INSTALL Project process: formative experiences in three European countries

The sixth chapter—INSTALL Project process: Formative experiences in three European countries (G. Esposito, A. Cannata, D.F. Stănescu, and J. González-Monteagudo)—describes significant phases in the educational programs in the partner countries, the difficulties encountered, and the strategies adopted to address these problems. This chapter is an account of experiences that have similar connotations because of the same training methodology (Narrative Mediation Path), regardless of the different topics covered in the various countries and differences in the participating students. The chapter presents excerpts and accounts of significant experiences that occurred in the various narrative modes (metaphoric, iconographic, writing, and bodily). The training process is re-read and critically analyzed through the Formative Process Account (FPA), which consists of a shared criteria grid for the analysis of the process (e.g., strengths and weakness of the narrative modes, role and functions of the Narrative Group Trainer, dynamics and functions of the group, passages of reflection, and reflexivity).