Date: 21 May 2009
Venue: Rua Luciano Cordeiro, no. 24, 6th Floor, Lisbon
Supporting texts
Psychosocial practices and community dynamics: meanings and possibilities of advance from the perspective of the engaged social actors – Maria de Fátima Quintal de Freitas
Philosophy of consciousness-raising in training work – Marijke de Koning
Objectives
Promote, among volunteers and professionals working with socially disadvantaged populations, a reflection-action process around the work of street teams and social intervention project teams;
Experience and (re-)construct an appropriate methodology for a unifying praxis of theoretical deepening and action in the field;
Constitute a network of socio-cultural mediators, multipliers of awareness-raising paths for gender equality and quality of life through shared leaderships.
Methodology
The methodology used in the workshop combines the conversational learning process of Baker, Jenson and Kolb with the Modus III Learning knowledge production praxis of Kunneman, from the perspective of Freire's philosophy of consciousness-raising.
Target audience
Community agents involved in social intervention projects; Leaders and project managers in social solidarity institutions; Volunteers and professionals who are part of street teams and social intervention project teams
Programme
Thursday, 21 May 2009
| 9:30 | Reception and introduction of participants |
| 10:00 | Introduction to the Conversational Learning methodology, Modus III learning, and consciousness-raising in socio-educational intervention processes with socially disadvantaged populations |
| 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:30 | Conversational Learning 1: Problematising what happens on the street |
| 11:40 | Activities for “Business and Biodiversity” in Germany Helmut Roscheisen (Deutscher Naturschutzring – DNR, Germany) |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| 14:30 | Conversational Learning 2: Reasons for intervention and proposals for action |
| 16:30 | Conclusions and systematisation of intervention leads |
| 17:00 | Workshop evaluation |
Promoting Entity:
Fundação Cuidar O Futuro
Partner Entity:
Universidade Federal do Paraná (Curitiba, Brasil)
Training Entity:
Graal
Trainers:
Maria de Fátima Quintal de Freitas (Universidade Federal de Paraná, Brasil); Marijke de Koning (Fundação Cuidar O Futuro; Graal; Centro de Investigação e Intervenção Educativas, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação, Universidade do Porto)
