Comrat State University University Curriculum INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION for future teachers Chişinău • 2020 This curriculum was developed within the project „Promoting and developing intercultural education (ICE) for pre-service teacher training”, implemented by the PRO DIDACTICA Educational Center, with the support of the „Pestalozzi” Children’s Foundation, Switzerland. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not in any way engage the institutions to which they belong, and do not reflect the position of the institution that funded the development or provided the project management. Project manager: Rima BEZEDE, PRO DIDACTICA Educational Center Project coordinator: Cristina BUJAC, PRO DIDACTICA Educational Center Project expert: Viorica GORAŞ-POSTICĂ, PRO DIDACTICA Educational Center Work coordinator: Maria IANIOGLO, dr., assoc. prof., Comrat State University Authors: Maria IANIOGLO, Maria VLAH, Galina LEVINTII, Galina MUTAF, Dmitri UZUN, Irina BEANOVA, Liudmila CHIOR, Natalia CUŢITARU, Liudmila NEDU, Olga TERZI, Prascovia NICOLAEVA, Ecaterina IAMBOGLO, Irina POIDOLOVA National reviewers: Loretta HANDRABURA, dr., assoc. prof., International Taekwondo Academy Olga COSOVAN, dr., assoc. prof., „Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical University of Chișinău International reviewer: Călin RUS, dr., Intercultural Institute of Timișoara Colecţia Biblioteca Pro Didactica Seria Aici şi Acum Edit: Mariana VATAMANU Correction: Vitalie SCURTU Cover and computer processing: Nicolae SUSANU Print: „Bons Offices” Editorial-Polygraph House Centrul Educaţional PRO DIDACTICA str. Armenească, nr. 13, mun. Chișinău, MD-2012 tel.: (022) 54 25 56, fax: 54 41 99 e-mail: [email protected] © PRO DIDACTICA Educational Center. All rights reserved. ______________________________________________________________________________ Descrierea CIP a Camerei Naţionale a Cărţii Intercultural Education: University Curriculum for future teachers / Maria Ianioglo, Maria Vlah, Galina Levintii [et al.]; project manager: Rima Bezede; project coord.: Cristina Bujac; Comrat State Univ. – Chișinău: Centrul Educațional “Pro Didactica”, 2020 (Tipogr. “Bons Offices”). – 100 p.: tab. – (Colecţia “Biblioteca Pro Didactica”, ISBN 978-9975-3013-2-9) (Seria “Aici şi Acum”, ISBN 978-9975-3013-3-6). Aut. sunt indicați pe vs. f. de tit. – Referințe bibliogr. la sfârșitul curriculumurilor. – Apare cu sprijinul “Pestalozzi” Children’s Foundation, Switzerland. – 25 ex. ISBN 978-9975-3259-9-8. 378.015(073) I-58 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Curriculum Intercultural education .................................................................................................. 6 Modular approach: Curriculum Pedagogy .....................................................................................................................28 Curriculum Psychology ...................................................................................................................34 Curriculum Preschool teacher training ........................................................................................41 Curriculum Gagauz language and culture ................................................................................45 Curriculum Musical repertoire for preschoolers ........................................................................50 Curriculum Pedagogical ethics ......................................................................................................54 Curriculum Theory and methodology of educational activity ..............................................58 Curriculum Theory and methodology of musical education for preschoolers .................62 Curriculum Practical course of English (Part IV) ........................................................................67 Curriculum Pedagogical internship .............................................................................................71 Curriculum Romanian language and multilingualism ...........................................................76 Curriculum Romanian language, culture and civilization .....................................................80 Curriculum History, culture and traditions of Gagauz people ..............................................87 Curriculum Ethnopedagogy ...........................................................................................................93 University Curriculum Intercultural Education Introduction The global characteristic of the curriculum is/must be validated at the level of curricular project developments, needed at system level and in the educational process. Sorin Cristea In the southern area of the Republic of Moldova, on an area of 1832 square kilometers, the population counts a number of 171,000 inhabitants, mainly of Gagauz nationality, speak- ers of a Turkish origin language and culturally close to the Turks, but of a Christian-Orthodox confession. This space, with its three cities and 23 villages, is a multilingual one, 3 official lan- guages being spoken here: Romanian, Gagauz and Russian. It is a multiethnic region, located in an environment of common cultural values, but also different, derived from the culture of the ethnic groups that coexist: Gagauz (82%), Moldovans (4,7%), Russians (3,2%), Bulgarians (4,9%), Ukrainians (2,5%), other minorities (1%). The ethnic groups represented in this com- munity, living together over time, have developed relationships and exchanges of culture that happened naturally, without being planned or forced. The mixed environment created conditions for permanent contact of cultures which contributed to different interferences, manifested in free borrowings, changes and mutual enrichment. In this context, intercultural education of teacher training programs for students promote knowledge and respect for the culture, traditions and lifestyle of the ethnic communities, by all the inhabitants of the country and region, it constitutes an ideological option in demo- cratic societies and aims at the future citizens to make a better choice and direct themselves in the context of changes in value systems. Interculturality is above all respect for differences, it creates favorable conditions for initial professional training of teachers, for their preparation for intercultural education in the field of general education. Comrat State University (USC) is a public higher education institution, the successor of the National University of Gagauzia, opened by the joint decision of the Russian Foundation for Education and the District Executive Committee of the People’s Assembly on February 11, 1991, founded by Government Decision no. 408 of 01.08.1991. In 2002, it is accredited by the Government of the Republic of Moldova, and in 2015, by the decision of the National Council for Accreditation and Attestation (NCAA), it is scientifically accredited and given the qualifica- tion: Nationally Competitive Organization. Currently, USC operates on the basis of the existing legislative framework and operates in compliance with the principles of the University Charter and internal regulations. Fully in- tegrated in the process of restructuring higher education, the institution has developed a specific institutional personality, respecting the regional, national and international demands imposed by the society. In this context, the issue of interculturality - with important conse- quences for intercultural and multilingual education - is a priority within the educational poli- cies of USC, the university assuming the role of multicultural academic institution for educa- tion, research and heritage preservation of Gagauz culture. 4 University Curriculum Intercultural Education Having an important role in the training of qualified specialists, especially for the southern area of the Republic of Moldova, USC assumes the mission of training specialists with higher professional qualifications by offering theoretical/practical knowledge, needed to ensure the efficiency of the educational process. The University offers bachelor and master’s degree programs in a wide range of fields, adapting curricular restructuring measures, focusing on learning contexts from an intercul- tural perspective. USC develops scientific research and provides training programs based on demands of the socio-economic environment in the region, training specialists in the fields: education, economy, agriculture and law, within the 4 existing faculties, imposed by the re- quirements of a free market economy. The University has a specialized teaching staff (114 teachers, about 60% of Gagauz eth- nicity), who ensure the realization of the educational process and the research-development programs, having as objective the orientation towards competitiveness and performance, in order to integrate in the circuit of multicultural values and providing educational services rec- ognized at national and European level for 1570 students, of which: Gagauz students - 67,6%, Bulgarians - 15,9%, Moldovans/Romanians -10,7%, Ukrainians - 5,3%, Russians - 4,8%, Roma 0,3%. This is also the university where students from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakh- stan, and Russia come to do their studies. The teaching staff is made up of full-time tenured staff, about 60% of them-university professors, doctors, university lecturers. A good part of them have an international didactic-scientific experience as a result of internships,