Assosiation of Critical Education focuses on environmental education, intercultural education and gender issues projects. We are working in Wroclaw and rural areas of Lower Silesia. Our projects: 1) Studying mums/dads During 2011 our team ran a gender-connected project: "Studying mums". We decorated and furnished a little room at the University of Wroclaw, organized over 12 workshops, debates and seminars concerning the issues of motherhood, established a self help group, ran a research project and published a book. 2)Nadodrze, urban pedagogy project An ecological socio-educational project in marginalized city spaces took place as a side effect of the ethnographic research of Dr Kamila Kaminska in Wroclaw 2012. The streetwalker's pedagogy initiative related to issues of sustainability was run by students together with disadvantaged young people. We renovated a little piece of land introducing nature to a devastated urban district.
3) Blooming our neighburhood- Youth in action ecological project: The project will result in strenghtening the sense of belonging and local identity building- therefore civic sociaty in Nadodrze formation. Self confidence and inner control are the goals for individuals development of young participants. Several soft result will mainain the added value of the project with its „real life� changes in public space of 3 backyards of devastated council housing area. Workshops engaging young people will be led in the correspondence with action: cooperation, negotiation and communication skills will be necessary to maintain the main goals: regeneration of a peace of space. Conquering of Guiness record in cereal eating will be a fun event promoting the project and healthy life style. We will run an interactive website and fun page on facebook for promoting a project together with posters and newsletters for local society. Methods: workshops, open space, happening,
street work, on line consulting and blended education and Guiness record conquering. 5) Summer play /day-camp in Wilczyn Cultural education project for children in the form of summer camps in the community Oborniki funded Silesia Marshal's Office (June-September 2011). 6) Litter eliminated Project on enviromental education for suistanble future of rular areas in south Poland.
II) Student association: Critical Education: Discourse, Power, Resistance (University of Wrocław) At the end of November 2011 the Student Association Critical Education: Discourse, Power, Resistance came into existence at the Pedagogical Faculty at the University of Wrocław. The first offiical leaders were Agnieszka Janik – a student of 4th year of Education – and Dr Kamila Kamińska – initiator and main head of this newly created enterprise. After three months of activity we were distinguished with an honour award for the best Student Association at the University in Wrocław. Our conference activity:
In April 2012 we organized a Polish symposium at DPR.
In June 2012 we went to a Polish conference in Gdansk on Critical Education spreading the word of DPR and taking part in the discussions on the past and future of critical thought in educational sciences in Poland. Both events had some things in common: they were a great challenge to our
epistemological frameworks and took place at the seaside. We are enthusiastic about the potential of DPR in Eastern European circles with the belief that there is loads more than football Poland can offer, because being critical we are not cynical! OUR GOALS: ✔ Activities for education in communities at risk of social and cultural exclusion, ✔ Cultural animaton of afternoon clubs for children and young people, ✔ Meetings, training, creative activities, campaigns and other forms of dissemination of the respect for the rights of women and children, ✔ Organization of practical training places for students, ✔ To promote joint research and publication in the critical paradigm, ✔ The promotion of environmental education and a healthy lifestyle. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.Contact: Mariusz Gaj, President (Coordination, fundraising) phone no: +48 721 746 038, mariusz.gaj83@gmail.com Agnieszka Janik, Vice President (Non-formal education, culture) phone no: +48 781 161 131, Paulina Kida, Vice President (Ecological education) phone no: +48 663 126 234, paulina.kida@gmail.com Destina Kuliś, Vice President (International cooperation, PR) phone no: +48 665 800 191, destina.kulis@gmail.com