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Data: 27/02/2013
NR.: 70
DATA: 27.02.2013
TITOLO PROGETTO: “The TopsyTurvy Learning Experience - a quest for learning in a chaotic, upside down world”
RICHIESTA PROVENIENTE DA: Ingrid Müller (Germania)
TIPOLOGIA: Gioventù - Training Course
ARGOMENTO: To support participants to identify their own ‘natural’ way of learning.
PAESI PARTNER CHE HANNO GIÀ ADERITO: -
ALTRE NOTIZIE:
Activity date: 18th - 24th of November 2013
Venue place, venue country: Berlin, Germany.
Summary:
The idea of Life Long Learning has put 'learning' into new perspectives. Perpectives that are in need of new ways of thinking and innovative approaches. Learners should direct their own learning and be responsible for what, when and how they learn.
Target group: Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, EVS mentors/tutors.
For participants from: Eastern Europe and Caucasus, South-East Europe, Youth in Action Programme Countries.
Group size: 25 participants
Details:
Topsy Turvy?
When you would look up ‘topsy turvy’ in the dictionary you would find ‘upside down’ and ‘in a state of confusion’. That’s exactly what this training course is about: turning ‘learning’ upside down and exploring the confusion, which will be caused by that. Learning and education are under discussion more then ever. New concepts arriving from the political level like Life Long Learning and Learning to Learn but at the same time new insights from the practical and methodological level about how people learn are turning our ideas about learning upside down. It becomes more and more clear that education needs a revolution. Although a lot of these discussions are about formal education it would be a bit too easy to think that in non-formal education we don’t need a critical look at our approaches. We think it’s the perfect opportunity to explore new ways, ideas and concepts about learning. If you are into that… join us!
What to expect?
‘The programme will take you...’ No!! The programme will not take you…you will take and make your own programme. We are aiming to built a structure where participants can follow their own interest and questions, find different ways to work on that, meet peers to work with and discover inspiring environments to work in. The programme will offer a rich diversity of tools, methods, sessions, environments for you to use if you want to. The main objective is that you will be able to work, together with others, on your questions and will share your findings and new questions with the whole group. An exploring event where we hope to find new ideas and new questions concerning learning and the facilitation of learning that can be brought into practice in the different actions of the Youth in Action programme. We believe there is a strong connection between the exploring of your own learning and the facilitation of the learning of others. In order to assist participants in finding their questions and focuses already one month before the start of the actual course on online platform will be available to exchange ideas and wishes.
But still…
You might find this all a little bit to abstract and vague, so let’s share with you what thinking brought this training course into being, what were the topics and issues that came up to see if you can connect to it. The idea of Life Long Learning has put ‘learning’ into new perspectives. Perspectives that are in need of new ways of thinking and innovative approaches both for learners as for those ones who facilitate learning. One of the most crucial consequences of Life Long Learning is the idea that learners should direct their own learning. They have to be responsible for what, when and how they learn. Selfdirected learning and the Learning to Learn competence are zooming around in education. We more and more understand that self-directed learning is powerful. At the same time we learn from experiences and research that for many learners and facilitators it’s a big step to make. The main problem seems to be that we are all brought up in a system where those competences and attitudes needed for self-directed learning were not recognised and appreciated. It’s hard to get rid of the ‘traditional’ idea we have about learning, both for learners as for facilitators. How to take responsibility for your own learning and how, for facilitators, to really gibe that responsibility to learners? When choosing the journey of self-directed learning we will find ourselves soon in very different landscapes. Asking ourselves what we really want, questioning ourselves about how we learn best, looking for others who can accompany us, how to make a plan, how to decide we did it etcetera. Learners need to be able to deal with all this ambiguity and chaos and to have the courage to think and decide autonomously about how and what they want to learn.
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