The CARMA project introduces non-formal learning methods as a collaborative learning strategy to innovate school culture and transform classroom practices. The Reciprocal Maieutic Approach (RMA) will be used as an inclusive assessment tool for increasing teachers’ skills. The results achieved by the partnership will be applied for pushing policies towards the inclusion of disadvantaged learners and reduce early school leaving. The CARMA project foresees a consolidated process of proposing, enriching, and piloting an innovative learning approach. Objectives: - To increase student motivation and participation by offering new forms of teaching-learning using non-formal approaches to support disadvantaged learners and increase their achievements; - To integrate the RMA as an assessment tool within school curricula; - To expand teachers’ skills through training and assessment framework with knowledge and resources on how to use inclusive and participatory practices and develop collaborative relationships in and out of school; - To provide policy recommendations for strategies aimed at reducing early school leaving and increasing basic skills. The two direct target groups are a) teachers in basic skills and b) students (11-15 years) identified as disadvantaged. Indirect target group is the wider school community. The following results will be available online and in hard copy in the seven languages of the partners and in English: - CARMA Toolkit on how to use collaborative learning with students; - Inclusion Strategy with recommendations to EU education authorities on how to integrate non-formal learning within schools and form collaborative relationships with the school community; - Assessment Model for teachers; - Online Network promoting non-formal learning methods and continuous professional development of teachers. The impact envisaged by the CARMA project reaches to the education sector, the school community and policy makers in education and training at EU level.