What have I learned during this project? At first, of course I learned a lot of hard skills such as starting a fire, correctly packing a backpack and cooking food on a fire. I understood the concept of living in the nature in tents, I learned how to dress correctly for temperature, the basics of … Continue reading “Nature Hike: Explore!” our first Erasmus+ Youth Exchange
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Introduction If quality evaluation would be an iceberg, what I am doing in this article is just to offer you a map of where its visible part is. I do not write this article from the perspective of an expert in quality evaluation in youth work. I am writing it from the point of view … Continue reading Making a case for quality evaluation in youth work
As we saw in our last article, in the field of youth work developing emotional intelligence is critical not only for our own benefit, but it is key to effectively support the youth with whom we work. In this article we will go through another set of effective tools connected to the emotional intelligence domains:SELF … Continue reading Emotional Intelligence in Youth Work in the Times of Corona (II)
If there is anything that the Coronavirus pandemic and months of quarantine can teach us, it’s that our thoughts and emotions are our most powerful tools that either “make or break” our survival through these difficult and unprecedented times. While we cannot control the pandemic or the fear or the uncertainty it brings, we can … Continue reading Emotional Intelligence in Youth Work in the Times of Corona (I)
Although the role of youth work is increasingly important for community development, youth workers face important challenges in terms of credibility of their work and, consequently, in terms of finding funding and sustainable ways to pursue and achieve their goals for their target groups. In this article we are aiming to raise awareness about the … Continue reading The learning environment in youth work
One of the biggest highlights of 2018 for the Shokkin Group International network was to receive the support from the European Youth Foundation and the Council of Europe to implement a work plan, a 1-year long project to be developed between 7 of the organizations belonging to the network: Shokkin Group Estonia (Estonia), Awesome People (Sweden), … Continue reading Start of the project: “European Activist Factory”