{"id":78921,"date":"2025-05-23T15:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T12:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prodidactica.md\/en\/?p=78921"},"modified":"2025-05-26T14:37:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:37:47","slug":"first-results-of-the-piloting-of-the-non-formal-education-programme-little-explorers-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prodidactica.md\/en\/first-results-of-the-piloting-of-the-non-formal-education-programme-little-explorers-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"First results of the piloting of the non-formal education programme \u2018Little Explorers Academy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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“This project appealed to me because of its originality and the multitude of opportunities it offers for working with pupils. We explored targets of historical and cultural value, creating contexts for group interaction and exploration of specific issues\u2026”
\u2018I was very pleased with the attitude and support of the institution’s administration, which saw in this project a possibility to diversify and enrich non-formal education activities\u2026\u2019
\u2018It is a project with great potential for development, which deserves to be continued and extended, for as many generations as possible of curious, active and knowledge-loving \u2019little explorers\u2018\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These reflections belong to some teachers participating in the piloting process of a new non-formal education programme – \u2018Little Explorers Academy\u2019. The initiative takes place within the project \u2018Academy of Little Explorers\u2019, implemented by the Educational Centre PRO DIDACTICA, in partnership with Y-PEER, co-financed by the Polish-American Freedom Foundation, within the programme \u2018RITA – Transformations in the Region\u2019, implemented by the Foundation Education for Democracy. We were invited to participate in this valuable project by the Gda\u0144sk Community Foundation (Gda\u0144sk, Poland), an organization with extensive experience in implementing non-formal education initiatives, which they shared with us with great openness and goodwill. The overall objective of the project is to encourage young pupils to discover and explore the cultural, historical and natural sights of the municipality of Chisinau, developing their curiosity, spirit of observation and love for their home city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aware of the importance of promoting cultural heritage among children, LT \u2018Da Vinci\u2019, LT \u2018M. Berezovschi\u2019, LT \u2018Ion Pelivan\u2019 and LT ,, Onisifor Ghibu” have enthusiastically accepted to become partner schools in the process of piloting this subject in primary classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme encourages schoolchildren to learn about the history, values and traditions of their home town. Inspired by the practice of colleagues in Poland (the \u2018Akademia Gda\u0144skich Lionek\u2019 educational programme), this first-ever approach is being carried out with the support of teachers as coordinators, parents as partners in the exploration activity, and local guides as learning facilitators – a collaboration that creates a network of support and reinforces the role of education as a collective and relevant process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The student’s guide \u2018Little Explorers’ Academy\u2019, developed by Daniela State, accompanies the whole journey of discovery of museums, monuments, historical buildings, parks, etc. in the capital of the Republic of Moldova. It helps students choose the sights they want to visit, provides information about them and an algorithm for organising their visit. It also contains an explorer’s diary, which is intended to be filled in after each trip, asking students to write down the date of their visit, their impressions and emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1,000 pupils involved in the experimentation of the subject, who have attracted an impressive number of parents, brothers and sisters in this educational adventure, have discovered the city where they live or have enriched their knowledge about it, having memorable experiences.
The results of piloting the \u201cLittle Explorers Academy\u201d and the openness of the actors involved to study it provide a solid basis for extending and consolidating the project at national level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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