Workshops, the best way to educate- Maria Garbuzova
The workshop, like one of the kinds of informal education, is the best way to learn, create and develop. Games with discussions, when no one afraid to share with others his ideas or thoughts, much better than one formal lesson with teacher and books in a class. It gives you the chance to show others what is the person you are and how nonstandard thinking you can.
Farni Charita EVS team decided to make an experiment and checked is informal education really so good for trainers and pupils or not. Our suggestion supported students from Euroschool.
Euroschool Ceska Lipa provides knowledge, skills and abilities required for further student’s works. They use modern educational devices, new technologies in the learning process, that is why students are encouraged to work independently and to be more responsible for their studies. One of the specializations at this school is «Hotel management and tourism», where students learn how to make the most comfortable conditions for foreigners, begin from dressing table and finish with touristic information for guests.
So, with these talented students, we organized one «International kitchen day». We cooked, touch each other different multicultural recipes and just had fun together. It can only seem that nothing special happened that day and you even can’t call this activity lesson.
But actually due to this one day we and students from Euroschool have learned a lot of things: we practiced our English conversation skills, we learned new words from 6 (!) different languages, we tried many various dishes, and we became better acquainted with Czech culture and cultures of ours countries. It can be compared with an ordinary day at school with English and Czech, Geography and History lessons, but it was more interesting and funny that even no one understood when our time was finished and we were needed to go home.
«The atmosphere in this school was really friendly and nice. I didn’t feel myself unwanted, opposite, we were very welcomed there. Students prepared for us great daily program including presentations about the Czech Republic and amazing Czech traditional menu. Cooperation between all of us during this activity was like we are all old friends and have known each other for many years», - commented this event one of EVS volunteers, Salome Nemsitsveridze.
A the end of our «Intercultural Kitchen day», in spite of the fact that we cooked during 4 hours, we and students still were full of energy and wanted continue to share our experience and thoughts.
We are not sure that after an ordinary day at school we will feel ourselves the same, but we sure that we want to repeat this day again and again. And how said the headmaster of Euroschool «In this difficult time it’s very important to build together a little bridges from one country to another, to learn how to be tolerant and open-minded, and that is great that today we have built one of this bridges».
The workshop, like one of the kinds of informal education, is the best way to learn, create and develop. Games with discussions, when no one afraid to share with others his ideas or thoughts, much better than one formal lesson with teacher and books in a class. It gives you the chance to show others what is the person you are and how nonstandard thinking you can.
Farni Charita EVS team decided to make an experiment and checked is informal education really so good for trainers and pupils or not. Our suggestion supported students from Euroschool.
Euroschool Ceska Lipa provides knowledge, skills and abilities required for further student’s works. They use modern educational devices, new technologies in the learning process, that is why students are encouraged to work independently and to be more responsible for their studies. One of the specializations at this school is «Hotel management and tourism», where students learn how to make the most comfortable conditions for foreigners, begin from dressing table and finish with touristic information for guests.
So, with these talented students, we organized one «International kitchen day». We cooked, touch each other different multicultural recipes and just had fun together. It can only seem that nothing special happened that day and you even can’t call this activity lesson.
But actually due to this one day we and students from Euroschool have learned a lot of things: we practiced our English conversation skills, we learned new words from 6 (!) different languages, we tried many various dishes, and we became better acquainted with Czech culture and cultures of ours countries. It can be compared with an ordinary day at school with English and Czech, Geography and History lessons, but it was more interesting and funny that even no one understood when our time was finished and we were needed to go home.
«The atmosphere in this school was really friendly and nice. I didn’t feel myself unwanted, opposite, we were very welcomed there. Students prepared for us great daily program including presentations about the Czech Republic and amazing Czech traditional menu. Cooperation between all of us during this activity was like we are all old friends and have known each other for many years», - commented this event one of EVS volunteers, Salome Nemsitsveridze.
A the end of our «Intercultural Kitchen day», in spite of the fact that we cooked during 4 hours, we and students still were full of energy and wanted continue to share our experience and thoughts.
We are not sure that after an ordinary day at school we will feel ourselves the same, but we sure that we want to repeat this day again and again. And how said the headmaster of Euroschool «In this difficult time it’s very important to build together a little bridges from one country to another, to learn how to be tolerant and open-minded, and that is great that today we have built one of this bridges».
