The aim of the project is to open up to the new methods and ways of working. Partners are from Poland, Belgium, Italy, Great Britain and Greece. Every partner has experience in adult education and working with hard to reach learners The "Be Open Minded" project is aimed at educators and trainers of adults (direct recipients). The goals of the project are: raising the professional skills of educators (animal therapy, art therapy, garden therapy, phototherapy) exchange of experiences exploring new methods methods and ways of working with adults, popularizing new approaches and methods in the education sector, improving trainers' skills promoting different approaches to learning and different learning environments. An indirect target group are adult learners who will benefit from the activities based on new knowledge and experience of training mobility participants as well as other educators and trainers (at least 150 people). Project activities relate to activities at international (educators) and local (educators and students) levels. International meetings include 4 training modules and 2 TM dedicated to project management and evaluation. The methodology includes international mobility - the host partner will present experiences related to the methods and forms in which he has experience. Then, mobility participants will share experience and knowledge at the local level and test the demand and interest to participate in activities using innovative methods. The results of the project are: 4 training modules for educators (27 mobilities) and 2 TM (8 mobilities) materials for educators, trainers and adult learners with using unusual methods (animal therapy, clown therapy, art therapy, photo therapy, garden therapy), 4 newsletters presenting the information, activities and experiences 2 articles on EPALE 1 survey of adult learners about knowledge and readiness to participate in classes conducted using innovative methods Long-term results (after the end of the project): greater knowledge and experience of educators, materials helpful to adult educators (developed in the project), better offer of local activities, continuation of cooperation between participants and organizations.
Through the implementation of the project, we wanted to enrich the workshop of trainers and educators, make the educational offer more attractive at the local level, but also attract other organizations to innovative methods of work. The goals of the project were: raising the professional skills of educators (animal therapy, art therapy, garden therapy, phototherapy) exchange of experiences exploring new methods and ways of working with adults, popularizing new approaches and methods in the education sector, improving trainers' skills promoting different approaches to learning and different learning environments, better team work, better communication, sharing good practices, greater motivation of educators and instructors to work with adults creating new partnerships
Our previous experiences (Poland, Belgium, Italy) showed that we need more attractive methods and forms for our learners so we decided to create a new project and exchange knowledge and experiences of original and less popular methods like drama, garden therapy, pet therapy, photo therapy and art therapy. We decided to invite new partners from Greece and UK. During the preparation of the project every partner chose the subject to prepare within the mobility and what experience would like to share. . It turned out that in addition to the traditionally used methods such as lecture, presentation, we use other, less typical forms of work (clow therapy, art therapy, drama, dog therapy, photo voice, garden therapy) and it would be worth introducing them to our partners. Educators and instructors should constantly improve their skills (lifelong learning) in order to avoid routine, enrich the workshop, have inspiration and motivation to work. The exchange of experiences between adult staff is also a good way to develop. The project was a response to these needs and a means of achieving the main goal, i.e. improving the competences of adult staff.