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….

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….

In cooperation with the José Estêvão School Cluster of Aveiro, INOVA+ has organized and implemented the second Educational Forum for teachers, on 28th June. A total of 36 teachers from different schools of the José Estêvão School Cluster and school levels have participated in this Forum. Participants were introduced to the CARMA project activities and results achieved, with focus on the catalogue of non-formal techniques and on the teachers’ assessment model. The methodology followed, which…

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…

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…