TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Weronika Koralewska
The MSOC training had following objectives:
1) EQUIPPING YOUTH WORKERS FROM PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS IN ADVANCED SKILLS, TOOLS AND METHODS OF CONVEYING THE VALUES OF TOLERANCE AND INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING VIA MYTHS AND LEGENDS:
This goal was in line with one of the Erasmus+ priorities - our project indirectly contributed to preventing violent radicalisation of young people, since the the youth workers possessed better skills in preventing radicalisation via promoting tolerance. By "advanced skills, tools and methods of conveying the values of tolerance and intercultural understanding via myths and legends" we mean especially two methodologies which were developed across our project and which the participants gained: method of board game and escape room method.
2) INCREASING TOLERANCE FOR DIVERSITY IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES OF PARTICIPATING ORGANISATIONS:
Thanks to our dissemination activities, not only the participants of the training became more tolerant towards diversity and open-minded, but also all of the local communities of the participating organisations.
3) SHARING OUR INNOVATIVE METHODOLOGIES WITH OTHER YOUTH WORKERS:
We want to share the scenarios we developed with other youth workers, and since we created this publication. In this way, other youth workers may use our game in their own local communities.
4) REACHING OUT TO MARGINALISED YOUNG
PEOPLE FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES:
Most of our organisations in the MSOC project operate in disadvantaged areas. Some of the participants of the MSOC training came from disadvantaged backgrounds (including participants with disabilities).
The training involved youth workers from five countries: Jordan, Ukraine, Poland, Slovenia and Georgia. Some of the participants came from disadvantaged backgrounds, including participants with disabilities.
The methods used during the training were:
- inclusion activities,
- role-playing,
- designing the concept of an educational card games (brainstorming),
- designing (graphics, mechanics of the game) educational games,
- designing educational escape rooms (writing scenarios, designing props, mechanics of the escape room and fitting educational content to the form of escape room),
- workshops about tolerance and analysing myths and legends of different cultures.
The outcomes of MSOC training were four publications, containing ready-to-use scenarios of how to design escape rooms and games which would teach tolerance and promote the legends and myths of other cultures:
1) https://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/toolbox_tool_download-file-2214/MSOC_toolkit_fern.pdf
2) https://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/toolbox_tool_download-file-2217/The%20Legendary%20Adventures%20of%20John.pdf
3) https://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/toolbox_tool_download-file-2212/MSOC_toolkit_legendary%20journey.pdf
4) https://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/toolbox_tool_download-file-2215/Ukrainian%20Escape%20room.pdf
I was the trainer during this activity, the main trainer who, apart from leading sessions, also coordinated the collaboration and coherence of methodologies and content of other co-trainers.
To whom it may concern, my name is Khadijah Joudeh, I was a co-trainer with Weronika Koralewsk on the
"Many Stories, One Conclusion" - Erasmus+ training for youth workers that took place in Złocieniec, Poland in October -2019.
It was an honor for me to work with Weronika! She organized a well-structured, highly inspiring training. Weronika is quite attentive and well-reflected, as she made sure all the teams are involved and engaged in the different sessions and activities, where she makes sure that the sessions are as informative and fun.
Weronika is a great human being, team player, and leader. Your organization will be lucky to work with her!