Project outline

What is the project about?

Cultural Kaleidoscope involves the bringing together of students from schools in both Asia and Europe for a one-week conference in Kuala Lumpur. Each school Is represented by five students and an accompanying teacher.

What are the objectives of the project?

• Students from participating countries will have the opportunity to interact Face-2-Face with their partners in an informal setting and forge lasting friendships.
• Collaborative work in mixed groups will enable students to share their own culture and learn more about other cultures at the same time. All participants will also visit places of interest and learn about local craft by taking part in workshops, thus allowing them a taste of the local flavour of the host country.
• To foster international mindedness and global understanding among the multi-ethnic participants.
• The home stay concept will give the guest students a first hand experience of the local customs and traditions of a local family. It encourages tolerance and acceptance of other cultures, important values which should be stressed in the war-strife world of today
• Through display work and presentations made at each school after the conference, more students will learn about the project and be able to share virtually in the experiences of their peers. This will encourage them to participate in other future projects.

Time Frame

Oct-Nov

Participating students from each school will be identified and grouped.

Nov-Feb

Students will provide a personal profile of themselves which will be shared online and in each school on a notice board, specially meant for this AEC Project.

Participants will exchange information about their school and their surrounding area, country and a personal contribution or contributions which will be displayed as well.

Feb

The conference, hosted by Garden International School, will take place in mid-February for one week, 27th February – 3rd March 2006.

Mar-Apr

Display boards in each school will be updated with conference materials.
An event will be held with other students of the school to include a presentation, discussion and quiz with possible prizes. A video of the conference will be shown at the presentation.

May

Evaluation time

The Conference
(Monday 27th – Friday 3rd)

The conference coincides with the school’s International Week and thus, participants will be exposed to various specially planned activities for the week.

They will spend a fair amount of time working on mini projects and producing work of a collaborative nature.

Activities

During the week, the following activities will take place:

• PowerPoint presentations by all participating schools focussing on their school and the area they live in.
• Inter-school quiz based on general knowledge of participating countries
• Collaborative Art Work
• Cultural Concert Evening
• Experiencing a gastronomical journey through five countries in a tasting extravaganza
• Visits to various places of interest in Kuala Lumpur
• An opportunity to experience a hands-on workshops focusing on local crafts
• Working in mixed groups on a unique drama experience
• Producing a Newsletter
• CulKal News in Action
• Fund-raising

CULTURAL KALEIDOSCOPE
building bridges across the waters