TC Life is a game

Aims & objectives

The goal of the training was to make participants familiar with the ways and goals of using pedagogical tools Real Ideal and Speaker's Corner. Furthermore, the goal was to promote non-formal education as a method which can be used in managing finances, organizing time, planning life goals and inclusion, empathy, the need to cooperate, acknowledging human rights, promoting differences and universal values of freedom as-well as solving conflicts via communication in more efficiently and with more quality approach.
Training activities were shaped in a way that participants cen very easily use them in everyday work with children and youngsters or during the Erasmus+ projects. Due to the fact that the partners were involved already in project preparation, the program and method used were communicated in accordance with their needs.

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

On training Life is a Game there were 16 participants (3 from Italy, 4 from Lithuania, 4 from Bulgaria and 3 from Croatia and 2 facilitators from OIP Posejdon (Croatia)).
The participants were youth workers and trainers aged 18 and above.

Training methods used & main activities

The methods used during this training are:
Learning by doing. All participants had the opportunity to take part in both sociological exercises as players, after that they studied the tools, and implement them in workshops with children and youngsters in primary schools of City of Solin.
Self-direct learning and creative thinking process of implementation of the particular exercise segments.

Moreover, the methods used in Speaker’s Corner were role play and debate.
In the Real Ideal exercise we used the methods of interactive team exercise with the goal of financial literacy empowerment.
For self-evaluation we use methods of personal diary, mood calendar, and reflection group

Outcomes of the activity

Training was successful because all partners used acquired knowledge and skills, of these two tools, to implement them in their work by realizing the exercises in their organizations and local communities, but also in other Erasmus+ projects.
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Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

My role in this training was to coordinate training activities, to facilitate, organized, motivate, realize, and evaluate the activities.

I worked on this training for 6 days as a full time trainer.