Roménia

8468

Data de início: 01-08-2019

Data de fim: 31-01-2020

Vagas: 1

Duração: 6 mes(es)

Data limite de candidatura: 01-04-2019

Financiamento: Aprovado

Subsídio mensal (Dinheiro de bolso): 60 €

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Resumo: Association Comunities for Youth is a NGO activing in City of Bailesti Soth West Oltenia region of Romania.

ACT mission is to develop, implement and support youth development programs built around the concepts of lifelong learning, mobility and associativity ACT works to empower young people to participate actively in society to improve their own lives. The aim of this empowerment is to establish a wide-based community movement which encourages the positive involvement of young people in solving issues which affect them, treating them as resources, not as problems.

This project starts from the assumption that media literacy is an added value and a factor of the quality of life in the everyday lives of 21st century citizens, as well as a pillar of democracy. As stated in a recent study, “because the media is so omnipresent in modern society, it is no longer simply an advantage to be media literate, but a debilitating disadvantage not to be” {Celot, P. ; Perez-Tornero (2010). Study on Assessment Criteria for Media Literacy Levels. Report produced for the European Commission.}. From an educational and cultural point of view, media literacy is the ongoing result of a pedagogical process that must acquire consistency in school and extends over a lifetime.

Acording to the European Comission media literacy is "all the technical, cognitive, social, civic and creative capacities that allow us to access and have a critical understanding of and interact with both traditional and new forms of media (…). It is closely related to active engagement in democratic life, to citizenship and the ability to exercise judgment critically and independently as well as to reflect on one’s own actions, and can thereby enhance young people’s resilience in the face of extremist messages and disinformation" (Council conclusions on developing media literacy and critical thinking through education and training, 30 May 2016.)

Media literacy is related to several key competences: 'digital competence', which requires a critical and reflective attitude towards available information and a responsible use of the interactive media; 'social and civic competences' which include the ability to understand different viewpoints and a readiness to respect the values of others; and 'cultural awareness and expression' which encompasses a sense of identity as the basis for an open attitude towards and respect for diversity.
A media-literate person is able to decipher the purpose and message of media rather than accepting it at face value; make positive media choices; select healthy alternatives to media consumption; develop critical thinking and viewing skills; and understand the political, social, economic and emotional implications of various forms of media.
For defining the scope and area of action of the current project we have run a prospective survey of 120 students in 3 high schools of Craiova with the purpose of assassin their current level of media literacy.

We provide here a couple of the main conclusions of our local research:
1. Youngsters overturn the trust hierarchy: for them Internet is more credible than television;
2. The process of comparing news sources to validate the news content received is very underutilized, when they discover disagreements just a minority verifies the
3. Commercials are considered to be the main aggressor in television;
4. Accidents, politics and crimes – are considered to be presented excessively in TV programs;
5. The youngsters use the Internet as their main media channel and they look primarily for information;
6. The youth are not informed about the mass media influence on its own attitudes and behavior;

The project aims to contribute towards the increasing media literacy of high school students in the spirit of promoting critical thinking and reasoning, tolerance and inclusion. It develops media competences that will allow them a critical reception of the media discourse, as well as a responsible presence in the public sphere, as "online content generators".
The present media education policy in Romania has in focus the computer and information literacy to be integrated into formal and adult education but media literacy competencies are completely absent from the educational landscape.
The project directly contributes to Erasmus+ programme by providing learning outcomes and personal and professional development opportunities for both the beneficiaries as well as the volunteers via non-formal workshops and methods.

Perfil:  Aged between 18 to 30 years
 The volunteers who apply for this project need to like and be willing to work with youth for 6 months.
 active, open-minded, creative, innovative, responsible and motivated volunteers
 The volunteers of this project should, above all else, show willingness to learn and see their volunteer experience as a learning process.
 Basic level of English (being able to make herself/himself understood by the others – able to communicate).

Tarefas: The volunteers will be involved in capacity building programme and will offer a opportunity to create together based with their competaces and their needs a long plan activities according with media literacy topic:

• Recognizing Point-of-View —Those who create any given piece of media have a goal and perspective. Whether this point-of-view is clear or debatable, recognizing it allows students to question and contextualize the information they receive.
• Improving Critical Thinking Skills — Evaluating media through in-class or take-home exercises encourages students to determine if the messages are accurate, using examples to justify their thoughts.
• Learning How to Create Different Products — Many media literacy activities allow students to learn by doing, studying and creating a range of products from print ads to television scripts.
• Breathing Relevancy into Different Subjects — Media literacy lessons can be a catalyst for interdisciplinary teaching, highlighting the relevance of different subjects. For example, your students could investigate the power of certain colours in advertisements, applying key takeaways to art class as they make their own logos.
• Linking Existing Content with Student Interests — You can make curriculum content more engaging by linking it with students’ favourite media. For example, if they aren’t receptive to learning about plot devices, examine them through the lense of a popular movie. Then, explore how effectively the movie uses the devices.

Condições: Travel: ACT will purchase flight tickets while the Sending Organisation will to make sure that the volunteer is well informed, has all documents and gets safely on board.

Local transport: will be covered by ACT, upon arrival they will receive info on how to use public transport, a map of the transit lines etc.

Accommodation: ACT will host the volunteers in rented apartments in the city of Craiova. Each accommodation will assure good living conditions (private beds, equipped kitchen and bathroom, heating system, running cold/ hot water, Wi-Fi).

Working programme: working hours are flexible and adapted to the schedule of the target institutions and is usually 3-4 hours/day in with the youngsters and 1-2 hours/day for preparing the activities.

Each volunteer is entitled to receiving 2 free days/week (typically weekends but in case that an activity requires work on the weekend the volunteer will be free in the next days) and a total of 12 days of vacation in the project that you can use as you want.

Documentação: CV + Motivation letter