22 Mar 040. “War Games” – Training Course
NR.: 040
DATA: 22.03.2018
TITOLO PROGETTO: “War Games”
RICHIESTA PROVENIENTE DA: Mafalda Morganti (Italia)
TIPOLOGIA: Training Course
ARGOMENTO: The course aims to explore games and gaming methodologies of different types and on different platforms (social games, role playing games, board games, video and digital games, creativity expression exercises) and their application in educational activities.
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Activity date: 16th – 24th June 2018.
Venue place, venue country: Sermugnano, Castiglione in Teverina (VT), Italy.
Summary: Are you curious to explore games as learning tools to develop political participation, inclusion and non violent communication? Would you like to learn how to introduce tips and principles of “gamification” in your educational work? Then, the game is on!
Target group: Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders.
For participants from: Belgium – DE, Belgium – FL, Belgium – FR, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovak Republic, United Kingdom.
Group size: 24 participants.
Details:
“War Games” is 7 days residential training course on Game-Based Learning promoted by Cooperativa Sociale Muovimente. The course aims to explore games and gaming methodologies of different types and on different platforms (social games, role playing games, board games, video and digital games, creativity expression exercises) and their application in educational activities. The project will take place in Sermugnano, a small village in central Italy, from the 16th to the 24th of June 2018 (travel days included). It will involve 24 participants and 3 trainers from 8 different European countries (Italy, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Belgium, Poland and UK).
The objectives of the training course are:
• To define a positive approach to leadership and develop related skills;
• To explore games as learning tools to develop political participation, inclusion and non violent communication;
• To introduce tips and principles of “gamification” in education and training, and to discuss potential negative side effects;
• To empower trainers, youth workers and leaders to increase young people’s participation to political life, reduce radicalization and xenophobia, promote a less violent society – and endow them with applicable tools.
Working methods
The training course aims to support the participants to get a deep understanding of games and gamified systems, to apply them effectively in their work, and to design new ones, according to different settings and contexts.
The project will specifically address topics such as:
• violent communication, “fake news” and propaganda;
• aggressive and autocratic leadership on the rise;
• decline in civic and political participation of youth; through a programme that will be able to provide youth workers and trainers with tools, theoretical background, motivation and empowerment to tackle these problems more effectively in their local work.
The course will have a very experiential character, will produce a toolkit of games that will be published and shared on open source platforms, and will focus on the immediate applicability and replicability of all the learning outcomes.
Costs:
The project has been financed by the Erasmus+ programme. The costs related to accommodation and food will be completely covered by the hosting organisation and the travel costs will be covered according to the Erasmus+ standards. Participants will be asked to contribute with a participation fee of 50€.
Working language: English.
SCADENZA: 15th April 2018.