2 - What do you think it is the role of companies (and
especially Team Mais) in the educational system?
Whenever change happens, there are
always small groups of people questioning
the mainstream practices and pushing the
limits of the current system by proposing
new ideas and disruptive approaches.
We like to see ourselves as those people.
We are constantly looking for new ways
of dealing with the challenges of learning
in the 21 st century and growing in times
of crisis.
We are active contributors to the movement
of change in the educational system each
time we help teachers re-invent themselves
in the classroom, when we encourage
young people to take a stand for what they
believe in, when we support companies
to became learning organisations or when
we boost communities to build up new
strengths through collaboration and active
participation.
3 – Which educational methods do you use more,
or prefer to use, in your company?
Active, fun, meaningful.
Lectures can be inspiring. At best.
They can introduce us to new concepts
and maybe, afterwards, we reflect about if
and when we want to change something
in the way we do things. And then we
generally don’t.
In Team MAIS, we seek to create enriched
learning environments, where people learn
new concepts but also have the time to
discuss and explore them; to experiment
and practice; to inspire each other; to
enjoy the process and to find meaningful
results for themselves.
We are also strong believers in the power
of Play. It’s not that we don’t take our job
seriously, by the contrary. It means our
actions are generally fun and relaxed,
even when the matters are serious,
difficult or urgent. When we play - as we
did in our childhood - we enjoy our time,
we are curious, we feel that we are in
some kind of flow and we relax, we lower
our defences and open to others.
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What we strive to accomplish in the
organisations we work for is to generate
that playful state-of- mind that allows
their teams to transform problems into
something less scary (maybe more like
puzzles that can played with); to allow
failure as part of the process; and to
enable questions, information and new
ideas to flow continuously.
After all, as Einstein once said “Play is
the highest form of research.”