Sunday, 14 October 2012

The first graduating class of Open School of Psychology started today

by: Georgi Stankov

Today our Open School of Psychology began its first graduating class.

Greet our first students: Dimitria, Kristina, Selime, Galya, Petya, MilenaYanko, KitoStoyo, and Atanas.

The class' contents include (but it is not limited to):

  • Personality psychology and personality types; 
  • Social psychology and interpersonal relations; 
  • Cognitive psychology, creativity and creative thinking;
  • Organizational psychology and team work; 
  • Positive psychology and Health psychology;
  • Forensic psychology and antisocial behavior; 

Additionally, through various activities and techniques from psychodrama, art therapy, and encounter group's approach, students will have opportunity to:

  • achieve better self-understanding via self-exploration and self-discovery 
  • improve their competencies for social adjustment and public performance 
  • increase their abilities for effective communication and assertiveness 
  • overcome hard times in their lives 
  • experience a new and exciting approach for teamwork 

Sunday, 7 October 2012

The Garden Association at Izmir Architecture Week 2012

A short photo reportage about our participation at Izmir Architecture Week 2012: with +Turkan Fırıncı+Georgi Stankov and our partner from Izmir Children's Atelier Mrs +Elif Kayran. Our workshop and presentation took place on the 4th and 5th of October.

We are very thankful to Prof. Hikmet Sivri Gökmen from Dokuz Eylül University for her kind invitation and hospitality. Also we thank to her team of young and beautiful students, who attended the workshop and the presentation.

With Prof. Gökmen and her students
Meeting the kids. Most of them were from a disadvantaged
Roma community in the suburbs  of Izmir. This was their
first contact with psychologist and architects
And her ewe are already arkadaşlar.
Our team - Turkan and Georgi - with the kids and their tutor.
Training for the architecture students from Dokuz Eylül University.
We taught them how to work and effectively communicate with children.


THE WORKSHOP ITSELF:






Me with several kids
 These are the products of the collaborative work of children and students of architecture: great projects for playgrounds!







Exhibition