Workshop

What is the difference between discussion and dialogue? And why does it matter for learning?

This workshop explores the theory and practice of genuine classroom dialogue — conversations in which participants are truly open to changing their minds, and in which meaning is created together rather than transmitted from one party to another.

Drawing on the work of David Bohm, Paulo Freire, and more recent research in dialogic teaching, we will practise specific facilitation moves that open up dialogue rather than closing it down.

Grades are the most visible artefact of a system that reduces learning to measurement. But what are the alternatives, and can they actually work in real schools and institutions?

In this hands-on workshop, we will explore a range of alternative and authentic assessment approaches: portfolios, self-assessment, peer feedback, learning journals, and competency-based approaches.

Participants will have the opportunity to try out tools, discuss their applicability in different contexts, and begin designing a small assessment experiment they can take back to their own work.

How does the place where we learn shape what and how we learn? This outdoor workshop explores place-based education as a framework for connecting learners to their local environment, community, and culture.

Participants will experience place-based methods first-hand — leaving the building to engage with the landscape of Předklášteří — and then reflect on how these approaches can be adapted for their own contexts, whether in urban schools, nature settings, or community organisations.

Design thinking is not just for product designers. Its core mindset — empathy, iteration, prototyping, and testing — is deeply relevant for anyone who designs learning experiences.

In this practical workshop, participants will work through a compressed design thinking cycle applied to a real educational challenge. Starting with empathy interviews, moving through ideation to rapid prototyping, and ending with peer feedback, this session gives you a lived experience of the process.

What does it mean to facilitate rather than teach? This workshop explores facilitation as a pedagogical orientation — a set of dispositions, skills, and tools that shift the locus of learning from the teacher to the group.

Through practice and reflection, participants will experience and debrief facilitation techniques that can be adapted for classroom, staff meeting, and community contexts.

No prior facilitation experience required.

An experiential workshop in which participants design and prototype inquiry-based learning sequences for their own contexts.

We will use a simple design framework to move from identifying a genuine question to building a learning arc that follows the question. Participants will work in small groups and share their designs for peer feedback.

Bring: A learning challenge or question from your own practice that you would like to work on.

Suitable for: Teachers, curriculum designers, school leaders.