It feels like yesterday when representatives of Shokkin Group, Coobra, Ticket2Europe and EduEra met online for the first kickoff meeting of "Gems of Youth Work", but the truth is that nothing less that nine (!) months have passed. Luckily, this time we were able to meet in person and have a really productive weekend from … Continue reading Checking progress: “Gems of Youth Work” mid-term meeting in Bratislava (Slovakia)
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What is an Open Youth Centre? Ever thought how being stuck in a room full of locks & puzzles can teach something, or how to design such an experience for social change? Ever wondered how to empower young people by playing spin the bottle with time travelling robots? These are just some of the questions … Continue reading Official launch of the first season of “Gems of Youth Work”
The beginning of a new project is always a reason for excitement, and when it is about a project on this topic and with these partners, then it simply cannot get better! đ
“Gems of Youth Work” is a Strategic Partnership project funded by the Erasmus+ programme that aims to gather stories from trainers, youth work practitioners, organizations and active young people to share them in the form of podcasts and graphic recordings to make these stories alive, attractive and able to reach a large audience on online channels.
On 4th and 5th February, 2021, Awesome People implemented the online international dissemination conference in the strategic partnership “PiFbase international” where they presented the intellectual outputs produced in the project. The two-day online dissemination conference provided youth workers/educators and project managers from all over Europe with insights about innovative methods to involve underrepresented groups of young … Continue reading PiFbase International Dissemination Conference
There are just so many non-formal learning methods to choose from for a facilitator or trainer. How to choose the correct one could be a tough question. Can any method be used at any moment? Can I use the same method composition or same session structure in every situation? The answer is not really. I … Continue reading In search of the perfect method
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, itâs that our thoughts and emotions are our most powerful tools that either âmake or breakâ 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)
The strategic partnership project âGame On: Developing Educational Board Games for Young Entrepreneursâ continues its course, and we are now more than halfway the total duration of the journey! From 22nd to 24th of November, the team of Shokkin Group International met up again with representatives from Ticket2Europe, Awesome People and Solidarity Mission for the third … Continue reading âGame ONâ Transnational project meeting TPM 3 in Ărebro (Sweden)
TOPIC: Partnerships on Game-Based Learning & Game Education. DURATION & DATES: 5 working days + 1 travel day in June 2020 . PARTICIPANT NUMBER: 1-2 per country. COUNTRIES: Erasmus+ program countries. TARGET GROUP: Decision-makers, youth workers, educators, game practitioners. AIM: Game Exchange aims to enhance the quality of cooperation among youth organizations working or having … Continue reading CALL FOR PARTNERS Contact-Making Event: “Game Exchange”
Shokkin Group International members and partners are working on the long-term project âGame On: Developing Educational Board Games for Young Entrepreneursâ, an Erasmus+ strategic partnership that explores the potential of board games in entrepreneurship education. The project, which involves Estonia, Greece, Spain and Sweden, started with a kick-off meeting in March 2019 in Pontevedra (Spain). … Continue reading Game On: Developing Educational Board Games for Young Entrepreneurs