OPEN LEARNING COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF “CHILD-MINDING” SCHOOLS

OPEN LEARNING COMMUNITIES INSTEAD OF “CHILD-MINDING” SCHOOLS

Read Maria Geraki’s article ‘Open learning communities instead of “child-minding” schools’” in AlfaVita. It is based on the interview with Zoe Valerie, founder of Spring Academy, “Open Learning Communities” on the ERTopen radio program Education Matters. It is in Greek. The automatic translation is interesting! “Unfortunately, while we believed that by making education compulsory we would solve the issues of […]

AGILE SUMMER-CAMP

AGILE SUMMER-CAMP

From the 12th to the 21st of August, Stagones are hosting the Agile Summer-camp that are co organizing with Spring Academy and Hara-Goe project. The focus point of this camp will be community building and creative expression through an agile framework. The tools that will be analyzed and used, help us develop strong and honest relationships. The scope is to include the needs of the […]

BACK TO THE ROOTS

BACK TO THE ROOTS

We are very happy to be co-organising Back to the Roots with Twende Dance Project and Casa Lucia. A two day African Dance & Dance therapy Workshop for all ages: 17 & 18 August, 18:30-21:30 with Sammy Gian & Alexandra Katsarou Information

OPEN YOUR MIND Scholarships

OPEN YOUR MIND Scholarships

We are trying to provide scholarships for all those in need for  The Open Your Mind Camp for teenagers in Corfu, Dassia, 7-12/7/22 The Open Your Mind Labs for children, parents and educators in Corfu, at Casa Lucia. 8-12/7/22 which we are co-organising, with the Hellenic Association for the Promotion of Rhetoric in Education Open Your Mind is a non-profit event […]

OPEN YOUR MIND

OPEN YOUR MIND

We are very happy to be co-organising, with the Hellenic Association for the Promotion of Rhetoric in Education The Open Your Mind Camp for teenagers The Open Your Mind Labs for children, parents and educators The Open Your Mind Camp, after a successful five years of camps in the Cyclades, this year is happening in Corfu, in Dassia, 7-12/7/22Information and […]

Colour Melody

Colour Melody

Saturday 4th of June 18:00-20:00 An introduction to the graphic score. With Katerina Provata & Iris Papadhogona Katerina grew up in Corfu with studies in classical music and continued her research and studies in Athens in the Orff music&movement education system. There she opened her horizons in alternative education based on “I learn by playing”. Various seminars and courses in […]

Assistance for Secondary Education students

Spring Academy operates according to the Requests and Offers made by the members of the community. Assistance for Secondary Education students Description: We are looking for specialists (not only teachers, e.g. topographers) to create Study Groups in areas where students either have difficulty or are not taught in school. The topics so far are: Mathematics Topography Technical and Freehand Drawing […]

Can e-learning contribute to Educational Reform?

E-learning, including hybrid learning (combining online and in person learning), is prominent in further education and as a choice for adults in general. What about the rest of the population?  Many students in lower and higher education were thrown into e-learning because of the pandemic. For some this has been a blessing in disguise with teachers using new technology and […]

Reflections of our journey – Day 4 Pilot Spring Academy

Reflections of our journey – Day 4 Pilot Spring Academy

Day 4 (30.04.2022) We reached the end of the Pilot Spring Academy and we look back to realize the dynamic and complex dimensions that we traveled! How many ideas, how many inspirations, how many connections, how many visions for change and transformation were exchanged or even flourished! With good doses of fiesta and joy we put a bookmark in the […]

Exploring the paths – Day 3 Pilot Spring Academy

Exploring the paths – Day 3 Pilot Spring Academy

Day 3 (29.04.2022) With the ”vision” & ” hope” for changEarth as our talisman we move on hop-hop, into new and interconnected paths! Join us in reaching ways of connection and communication with planet adolescence. 💫 We extend a helping hand where they usually find none. In our backpack we have a kaleidoscope and Mandala super powers! What supplies would […]