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Critical incidents

Short Description
Critical incidents are similar in design to case studies. But they are much shorter, usually a paragaraph in length.

Based on the perceived experience of the participants, and starting from the idea that Timisoara is a multicultural city, resulted the publication of the booklet “Timisoara seen through the eyes of foreign visitors”. The participants had the task of reflecting on their experience in Timisoara and the impact of their visit in Timisoara. After the interviewing of the participants from different countries about their experience in the multicultural town of Timisoara, followed the collecting of the impressions from 20 participants. All the material was translated into English and the booklet was published.  The booklet was distributed also at the community libraries and discussed at international seminar, facilitating communication in the local community, at regional and national level.

Pedagogical Information

The aim of this method is that participants at the Partner Meeting to reflect on their experience in Timisoara and the impact of their visit in Timisoara.

European Dimension

The method provided impressions of 20 participants from Germany, Italy, France, Bulgaria and Slovenia, about their experience in Timisoara.

Applied in projects

Personal TownTours

The members of the participating groups in the partners` locations, seniors as well as younger adults, prepared 3-5 personalized Town Tours on subjects of their choice and present them to members of partner groups from other countries as well as to other local older and young people and give them an understanding of their town. Cross-national exchanges enabled the projects` learners to gain know-how in the linguistic, cultural and historical backgrounds of other project members` living environments.

Design and Development by arivum.