After sharing this information with their international peer and reading the common answers, students will spend time reflecting on their guesses and prior assumptions concerning the peers' origin.
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education-informed design.
Through these activities, students are
brought to reflect on their own life paths, values and beliefs. Reading their anonymous peer's answer without filtering the information through the lens of a national or cultural identity, enables to create an initial bond free of stereotypes and biases. In this judgment free space, students are enabled to develop an empathic space of listening and sharing.
Besides, students are also brough to pay attention to their own environment in order to share appropriate information with a sense of 'slow looking' that contrasts with the rapid pace of social media and everyday life.
Student feedback
Did you discover something new about
yourself?
"I think I learnt to embrace more my emotions."
"I realized that sometimes I don't pay much attention to
my emotions."
"I opened myself to my own self and it felt good and I learned
things about me and my thoughts."
"Yes, that I'm more inclined to open up if someone doesn't know
my identity"
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Would you recommend this activity to other students?"
"Yes, because we need to take stock of the little things that overwhelm our daily lives."
"Yes. It's a fun way to connect with each others and a way to think creatively to connect!"
"Yes, because it helps you open up to yourself and others without
worrying about being judged."
"Yes, Because it's something really different from the
activities we usually do, so it can be fun and distracting
(in a positive way). It can also help us to develop our
creativity and to think outside the box."
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