Centre for Interactive Pedagogy (CIP: Centar
za interaktivnu pedagogiju)
 The Center for Interactive Pedagogy (CIP) is NGO
citizens’ association established 1998 in
Belgrade, for the purpose of offering additional
alternatives and democratic formal and non-formal
educational practice forms. CIP gathers competent
professionals from all over Yugoslavia who are
interested in promoting, supporting, developing
and implementing interactive educational methods
in teaching practice and educational research.
CIP’s expert core staff consider, develop
and implement projects, programs, seminars, research
and publications. CIP is a membership organization
with an annual general assembly.
The Step by Step (SBS) project was the first CIP
project, inherited from Institute of Pedagogy.
It has been developed in several towns, having
in 2000 one preschool Training center, 13 Roma
and 1 Refugee sites, and a network of Higher Education
SBS experts from different Faculties and Colleges.
SBS program areas developed in Serbia are the Birth-Three,
Preschool, and Higher Education components. In
2000 more than 90% SBS activities in Serbia were
dedicated to the Roma population.
In the two years since CIP’s establishment,
the organization has introduced other programs.
In 2000, together with International Reading Association
and OSI-NY, CIP began to implement the Reading
and Writing for Critical Thinking project in Serbia.
CIP has also developed two projects of our own:
The "Non white-non black" anti-bias project,
and a non-formal education program for Roma, "Kindergarten
adapted to the needs of local community."
In addition to Step by Step and other program activities,
CIP has delivered seminars and follow-up assistance
to several international organizations. CIP has
cooperated with Save the Children Fund, Catholic
Relief Services and UNICEF. Seminars have been
tailored to meet the needs of various projects,
including helping the process of opening Children’s
Centers in Serbia; opening Montessori preschools;
and working for the inclusion of children and adults
with special needs coming to Center for social
work.
The Center for Interactive Pedagogy also publishes
basic preschool SBS methodologies and higher education
courses, and has developed and published its own
training manuals ("Team work in education," "Interactive
teaching methods," and "Partnership in
education"). In 2000, CIP published 5 brochures
translated for various reference groups (for example,
materials have been translated and published in
English, Roma and Serbian languages).
Partners
Open Society Institute
Open Society Fund-Yugoslavia
Catholic Relief Services
UNICEF
Save the Children Fund
Preschools
Universities
Ministry of education
Roma associations |
