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MAP (Montessori Adolescent Program) Inspirations
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2017 PROJECT  FINISHED 

The name of the project is MAP (Montessori Adolescent Programme) Inspirations and it will be carries out by the Coordinator country - Czech republic and its partners - Greta Britain, Austria, Sweden and Netherlands. These five partnerting organizations are all members of Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), umbrella organization for Montessori education in European Union, base in the Netherlands. We all share the vision that to advance education of children in EU, and especially children from socially weakened areas or families, we need to offer the children in all stages of their life the best possible care and education. Education of adolescents is a very difficult task because it addresses the children in a complicated phase of their development. Main purpose of this project is to allow educators of adolescents from partnering organizations to share knowledge, know how and experience in the area of the project - specifics and methodology in Montessori education of young people (age 13 - 18) and methods of informal education of youth. Through sharing we want to design, develop and start Montessori adolescent programmes in EU. Together we will create comprehensive international methodology and complex set of activities that can be used within the Montessori educational system for work with youth, based on the needs of young people in each country. We will also create inventory of existing Montessori youth programmes in Europe and last but not least, we will create Internet platform through which the sharing of knowledge, knowhow and experience will be supported and continued after the project is over. We believe that the non-formal out of school activities established on the Montessori education system principles as well as the prepared environment can have an important impact on the target group of young people aged 13 - 18 that is usually difficult to address and capture. All participants of our project have long time experience with leading various kinds of informal activities for various target groups included adolescents. The Montessori community feels the urgent need to address this target group and want to improve its methods and tools to do that.
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