Learning becomes real when life becomes the classroom
A five-day Erasmus+ Residential Training Course that turns real places into learning spaces: beyond walls, beyond screens, and always grounded in human experience.
You already know this:
learning feels different when it becomes real.
When students move.
When they notice details.
When they interact with people.
When learning steps outside the classroom and outside the screen.
This course is built around that simple idea:
Learning works better when it connects with real life.
How the experience unfolds over five days in Andalusia:
Places, people and moments become learning spaces.
Set in Torre del Mar on the Costa del Sol, Cortijo Laguna Chico is a
traditional Andalusian
beachfront house with direct access to the sea, lush gardens and a pool just steps from the
shore.
The place has room for groups and shared living, with spacious common areas, kitchen and
outdoor spaces that naturally invite gathering, conversation and reflection.
Surrounded by the rhythm of daily life, sea breezes and mountain views, it's the perfect base
where
learning, community and the landscape become one.
Land in the place — and in yourself.
You arrive, slow down and gently connect
with the environment. The day is designed to help you land — in the place, in the
group and in yourself.
Slow exploration of local streets and plazas and
coastline opens your senses: light, rhythm, textures, small stories that usually go
unnoticed.
You learn methods for observing, noticing patterns and "seeing
like a learner", that reconnect you with the world as a living classroom — the
starting point for all Micro Experiences in the course.
Turn everyday life into learning material. This day expands your field of
attention.
You explore the environment with intention and curiosity,
discovering how learning emerges from textures, movements and micro-experiences in
the environment.
You collect inspiration ("seeds") that will later become the
raw material for your own Micro Experience design. You interact with people,
discover learning opportunities in everyday places and collect inspiration for your
own teaching.
Design it. Try it. Feel it work.
A simple, visual and intuitive method guides
you step by step through the process of turning your observations into a clear Micro
Experience.
No theory blocks. No pressure. You build something real through
creativity and reflection.
By the end of the day, you test your first version
in the environment — an energising moment of seeing your idea come alive.
Make it work back home — immediately.
This day bridges the gap between the
Andalusian environment and your school reality.
In small groups, we adapt
your Micro Experience so it can work:
indoors outdoors in
different subjects with different age groups
with limited time and resources
Together we create versions for your
classroom, schoolyard or subject area, so you can apply the method the very next
day.
Close the week with light, clarity, and a tool you'll use.
A calm closing
moment.
You test your final version, share your learning, and connect the
experience with your long-term teaching vision.
This is where the week's arc
becomes clear: what shifted in your attention, your creativity, your practice — and
what you will take back into your classroom and your life as an educator.
A practical, human-centred training where you learn to design short, meaningful learning moments; what we call Micro Experiences.
They are simple, but powerful learning impulses that come from everyday places:
streets, markets, coastline, local rhythms, small encounters, daily movements.
Imagine a 15-minute walk where your students observe patterns of light, speak to one local person, and create a tiny story from what they notice.
No theory overload.
No technical jargon.
A repeatable method for real-life learning
Your own complete Micro Experience
Inspiration for bringing real places into your teaching
Practical ideas and starting points that help you bring real places into your teaching
Practical tools ready for immediate use
A refreshed way of seeing learning, students and your own role as an educator
When learning becomes real,
Students pay attention naturally
Curiosity grows
Creativity reappears
Emotions help learning stick
Intrinsic motivation strengthens
Teachers feel renewed in their role
Tesoro was created by Lasse Weissmann: teacher, father and explorer of learning in real places.
This project grew from a simple but urgent need: to bring learning back to the body, back to the street, back to nature, and back to the everyday world learners already inhabit.
Inspired by Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences, Tesoro keeps experiential learning simple and deliberately practical.
It is designed for educators of any subject and age group, without complexity or theoretical
overload.
At Tesoro Andaluz, learning naturally moves beyond walls and screens.
Light, rhythm, coastline and people become part of the learning process.
Just real learning, in real places.
Multiple spring and autumn weeks.
(Check available
dates)
Spring 2026
Autumn 2026
Cortijo Laguna Chico
selected Andalusian sites in the Axarquía.
Limited places
Fully Erasmus+ eligible (KA1).
Early Access ensures support for Erasmus+ planning.