Seminar: With Media Literacy towards Cultural Awareness and Tolerance

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Dates: 7-15 January 2017

Number of participants: 24

Participating countries: Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom

Organizer: International Educational Center GEMS

Apply here: application form

Deadline to apply: 30 November 2016

Date of Selection: 4 December 2016

Inquiries about this training course: Meryem: meryemaydin93@gmail.com

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Costs: During the activity period, each participant will be provided with food and accommodation by hosting organisation. No participation fee is required. All participants will get travel grant according to Erasmus Plus table on km distance. Please control the actual distance from Prague with distance calculator from the European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm). Maximum travel grant per pax:
Czech Rep €0
Italy €275
Spain €275
Finland €275
United Kingdom €275
Turkey €275
Portugal €360
Hungary €275
Latvia €275
Macedonia €275

With Media Literacy towards Cultural Awareness and Tolerance

Seminar aims to exchange experiences and methods of youth organizations involved in promoting active use of media and critical thinking on the media among young people.

Seminar for youth workers will take place in Czech Republic, Prague from 7th to 15th January 2017 and will involve 24 participants from: Czech Republic, Italy, United Kingdom, Finland, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Hungary, Latvia and Macedonia.

The main aim is to increase a level of quality of intercultural education through increasing media competencies of the youth and use media for increasing transversal skills of young people as creativity, innovation, ability to learn and initiative-taking. Focus will be done on critical thinking on media and adapt it to the new conditions, in where the media have significant influence on youth.

Objectives of the Seminar:
-to exchange experience with media education through NFE
-to exchange and collect creative tools, activities and methodologies on media literacy (active use of media, critical thinking on media), promotion of intercultural tolerance and understanding through new media
-to develop new tools which will help to tackle growing intolerance and xenophobe among young people and challenges which bring new media
-to promote and develop proposals for a new project on the topic of media literacy and intercultural learning

During the Seminar will be used methods of non-formal education methods such as workshops, group works, simulations, role playing, discussions, individual and group reflection, analysis, case study and learning by doing.

Seminar is based on active involvement of participants and therefore we expect well prepared and motivated youth workers which are able to contribute to content of seminar and after seminar to implement gained competencies in work on local level.

Selection criteria:
• We are searching youth workers, youth leaders, active members of sending organizations WITH EXPERIENCE IN YOUTH WORK
• Experience with conducting educational activities on the topic of seminar
• Experience with designing of tools and methods and activities is welcome
• Participants are expected to take active role during seminar and present best practice or activities of sending organization in media education (activities promoting active use of media, critical thinking on media products and messages) and act as multipliers after end of Seminar and to be able to use new competencies in the youth work on local or international level
• Good knowledge of English