The intention of the Dialogue in the Garden project was to deepen the abilities and skills of lecturers and mentors of the Garden of Life program and thus increase the quality of their work with youth. The project was focused on the practical transfer of the know-how of the partner, the Institute of Dialogic Praxis (IDP). Dialogic praxis is the sum of the approaches that aim to the development of partnership, cooperation, open communication and respect for differences. The project pursued the following specific goals: * Lecturers and mentors of the Garden of Life program acquire the principles and procedures of dialogic praxis and transfer them to work with program participants. * The application of the principles of dialogical praxis, together with the material output of the project, the Creative Diary and the Garden of Life guide, will lead to a deeper fulfillment of the objectives of the Garden of Life program. * We will present the methods of dialogic practice to a wider community of young leaders, existing or potential youth workers. * Partnership cooperation between Akáda and IDP will lay the foundations for further international cooperation.
The non-profit organization Akáda implements several educational programs. One of them is Zahrada života (Garden of Life) - a personal development program for young people of age 15-20 years. The program is led by lecturers and mentors with experience in classical and experiential pedagogy, coaching, applied improvisation and psychotherapy. Project Dialogue in the garden was created based on the need for lecturers and mentors to expand and deepen their skills with new work methods and thus increase the quality of their work with youth. We decided to focus on methods of dialogic praxis that support the development of independence, resilience and healthy self-confidence and at the same time they lead to deepening of communication, friendly relations, acceptance of others and respect for differences. We established cooperation with the Institute of Dialogic Praxis (SK), which is the bearer of know-how in this area.