Youth Runner

Journey through learning in youth work. And what a journey this has been! As an international youth worker, I came across many different approaches in youth work. Some were very topic-oriented, which means they use different methods to address certain topic. On the other hand, some organisations are very method-oriented, which means they would always use the same methodology such as theatre or media in order to ignite learning process in young people.

 

In the project Youth Runner we were able to observe both approaches to learn more and to compare the impact of both youth work styles. During this process, we have participated in the study visit in Kabitaka School in Solwezi, organized a youth exchange for young people in Germany and implemented our newly acquired knowledge and experiences to youth workers on a training course in Slovenia. This was by far the longest journey for us so far.

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We have created a compilations of our thoughts and knowledge about young people, learning and about the community that provides such learning in the publication Journey Through Learning in Youth Work Some of our wisdom has also been transformed in the video form and you can find it on YouTube Candy Wisdom.

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This project was a partnership between the Ambitia Institute, Zavod za mladino in šport Trbovlje, both from Slovenia, Jugendkulturarbeit from Germany, Sentinel Kabitaka School from Zambia and Croatian Film Association from Croatia and has reaffirmed our strong partnerships.