The DEEP Workshop in Nowy Sacz
'Active citizen'
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Place: Nowy Sacz
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Time: 4 - 6 October, 2002
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Participants:
25 teachers of high and primary schools of Nowy Sacz, Rytro, Piwniczna, Januszowa, Wieloglowy, headmasters of these schools, representatives of local authorities.
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The DEEP workshop consisted of three main parts:
- Democracy
- Street Law
- iEARN
During the opening session quests and participants of the DEEP workshop were familiarize with an idea of civic society and the DEEP Project as a whole. Goals and outcomes of each of them are described in the following parts of this report.
Democracy
Teacher trainers: Dorota Komornicka, Agnieszka Rymsza,
Goals:
- learning how to recognize conflicts in a local society,
- finding solution to controversial issues or conflicts recognized and described by participants of the DEEP workshop; promoting negotiations as one of the best solution,
- project method used in civics,
- lobbing and writing grant application,
- shaping projects for the following year 2002.
Results:
The participants of the DEEP workshop were introduced to a project method - how is it used in civics, what are advantages and disadvantages of this method. They enthusiastically learned how to write a grant application and how to organize lobbing. They began writing projects.
Street Law
Teacher trainer: Dagmara Wozniakowska, Witold Klaus
Goals:
- to familiarize students and teachers with the idea of how authorities (chosen and appointed) function,
- to show students and teachers the rights and responsibilities following different social roles we perform in every day life, ( citizen, customer, patient, pupil etc.)
- to show how to make lessons about law more interesting, playful, hilarious,
- to explain how understanding of law is very useful in our daily life.
Results:
The participants has acquired knowledge what are legal possibilities to work in social environment and solve problems by realization of different projects. The content of this part of the DEEP workshop was based on CD and manual 'Randka z paragrafem' by W.Klaus, M.Platek, D.Wozniakowska.
iEARN
Teacher trainers: Andrzej Litwin, Wieslawa Sawicka
Goals:
to introduce iEARN, what kind of a program it is, how it works
to show how iEARN can cooperate with the DEEP Program, and how to realize other international programs,
to teach how to use an E-mail and the internet as helpful tools to develop educational programs and make school lessons more attractive.
Results:
The participants of the DEEP workshop learned what is iEARN and how to search its large number of civics and others projects and how to work with iEARN/DEEP projects. They also were participating in a discussion on iEARN web forum. They have acquired new skill. Similar, to above described parts of the DEEP workshop, iEARN part raised great interest among teachers; they had prepared few projects to work with students.
Teachers have received CD and manual 'iEARN 2001-2002 Project Description Book'.
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Continuation of the projects created during the DEEP workshop
There is ongoing monitoring of the DEEP Program realization by teacher trainers, the coordinator and sub coordinators.
As a result of workshops in the Nowy Sacz participants from Gymnasium Nr 2 have prepared grant applications to Polska Fundacja Dzieci i Mlodziezy (Polish Kids and Youth Foundation) in order to continue their newly created projects. September 1st - December 31st 2002, schools from Nowy Sacz area had been working on projects concerning Democracy, Street Law and some iEARN projects. The consultants visited schools few times.
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The following institutions and organizations have been cooperating with the DEEP Program:
ˇ Polish Association For Legal Education
ˇ Internet Teachers Association
ˇ Educational Society for Malopolska
ˇ Local authorities The Snow Mountain Community Fund
ˇ Association 'Zadanie'
ˇ Polish Foundation for Children and Youth
ˇ Association 'Sowa'.
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Additional Information
All participants of the DEEP workshop in Nowy Sacz received certificates, and all trainers received certificates with regards to the subject-matter. An individual approach to every participant gain an appreciation of teachers and students. Teacher trainer give participants orientation in law, local authorities, and use active methods of teaching as discussion, problem solving etc.
2 Profits from working in program; 3 Calendar of workshops 2002;
4 WILKANÓW; 5 NOWY SĄCZ; 6 WARSZAWA; 7 GDYNIA;
8 Project facilitators 
