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Tuning In: to Learning and Youthpass
Training Course
6-11 June 2016 | Germany
This four-day training course provides practical support to facilitating learning in youth work activities, based on the concept of the Youthpass process.
What is the learning potential of youth work, what kind of competences can young people develop?
How can we support that potential, the learning process of the young people that participate in the Erasmus+ Youth in Action programme, and also beyond?
What is our approach, what is our role as youth workers, trainers, mentors and coaches?
And – how can we support it that the learning outcomes get documented and formulated in a way that will be beneficial in the future?
There is a lot of learning taking place in youth work. There is also growing attention on how to make better use of that aspect of youth work, in the view of the societal develoments affecting young people and the shifting views on learning and education as such. The facilitation of learning has become an increasingly important topic, with more and more youth workers facing the questions outlined above.
The main aim of the training course ‘Tuning In: to Learning and Youthpass’ is to contribute to the development of quality in youth work, with the focus on learning. The framework of the course is the Youthpass process that helps to reinforce the learning process in youth activities and to highlight the learning outcomes. During the training course, the Erasmus+ Youth in Action projects are being considered, as well as the wider youth work context.
The objectives of the training course are:
- To discuss the potential of learning in youth work;
- To help to raise young people’s awareness of learning in youth work projects;
- To develop ideas and practice tools on how to support the learning process;
- To give practical support to document and formulate the learning outcomes.
These objectives will be addressed from the perspective of the participants themselves as learners, as well as in their role as facilitators of the learning processes of the young people they work with. Participants will explore and experience a wide variety of methods and tools around learning, reflection, peer-learning, competence development and formulating learning outcomes. We will look into the evidence about competence development in youth work; insights and ideas about how people learn will challenge us to rethink learning and the facilitation of learning.
The target group of the course:
- Youth work practitioners (youth workers, mentors, trainers, etc., working with young people professionally or voluntarily), interested in developing the learning aspect of their work with young people;
- Able to use English as a working and learning language;
- Available to commit oneself to the whole duration of the training course.
The team of the training course consists of SALTO Training and Cooperation Resource Centre and three trainers with long-term experience in the training of youth workers and of trainers, on a wide array of topics: Mara Arvai, Mieke Neven McMahon and Paul Koosterman. The preparation and implementation of the course is supported by the German National Agency for Erasmus+ Youth in Action.
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SALTO Training and Cooperation Resource Centre (SALTO Resource Centre)
Co-organiser(s):
JUGEND für Europa (National Agency)
Contact for questions:
Elsa González de Schröer
E-Mail:
Phone: +49-228-9506272
Before applying please contact the NA of your residence country to check if it is involved in this concrete project and committed to cover travel costs. NB! Learn about possible participation fee and other relevant rules.
Costs
This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs or SALTO involved in this project - except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country. Please contact your Erasmus+: Youth in Action NA to learn more about the financial details, and how to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses. If you come from a country other than Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme Countries, please contact the host Erasmus+: Youth in Action NA for further information about the financial details.
(Info for sending NAs: This activity is covered by the 2015 TCA Budget.)
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass: