Do you have the spirit of a facilitator? Propose your workshop and encourage others to take part in it.
A long workshop is a cyclical, daily morning session for participants who commit to taking part in it throughout the entire duration of RIDEF.
During the daily 3.5-hour sessions, a 30-minute break is planned. In total, the workshop includes approximately 18 hours of work. It is a comprehensive project whose theme should be aligned with the main theme of RIDEF.
Anyone who would like to share their pedagogical knowledge and experience in practicing Célestin Freinet’s pedagogy can propose a workshop. Proposals should be submitted online using the form available below.
The workshop may be led by one facilitator or a team. The outcomes of the joint work will be presented to all participants during an engaging presentation on the penultimate day of RIDEF.
A list of proposed and accepted workshops will be published below as they are submitted.
How can we transform education so that children and young people become leaders of social change with a sense of responsibility for the world? If you have an idea for a workshop, please complete the form below and send it to us. Thank you for your cooperation.
In this section you will find the list of long workshops proposed by RIDEF participants. This section will be updated regularly.
On the second day of the international RIDEF meeting (01.08.2026), after the morning presentations of the workshops by their facilitators, you will be able to register for the workshop of your choice.
FACILITATORS:
Prof. Dr hab. Ewa Filipiak – Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Head of the Department of Didactics and Studies on the Culture of Education
Julia Czyż – student at Kazimierz Wielki University
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 15–20
DURATION: 3 hours × 7 days (i.e. modules 1–5)
LANGUAGE: English, Polish
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Where and when does democracy begin? In kindergarten? In the first years of school? Or only when people reach the age at which they can vote in elections?
Is there a place within institutional education for democracy as a value – and therefore for participation, justice, equality, shared decision-making, group work, cooperation, distribution of power, strengthening social roles, mutual respect, diversity and difference?
This workshop focuses on recognising the challenges of creating space for developing democratic thinking and citizenship in school, fostering a sense of agency, and reflecting on the need for education for and within democracy from early childhood, as well as on cultural barriers and limitations.
Participants will work with empirical material from participatory research conducted with children attending both traditional and alternative classes. Particular attention will be given to the possibilities of building democratic practices in the Freinet classroom.
We warmly invite participants to engage in discussion and reflection on this topic.
