Step out of your mind animate your life

A creative toolbox of non-formal education methods

STEP OUT OF YOUR MIND!Animate your life!

Step Out of Your Mind, Animate Your Life!

A creative toolbox of non-formal education methods

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

PARTICIPANTS step out of your mind, animate your life!

Armenia

Angela Avetisyan

Sahakyan Suzan

Vardanyan Arsen

Georgia

Nika Markozashvili

Nino Ungiadze

Ukraine

Olha Krat

Pushahinuska Iryna

Olga Budzhak

Spain

Elias Escribiano

Lia Ortega

Josep Manuel Muñoz López

Nazareth Peral

Croatia

Tena Dubcek

Elvira Angyal

Latvia Svetlana Smirnova

Romania

Cristi Musetescu

Ignat Iulia

Anca Hurubaru

Ana -Maria Ilie

Staff Support

Alexandra Tomescu

Trainers Roxana Turcu

Cristina Stan

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