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The creative brain
London 27-28th June 2018
Partners
CPA di G. Bomba Lanciano, Italy is a company that deals with the development of people for work and the opening of opportunities in Europe.
I 5 Sensi Lanciano, Italy is an association that promotes cultural activities.
Palatul Copiilor Constanta, Romania is an organization that helps the school and the family in the education of children.
Kairos Europe London, England is a company that educates young people and adults to improve their knowledge and improve their career prospects.
Complexul Muzeal National “Moldova”, Romania is a national museum in Iasi, Romania.Cresol Association Valencia, Spain is an association that offers services for social, sustainable and supportive development through art and creativity.
Day 1
The host of the second meeting of the WB-TAC project was Kairos Europe Ltd. The first day the meeting started with the activity -creative brain- lateral thinking. The activity was divided into two exercises. The first one had the aim to help participants to develop skills by looking at things from various angles, while the second exercise had the aim to find alternative uses to some object. After the introductory activity, the group has received a presentation about learning through problem-solving. The third activity aimed to make participants go through a process of problem-solving activity, as well as to develop one. Participants were divided into two teams. The problem they received to solve was to motivate a group of 10 teenagers from different backgrounds to visit some cultural places in London. In the first phase, the participants needed to prepare one learning through problem-solving activity, while in the second phase, each team presented their activity and received the feedback from others. The output of both groups was based on the idea to use social media to attract youth to cultural content. The last activity on the first day was the location-based game "Cultural London". The task of the partners was to prepare an interesting presentation of visited points that would motivated group of teenagers from the previous activity to visit them, but only when they find the “hidden answer” at the end of the crossword puzzle.
Day 2
The second day of the meeting started with the reflection of the last activity from the previous day. The final part of the meeting apart from evaluation and issuing of certificates of attendance were dedicated to the definition of the learning outcomes of the meeting. The partners were divided into two groups with the task to define the importance of learning through problem-solving. Learning through problem-solving is based on concrete, real-life problems and develops long-term knowledge retention. Apart from that it: helps the development of open mind thinking through the possibility to have many different solutions to the problem; encourages cooperation and interaction between students, as well as supports a team building and inclusion; and develops and promotes critical thinking and creativity. The essential thing is that teachers are proactive and ask a lot of thought-provoking questions.
Participants get long-term knowledge, a solution which is easier to implement, maintain and replicate. They also develop critical thinking and hey get a feeling of belonging to the group. Learning through problem-solving makes the result more effective because it makes the problem personalised and participants get more involved in finding a solution to it. Apart from that, working as a team and the combination of individual solutions results in a much more effective universal solution.
The next partners meeting is scheduled for 29th and 30th of October 2018 in Romania. As agreed on the first partners meeting, the topic of the meeting will be “Student-based approach”.
