Implementation of the DPA approach in an intercultural context on the example of the ACTTE project

• Authors: Katarzyna Kowalczewska-Grabowska , Katarzyna Borzucka-Sitkiewicz

Abstracts

EN

Due to the emergence of new social problems resulting from weakening pro-integration moods regarding culturally, ethnically, or religiously diverse societies, the Acting in Context by Training the Trainers in Social Empowerment (ACTTE) project was prepared and implemented. The Polish National Agency of Academic Exchange (NAWA) financed the project as part of the International Academic Partnerships program. The project goals were: 1) shaping competencies/skills in the field of DPA (Developing the Power to Act) in organized training participants (NGO employees and academic teachers), 2) developing tools for intervention work based on the concept of Empowerment. Within the training, the research was carried out based on the action research methodology and the use of scaling and uncategorized interview. The article presents the excerpt of the research, which was aimed at determining the changes in the competencies related to the use of the DPA approach in the project’s participants, as well as their subjective understanding of the DPA. The presented research results show the legitimacy of the project implementation by partner institutions, which are universities and non-governmental organizations. The competences and skills acquired by the project participants can be used in academic and environmental work.

Keywords

EN

training; intervention; social problems; Empowerment; interculturalism

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Edukacja Międzykulturowa
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 207-218

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Katarzyna Kowalczewska-Grabowska

• University of Silesia in Katowice

• https://orcid.org/0000000293097600

author

Katarzyna Borzucka-Sitkiewicz

• University of Silesia in Katowice

• https://orcid.org/0000000160793880

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/em.2023.04.14

Biblioteka Nauki

22676542