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TRAMP – Transnational Mobility of Older People in Europe
76 Part II
2. Participants’ involvement
Problems and obstacles
• Dissatisfaction with the presentation of programme contents
Information
• Especially the elderly want to involve their own personality and personal
experience in the educational work.
Recommendations
• The common arrangement of the programme prior to the project and a
high degree of flexibility within the clearly structured framework of the
programme during the project meet the participants` aims.
• A balance between theoretical work and experiential seminar sections is
recommended. Participants should have ample opportunity to incorporate
their experience and views on educational work. This can be done by
a high proportion of discussion, group work, biographical exchanges and
the choice of a variety of topics related to the participants’ personal history.
It is also important that group members can contribute their own skills
and build on them.
• Beyond the programme’s main topics, sufficient opportunity for additional
informal discussion should be provided.
3. Group dynamics
Problems and obstacles
• Problems of group formation, lack of identification within the group,
and poor cooperation between the members
Information
• The elderly have considerable experience in personal interaction and – depending
on the educational level – may have wider social skills, nevertheless
problems in group processes must be considered.
Recommendations
• It is recommended, especially in projects involving groups of mixed nationality,
that ample opportunity to build personal relationships is provided.
Thus, participants can become aware of differences and similarities within
the group and assess the background and expectations of other participants.
• Promotion of solidarity within the group can be achieved by voluntary
work or joint activities designed to encourage communication between
the group members.