Places: 3 participants
Venue: Ecological Scout Centre Kaprálův Mlýn (Czech Republic)
Hosting organization: Be International
Project Dates: 11th-20th March 2020
Deadline to send application form: 20th February 2020
Description
“Radical Escape” is a training course that aims to enable youth workers to strengthen preventative measures against radicalication of young people through the use of educational concepts based on escape games. Ok, what does that mean though?
For the last few years, we have been exploring innovations in youth work through the use of game based learning mechanisms. This training follows two main lines:
- Exploring process of radicalization in connection to enabling factors such as social exclusion, media manipulation or marginalization.
- Developing and testing 3 portable educational escape rooms connected to these topics.
More specifically, the training aims to:
- foster mutual understanding of the process of radicalization, reasons and preventive measures,
- discover the topic of escape game methodology as an educational approach in youth work,
- to equip participants with tools for developing educational escape games,
- experiment with applying innovative methodology to the topic of radicalization, create 3 educational escape games and test them with the local community,
- to empower youth workers/leaders to use escape games while working with hard to reach youth;
- to create a scenario booklet on escape games on processes triggering radicalization.
Participant’s profile
The training course is designed for youth workers, youth leaders, educators, trainers, teachers, NGO volunteers and members. We are looking for people involved in youthwork or in the education field on a weekly basis. Participants do not need any previous experience with escape games and game-based learning. We expect participants to have motivation to learn about game-based learning and be willing to create escape games for young people.
Participants need to be official residents of the country they are coming from, be over 18 years of age and have at least an intermediate level of English. Participants are expected to participate fully in the program and commit to the dissemination activities.
Application and deadline
If you would like to participate in this project, please read the infopack thoroughly and fill in the application form before 20th of February 2020.