The Summer Academy: Democracy at School 2012
Warsaw, Poland
7-14 July
Latest Update: Participants now preparing for the seminarThe 10 teams that were selected for the Summer Academy 2012 are already active on the customized online platform. Via the platform, the participants have various pre-seminar tasks, and get to know each other and the trainers.
The online component is an important part of the Summer Academy. The online participation will continue after the seminar, then related to the development and implementation of each team’s action plan and the sharing of experiences and good practice, all facilitated and supported by one of the trainers.
This year’s team of trainers consists of Lena Styslavska (head trainer, Poland), Andrey Ioffe (head trainer, Russia), Larisa Vasilevska (Bulgaria) and Marzena Rafalska (Poland).
More about The Summer Academy: Democracy at School The Summer Academ
y offers training in the field of education for democratic citizenship and human rights (EDC/HRE) to teams of school heads, teachers and representatives from the local community, such as parents or NGOs.
It combines a one week face to face training in Warsaw/Sulejówek, Poland, and a 10 month online follow-up, as well as preparatory tasks. Closely linked to the participants’ own experiences and expectations, the training uses a whole school approach, focusing on school governance, teaching methods, classroom climate and partnership with the local community.
A part of the training is for each team to develop and implement an action plan, describing challenges and concrete measures on how to promote and incorporate the principles of EDC and HRE in their local community, all supported and facilitated by one of the trainers via the online platform.
The Summer Academy aims to initiate and strengthen cooperation between the participating countries by the exchanges of experiences and good practices in the field, and is available for participants from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine (the Eastern Partnership countries), Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia and Sweden.
The Summer Academy: Democracy at School is a cooperation between the Polish Ministry of National Education (MEN), Centre for Education Development, Poland (ORE), The European Wergeland Centre (EWC) and Council of Europe (CoE), and is based on the shared values and principles of these institutions.
Working languages: ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, with simultaneous translation.
Henrik Wergeland (1808 – 1845) was a romantic poet and an important historian. He was an advocate for
democracy, and an eager defender of freedom of faith and freedom of expression.
