Backstage preparation Igniting passion Awareness of learning Directing & planning Reflection on learning



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Backstage preparation

Igniting passion

Awareness of learning

Directing & planning 

Reflection on learning

Preparation



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For participants who are not keen on drawing or painting, collect different mandalas of different 

shapes and sizes and copy them several times

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Stick the flipchart sheets together to create the big group mandala

At the beginning of the training event

1). 


Create a nice, special, calm and inspiring atmosphere with special music – it could be oriental

Indian, Tibetan  etc.



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suggestion for evening sessions: dim the lights and put out some candles - make it special!



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suggestion for decoration: create a mandala in the middle of the room, using colours, items, 

objects, natural materials, balls etc.

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suggestion for starting off: tell a short story about the meaning of the mandala in general and 

where it comes from and how it works generally or in different countries

This explains the idea of a mandala to participants and warms them up for creating a mandala 

linked to their learning.

 

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To define and clarify personal/individual learning interests and 

transfer them into learning achievements 



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To get ready for learning



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To recognise, identify and document learning



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To collect learning achievements



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Max 30 people



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60 mins intro +

  15 mins/day

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80 mins conclusion



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Music for background and individual work



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Colours, coloured pencils, oil pastels etc. 



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Round blank sheets of paper (ca. A4)



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Round blank mandalas cut out (ca. A4)



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A large round piece of paper (2-4 flipchart sheets stuck together) 

for the group mandala 

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Stanley knife, scissors



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Glue, tape



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Coloured paper cut into three different sizes



Aims

Group 

Time

Step by step

Needs

Planning, reflecting on and recording learning in a creative way 



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Mandala of learners 



Identifying & documenting 

Describing outcomes

Introducing Youthpass

Role of  facilitator

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Explain that this is an individual task. Invite learners to sit down where they feel comfortable to 

carry out the exercise. 

3).

 Guideline instructions:  



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Ask the participants to identify what they are interested in learning during the training activity, 

their learning expectations: what do you want to gain? What do you want to take home?

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Why am I interested in the topic of this training activity?



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What do I want to learn at this event?



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What do I expect out of this event? What do I want to happen to  make this event a success? 

What do I need to make me feel comfortable during the event?

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Make the participants aware that they are ‘the learners’ at the centre of their mandala 

surrounded by different learning interests.

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Invite the learners to draw their own ‘learning mandala’ (or you can provide blank mandalas for 

those who do not want to draw). Each learning interest is linked to one ‘element’ of a mandala. 

The size of each element should be proportionate to the importance of that particular learning 

interest: the more important the learning interest, the bigger the element should be. The learners 

should briefly name and describe their learning interests. They should only draw the outlines of the 

mandala and its elements - without colouring in the spaces. Keywords associated with their 

learning interests can then be written into those spaces. Give a quick example of how a ‘mandala 

of learners’ could look on the flipchart. 

5). 

After the individual preparation (around 30 mins), invite participants to share their learning interests in 



smaller groups of three (20 mins). Write the following guiding questions on a flipchart or print them out 

for each group:



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What are the most important learning interests for each of you in this training event?



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Which learning interests are related to the topic of the course?



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Which learning interests are related to your youth work?



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Are there other fields of learning interest in your group (e.g. on a personal level)?



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Did you find common learning interests within your small group?

6). 

 After the small group exercise, invite participants to have a quick look at the whole group’s 



learning mandalas e.g. put the mandalas in a circle on the floor and invite everyone to go around 

them. Participants can keep their learning mandalas, but invite them to add more interests during 

the training if they want to. You can set aside time for this at various points in the programme.



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During the training event

1). 


Self-reflection exercise (15 min): Ask the learners which learning interests transformed into 

learning achievements during the day and to colour these elements accordingly to make the 

learning visible. A coloured element means that the learning interest is transformed into a learning 

achievement. This makes the learning visible!

2). 

The self-reflection can also help to identify new learning interests. These can be added to the 



mandala in the empty elements still available.

At the end of the training event

1). 

Self-reflection exercise (15-20 mins). Ask the learners one last time which learning interests have 



turned into learning achievements. These elements can then be coloured in. If some learning 

achievements have not been fully reached, they can just colour in half of the element. 

2). 

If the learners come across learning achievements which were not mentioned in the learning 



interests, they can add them to their mandala and colour them in.

3).


 Invite them to write their learning achievements on the paper cut into different sizes. There are 

three sizes according to the importance they attribute to the achievement (20 mins).

4). 

When all learners have finished, invite them to sit down in plenary and give each person an 



opportunity to put the shapes (learning achievements) onto the big learning mandala on the floor. 

While doing so, they briefly explain their learning achievements. In this way, the learners create a 

giant collective mandala of learning achievements from the training event (20 mins).

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How was it for you (feelings, first impressions, thoughts, surprises...)?



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Are you happy with the result, with your own mandala?



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Which obstacles did you come across (finding learning interests...)?



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How did you overcome these obstacles?



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Are there differences in understanding of what a ‘learning interest’ is?



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What challenges and questions do you still see?



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Was this exercise useful to gain a deeper understanding of your own learning?



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Do you have anything you want to add?

You can link this exercise to the eight key competences.

When preparing for the giant learning mandala (step three above), ask participants to link their 

learning achievements to the eight key competences. The facilitator prepares different coloured 

pieces of paper,  



Debriefing

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each colour representing one key competence. If participants have achieved their learning within 

one of the key competences, they take a different sized piece of paper in the colour of that 

competence. The size of the coloured paper indicates how important that learning achievement 

was for them. 

Again, one by one, participants, put their learning achievements onto the giant group mandala and 

explain why they chose that particular size (why was that learning important for them?) and colour 

(what key competence have they related their learning to?).

Additional preparation

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Eight different coloured pieces of paper with the eight key competences written on them



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Paper in three different sizes in each of the eight key competence colours



Handouts

Adaption

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Method developed by Julia Kastler, Paola Bortini and Torben Grochol. Mandala drawings by Julia Kastler. www.free-mandala.com

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