Intercultural preparation module

The PADMICA Intercultural Preparation Module offers a practical, engaging, culture-general, theory-based approach to help students make more effective use of intercultural learning opportunities during their mobility. Using active learning methods, it focuses on the affective and behavioural dimensions of interculturality.

Designed to be short, adaptable, and easy to implement, it fits seamlessly into diverse institutional settings, ensuring more enriching and impactful mobility experiences.

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What Higher Education Institutions’ staff stand to gain

 

  • Ensure students are better prepared for intercultural challenges
  • Improve student well-being by reducing adaptation difficulties
  • Enhance the quality of mobility programmes through structured preparation
  • Offer a scalable, low-resource solution adaptable to various institutional settings
  • Strengthen the institution’s reputation for high-quality mobility experiences

How this module supports students

 

  • Develop essential intercultural competences before departure through real-life case studies and personal examples, in a friendly, open environment
  • Understand cultural differences by recognising and critically reflecting on stereotypes
  • Learn practical strategies to navigate new cultural environments
  • Reduce anxiety and culture shock by thoughtfully adjusting expectations
  • Improve communication and adaptability in diverse settings
  • Increase confidence in engaging with locals and making meaningful connections
  • Avoid common pitfalls and misunderstandings abroad
  • Recommended by 100% of test participants!!!
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Online Branch

Available in two formats: it can be accessed on the Genially platform or downloaded as an interactive PDF. It can be easily integrated into study platforms used by higher education institutions. In addition, the script of the module has also been published.

The implementation guide for both the online and physical branches will be published shortly.

 

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Online branch materials

PADMICA Intercultural Preparation Module – Online Branch. Find the interactive PDF and the script on Zenodo.

Physical branch

A slide deck and script are provided for conducting in-person intercultural preparation training sessions.

Please note that a comprehensive trainer manual will be released at a later stage; the train-the-trainer module is currently being developed as part of the project.

 

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Physical branch materials

The physical branch items will be available later.