Summer camp: Youth mobility learning project

Project application for Erasmus + program. Project application submitted under Action 1 of the Erasmus + program "Mobility for Learning"

Summer camp: Youth mobility learning project
Target group: 13-18 year olds
One group size: 60 participants.
Learning Time and Country: 2019 08.01 – 08.21 (21 day), Lithuania
The form of learning: non-formal education methods.
Due to reasonable circumstances camp can be divided into two groups, each up to 60 persons size, 10 days’ length,

Camp will be placed in the buildings surrounded by nature, where learners can learn and rebuild strength and relax before the school time begins.

The buildings in the camp are prepared for a full-fledged life of the camp participants (repaired, all utilities, buildings adapted for living, eating and learning, secure environment).

Learning program

1. Analysing topical issues for society and individuals, discussing, finding solutions

Form of learning: cinema and conversation

The camp will be equipped with outdoor cinema (tv screen, bean bags, tent if necessary against bad weather). Every night, the camp participants will gather to watch the film according to chosen theme. Discussions will be held about the feelings and thoughts films have caused, are the issues raised in the films important to viewers, what new things viewers learned, what conclusions viewers made, whether it influenced the participant's behaviour and views, etc.
It is planned to watch 20 films during the camp period.

Various topics are covered: genocide and crime against humanity (eg Saving Private Ryan, The Invisibles); deportations (eg Ashes in the Snow), cyber-espionage (eg “Snowden”), curbing civil rights (eg The Net); Strong Women (eg Temple Grandin, Hidden Numbers); strong men (eg Eddie the Eagle, Cool Runnings); racism (e.g. Green Book); Health (eg The Doctor),
laughter - the best way to unleash the accumulated emotions and relax (eg Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, The Ladykillers), etc.
Lead by group leader

2.Developing emotional intelligence, consciousness, courage to make decisions and move ahead
Form of learning: role play, psychodrama method

Young people need more socialization. Young people are too involved into the virtual world. Often, when they are together, the youngsters are distant from each other, because instead of communicating with each other, each of them in involved into own personal mobile device.
Nonstop searching for news, playing games every free minute swamp young people, they don’t have time for rest, their ability to say "stop" for being active online is weak, there are misbalance between virtual activities and real life activities.
Fear of communication, risk of unfolding yourself to others, risk of being yourself when you do not know how you will be accepted by others also strengthens the preferences to choose virtual life, because involving into virtual life is the easiest escape route.

So young people lose the opportunity to be "here and now", to develop the courage to be themselves, to show and accept emotions, to survive them, to realize their feelings, to learn to withstand the unpleasant emotions of others, to develop empathy with other people, to develop their emotional intelligence, not to push others out just because another person experiences emotions such as sadness, anger and so one.

With the help of a professional the young people will deepen ability to recognize and name their feelings and others' emotions through the roles play, performing situations that have happened to participants and trough the simulated situations.

Lead by professional

3. Experience workshops

Form of learning: learning by doing

New knowledge is created by changing experience. The learning process focuses on direct experience, actively uses the mind, emotions, senses, body. The main part of the teaching processes given for communication, practice and experience. The learning process consists of a cycle: experience, discussion and evaluation of it, conclusions and their application in everyday life, science and work.

Participants emotions and thinking are activated during the experience seminars, which enhances the impact of the training. Seminars have unpredictability and good emotions, making information easier to master. Throughout the process, a professional consultant leads to discovery how each person or group begins to change.

It is also important that the participants of the seminars take the decisions themselves and take responsibility for their results while the consultant help them unfold. During the so-called reflections, participants together with them find out the logic of their chosen actions, looking for reasons why one or another task failed, finding solutions

Lead by professional

4. Developing and strengthening sport character

Form of learning: playing tennis with professional coach and personal workout

Young people with professional coach will learn to play outdoor tennis. Each camp participant will receive personal lessons from a professional outdoor tennis coach, will play supervised by a coach and will be able to work out in the sports field. At the end of the camp, it is planned to organize an outdoor tennis tournament for the participants of