With the young participants of our new project 'Youth Dialogue Lab' we visited the yearly Arvamusfestival / Opinion Festival in Estonia. They participated in several discussions, met the festival leader and joined a dialogue about democracy in schools. Full report: www.linkedin.com/posts/bartco...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Dialogue facilitation training on 6 & 7 May in Tallinn – We are organising a basic training for people who want to improve their facilitation skills. In the training we will focus on group dialogue and group conversation. More info: www.linkedin.com/posts/estoni... #dialogue #Estonia

Wishing you nice holidays, filled with laughter and good conversations! Soovin teile rõõmsaid naeru ja heade vestlustega täidetud pühi! #dialogue #holidays #dialoog #puhkus

A big thank you to all the people we have worked with during this second year of the Estonian Dialogue Academy! Suur tänu kõigile inimestele, kellega oleme Eesti Dialoogiakadeemia teise aasta jooksul koostööd teinud! Swipe trough a selection of our projects in 2024, and our plans for 2025: (1/3)

Yesterday and today we participate in the ‘Civic Education in Times of Was and Peace’ Lab, organised by THE CIVICS Innovation Hub and Networking European Civic Education. How to support dialogue and discussion on difficult topics, balancing your roles as facilitator and educator working with youth.

Today we’ll be giving a session on how dialogue can help you reach your goals, for the members of the Baltic Sea Impact Network.

Yesterday Olena Kosmenko and @bartcosijn.bsky.social gave an introductory course in Philosophy for Children (P4C) for the Perlyna center for children from Ukraine in Riga. Very impressive work they do, providing education to the refugee community in the Latvia, weekdays, evenings, weekends.

Traveling to Riga to give a workshop about Dialogue in the Classroom for a group of Ukrainian teachers at the Perlyna school, together with professor of pedagogy Olena Kozmenko.

A meaningful dialogue always starts with an open or fundamental question. Distinguish: 1. Scientific questions, like: How many friends do you have? (Countable) 2. Personal questions: Who is your best friend? (Only you know) 3. Fundamental questions: What is a friend? (Investigating a concept)

On Friday and Saturday we participated in a very exciting Agora: the first meeting of an emerging Philosophy for Children (P4C) community of Central and Eastern European countries. Practitioners, teachers and academics from Ukraine, Poland, Serbia, Hungary and Estonia came together.

Coming week we will visit the Perlyna school for children from Ukraine in Riga to give a workshop to their teachers on Dialogue in the Classroom. We’ll also discuss a joint pan Baltic project to support Ukrainian youth developing conversation and critical thinking skills. www.perlyna.org

Yesterday we started with a new course at Tallinna Pelgulinna Riigigümnaasium, which teaches #dialogue and #criticalthinking skills by doing philosophy. We use a method called Philosophy for Children and Youth (#P4C). The students' ideas, observations and questions play a central role.