Astăzi este extrem de important să ne concentrăm asupra factorilor care ne pot ajuta prevenirea și gestionarea abandonului școlar timpuriu și a conflictelor. This is the aim of this training course which topic is every day more and more crucial even if there are no easy answers. With a holistic approach in mind, during the course the participants will learn how to identify the causes of this phenomenon and the best approaches and strategies to prevent, tackle and reduce it as well as the keys to conflict management.
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The new edition of the course “Preventing conflicts and tackling Early School Leaving​” took place in Bologna from  the 29th of June to the 5th of July. The participants came from all across Europe, with CLEMENT Nicole, GAILLARD Frédérique, NORMAND Carine  și MANGARON Laurence de la Lycée professionnel VueBelle in La Réunion,  and Katharina Frenser from Bertolt-Brecht-Gesamtschule in Germany.

Abandonul școlar timpuriu este un o problemă răspândită în toată Europa and being in a European context, participants got the chance to explore different perspectives at the national level. On the first day, they focused on defining what Early School Leaving means and on identifying the main factori de risc. Acest lucru le-a permis participanților să contureze și să împărtășească o imagine realistă a experienței lor școlare în ceea ce privește abandonul școlar timpuriu, pornind de la cauzele care stau la baza acestuia și ajungând la consecințele potențiale.

We started from the assumption that in order to develop an early school leaving approach, we deeply need to connect to our students, to be closer to their interests and their feelings. The participants engaged in hands-on activities to learn about the importance of ascultarea activă și inteligența emoțională în crearea legăturilor sociale.

The participants went on discovering the gestionarea conflictelor topic. First, we dedicated some time for a perspective change. With the support of an inspirational TED Talk, the group who initially associated the idea of conflict to something essentially negative, realized afterwards how conflicts provided in their life oportunități unice pentru a-și îmbunătăți relația, comunicarea și înțelegerea reciprocă.
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Afterwards the group practiced some non-formal activities to reflect the importance of membership și colaborarea. Strategies for collaborative work and peer-education were analysed.
The group focused then on how to battle negativity in the classroom, through group reflection and practical activities. We analyzed different conflict management styles and discussed their concrete application in different situations. Then the group defined and characterized the main “negative” student types and developed practical tips and suggestions on how to deal with them in the most effective ways. The participants engaged in a team challenge that allowed them to learn how to foster a mentalitate orientată spre creștere în rândul elevilor noștri.

In the end, we analyzed through visual tasks and group reflection the phenomenon of bullying and possible strategies to become upstanders and stop bullying.

The key word of this week’s training course was “transformation”: we learned how to change perspective on conflicts, how to transform the strong and sometimes negative energy of some students into something positive and productive, how to change our mindset from fixed to growth, and how to transform a group of people into a team.
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