”INTERACTING in Madrid. Teaching and learning strategies using games and drama activities.”
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GENERAL INFORMATION
- FUNDING: please go to the "Funding" page for more information.
- THEMATIC FIELD OF THE TRAINING:
School improvement & quality evaluation
Pedagogy and didactics
Intercultural education
Combating failure in education
Courses on adult literacy/basic skills
Information and communication technologies
Education for parents/family education
Active citizenship
Education management/project management
- DATES & SUBSCRIPTION DEADLINES:
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subscription deadline: |
| 12.04.2009 - 18.04.2009 >> |
30.09.2008 |
| 05.07.2009 - 11.07.2009 >> |
31.03.2009 |
- LANGUAGES USED FOR THE TRAINING: English
- LANGUAGE VERSION(S) IN WHICH MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED: English
- EDUCATION SECTOR OF THE TRAINING PARTICIPANTS:
SCHOOL AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
Primary
General secondary
Vocational/Technical secondary
Special education for disabled persons
ADULT EDUCATION
Adult education provider
Second chance or remedial education
Adult education for disabled persons
Higher education institution offering outreach courses for adults
Organisations working with migrant groups/ethnic minorities
Other sectors of adult education
- TARGET AUDIENCE
Teachers (Pre-school, primary, secondary, vocational, adult, special needs)
Teacher trainers
Careers officers, educational guides and counsellors
Headteachers/principals/managers of schools/organisations offering adult education
Members of students/teachers councils in adult education
Preparation
In preparation for 'Interacting in Madrid' participants will be given access to our MOODLE where a complete pre-evaluation and assessment of training needs takes place. Both previous experience and expectations will be taken into account. Through joining this virtual community of teachers, applicants will have access to previous course content and through the forum with past participants. In addition to the preparatory work of participants, Interacting will provide:
- information on how to obtain grants and how to fill out application forms
- information on payment schedule
- programme of course content and timetable
- detailed information on location of course from local Tourist Board
- access to our forum on website www.interacting.info
- organisation of accommodation
- organisation of cultural activities during the course
Objectives
At the end of the course participants will have extended their repertoire of teaching and learning strategies and will have a resource of games and drama activities which will contribute to the development of pupils thinking skills and personal capabilities and personal development in line national strategies and curriculum.
Methodology
Within each course several options will be offered as listed under Areas Covered by the course. The training will be delivered through a variety of plenary sessions, seminars and workshops.
Icebreakers and introductions, group work, building confidence, improving communication skills, developing dialogues, scene building, characterisation, story telling, bringing literature alive, language theatre sports and working with your voice.
Follow-up
Participants will receive a certificate at the end of the course and in the following weeks course activities, online resources and photos will be in the Interacting MOODLE.
Participants will also be given access to the client area of the Interacting website where in addition to a forum specific to the course they will be able to contact other teachers on the Interacting web.
DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAMME OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES
Apart from Day One, Training takes place from 9.30 to 5 each day with a one hour break for lunch.
The Final hour of each day is devoted to evaluation, review and updating the MOODLE.
The Day One, Reception, an evening event of orientation and welcome, modelling on MOODLE and introducing Crazy Face software.
Day Two, Icebreaking Activities and Warm Ups. Getting to know each other. The first days' activities focus on creating a safe environment.
Day Three, From action to words and back. Exploring through games the variety and impact of the relationship between experience and its expression. Areas of work include non verbal communication
Day Four, Building blocks for dialogues. Strategies to improve the speed and skills in listening and vocal production. Here we connect games which sharpen oral presentational skills with diverse areas of curriculum.
Day Five, Scene Building. Working towards tentative structures to bring together skills sharpened in the previous days of training. Games that bring discipline and form to experience.
An example of an Interacting theatre show.
Day Six, The stories we live by. Bringing techniques of storytelling to relevant subject matter. Working on how to apply creative solutions to diverse areas of curriculum. Working with Crazy Talk software.
Evaluation and review.
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Here’s what teachers had to say about Interacting training courses…
“Very active activities, practical, good organisers.”
“It has been my best experience as a teacher!”
“I’ve felt really enthusiastic, sometimes exhausted, but finally I find myself full of energy and ideas. Now it’s up to me to put all I have learned into practice. It is incredible how emotional it has been. Even my English has improved noticeably.”
“Brilliant, superb, excellent teachers and cultural events.”
“Excellent and useful course. Excellent accommodation.”
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