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Need-Based Methods Laboratory - Learning and Partner Finding

The training activity took place
in Imatra, Finland
organised by Finnish National Agency
28th of May - 2nd Jun 2013

Aims & objectives

The Need-Based Method Lab will look at working with young people from our practical point of view. It gives youth workers an opportunity to come aware of their working methods and develop other ways of working with young people. These can be designed active methods and/or more general ways of working.

Participants come to the training with their need. It may be a thing your young people complain or quarrel about, something that bothers them and should be discussed. You can evaluate your own ways of dealing with young people and try new ways to explore topics.

Methods give young people an opportunity to learn about their topic of interest. We will also look at youth exchanges as a way to explore the same topics together and find good methods to discuss them.

AIM:

• Improve quality of 1.1 through making youth exchanges a better learning experience

OBJECTIVES:

• Engaging and challenging to go back to the basics: Why do we use methodology?
• Exploring learning: Discovering how, where and why learning happens, in order to support it.
• Discover the elements of learning methodology, and creating “tailor made” methodology to the needs of participants and their young people
• Build and support partnerships around methodology and ideas

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Youth workers, Youth leaders, People working directly with a group of young people between 13-25 years of age.

Training methods used & main activities

• Learning to learn, facilitating learning
• Needs of young people as a starting point
• Essence of a method
• Elements of Non-Formal Learning
• Partnership building
• Youth exchanges as a learning environment

Outcomes of the activity

The Need-Based Method Lab will looked at working with young people from our practical point of view. It gave youth workers an opportunity to come aware of their working methods and develop other ways of working with young people. These can be designed active methods and/or more general ways of working.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Planning, implementing and evaluating the training course as a part of Trainers team.

I worked on this training for 7 days as a full time trainer.

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