The Educational Program ‘Săptămâna Şcoala Altfel’ (’Doing School Differently’ Week): Educational Values and the Focus Group Analysis Perspective

“Doing School Differently” is a relatively recent concept in the landscape of Romanian education. Launched by Minister's Order in 2011, “Doing School Differently” represents searching and finding options for various educational, cultural, scientific, and outdoor activities to facilitate learning, ignite curiosity and interest in knowledge, in a different manner than that of traditional school. What takes place in schools during this period dedicated to different approaches/learning activities? How do teachers and educators take advantage - in the best sense of the word - of this period in order to get to know their own students, to find out their passions and capitalize them? How can they find the resorts to stimulate students’ motivation to learn by knowing them better? How rich in potential is the week “Doing School Differently” for students, teachers and parents alike? The focus-group analysis, carried out with the help of teachers from different schools in Ploiesti, offers us answers and solutions.