Non-formal education in formal education of students

facilitators: Małgorzata Paczyńska-Jędrycka and Marta Jońca

Brief description of the training
The training was held on June 27, 2014. It involved students II and III of the fields: Physical Education and  also Tourism and Recreation- both from Department of Physical Education and Health Promotion, University of Szczecin. Students acquainted with the basic knowledge on formal and non-formal education. The training was mainly focused on practical actions, namely integration activities, team, activities focused on creative thinking, also energizers. All lectures were carefully discussed with the students. We indicated the possibility of their use to work with children and youth for example on: colonies and camps during the summer.

Purpose of training
The main objective of the training was to familiarize students with the methods of non-formal education in order to exploit them to work with children and youth in schools, camps and colonies for children and youth, as well as during the courses of animation.
 

The specific objectives
• To show why it is important to use the non- formal education in our work (here: work with children and youth)
• Learn new games, games, tasks that you can use in their daily work
• Show how you can use the non-formal education in a traditional school
• Show that you can also learn through play
• To develop their own workshop

The duration, the period of the location
The training was held on 27.06.2014. 12.30-20.00 hours at Jasne Błonia (centrally located park) in Szczecin

Description of the participants
The training was attended by 14 students the second and third year courses: Physical Education and Tourism and Recreation Department of Physical Education and Health Promotion, University of Szczecin. They were mostly people who will be an educators or Staff for holidays for children and adolescents.
Students participated with great commitment in training. These were people who really wanted it to acquire new knowledge and skills that they can use in their future work.
 
Results and effects of training
• Knowledge about new games and activities, informal techniques which can be used in the field of formal education
• New skills for working with groups for children and youth
• Improved interaction between teachers and students,
• Ability to understand how you can create learning situations
• Ability to create new games, games, activities using resources that currently has ("make something out of nothing")