UNIQUE Training Course "Facilitating the volunteers learning" for mentors in EVS projects

The participants will have the opportunity: • To reflect on their own learning to learning processes in EVS • To experience and get better understanding of learning to learn and self-directed learning •To explore the role of mentor as a facilitator of learning: - how to assist volunteers to set their learning objectives - how to support volunteers to take responsibility for their learning - how to support volunteers in finding their own way/style of learning - how to assist volunteers in assessing their learning - what can be the role of peer-learning - how to work with feed-back - how to motivate volunteers to overcome barriers - what are tools and methods to facilitate learning - To try out practical mentoring tools and strategies how to support volunteers learning • To stimulate development of their own mentoring style and approach within and after the course The methodology and approach of UNIQUE TC: • Be explicit about what trainers do • Create enough space for participants to reflect • Trainers as facilitators of learning • Participants responsible for their l earning process and outcomes • Trainers as learners, too • Learning to Learn in practice