Profile of the participants:

The participants are teachers (working in kindergartens, primary schools, secondary schools etc.) or adult trainers active in the sending organization interested in using creativity as resource and method of teaching, with or without previous experience, willing to develop themselves professionally not only through the course, but by involving themselves in preparatory and follow up activities. They must be interested in other cultures and in developing the institution’s European dimension.

Objectives:

During the training course, the participants will be:

• Exchanging experiences and intercultural practices in a cooperative and collaborative learning process with focus on creativity and innovation;
• Developing better understanding of their own competence as teacher and learning to develop creative strategies for dealing with multicultural challenges in their own schools and classrooms;
• Developing creative tools and techniques that can be used in order to increase student’s motivation and combat drop-out phenomenon;
• Developing creativity & innovation skills and learn how to use them
• Deepening understanding of the multicultural school content through various creative tools for innovative problem solving
• Learning about different methods (creating story-worlds, brainstorming etc.) in order to boost creative thinking and problem solving skills
• Identifying common criteria and approaches for follow-up projects and initiatives developed on this training course.