SMELLS of RICK'S cafe'
Dear colleagues, I am glad to inform you about the birth of our RICK'S cafe' Network , it is a community of players in education from all over Europe that have set out to bring about positive change in our schools and in education. The starting partnership of the network is made up of a number of organizations from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Germany and Poland. We also have an associate partner from the Palestinian Territories. These partners are the patrons of RICK'S cafe'.
Our network is a learning network and it is high on human interaction however our dreams lie beyond the normal parameters of interaction. We started working together in December 2010 and our first training and discussions are on foresight. We will soon start thinking about our schools in 2020...and about of the process towards RICK'S cafe' 2020.
Training Activities at RICK'S cafe'
Learning together is a very important part of our network. We give paramount importance to the process of learning together through sharing and learning from each other. Throughout the lifetime of the network we are organizing training sessions that are in part internal to the members of the network and in part open to non-members. More information is posted on this website as each training session approaches.
There will be six informal training sessions, four international workshops and one final seminar.
Training Sessions
Foresight...envisaging social change
Madrid, Spain 2010
Training on interculturality, internationalization and organizational changes in schools: CRI Model and Readiness for Intercultural Change Model. General guidelines towards building a Strategic Intercultural and Internationalization Plan.
Citta' della Pieve, Italy 2011
Building Strategic Intercultural and Internationalization Plans (taking into account the outputs from previous training activities) in secondary, vocational and professional schools to develop an organizational culture that will invite innovative change and adapt to environmental forces.
Kocaeli, Turkey 2012
Training on intercultural mediation : supportive resources and intercultural learning approaches and methodologies
Madrid, Spain 2012
International Cooperation in Education
Madrid, Spain 2012
International Workshops
The Application of Foresight Tools to strategies in school management that cater for rapid social change.
Citta' della Pieve, Italy 2011
Concepts for internationalization of school environments : pro-activity to social change
Kocaeli, Turkey 2012
Religious Culture, Faith, Non-Religious Convictions : Toledo Guiding Principles (OSCE)
Madrid, Spain 2012
Final Seminar
Knowledge and Consciousness of an Intercultural Context that is outside the school : absorbing social change through readiness.
Madrid, Spain 2013
Maria Kavouri - Orizzonte Association for Intercultural Education
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