Asociatia Lectura si Scrierea pentru Dezvoltarea Gandirii

Asociatia Lectura si Scrierea pentru Dezvoltarea Gandirii Critice Romania (Romanian Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Association) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization set up in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 2002. We promote reading and writing for critical thinking. 

Our flagship project was a pioneer project which helped introduce a rich and diversified set of active learning and critical thinking strategies into the national education system. Our membership includes educators (teachers at all educational levels and teacher educators) interested in developing literacy and critical thinking skills as means of promoting quality education for all and sustainable development. 

We provide regular professional development opportunities by organizing training courses, roundtables and conferences, by developing and disseminating resources for educators, by sharing news from education around the world, and by conducting small scale research to inform practitioners and educational policy-makers. We take a progressive view on education and prize teachers’ professionalism. 

We cooperate with like-minded organizations from Romania and from other countries to complement and combine efforts to achieve our mission by learning together and supporting each other in the development and piloting of innovative approaches to increasing the quality of everyone’s learning experiences. ALSDGC is a member organisation of the Federation of European Literacy Associations, of the Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking International Consortium, the European Literacy Network, and it acts as the National Affiliate of the International Literacy Association.

Website: www.alsdgc.ro

Contact info: Mrs. Ariana-Stanca Văcărețu, ariana.vacaretu@gmail.com