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When a High School classroom becomes a theatre play
by Laura Andrés Tallardà
Fundació Catalunya Voluntaria and Artixoc, with the support of the Spanish network of the Anna Lindh Foundation, carry out the workshops ‘Turn your back on violence’ in a High School class and playground.
Playgrounds are the place where children and teenagers dream, play, grow and take a rest from their classes. But in Barcelona, a playground from a High School in the Sants-Montjuic district, also becomes a special ‘experiment’. Students can improve competencies like expressing themselves in a non-violent way or active listening through different activities.
to put into practice pedagogical tools that are based on creativity and free expression, as well as on the interests, experiences and teamwork capacity of the students.
The activity takes place between the months
of February and May 2021 in a center of high complexity for 24 hours in total, and allows discovering and recognizing relevant aspects On the other hand, the classroom of students of communication, acting, knowledge of the becomes a theater play, while creating spaces self and one’s own emotions, words, gestures and feelings, with the aim of focusing on how to develop the skills to express oneself in a non-violent way, listen actively, communicate peacefully and prevent and manage conflict situations. This will help the participants to have more resources to prevent violence and fight against the various forms of discrimination and bullying, inside and outside the classroom.
“The interesting part is that the initiative im-
plies different ways to learn, communicate, and different competencies. Knowledge and abilities are not the same. Nowadays, it is possible to learn in a creative way. In their case, it implies commenting and receiving comments in a non-violent way, or being able to take the
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