HOBBY AS AN INTEGRATING FACTOR IN EUROPEAN SOCIETY: Chess in the parks of the city

The official web-site of the project HAIFES .

HAIFES project is a Grundtvig Partnership for Learning financed by European Union .

HAIFES is the acronym title of the project :Hobby As an Integrating Factor for European Society

The aims of the project:

- getting know new kind of hobby and European citizens interests

- identifying and learning new methods in informal education of adults

- developing educational, interpersonal and social competences

- motivating learners to active participation in the social life, through artistic workshops, through hobby presentation , through educational meetings and cultural events

Activities:

- participation in different kind of artistic workshops

- presentation of various kind of the hobby by adult learners

- participation in hobby exhibitions, festivities, cultural events

- organizing educational visits to artistic studios in the aim to know handicraft objects

- organizing meetings with folk artistic creators

- organizing visits to museums, palaces, castles to know hobby from different centuries

Results :

- artistic handicraft objects

- exhibitions

- meetings with artists

- Power Points presentations about hobby

- the blog of the project, E –portfolio, reports, film, photos

Sunday 10 October 2010

Chess in the parks of the city

This is the summary of a study realized by ASCETIS association in Romania about the adult's non-formal education that can be realized by practicing this sport as a hobby .

•In the cities men with all ages , no matter how rich or poor they are no matter their culture or ethnic origin are meeting in the afternoons in places known as chess outdoors spaces and are playing with passion , and creativity. .

The professional players are meeting here kids , youth,seniors and the game become more passionate.

“Nenea” Andrei is a retired foreman and he is playing chess ever since we know him .
Now he is old and suffering for diabetes but he will always find a friend to play chess with and a moment to teach to the youth “sermons for morality “.

After a tiring day at work

chess is one good way to find your strengths and reason,a good way to forget the business problems.

No matter how hard you go, chess is a good friend that will always make you smile

Conclusion :

Chess is not just a hobby

it is a way to prove a man strength

and a canal of communication between generations .

Chess is also a good opportunity for sermons of morality and for seniors volunteering in youth education .