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A creative toolbox of non-formal education methods STEP OUT OF YOUR MIND! Animate your life!

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A creative toolbox of non-formal education methods

STEP OUT OF YOUR MIND!Animate your life!

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Step Out of Your Mind, Animate Your Life!

A creative toolbox of non-formal education methods

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• ThissmallbrochurehasbeendevelopedintheframeoftheStepOutofYourMind,AnimateYourLife!trainingcourseandcollectsbetweenitscoverstheworkofthe20participantsinvolvedwhoworkedtogetherandcreatedvariousmethodstobeusedinworkingwithyoungpeopleandnotonly.

• ThetrainingcoursetookplaceinBusteni,Romaniaduring23rdofNovemberand1stofDecember2013.Theprojectwasfinancedby theEuropeanCommissionthroughtheYouthinActionProgrammeandgatheredtogether22participantsfrom7countriesalloverEurope:Romania,Ukraine,Spain,Croatia,Latvia,GeorgiaandArmenia.

• TheStepOutofYourMind,AnimateYourLife!projectcreatedthecontextforyouthworkersandyouthleaderstoexploretheircreativepotentialinordertodevelopasetofmethodsandinstrumentsthattheywillusefurtherintheirworktodeveloptheyoungpeople’snaturaltalentsandabilitiesforabetterunderstandingandinte-grationintheworkfield.

• Whathappened there?Theparticipants spentanamazingweek together think-ingaboutthevaluesthatguidethemthroughtheirwork,exploringtheircreativitythroughgamesandplaying,working in teamsandcreatingmagic together.ThesparkleoftheirworkisavailablebothinthisbrochureandonlineontheA.R.T.Fu-sionYoutubechannelwhereyoucancheckthevideoresultsofthetrainingcourse.

• TheprojectwasinitiatedbyA.R.T.FusionAssociationfromRomaniainpartnershipwithYouth InitiativeCenter fromArmenia,Raplection fromCroatia, InternationalCentre forPeaceand Integration fromGeorgia,Society “ERFOLG” fromLatvia,FundacióCatalunyaVoluntàriafromSpainandInstituteofUkrainianStudiesfromUkraine.

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• ThemeSOCIAL BARRIERS FOR TEENAGERS

• Description of the objectives:Selfexplorationbychangingroles

• Materials: Postits/ColoredpapersA4/Markers/Chairs/Apples/String

• Energizers: 1.RamsamsamAiiia

2.AppleQUEST(1biteatleastperperson)

3.TALKINGTRAINPresentationofthestations

STATION1Assigningroles-Conversation-ChangingstationsSTATION2Assigningroles-Conversation-ChangingstationsSTATION3Assigningroles-Conversation-ChangingstationsSTATION4Assigningroles-Conversation-Changingstations

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• ThemeBLIND PATH

• Description of the objectives:Suitableforinsideandoutside.Pathwithobstacles–oneeyefoldedguidedbythegroup2Groups,raceforwhogetsfirst.

• Energizer: Allthegroupsareplacedatsidesofthepaths.

Every group has to guide the eye folded in order to get to theothersideofthedrawnpath.Theguidancewillbemadethroughaninventedlanguage.

The language invented has to be logical and to be composed bysongs, invented words or any sound that should suggest to thefoldedtheproperguidance.

Thegrouphasto“translate”thedirections(forward,backwards,left,right,jump).

BLIND FOLDED IS OUTSIDE OF THE GROUP while they are“translating”.

Eye folded participant CAN’T TOUCH ANY OBJECT and if hetoucheshe’ll/she’llstartfromthebeginning.

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• ThemeMINIMALIST PROBLEM SOLVING

• Description of the objectives:Aconceptofanalternateproblemsolvingmethod,byfocusingonaccomplishingagoalwhileusingasanymeansavailable,givingonlyrestrictionof timeandspace,and regardinganyother informationorinstructionasarestrictioninthepathoffindingasimple,creativemethodtosolvetheproblemathand.

• Energizers: Introduction:

Name:“Oneminutefly”Learning objective: presentingtimeasoneofthebiggestconstraintstoface.Materials: projector, chairs, blankets or some seating places,flipchartandpens.Nr of participants: 5-25Description:The“OneMinutefly”movieisshownandafterwards,usingaclockdrawnpreviouslyon theflipchart, theparticipantsareaskedabouttheir opinionandaboutwhat theyseeas limitations.Then the re-lation isexplainedbetweenthevariousanswersgivenandtime. Itshouldbeexplainwhyandhow,fromahumanperspectivetimeisoneofthebiggestlimitingfactorsinanyactivity.

