ANIMATION for EDUCATION

The project is organized by Associação de Ludotecas do Porto Centro Lúdico de Imagem Animada – ANILUPA and funded by Erasmus+ programme. The training course implemented in Porto, Portugal on 1st - 6th of December 2014 is designed for people who are directly involved in working with youth: trainers, teachers, volunteers, youth leaders, youth workers. 20 participants from Portugal, Italy, Romania and Spain will have the opportunity to explore the Animation as a powerful tool of working with young people as well as to share and reflect about their experience and working methods. You can find further information about the training course in the Info Pack. The application form should be sent to responsible organization in each country till 20th of September with the exception of participants from Portugal who can send applications till 30th. The selection of 5 participants from each country will be announced till 3rd of October. OBJETIVES The overall aim is to explore animation as a powerful tool of working with young people as well as to share and reflect about participants´ experience of working with young people in their local communities. The specific objectives of the course are: 1. To introduce animation as an educational tool and encourage the use of it in different contexts of working with young people 2. To providing the participants with a knowledge about the history of animation and a practical experience of creating optical toys and audiovisual experiments 3. To create a short film incorporating the works developed by participants for the divulgation of the results of the training course 4. To contribute to professional development of the participants, improving the knowledge about education through arts, foreign language competences and digital skills, promote the method of learning through play and stimulate the creativity. 5. To provide the space of sharing the experience and broadening the understanding about art education practices in different countries and working contexts of the participants 6. To promote the new EU Programme Erasmus+ as an educational tool and encourage international participation of represented organizations and groups 7. To explore the possibilities of creating partnerships between the participants for the future projects on the national and international levels PARTICIPANTS This training course is developed for people who are directly involved in working with youth (trainers, teachers, volunteers, youth leaders, youth workers) coming from 4 partner countries: Portugal, Italy, Romania and Spain. Although the participants might bring very different experiences of working with young people, the meeting point among them should be the willingness to share with each other, learn and bring changes to their local communities. Requirements:  Age of participants 18 +  Be directly involved in working with youth (trainers, teachers, volunteers, youth leaders, youth workers  Interest to introduce Animation as an educational tool in their local community  Motivated to share their experience in the youth field and to participate actively in all training activities  Interested in making contacts and building partnerships to develop future projects in the framework of Erasmus+ programme  Basic knowledge of English  Experience or interest in education through arts