PILOT TRAINING COURSE ON MULTIFUNCTIONAL FARMERS' EDUCATIVE ROLE Call:2016 - 2016-1-IT02-KA204-024381 KA2 - Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices-Strategic Partnerships for adult education PILOT TRAINING COURSE ON MULTIFUNCTIONAL FARMERS' EDUCATIVE ROLE Marsaskala, Malta 14 – 18 May 2018 Activity C2 - Blended mobility of adult learners DESIGN OF THE TRAINING PATH: EDUCATIONAL FARM Dr Antonietta Stinga 1

EDUCATIONAL FARMS TITLE USERS Farmers from Northern Ireland, Spain, Malta, Italy ENTRY COMPETENCIES Farmers engaged in multifunctional activities OBJECTIVE To update their own current skills and be oriented to educative role of environmental sustainability

CONTENT Food education and sustainable development School on the farm Communication and promotion of the farm training offer. RELATED CONTENT TO SUSTAINABILITY Links between nutrition education and environmental sustainability

CASE STUDIES During the lesson two/three case studies on excellent examples of educational farms will be analysed: Farm n° 1 IL TEMPO RITROVATO Monticelli Terme di Montechiarugolo (Parma) Multifunctional services: agritourism, educational farm Farm n° 2 SOCIETÀ AGRICOLA BERTOZZI Bertinoro (Forlì-Cesena - Emilia-Romagna – Italy) Multifunctional services: direct butchery and sale of cow and pig meat and cold cuts; educational farm. Case n° 3 Learning by doing (pictures)

ACQUIRED COMPETENCIES (to be used also for curriculum/certificate) KNOWLEDGE What you have to know Role of farmer committed in Educational farming Specific attributes of Educational farm Development factors Objectives of Educational farm Reasons for practicing Educational farm Technical, commercial and sanitary frameworks SKILLS What you have to do or what you are able to do To organize and manage news services oriented to the chosen strategic objectives(strategical skill / logistical skill) To promote corporate image, through appropriate tools and means (working competence) To keep updated on the news of the provincial, regional, European programs (Competence to identify the development of the territorial system and the construction of networks). To plan an appropriately welcome of guests (empathy competence) To prepare informative and educational programs / projects according to the guests / learners requests. (Planning and methodological competence). To pay attention to the preparation of active teaching methods (Didactic competence) To take a careful analysis of the results, in terms of the effectiveness of the services provided. (Evaluation competence and documentary competence) ATTITUDES How you feel toward the topic Motivation to work / to role Attention to customer needs(Assistance and service skills) To relate positively with people, taking into account the different users and the different way of communication. (Communication and relational competence) To address and solve problems also in relation to possible "path problems". To be able to help and cooperate

DURATION AND SUBDIVISION 8 hours of which 4 hours lectures and case studies, 2 hours of practical exercise, 2 hours visit to an educational farm. DIDACTIC METHODOLOGIES (formal and non formal) Learning by searching (analysis of case studies – cooperative learning) Informal learning (direct observation of working experiences in the farm) EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES Multiple choice test Open questions Thinking session and discussing on feelings and observations about the received training RELEASED CERTIFICATION Attendance certificate (detailed attendance certificate describing the treated matters and the number of training hours)