TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Kirilka Angelova
The seminar is based on personality typology called Enneagram. The system describes 9 basic personality types with their specific motivations, values, strong points and challenges. The aim of the seminar is to introduce Enneagram and enable the participants to apply the model in educational setting.
Teachers and educators from 5 countries - Turkey, Romania, Wels, Portugal, Italy, Litva
Learning by doing
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" Understand your self, understand your learnners (Enneagram). 4 days we were working on the hardest part to understand ourselves in order to understand our learners. We were learning about 9 personality types according Enneagram tool. We were sharing experience and practicess. We were surching for the right key to motivate our learners. To include families and communities in school life in order the school to be one idea better place for the 21 century students.
...here are some ideas :
1. In order for a student to develop a safe learning enviroment is required in which critical thinking and learning are valued, not pushed or rediculed, in which elders and peers are supportive;
2. Both teaching and learning with the students in supportive enviroment as well as academic achievment;
3. in learning process parents are need.
4.Connection ti culture and real life issues.
Influence and motivation
1. The influence of teachers. - teachers who motivate and encourage students, and help guide students in the right direction. Teachers belive they motivate and inspire students by demonstrating sincerity and caring, having a connection with their students and understanding their self-interest, having high expectations, and having friendly attitude.
2. Peer- to - peer influence - students do better when they have friend pushing them to do better. Schools need to create structure ways for students to be able to positively influence their peers.
3. Parents. - Parents are needed to participate in schools life, not just by checking homework but as a support. By encouraging their children and respect the teachers and schools as an institution. The gap is in between parents- teachers - and students connection.
If you give a student the opportunity to learn, with the right tools and caring teachers with relevant teaching techniques - the results are success
...of course this course is just a step, a drop in the ocean but it was very rewareding for me to work with and for such an interesting group...
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