TC Your TURN! Games in NFL

Aims & objectives

Aims & objectives

- Exploring the concept of games and playing as a crucial opportunity for young people to learn
- Identifying the competencies that could be developed through games that are required for
young peoples’ active participation in social life and for employment
- Exchanging the experience on most commonly used types of games in different contexts
- Raising awareness on the principles, values and characteristics of non-formal learning (NFL) and
exploring Experiential Learning cycle as a crucial tool to extract important learning outcomes
from games
- Developing skills on designing, facilitating games and getting high learning outcomes through
good quality debriefing process
- Providing a space to develop further ideas on using the games as an effective learning
opportunity at the local level or through future projects of Erasmus+

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

We were 31 people from 12 organizations from 12 countries: LATVIA, GREECE, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, GERMANY, UKRAINE, ROMANIA, UKRAINE, BULGARIA, ARMENIA, ITALY, POLAND, GEORGIA.

The core team was composed of coordinators from Georgia and Poland and trainers from Latvia and Spain.

Training methods used & main activities

We used debates, games, simulations, workshops, study visits... The main topic was games for NFL, so GAMES were mainly present in the TC

Outcomes of the activity

- New games developed by the participants
- New networking partnerships among the organizations
- Better understanding of the debriefing process and the power of games as learning tools
- Better understanding of the E+ programme

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I have been full-time trainer, sharing responsibilities with Antonio Bodi Benaches (Spain).

I worked on this training for 7 full days days as a full time trainer.