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Mentoring under Construction is a community for practitioners interesting in improving the quality of mentoring within the European Solidarity Corps programme. It is a process to build and develop this community. After a long period of online activities, the growth of Mentoring under Construction accelerated in 2022, it gained speed in identifying, adapting and implementing good mentoring practices. Read more
Addressing the topic of war is quite a challenge, especially if working with interculturally mixed groups. Like many other facilitators, trainers and youth workers we experience(d) in our work various difficulties addressing this topic and at the same time making space for learning. This blog post gathers various resources: articles and podcasts, an online course as well as various links. Read more
International Youth Work / Online Learning
by Michael Kimmig · Published 15/08/2022 · Last modified 14/08/2022
HOP Crash Course 2022 is a blended online training, that combines an online course elements with a series of online live events about bringing your first course online. The course covered quality aspects of non-formal online learning and the implementation on the HOP Online Learning platform. Read more
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Organising international youth projects is not a mission impossible. Bringing together your idea, some basic knowledge about project management and the regulations of a funding programme enables youth leaders, youth and social workers, teachers as well as young people to prepare for international youth exchanges, youth initiatives or seminar and training events. Read more
In der Arbeit mit und in Gruppen besteht themenzentriertes Arbeiten im Wesentlichen darin, das im Mittelpunkt stehende Thema und die Interaktion der Gruppenmitglieder so aufeinander zu beziehen, dass persönliches Wachstum in einem gemeinsamen Prozess lebendigen Lernens ermöglicht und gefördert wird. Das Konzept der Themenzentrierten Interaktion bietet dazu einen geeigneten pädagogischen Rahmen. Read more
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Interpersonal conflicts offer great opportunities for learning and innovation. To use the potential of conflicts we need to understand them: analysing their roots and dynamics as well as our own responses to conflict situations helps us to understand and resolve interpersonal conflicts in a constructive way. Read more
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“How to talk about war” is about how to face crisis situations and make it a topic in non-formal education events, especially if you work with interculturally mixed and transnational groups. Together with Dagna Gmitrowicz and Marta Brzezińska-Hubert we tried out and put together various ways to bring the topic of war to non-formal education and search mutually for ways to handle it within our workshops, seminars and training courses. This small publication is a work-in-progress and an attempt to find first answers and practical ways to talk about war in a non-formal setting. Read more
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Look – Listen – Link – a way to provide psychological first aid (PFA) – is not something that can be done only by professionals. Everyone of us can meet someone who experienced an extremely distressing event: a car accident or fire, an act of violence, a major disaster, an act of war. PFA aims at ensuring feeling safe and connected to others, providing access to support and encouraging self-help of individuals and communities. Read more
What’s next? Staying at home or taking off living and working abroad? Looking for a temporary job or starting a career? Continue studying, gaining some practical work experience or learning something new? Engage in another volunteer service, local or abroad? Traveling and discovering the world? – Get some ideas and inspiration here… Read more
Online course facilitation is very important for anyone who would like to support online learning. Learner’s engagement and chances to successful complete the online course is significantly higher with facilitating online learning. Facilitating learning in an online environment is quite different from facilitating face-to-face. It has some unique characteristics and limitations. Read more
International Youth Work / Learning & Development
by Michael Kimmig · Published 24/01/2022 · Last modified 14/02/2022
Das Einsteigertraining “Jugendbegegnungen leicht gemacht” ermöglicht den Teilnehmer*innen, Jugendbegegnungen im Rahmen des Programms Erasmus+ Jugend in Aktion von der Idee über die Programmgestaltung bis hin zur Antragstellung zu planen. Read more
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