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NEW LEARNING WORLDS
FLUXUS – the Network for Orientation in Life and Profession Hannover (Lower Saxony)
Fantastic Construction Site
I. Problem
III. Outlook
People who are educationally deprived often don’t have the
self-confidence in their own identity, strengths and potential,
and also in their personal limits. These key competencies
are the essential basis for a mature adult life and the
ability to independently search for a job.
At this moment we are working on different financing models
and a marketing strategy in order to keep the learning
location profitable in the future.
www.fluxus-hannover.de
II. Solution approach
Creating a big, colourful structure with their own hands and
ideas – this is possible with the Fantastic Construction Site. In
the last two years approximately 200 participants have built
over 30 building blocks in this complete artwork on the site
of the Ricklingen recreational centre. Pupils, juvenile delinquents,
seniors, handicapped people, teachers, children in
after-school care clubs, migrants and other people have
worked together, lead by artists.
At the Fantastic Construction Site, we trigger learning
processes through an aesthetic education stance. The participants
learn artistic and handicraft techniques and apply
them practically and creatively. The adventure of being in a
group and to participate in a work process is an experience
which makes them aware of new potentials and helps them
to extend their limits.
A participating artist hit the nail on the head: “This project
helped the pupils to recognise that they could work within a
team and not lose their individuality and that this individuality
even formed a big part of the result.”
We assume that the participants will approach tasks in
the future with more courage and with more self-confidence
and that their sensitivity will increase towards the difficulties
which other people have.
The learning location plays an important role. Learning
away from institutions with which the participants are normally
familiar leads to the fact that learning becomes a special
experience. Meanwhile, as more building blocks have
been transformed than was originally planned this shows
there is a great demand for mediating creative competencies.
The FLUXUS network supports the funding agencies
with the development of enduring perspectives.