Author: ilektra

TOPIC & CONTENT
The recent refugee flux that Greece has been receiving has created increasing needs in social scientists to work in the field. In many cases, the demand is greater than the supply, which practically means that not all social scientists who get a relevant job have already expertise and experience in the field. This creates the need to train the newcomers. Especially in the Guardianship Network for Unaccompanied Minors where I work, since the concept of guardianship is itself new in Greece, the need for training becomes even more important and critical. In this framework, I would like to participate in my NGO’s training for newcomers by contributing material, non-formal education methods as well as facilitation.

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH & METHOD
I will be a member in the team that designs the training content and schedule. The training will necessarily involve some more “formal” educational parts, as the newcomers need to receive information and knowledge about the relevant laws, legal procedures etc. Apart from that, the general idea will lie greatly on non-formal education methods, such as role-plays, case studies, experiential games and exercises, art projects etc.

PEDAGOGICAL GOALS
The goal is to not only give the newcomers dry knowledge about the work they are going to be involved in, but also experientially raise their awareness on issues they are going to face, such as diversity, conflict, interculturality, etc.

TARGET GROUP(S)
The target group will be around 40 people that are going to be trained as potential new members of the guardianship network.

EVALUATION (HOW TO DO IT?)
After the training is completed, the participants will receive an anonymous evaluation form.

TIMETABLE AND MILESTONES
May – June : Team meetings to discuss and finalize the training schedule and content.
June 21st – 28th : Training
July : Evaluation

Team (in alphabetical order): Andreea, David, Elektra, Elena, Federica, Hristo, Sameha, Stefan.

TOPIC & CONTENT

The world of non-formal pedagogical methods to raise awareness about diversity is huge and so is the variety of tools that can be used to work in it. During the training course in Berlin, we noticed how many of us already knew the tools used by the organisers, but maybe with slight differences. We agreed on the fact that these differences, even if small and apparently not so meaningful, could be very helpful when the context in which you are working and the target group change.This is how we got the idea of the  IncluKit: a tool for all the “categories” of people working on the issues of diversity through non-formal approaches, in particular in the field of migrations but not only; an “open-book” in constant evolution, through the experiences, contributions and improvements of  whoever feels to have something to share with us on the topic.

PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH & METHOD

We will start our work with a research fase, with the aim of collecting as much tools as we can. We will creat a dropbox folder to share the results of our researches and then start to put all the material together, dividing it into useful chapters, according to a maintopic or a similar target group. We will also create an email address where all the people willing to contribute to the project could send their ideas. When the first version of the open-book will be ready, we will publish it on the blog of Migration and Inclusion, from where whoever will be able to download it for free, as it will be an open source.

PEDAGOGICAL GOALS

The goal of this project is trying to give an opportunity to improve the job of people working on the issues of diversity, in particulat in contexts related to migration, through non-formal pedagogical approaches, in order to strenghten the impact of the tools on their target group.

TARGET GROUP(S)

The target group of our project concerns all the people working in the field of migrations and inclusion, but in a wider perspective, also people working on other forms of diversity as, for example, gender-based issues. In fact, the book will provide an explanation about how the different tools can be used to fight against many forms of stereotypes and prejudices related to various social issues.

EVALUATION (HOW TO DO IT?)

When downloading the IncluKit, people will be kindly asked to fill a short survey that they will automatically receive via email. The form will include questions about the reason why they are downloading the open-book, what they hope to find in it and how they plan to use it.

A second survey will follow after a couple of months to ask if they were satisfied by the IncluKit, how they used it in the end and if they have suggestions to improve it.

TIMETABLE AND MILESTONES

May – July : Research and collection if material

August – September : Selection of material and division into chapters

October : First draft

November : Editing and graphic design