Teaching is a rich and fulfilling journey, yet it comes with its share of challenges. As educators, we often grapple with personal issues that affect our professional lives. The solution? Community Forums—an innovative and engaging framework for addressing these challenges within a supportive community.

Join Us for an Intensive Weekend Workshop at ITI Istanbul!

Date: Saturday 27th July and Sunday 28th July 2024

What to Expect:

Our face-to-face weekend workshops explore the use of Community Forums for personal and professional development, drawing inspiration from the techniques of Forum Theatre by Augusto Boal. This unique approach is participant-centered, offering a safe space for educators to discuss real concerns and challenges while fostering a collaborative and supportive community.

Why Attend?

• Learn and Apply: Gain hands-on experience with the methodology and techniques to implement in your own contexts.
• Innovative Framework: Explore a groundbreaking framework for conducting professional development, focusing on real issues faced by educators.
• Multi-voiced Dialogue: Engage in multi-perspective discussions, finding solutions to real problems and inspiring action and change.
• Experiential Learning: Discover the power of participatory methodology in ELT Teacher Education, addressing the hurdles teachers face.

Uncover the Power of Community Forums

In this captivating adaptation of Forum Theatre, participants collectively re-enact real-life teaching challenges, collaboratively seeking solutions. Community Forums go beyond discussions—they are participant-led, solution-oriented, and offer a chance to develop facilitation skills, becoming a catalyst for positive change in your teaching community.

Your Journey Starts Here

• Problem-Solving: Embark on a journey of collaborative problem-solving and skill development.
• Community Building: Create a supportive space encouraging self-disclosure and problem resulution

Facilitation Skills for Educators

Drawing from Applied Theatre principles, our workshops focus on developing facilitation skills. Facilitation enables shared decision-making, generating dialogue, reflection, and community cohesion.

Community Forums: An Evolution of Forum Theatre

Rooted in the Brazilian social movements of the 1950s and 1960s, Community Forums are based on Paolo Freire’s model of participatory education. Learn the philosophy that learning starts with awareness and analysis, involving re-enacting/reflection to promote change.

Workshop Components:

A. Games and Participatory Activities:

• Build trust, spontaneity, and creativity.
• Foster collaboration, effective communication, and problem-solving.
• Develop facilitation skills for inciting change.

B. Community Forum Methodology:

• Based on personal narratives and experiences.
• Promotes self-aware, critically thinking participants.
• Encourages a ‘bottom-up’ approach to change.