TinkerLib

TinkerLib endeavours to revolutionise informal education organisations, transforming them into inclusive and equitable learning spaces that empower adult learners traditionally marginalised within these environments, enabling them to cultivate 21st-century skills. Through a mutual learning framework, local training sessions, and tailored activities, the project seeks to empower excluded communities and raise awareness.

Project Description

TinkerLib is led by informal adult educators from two main backgrounds: the “world of sciences” (science centres & museums, informal science learning organisations, etc.), and the “world of books” (libraries, artists collectives and cultural facilities, etc.) The project's implementation involves establishing a mutual learning framework to assess partner practices, conducting local trainings and workshops to acquaint consortium members with Tinkering pedagogy, language skills activities, and storytelling. Additionally, TinkerLib will design, adapt, and pilot activities tailored for excluded communities while simultaneously raising awareness and disseminating project outcomes through a multilingual website and organised events. One of the project results include the creation of local networks consisting of libraries and science centres, in order to be more open to diverse audiences, implement activities created during the project and develop new tools. The local hub in Serbia consists of CPN and Rural Cultural Center Markovac ("Ekatarina Pavlović" library), an informal association focused on working with rural audiences through the use of dramatic methods, bibliotherapy and other inclusive activities.