This episode of our iMOtion podcast is recorded in German language. If you are interested in the topic you’ll find a complementary English language script on the Dramma model on the website of 2kroner.

The harder we work the better the outcome? Or maybe not? In this iMOtion podcast episode adult educators Julia Keil and Jan Schröder met in Denmark and explored the need of rest, detachment, and relaxation for the brain, for creativity, for our learners’ and our own well-being. We introduce you to the so-called DRAMMA model. DRAMMA is an acronym and identifies six psychological needs: Detachment, Relaxation, Autonomy, Mastery, Meaning, and Affiliation. Those needs are seen as substantial for subjective well-being and recovery. The model derives from the (academic) field of Work and Organizational Psychology. During the project iMOtion we practiced an interdisciplinary approach and used our reading of the DRAMMA model as an offset point to reflect on the importance of recreation during adult educational trainings. How can we initiate informal moments and frame break times in a fashion that addresses the needs mentioned in the DRAMMA model?

Are you interested to learn more about the necessity of recreation and rest? We recommend the entertaining book “Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less” by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, Penguin Random House, 2018 for further reading. The book has been translated into many European languages.

You want to know more about the project iMOtion? The publication “Do you call them just coffee breaks. Guidelines for framing Informal Moments in adult learning” in English will be uploaded to the partner website end June. The versions in Italian and German will be online around mid July 2023. 

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Further we invite you to join our discussion group on Epale, where you can find our blog articles.  

“Do you call them just coffee breaks” was produced with the support of European Commission by the project consortium of "iMOtion - Framing Informal Moments in Trainings" - a project among adult education professionals from Kamaleonte in Italy, alp activating leadership potential in Austria and 2Kroner in Germany.

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