National Treasures is a project which has been developed to embrace the different young people we are working with in partner organisations across The UK, Sweden, Brazil and Australia. Partners are working with a wide range of young people ranging from those experiencing social obstacles to young people considered gifted and talented. Many 'inclusion' projects consider the 'needs' of young people with fewer opportunities and what can be done for them. We want to treat these young people in a different way. We have identified young people facing social obstacles in education often learn differently and for this reason display different behaviours in education maybe struggling to adapt to a formal education system. Young people excelling, academically or in music arts or a sport often also stuggle to fit in with other education areas. Partners in this project consider both these young people to be our 'National Treasures' individuals whose individuality should be celebrated. We want to bring these groups of young people together so they can learn from one-another and appreciate what each other have to offer as well as developing mechanisms to adapt when faced with behaviour so different from their own. As professionals we want the opportunity to experience first-hand how our international partners are delivering non-formal learning in formal education settings and how this can be adapted and shared in other countries.
National Treasures is a project which has been developed to embrace the different young people we are working with in partner organisations across The UK, Sweden, Brazil and Australia. Partners are working with a wide range of young people ranging from those experiencing social obstacles to young people considered gifted and talented. Many 'inclusion' projects consider the 'needs' of young people with fewer opportunities and what can be done for them. We want to treat these young people in a different way. We have identified young people facing social obstacles in education often learn differently and for this reason display different behaviours in education maybe struggling to adapt to a formal education system. Young people excelling, academically or in music arts or a sport often also stuggle to fit in with other education areas. Partners in this project consider both these young people to be our 'National Treasures' individuals whose individuality should be celebrated. We want to bring these groups of young people together so they can learn from one-another and appreciate what each other have to offer as well as developing mechanisms to adapt when faced with behaviour so different from their own. As professionals we want the opportunity to experience first-hand how our international partners are delivering non-formal learning in formal education settings and how this can be adapted and shared in other countries.