THE CARMA TOOLKIT FOR TEACHERS IS NOW AVAILABLE

The CARMA Toolkit for teachers is a step-by-step guide for implementing collaborative learning to increase student motivation and participation in schools. This resource will be available in all the partners languages containing detailed descriptions of the non-formal education techniques and how they can be used daily, effectively, in the classrooms. The Toolkit is a step-by-step guide for teachers to implementing collaborative learning practices with the students and transform classroom practices using non-formal learning (NFL) techniques….

CARMA CONFERENCE REINFORCES IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATIVE LEARNING IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION

In celebration of World Teacher’s Day 2018, the final international conference for the CARMA project was held in Brussels on 4th – 5th October. The event brought together school principals, teachers, managers, researchers, public authority representatives and policy makers in the field of education from Belgium, Italy, Spain, France, Portugal, Austria and Turkey to discuss collaborative learning as a successful educational strategy, reinforcing its importance and relevance to school education and reducing early school leaving….

Collaborative Learning, Erasmus+

THE CARMA PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZES AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS

Under the Motto “Collaborative Learning as a Road towards Educational Success”, this event will be held on 4th October at the Royal Library of Belgium Meeting Center, in Brussels and on 5th October, educational visits will take place across Brussels. On World Teacher’s Day, this conference will bring together teachers, educational staff, policy makers and stakeholders in school education from various European countries for a two-day interactive programme. Under the Motto “Collaborative Learning as a…

Collaborative Learning, Erasmus+

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…

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…

INOVA+ PARTICIPATES IN THE CARMA PROJECT TO FOSTER THE ADOPTION OF NON-FORMAL LEARNING METHODS

Education and training are key pillars for the development of societies. In this sense, the European Commission and the EU countries agreed on the Strategic framework for Education & Training, which includes a set of benchmarks for education to be achieved by 2020, namely: the rate of early leavers from education and training aged 18-24 should be below 10% and fewer than 15% of 15-year-olds should be under-skilled in reading, mathematics and science. The European…

CARMA – MOTIVATING STUDENTS THROUGH COLLABORATIVE LEARNING

The Kick-off meeting for the project CARMA – RMA and other non-formal learning methods for Student Motivation took place on the 18th and 19th of February, 2016 hosted by the project coordinator CESIE in Palermo, Italy. The Kick-off meeting brought together CESIE with the 6 other partner organisations which include the University of Murcia (Spain), Pistes-Solidaires (France), Asist Ogretim Kurumlari A.S. – DOGA (Turkey), University College Leuven – UC Leuven (Belgium), INOVA+ (Portugal) and Verein…