The first phase of the pilot action in Poland has come to an end

On 18 June, the INTERKULTURALNI PL partner carried out an activity as part of the Polish WTHBF (I Wear the Top Hat Being Barefoot) pilot, this time involving members of the student council at Mikołaj Kopernik 4th Secondary School in Rzeszów. This workshop marked the culmination of the pilot’s school-based phase. In the new school year, they will return to all participating schools to reflect on which ideas and innovations developed by children and young people could be implemented in lasting, systemic ways in educational practices and learning organisation.

The workshop was held in a slightly modified format, shaped by the earlier co-creation processes, observations, and experiments that took place during the workshops in Niepołomice and Brunary. However, the core element of the workshop process was maintained: a gamified format enabling young people to creatively diagnose school reality and design possible changes.

The students clearly identified the problems and obstacles contributing to declining motivation to learn, the routinisation of the educational process and the lack of methodological creativity in everyday school life. They reflected on the organisation of learning, teaching methods, relationships within the school community, and young people’s sense of influence over how learning takes place.