1. PILOT TRAINING COURSE ON MULTIFUNCTIONAL FARMERS' EDUCATIVE ROLE
Call: IT02-KA 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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)

5. 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

6. 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)