CARMA – EVALUATION SEMINAR IN ISTANBUL

How to transform the scholastic practices to favor interaction, creativeness and the mutual learning between teachers and students? On 22nd – 23rd3 November 2017, teachers from 7 countries were together again after one year of starting their journey with the CARMA project. The CARMA journey has been challenging, inspiring and collaborative. After meeting in Palermo in October 2016 for the European Workshop on collaborative competences, teachers for one year have been testing and implementing non-formal…

CARMA PROJECTS MEET IN ISTANBUL TO DEBATE ON THE FUTURE OF NON-FORMAL LEARNING METHODS FOR STUDENT’S MOTIVATION

Istanbul will be the venue for a 2-day meeting between CARMA’s partners, the non-formal Learning Experts and teachers participating in the pilot experience, coming from 7 European countries, where the future of the non-formal learning methods for student’s motivation will be debated. Starting with an analysis of the results of the implementation of the national pilots, presented first-hand by the teachers involved, the event will be an important moment to understand how each school and each…

CARMA: SECOND NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED!

The second CARMA newsletter details the latest project developments, in particular, the selection of CARMA as a success story for social inclusion for the 30th Anniversary of Erasmus+ and the launch of its new interactive video showcasing the main features of the project. The newsletter also offers an insight into the experiences of teachers in using the non-formal educational methods to transform classroom practices and motivate students, presented whilst taking a caffè macchiato with teacher…

CARMA TAKES A CAFFE MACCHIATO WITH TEACHER BARBARA

For some teachers and students across Europe, this school year has been slightly different. Traditional didactic lessons were replaced by non-formal educational activities and the Reciprocal Maieutic Approach (RMA) of Danilo Dolci. Trained teachers from Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Austria and Turkey, supported by non-formal experts, have engaged their students in collaborative learning activities with the aim to address challenges in school education. Thanks to CARMA project! At the end of April 2017, CARMA…

A STORY OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ERASMUS+

The project, CARMA, RMA and other non-formal learning methods for Student Motivation has been selected as a success story for social inclusion for the 30th Anniversary of Erasmus+, and is featured in the anniversary campaign that celebrates the achievements of Erasmus+ so far and reflects on the future Europe that we can build together. CARMA is co-funded by Erasmus+ KA3: Support for policy reform, Prospective Initiatives Forward-Looking Cooperation Project and addresses the promotion of “innovative,…

Erasmus+, SOCIAL INCLUSION

INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHING

Inclusive approach to secondary school teaching to tackle early school leaving launched across Europe Press Release CARMA is the name of a European funded initiative that promises to launch an inclusive approach to secondary-school-level teaching, based on the introduction of non-formal learning practices and collaborative methods that promote interaction, creativity and reciprocal learning between teachers and learners. Based on the Reciprocal Maieutic Approach (RMA) of Danilo Dolci, a group of European partners from education and…

INCLUSIVE APPROACH

EU WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS: “CHANCES FOR BIG CHANGES”

In the beginning of sunny October a group of teachers from 7 different European countries were sitting in a terrace of Baida convent, embraced by a spectacular view to the mountains, having all of Palermo under their feet and were telling stories. Stories about their teaching methods, about their students, their personal stories and stories for social change. Stories about their teaching methods, about their students, their personal stories and stories for social change. Storytelling,…

INNOVATING SCHOOL CULTURE THROUGH NON-FORMAL LEARNING

The second partnership meeting for the project CARMA – RMA and other non-formal learning methods for Student Motivation took place in Murcia, Spain on the 19th and 20th September 2016, hosted by the University of Murcia. CARMA focuses on the introduction of non-formal learning practices and collaborative learning within school education to transform classroom practices and address challenges in school education. During the second partnership meeting, partners reviewed the project’s progress and outcomes achieved so far including the results…

ONLINE SURVEY ON COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

The project “CARMA – RMA and other non-formal learning methods for Student Motivation”, has launched a European wide online survey on collaborative learning aimed to explore the real needs of all stakeholders in the school community: students, teaching staff and professionals within school education, parents, school service providers, civil society organizations and policy-makers in school education. The survey has been launched in the seven partner countries; Portugal, Spain, Italy, Turkey, France, Belgium and Austria will investigate…