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‘‘...we’ve got to have students as leaders in schools and co-constructors, they must be active participants’’
werdelin E D U C A T I O N
facilitating 21st century skills through Cooperative Learning
‘‘A problem solving workshop ... to develop a structured network of ‘Active Citizens’ to prevent crime, increase intelligence, mentor and provide opportunities for the youth.’’
- PS Niel Loy,
Small Heath neighbourhood team,
West Midlands Police, 2016
West Midlands Police
Empowering challenged immigrant communities
A unique initiative to engage all stakeholders
Werdelin Education is proud to be working with community support officers in the challenged borough of Small Heath, Birmingham, to present a shared vision on outreach and community empowerment.
Evidence and experience strongly suggest local communities are better equipped to handle their own problems than any outside authority, if given the right support. Therefore, this project aims to gradually move authorities from a leading to a facilitating role.
Otherwise alienated communities will be able to solve the majority of their problems by leveraging internal resources, understanding wider societal context and communicating their needs through trusted networks, including police, to secure appropriate support.
Police and social services, on the other hand, will achieve a deeper understanding of the communities they serve, and save on resources by engaging and collaborating effectively through equal participation and interdependence.
To effectively engage representatives of police, social services, academic specialists, local politicians, charities, youth groups, local businesses, community leaders and imams on a level playing field, this project presents a series of tightly guided "World Café" format events.
During these events, Cooperative Learning activities help uncover challenges and resources, negate stereotypes, facilitate enlightened conversations and personal contact between stakeholders for future networking. Most importantly, the guided format will ensure an action plan reflecting shared information and shared visions.
If you are interested in staging similar events to your stakeholders,
please mail for more details.
“There is a culture of mistrust of authority within the Somali community (a fairly new diaspora) based on corruption and brutality from their own country ... this would really help redress that and increase engagement ... for further projects involving community cohesion/integration and in particular mentoring of young people by successful members of their own community.”
- PS Neil Loy
Small Heath neighbourhood team, West Midlands Police, 2016
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‘‘Cooperative Learning (...) supports pro-social learning and conflict resolution throughout school settings—including playgrounds, parent-teacher relationships, and staff development.’’
The History of IASCE
International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education, 2015