The TopsyTurvy Learning Experience - a quest for learning in a chaotic, upside down world

When you would look up ‘topsy turvy’ in the dictionary you would find ‘upside down’ and ‘in a state of confusion’. That’s exactly what this training course is about: turning ‘learning’ upside down and exploring the confusion, which will be caused by that. Learning and education are under discussion more then ever. New concepts arriving from the political level like Life Long Learning and Learning to Learn but at the same time new insights from the practical and methodological level about how people learn are turning our ideas about learning upside down. It becomes more and more clear that education needs a revolution. Although a lot of discussions are about formal education it would be a bit too easy to think that in non-formal education we don’t need a critical look at our approaches. We think it’s the perfect opportunity to explore new ways, ideas and concepts about learning. If you are into that… join us! What to expect? ‘The programme will take you...’ No!! The programme will not take you…you will take and make your own programme. We are aiming to built a structure where participants can follow their own interest and questions, find different ways to work on that, meet peers to work with and discover inspiring environments to work in. The programme will offer a rich diversity of tools, methods, sessions, environments for you to use if you want to. The main objective is that you will be able to work, together with others, on your questions and will share your findings and new questions with the whole group. An exploring event where we hope to find new ideas and new questions concerning learning and the facilitation of learning that can be brought into practice in the different actions of the Erasmus+:Youth in Action programme. We believe there is a strong connection between the exploring of your own learning and the facilitation of the learning of others. In order to assist participants in finding their questions and focuses an online platform will already start one month before the actual course and will be available to exchange ideas and wishes. Objectives of the course: To support participants to identify their own ‘natural’ way of learning To support participants to further develop and broaden their facilitation, mentoring and coaching- capacities. To explore how creativity, ‘chaos’ and unconventional environments can provoke new perceptions about (self-directed) learning. To create a challenging non-linear learning environment to provoke divergent and creative thinking. To share theories and concepts on learning and facilitation of learning. To explore the possibilities to apply ‘new learning’ in the different actions of the Erasmus+: Youth in Action programme