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The call for papers for the 21st International Service-Learning Conference is open until 28 May 2018. The Conference will be held on 23 and 24 August 2018 at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Buenos Aires in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. More information by downloading the guidelines. You can visit the Conference website, with materials and publications from previous editions. |
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Training in service-learning for Higher Education in Bosnia
Organized by CLAYSS and with the support of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics of the University of Tuzla - PMF, and the International Association "Interactive Open Schools" - MIOS-, the event "Training in Learning and Service for Higher Education" will take place on 21 and 22 June 2018 at the University of Tuzla. These sessions will involve institutions of higher education in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the aim of improving the quality of life of their citizens.
Registration: https://mios1.typeform.com/to/OPpTjr
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CLAYSS and the Centennial of the University Reform in Córdoba
Within the framework of the academic activities that are taking place on the occasion of the centenary of the University Reform that originated in Cordoba a century ago, Gabriela Malacrida participated on behalf of Prof. María Nieves Tapia (absent due to illness) in the Regional Pre-Conference on Higher Education (CRES): "The Social Commitment of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Contributions to CRES 2018", an event organised by all the public and private universities of Cordoba in preparation for the Regional Conference to be held in June.
CLAYSS was invited to carry out the triggering activity of the session on "Teacher training, curricular reforms and pedagogical methodologies". The table, which was the most numerous of the meeting, opened with an exhibition by Gabriela Malacrida, giving rise to a workshop coordinated with Drs. Cecilia Conci and Dr. Architect Daniela Gargantini. The results of the meeting will contribute to the recommendations for the Regional Conference. For further infomation visit (in spanish) http://www.cres2018.org/ |
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CLAYSS at cross-sectoral conference on educational debate
On Tuesday, April 10, at the CAEU of the Organization of Ibero-American States for Education, CLAYSS participated in the cross-sectoral Debate on Project-Based Teaching and Learning (PBL) organized by Fundación Voz and a group of organizations committed to generating proposals for the transformation of the Secondary School.
This is one of the lines of work that the Federal Council of Education has set out to pursue in the coming years in order to implement, especially in secondary schools, and which may lead to important changes in the way of teaching and learning in schools.
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Uruguayan solidarity project awarded at International Symposium
The service learning project on environmental issues carried out by the 5th and 6th year students of the Rural School Nº 88 "Alfred Nobel" in Canelones, Uruguay, obtained 4 stars in the International Symposium organized by GLOBE. This positioned the research "Analysis of water quality in the Arroyo Canelón Chico-Water quality in areas near the city of Canelones through the use of macroinvertebrates as bioindicators" among the 33 clubs selected worldwide (113 institutions participated). You can see a video made by the institution about the experience (in spanish) here. |
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Education in confinement contexts
On April 3, Lic. Catalina Thölke participated as a guest in the series of workshops at the CMC, a center for adolescents who are deprived of their liberty. The activities are part of the project "Espacio de diálogo para la educación en contexto de encierro" (Dialogue space for education in the context of confinement) coordinated by the OEI - Mercosur Office in Uruguay, which has been running since last year, both with adults and adolescents. It should be remembered that in 2017 CLAYSS contributed to the development of service-learning projects in two educational centres in confinement contexts.
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Service-learning in Romania by the hand of Chess
The students at Transylvania College in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, looked for a theme they were passionate about to carry out a service-learning project in the community. The identified community need was for the young people to have a space in which to exchange and express themselves with others in a playful and healthy way, as well as to learn from other generations, and from this naturally arose the importance of children and young people of the locality playing chess frequently. This seemed like an excellent starting point that went hand in hand with having an outdoor chess board in the interactive park being built in the nearby Gheorgheni neighborhood.
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Workshop with Fundación Scholas in Paraguay
Last Thursday 19, the Latin American Center for Service-Learning, together with the Scholas Foundation in Paraguay, with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science, developed a Workshop on Service-Learning.
