1. General approach and framework:
The general aim of the training activities of the Pestalozzi Programme
is to train education professionals to become multipliers for Council of
Europe standards and values in education.
The work is based on three main pillars
Content : standards and principles as well as project results of the
Council of Europe
Methodology : learner-centred, peer-training, collaborative work on
issues of common concerns to find fit solutions for diverse contexts
Four-fold concept of competences development : developing sensitivity
and awareness, knowledge and understanding, individual practice,
societal practice
For more information on the framework of the Pestalozzi Modules for
Trainer Training, please consult the document “Pestalozzi Modules
Framework” on www.coe.int/pestalozzi
2. Number: CoE 2013 1112-1115 RESP
3. Related Council of Europe Projects:
Education for Democratic citizenship and human rights
Information society and media
Pestalozzi Modules series for trainer training
4. Dates Module A: 12/11/2013 – 15/11/2013
5. Deadline for nomination: 01/06/2013
6. Working language(s): English and French
Interpretation will be provided
7. Venue: European Youth Centre of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg
Adresse : 30 rue Pierre de Coubertin, F - 67000 Strasbourg, FRANCE
Tel.: + 33 3 88 41 23 00
Fax: + 33 3 88 41 27 77
E-Mail: reception.eycs@coe.int
Site web: http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/youth/EYC/Strasbourg
8. Number of available places: 50
i. up to 45 participants from the signatory States to the European
Cultural Convention; in the case of this particular course and the
cooperation with the European Youth Foundation the 45 places should be
distributed as follows
a) 15 participants from pre-service or in-service teacher training
b) 15 participants from the adult education sector
c) 15 participants from the youth sector
ii. up to 5 participants from other countries
Participants under point i. (a+b) are nominated by the National Liaison
Officers of the Pestalozzi Programme in consultation with the respective
members of the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Policies and
Practices in Education, taking into account the required participants’
profile (point 9). Participants under point i. (c) shall be identified
by the European Youth Foundation.
Participants under point ii. are identified and nominated by partner
organisations or institutions taking into account the required
participants’ profile (point 9)
NB: If there are still places available once the deadline for nomination
has passed, and funds permitting, we will invite those countries who
have already nominated one participant to nominate a second one.
9. Target group:
Participants should come from a pre-service or in-service training
context of formal or non-formal education. They need to have experience
of and demonstrate a strong interest in the chosen theme. They also need
to be competent users of at least one of the working languages, English
or French.
Participants must be prepared and in a position to commit themselves to
collaborative international work for a duration of about 12 months
including the development and piloting of training materials in their
contexts; this includes in particular:
preparatory reading and writing tasks
active participation in Module A – 11-15 November 2013, European Youth
Centre, Strasbourg
development of an educational project/ training material and piloting
of this material between Module A and Module B; active exchange of
information and reporting back via an online working platform
active participation in Module B in late spring 2014
revision of materials and participating in the final editing of the
resources in view of their dissemination
dissemination by using the materials developed by all participants in
future trainings
disseminate the programme in their local, regional or national context
and continue working with other participants on-line, as a
self-sustaining network after the programme is completed.
The overall workload, including the participation in the modules, is
estimated to be between 120-150 hours. Participants will receive
certification for the completion of this training programme indicating
the nature of competences developed and the workload of the training.
10. Focus of the training activity :
The media environment has changed substantially over the past decades
and the ability to use, communicate and interact in a responsible and
critical yet beneficial way in this new social space is part and parcel
of the competences needed to maintain and further develop our democratic
societies. It permeates our lives in a much more intensive way than
previously imagined. It plays a central role in most aspects of our
lives: from identity building and personal development, communication,
construction of reality and
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negotiation of meaning, information retrieval, social interaction and
participation to education and learning, to work and entertainment.
This training course will focus on the role education/ educators –
formal and non-formal – can play to develop the kind of responsible
attitudes and behaviour in this new social space, based on the values of
human rights, which are essential for a respectful way of living
together in democracy and diversity. As such it reflects one of the
purposes of education: personal development/ development of the
personality, and the attitudes and value-based behaviour which go with
it.
The course will offer the opportunity to learn together as well as to
plan and carry out collaborative and transversal educational projects
between autumn 2013 and summer 2014 – in a blended learning environment
- which will focus on the development of respectful and responsible
attitudes and behaviour in the extended social space provided by
technological means such as the internet, mobile telephony, social
networks and the like.
11. Expected results:
After the training course the participants will be in better position to
promote respectful attitudes and behaviour in the virtual social space;
in particular they will be better equipped to
apply responsible attitudes and behaviour in their use of the virtual
social space and take action to counter irresponsible behaviour and
attitudes in the virtual social space
raise awareness in teachers and learners, in their families and
communities of the importance of such responsible behaviour
include training for responsible social behaviour in their teaching
and training
The participants will form a network of education professionals equipped
to continue the training on the international, national, regional and
local level with a shared view of the competences which need to be
developed and of the appropriate methodology of training and teaching. A
collection of tried and tested training resources will be available
online to serve as pedagogical support in teacher training and as a
stimulation to further develop resources along similar lines
12. Outline of programme :
The duration of Module A is of 4 days; the programme will be made
available in due course
13. Organising body: Council of Europe, Pestalozzi Programme
Name & Address: The Pestalozzi Programme, Council of Europe, Agora
Building, F-67075 Strasbourg
Tel: 0033388413277
Fax: 0033388412788
E-mail: pestalozzi@coe.int
Site web: www.coe.int/pestalozzi
14. Team of facilitators: to be determined
15. Travel and subsistence expenses:
Travel and subsistence expenses :
The Council of Europe will cover the expenses for participants from the
signatory States (8.i) according to the rules.
16. Other information:
The success of the training activities depend on the commitment of all
the participants. By accepting to participate in the Pestalozzi
programme, participants and facilitators agree to participate actively
and assiduously in all the phases of the activity.
