Learner-Centred Learning in Youth Circus (LCL)

Project Description

LCL includes methods of teaching that shifts the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student, focusing on skills and practices that enable lifelong learning and independent problem solving. The exchanges were aimed at experienced multidisciplinary Circus teachers.

The European LCL project assumed that circus promotes empowerment, participation and active citizenship, and wants to analyse “The role of the trainer in the use of circus as a means of working with youth in different countries in Europe”. As part of the project, there were exchanges, that aimed to explore the potential of experiential learning methodologies in developing technical progression in circus disciplines, without losing the approach centred on the growth of the participants.

Partners

BAG-Zirkuspädagogik – Germany (Leader)

Suomen Nuorisosirkusliitto – Finland

Estonian Contemporary Circus Development Centre – Estonia

Fundacja Miasto Projekt – Poland

Vlaams centrum voor circuskunsten vzw – Belgium

Giocolieri e Dintorni / Circosfera – Italy

Circomundo – Netherlands

Federacion Española de Escuelas de Circo Socio Educativo – Spain

Fédération Française des Ecoles de Cirque – France

UK Youth Circus Network (Circusworks)– United Kingdom

Slovensko zdruzenje za cirkusko pedagogiko – Cirkokrog Slovenia