The activity, developed at PRODEPA's facilities in Asunción, was in charge of Baltazar Ojea (CLAYSS) and Leyla Apud (Scholas) and brought together 50 teachers and officials from Paraguay who worked on the proposals and ideas developed by adolescent students who participated in different meetings of Scholas during the last two years, with the aim of achieving a transition towards service-learning projects. |
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Videoconference for Macedonian Conference
On March 31st, CLAYSS participated with a video about service-learning of the IV EduConference for Teachers and IT Experts. The conference was attended by around 200 participants and it was held in Struga, Macedonia promoting topics of interest for the educational process and professional development of teachers.
The video was developed by Luz Avruj and presented to about 50 teachers during simultaneous sessions, in which two Macedonian colleagues Maja Cvetanoska and Dragica Jordanoska also shared their experience as participants of CLAYSS online course: Development of Service Learning Projects.
The paper "Learning in and improving the community-An introduction to service-learning" is available at https://youtu.be/VaxIvw4wrn4
To learn more about the Edu Conference visit http://www.friends-of-education.org/fourth-educonference/info-5/
To learn more about the Friends of Education organization, you can download here. |
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Training for ESSARP
On April 18, Luz Avruj and Nieves Tapia offered a workshop on service-learning for ESSARP, the Association of English-speaking schools of the Rio de la Plata. A room filled with 57 participants from bilingual schools - principals, teachers and social action managers, CAS and other solidarity initiatives - followed the exhibition in Nieves Tapia with great interest and actively participated in the dialogue and workshop with the CLAYSS team. This was the first activity of a collaboration that will continue between CLAYSS and ESSARP. |
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Upcoming meetings of the Spanish Networks
In September, the ApS(U) Universities Network's annual Congress will be held in Madrid. On this occasion, CLAYSS has been invited to participate in a Symposium to be held within the framework of the Congress, focused on the theme of service-learning within the framework of distance education.
The Spanish Service-Learning Network will meet on 15 December, also in Madrid, with the collaboration of the OEI and the municipality of Coslada. Nieves Tapia, director of CLAYSS, has been specially invited to participate in this occasion. |
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URSULA starts a collective research in Higher Education
On April 5, 2018, the Union of Latin American University Social Responsibility (URSULA) launched the collective research: State of the Arts of University Social Responsibility (RSU) in Latin America.
This is a standardized institutional self-diagnosis in which all the universities that are members of URSULA can participate - around 90 universities from 10 Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay). You can download the requirements (in spanish) here.
More information: contacto@unionursula.org |
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GUNi International Conference
The Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) will hold its next international conference in Barcelona on 19 and 20 November 2018 with the aim of opening a global debate on the current role of the humanities in the social, academic and scientific spheres and its importance in promoting a more equitable, responsible and democratic society.
To register: https://www.conftool.com/humanities-and-higher-education-2018/
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| CLAYSS upcoming activities |
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- 21 and 22 June: "Training in service-learning for Higher Education". University of Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Registration: https://mios1.typeform.com/to/OPpTjr
- 25 and 26 June: 2° Service Learning Regional Congress. Paraná, Entre Ríos.
- 23 and 24 August: 21st International Service-Learning Conference. Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. More information here
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- 23-25 May: 1st International Congress on University Social Responsibility: Management and knowledge for the transformation of society, FACCAT, Integrated Faculties of Taquara, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. For more details: https://rsu.faccat.br/es/ or cirsu2018@faccat.br
- 18-20 July: IARSLCE Conference 2018, JW Marriott, New Orleans, Los Angeles, USA. http://www.researchslce.org/2017/09/2018-conference-information/
- 2019:
• 10-13 April: 30th 30th Annual National Service Learning Conference NYLC, Washington D.C., USA.
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- Until May 1st: IJRSLCE call for proposals. The International Journal of Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IJRSLCE) invites manuscripts for consideration for the sixth issue of the journal to be published in fall 2018. IJRSLCE is an annual, peer-reviewed, online journal. Its mission is to disseminate rigorous scholarship on service-learning and community engagement, including research, theory, research reviews and book reviews. More info: https://ijrslce.scholasticahq.com/post/104
- Until June 22nd: GUNi International Conference: Open Call to submit cases on synergies between science, technology and education The Global University Network for Innovation (GUNi) is calling for submissions on cases of excellence and good practices in integration between humanities, sciences and technology for their upcoming conference. More info: http://www.guninetwork.org/news/open-call-cases-excellence-and-good-practice-integration-between-humanities-science-and
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