Methodical-Didactic Lab I
Being Touched and Being in Touch – Sich berühren lassen
Dates: April 28 – 30, 2021
Virtual conference via Zoom
Register here! (closed)
Please read the Letter of Invitation (below) before registering.
Prior to the conference, please also complete this pre-conference questionnaire! (closed)
Invitees:
- Faculty, instructors, teachers and mentors from project partner organizations
- Faculty, instructors, teachers and mentors from other professional education and training providers in the global network of the Anthroposophic Council for Inclusive Social Development
Conference Fee and Financial Assistance:
Participation in the conference is free of charge. All organizations in the international network of the Anthroposophic Council for Inclusive Social Development are invited to make a voluntary contribution to the Council’s Solidarity Fund for future trainers’ conferences.
Primary Conference Languages: English, German, Spanish
Letter of Invitation:
Program:
Preparatory Materials and Resources:
Charter on Professional Education
CESTE-NET Final Report (2005-2007 EU Leonardo da Vinci Project on Training for Trainers)
Thematic overview – International Training Circle 2010-2019
Programs and materials – International Training Circle 2010-2019
Preparation and Process (see Letter of Invitation for details):
Participants select an aspect of their current teaching practice (e.g. a course, unit, module, practice environment or mentoring process) for which they are responsible, either individually or as part of an instructional team. Participants are asked to chose one or several of the methodical-didactic principles covered in the material to integrate into their instructional practices the term leading up to the conference, track their experience, experiment and adjust throughout the year and evaluate it together with peers and students. The results from participants’ action-inquiry processes will be brought together, shared and reviewed as part of the ‘Methodical-Didactic Lab’. This will provide the basis for joint reflection, identification of key principles and practices, and the conditions for their successful implementation. Activities and outcomes will be captured to be evaluated and documented for inclusion in the project’s platform for exchange of good practice. Key questions and ideas for the further development of instructional practice will be identified and will inform each participant’s individual goals for the following academic year, as well as the directions and focus areas for the preparation of the second Lab.
Objectives:
As a result of Methodical-Didactic Lab I: Integrating Study, Practice and Contemplative Inquiry, participants will
- Recognize and deliberately access their own educational practice as an opportunity for action-based reflection, inquiry and research;
- (Re-)connect with key principles for VET instruction that have been identified, discussed and developed within the context of the International Training Circle over the past 12+ years;
- Engage peers and students as partners in reflection on and evaluation of their own practice;
- Identify new questions and goals for the further evolution of their own educational practice;
- Discover new educational perspectives, instructional design ideas and methodical-didactic possibilities through collegial exchange;
- Build confidence in their own ability to develop creative approaches and share these with colleagues;
- Appreciate and become comfortable with participating in open collegial dialogue and giving and receiving peer evaluation and peer-feedback.
Results
Presentations
Note: Due to technical difficulties, recordings of the English simultaneous interpretation are not available for Wednesday and Friday. English-speakers, please watch the ‘Original’. You will be able to follow Stefanie Kuznik’s movement exercises (presented in German) through her demonstration. The presentations by Jan Göschel and Göran Krantz are in English in the original.
Verse by Rudolf Steiner (shared by Stefanie Kuznik)
Wednesday, April 28
- Stefanie Kuznik (in German): Point & Circle – Movements in the space between I and you (I)
- Jan Göschel (in English): Overview of methodical-didactic approaches and their relation to the Curative Education Course
Recordings: Original | Deutsch | Español
Powerpoint Presentation (Jan Goeschel)
Thursday, April 29
- Stefanie Kuznik (in German): Point & Circle – Movements in the space between I and you (II)
- Burga Liddiard (in English): Situated learning and communities of practice
Recordings: Original | English | Deutsch | Español
Powerpoint Presentation (Burga Liddiard)
Friday, April 30
- Stefanie Kuznik (in German): Point & Circle – Movements in the space between I and you (III)
- Göran Krantz (in English): The transformation of self – between being moved and being in performative, creative movement
Recordings: Original | Deutsch | Español
Powerpoint Presentation (Göran Krantz)
Pre-Conference Questionnaire
The responses to the Pre-Conference Questionnaire give a rich and detailed picture of the methodical-didactic practices and research questions living in the international network. The summary of these results is recommended reading in preparation for Methodical-Didactic Lab II (2022).