22-28/06/2018 - Εκπαιδευτικό Πρόγραμμα | Reason for reasoning (Ρουμανία)

About “Reason for reasoning” project:

CONTEXT: Throughout the world, young people have become more easy to manipulate, receiving information that they do not know how to filter, both in online and offline enviroments. A Stanford study of 2016, which evaluated
students' ability to evaluate sources of information, described the results as "appalling", "gloom" and "a threat to democracy".

PURPOSE:

Empowering youth workers to develop the critical thinking skills
of the young people they work with.

OBJECTIVES:

1. supporting the 26 participants in identifying the relevance of critical thinking
skills in today's society
2. involvement, familiarity and supporting the 26 participants in non-formal education activities designed to develop their own critical thinking
3. facilitating a favorable environment for the 26 participants to develop the ability to collaborate, give, and receive feedback (exchange of best practices).

What will you learn?

1. You will have the opportunity to work directly with the young people in the training, implementing the proposed methods,
2. You will develop your leadership skills and become more competent in working with young people,
3. You will develop your planning and presentation abilities, as well as the ability to work in teams,
4. Also you will improve your communication skills in English, as in the main activity this will be the language used
5. Through reflection on learning and learning planning (initial setting of goals), you will develop your competence to learn to learn, understand the relevance of this process of reflection on learning, and will also acquire the methods by which you can use this process in working with young people,
6. By participating in the project activities, in close connection with finding solutions to current life problems through questions, debates and role play, you will not only use these methods for your own work, but you willdevelop social, civic competences and you will improve your critical thinking skills, analysis and synthesis,
7. By working on concrete tasks together with other youth workers from different countries and different ethnic groups, you will be more inclined to cooperate, develop attitudes of understanding and tolerance, be more open to other ethnicities and cultures, and have a better understanding of European values.

Who can participate?

The youth workers in each country are either volunteers or employed within partner organizations, and want to deepen their knowledge in the field of youth work. In particular, there are people who want to get the tools to
develop critical thinking skills for the young people they work with. One of the participants has set out to be in the rural area or working with young people in the rural environment in order to increase the impact of the project and multiply on a larger and more diverse number of young people.

If you...:

- are a member (employee or volunteer) in the partner association and understand the needs and realities of the young people you work with,
- have experience or are interested in working with young people to develop their critical thinking skills,
- are motivated to organize dissemination of the project including in rural areas with the support of partner associations,
- are willing to continue working on the best practice guide,
- have English (written, spoken) average level,
- are at least 18 years of age

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