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• Exercise 1:

Name:Paperretrieval.

Learning obj:Pointingoutthedifferencebetweenactualrestric-tionsandobstaclesthatareonlyassumedtobetruewithoutnecce-sarilybeingso.

Time : ~10min.

Materials: chairs,string,paper,adhesivetape,pensforeachandeveryparticipant,astopwatch.

Nr. of participants: 2-25

Description: Apieceofpaperishangedfromalamp,outofreachofthetallestmembersinthegroup,butwithinreachofthemiftheywouldbesittingonachair.(preferablybeforethestartingofthesession)Acircleismadewiththechairswiththebackstotheinsideofthecircle.Everyparticipantisaskedtostandinsidethecircleandisgivenapen.Theparticipantswilonlybegivenasinformationthetimeframeinwhichtheyhavetoachievethegoal(recoveringthepaperwithoutmovingthelamp)-(10seconds)andtherulethattheymustnotleavethecircle.Nootherinformationshouldbegiven,evenifrequested.

Note:thelampinthisexampleisonlyrequiredsothattoeliminatetheposibilityofparticipantsofjumpingtograbthepaper,forbothsafetyreasonsandfortheunfoldingoftheexercise.Proposed solution: draggingachairinsidethecircleandstandingonit.

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• Exercise 2:

Name: Comparativedrawing

Learning objective: Observingthedifferencesbetweentheresultsofaprocessbothwithandwithoutaclearlydefinedgoal.

Time :~10minutes

Materials:2piecesofpaper,chairsandpensforeveryparticipant

Nr. of participants:5-25

Description: Thechairsareputinthecircle,withthebackstowardstheinside.Theparticipantsareinstrutedtodrawasinglelineeachonthepieceofpaperthenpassitasfastaspossibletothepersonontheirright(orleft).Atimelimitshouldbeimplied,butnotspecified,astomotivatetheparticipantstopassthepaperasfastastheycan.Theroundendswhenthepaperhasmadeafullcircle.Afterthefirstsheetiscollected,asecondoneisgiventothemandtheyareaskedtorepeattheexerciseinsuchawayastheendresulttoresembleacertainthing,preferablyasimpledrawing,suchasasmileyface.

Afterthesecondroundiscompletedtheresultsarecompared,andthe differences are pointed out between them. The usefullnes ofhavingaproperlydefinedgoalbeexplainedifnotalreadyobservedbytheparticipants.

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• Exercise 3:

Name: TheBus.

Learning objective: Offering an situational device based onimprovisation to explore the effects (drawbacks) of overthinking/overcomplicatingasituation.

Time: 10-15minutes

Materials: chairsoranythingthatcouldmarkapathforthegrouptofollow,orcreateobstacles.

Nr. of participants:5-25(ormoredependingonthespaceavailable)

Description:A path ismarkedwith the chairs, then the participants are askedto group and imagine they are inside of a bus. They are taskedwith followingapath,while the trainers createobstaclesandstopthe bus at each of them. Examples: a punctured tire, where theparticipantshavetochangeit.Apersoninawheelchairwhoneedshelptogetinthebus.Apersoncaughtwithoutaticketbythetaxator.Afterovercomingseveralsuchobstacles,theparticipantsareaskedabouttheiropinions,howtheyactedandhowcouldtheyhaveacted.

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PARTICIPANTS step out of your mind, animate your life!

Armenia

Angela Avetisyan

Sahakyan Suzan

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Vardanyan Arsen

Georgia

Nika Markozashvili

Nino Ungiadze

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Ukraine

Olha Krat

Pushahinuska Iryna

Olga Budzhak

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Spain

Elias Escribiano

Lia Ortega

Josep Manuel Muñoz López

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Nazareth Peral

Croatia

Tena Dubcek

Elvira Angyal

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Latvia Svetlana Smirnova

Romania

Cristi Musetescu

Ignat Iulia

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Anca Hurubaru

Ana -Maria Ilie

Staff Support

Alexandra Tomescu

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Trainers Roxana Turcu

Cristina Stan

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Project initiated by

Financially supported by

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Do not forget to Step Out of Your Mind and Animate your

Life every single day!

Thank you! :)