Grundtvig - Archimedes

Workshop Reference number: 2011-1-PL1-GRU13-19555
Venue: Villa Decius, Kraków, Poland Date of the Workshop: 16/01/2012 - 21/01/2012
Action Laboratory - empowerment workshop for adults
Subject area: Intercultural education
Strategies for stimulating demand for learning
Recognition of non-formal and informal learning
Working language(s): EN
Target Group + Translation:
Adults (40+) including employed, unemployed, retired and pensioners. Priority for senior citizens.
Recriutment will be held in all eligible countries assumpting that final group will include citizens
representing min. 7 eligible countries.
Main activities Programme + Programme translation:
Voice and body expression workshops are unique methods developed by Polish artists and
educators with international reputation, that is, Olga Szwajgier and Marta Pietruszka. Workshops
involve both individual and group techniques, working with voice expression (proper breathing,
cohesion of sounds and actions, theraphy and relaxation with and through music) and body
expression (body language, integrity, balance, gestures, basis of drama techniques, expressing
emotions). Workshops are adjusted as a method of self-development and appropriate for nonprofessionals,
beginners, and amateurs.
Internal individual and group presentations will be developed during the training process, sessions
will include feedback from other participants and trainers.
Complementary workshops will be lead by experienced trainers (antidiscrimination specialists,
intercultural psychologists, evaluators). Study visits will be realized with help of professional
guides who are prepared to work with multicultural groups.
Key outputs for participants: awareness of his/her body and voice, self-acceptance, selfconsciousness,
assertiveness, insight in personal strengths and areas for improvement, precision and
strength in expressing emotions and needs, determination to overcome internal and external
barriers, courage in putting aims up, overcoming stereotypes and prejudices, experience advantages
of working in team, insight in advantages consequent on diversity, readiness to work in an
intercultural environment, flexibility and leadership skills development. Both programme
construction and training competences are combined to create and strengthen positive attitude
towards increasing or gaining new competences, self-investment in education (not necessarily
financial but in terms of the readiness to meet new educational challenges and to search for them)
and in different lifelong learning forms (formal, informal education, incidental learning). Another
asset will be practicing and better communication in English.
16-21January - working days. Arrival and organisatonal meeting - January 15, departure - January
22
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