The aim of Reflector project is to foster quality improvements in youth work through increasing the quality of reflection process with young people in non-formal education in order to support the development of agency and active citizenship. Objectives: - enhance competences of youth workers to facilitate learning processes and support young people’s development through reflective practice; - provide and enrich youth workers with hands-on, innovative, accessible resources to support learning; - increase capacity of the participating organisations through enhancing cooperation, exchange of good practices and developing innovative approaches; - gather reflective practices, methods and tools and create intellectual outputs: an App for facilitating reflection with young people and guidelines for youth workers on how to use the App for that purpose. Within the project will be developed two Intellectual outputs: 1. IO1: The App REFLECTOR 2. IO2: Guidelines on how to use the App for the purpose of facilitating reflection and support The project involves 5 partner organisations from Estonia, Finland, Italy, Slovenia and Portugal.The main target group we address is youth workers, leaders, facilitators of non-formal learning, school youth work managers (professional and volunteers) and all those who support young people through youth work and non-formal learning. The beneficiaries are young people. Number of the project participants - at least 200 participants in local activities (development work and testing, 40 participants per partner country) - at least 2 participants per partner organisation take part in each transnational project meeting - at least 200 participants at the multiplier events (40 per partner country) Number of the mobilities organised (5 transnational project meetings)
Objectives: - enhance competences of youth workers to facilitate learning processes and support young people’s development through reflective practice; - provide and enrich youth workers with hands-on, innovative, accessible resources to support learning; - increase capacity of the participating organisations through enhancing cooperation, - exchange of good practices and developing innovative approaches; - gather reflective practices, methods and tools and create intellectual outputs: an App for facilitating reflection with young people and guidelines for youth workers on how to use the App for that purpose.
Over the years reflection has been gaining more and more importance and value as an essential part of significant learning. It has also firmly integrated in youth work and has become an inherent element of almost all kinds of youth work activities. There is almost no one who would argue its necessity and benefits for non-formal learning in youth work, nevertheless many of us still wonder how to facilitate reflection in a way that would bring meaningful learning experience and support transformation. Recently various researches and foresights have been made on the vision for the future of education and competencies that young people will need in the future. Thus, the OECD Learning Compass 2030 offers a broad vision of the types of competencies learners will need to thrive in 2030 and beyond. The components of the compass include core foundations, knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, transformative competencies and a cycle of anticipation, action and reflection (AAR). The AAR cycle is presented as an iterative learning process whereby learners continuously improve their thinking and act intentionally and responsibly in the interest of collective well-being.