TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Sandra Gojić
With this training course, we provided participants very practical framework and space for their personal development in the area of visual thinking and embodied learning. Following the recent shift in educational practice towards more learner-centred methods and tools that are also holistic in their nature, we have designed this training course that offers innovative tools and skills for working with youth.
The overall aim of this training course was to empower participants to use visual tools and body work techniques for facilitating educational activities within their own environment. What we strive is for participants to understand the importance of consciously using these principles in their environments, nurturing more holistic approach when facilitating learning and working with youth.
Objectives:
To introduce visual thinking as a tool for working in the field of youth and education
To explore body work methods, as a tool for self- awareness and self-expression
To offer participants new methods, skills and tools for developing and facilitating learning activities in their environment
To support the development of participants’ skills to actively use, adapt and combine these approaches in the context of delivering and facilitating learning activities
Target Group:
Youth workers that are currently working with young people
Trainers, Facilitators and other educators who want to improve their competences
Volunteers and Youth Leaders in different organisations interested in facilitation and training
Non-formal educators interested in combining body work and visual tools in their practice
Participating Countries: Slovakia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Poland, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, France and Serbia
Team of Trainers: Ireland and Slovakia
Our working methods were based on principles of visual thinking, experiential and embodied learning and non-formal education. Some of the methods we used were: , fast drawing, lettering, creative writing, dance and theatre improvisation, guided visualisations, group and individual reflections, theoretical inputs, etc.
Participants are more aware of benefits and challenges of including visual thinking and embodied learning principles in the context of youth work, training and education and are empowered to use these methods and techniques in their local environments.
I was responsible for planning, developing and delivering sessions related to embodied learning, dance improvisation, creative expression.