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The 21st International Service-Learning Conference
The 21st International Service-Learning Conference" was held at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires, in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires on August 23 and 24, 2018. Among the speakers were Melina Furman, Professor at the School of Education of the University of San Andrés and CONICET Researcher; Mariana Martínez of RIEDULAB, Uruguay; Kaku Sagary Nokoe, Academic Vice-rector of the Catholic University of East Africa, Nairobi, Kenya; Philip Tuano, Social Commitment Coordinator, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines; Aitziber Mugarra-Elorriaga, Zerbikas Foundation/University of Deusto, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain; and Beatriz Castillo Escamilla, Social Service, ANUIES, Mexico.
All the presentations of the Conference can be downloaded in spanish here. The videos of the plenary presentations are uploaded in spanish to our YouTube Channel. Soon we'll upload videos of the Conference translated to english.
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Visits program
This year the Program of visits to service-learning experiences opened the SL International Week with a tour around 6 educational institutions of the City of Buenos Aires and surroundings, which carry out solidarity projects. The program brought together a total of 26 teachers and specialists from various countries in Latin America and Europe. We thank the directors, teachers and students who received our visitors for their valuable contribution to this space of shared learning.
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Welcome toast
With the attendance of around 150 visitors, on Wednesday, August 22nd, a welcome toast was given to foreign participants, with the participation of numerous delegations from Latin America and participants from Africa, Asia and Europe. We are grateful for the collaboration of the Ministry of Education of the Nation, which provided us with the use of the Leopoldo Marechal Hall of the Sarmiento Palace to hold the Meeting of the Ibero-American Network and the toast. |
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Opportunities for Onsite and online Training in Central and Eaastern Europe
For a few years now, CLAYSS has been developing activities in the region, ,as for example:
June 2018: Onsite training in Bosnia and Herzegovina
www.clayss.org/clayss_digital/18-08/CLAYSS_newsletter_2018_47.html
August 2018: Online training for educator ans and community leaders:
www.clayss.org/flyer_capacitacion_ingles_2018_2.html
October 2017: onsite training for higher education in Slovakia:
www.clayss.org.ar/clayss_digital/17-11/02_e.html
If you are interested in participating in our future activities or want to know more, please write to: internacionales@clayss.org.ar |
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Service-learning in Slovak curricula
The Slovak Ministry of Education this year included service-learning in its strategy of educating children and young people for volunteering. The official document quotes the Handbook developed by CLAYSS together with our allies from the Central and Eastern European Service-Learning Network in 2017. The new educational policy was approved by the Minister of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, Martina Lubyová, on 19 April 2018. Congratulations to our colleague Alzbeta Brozmanova Gregorova, active promoter of the Service-Learning Network of Central and Eastern Europe! (In the photo: first on the right is Alzbeta or "Betka", together with other colleagues from the region and from CLAYSS at the 19th International Service-Learning Conference in Buenos Aires, in August 2016). |
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Pre-registration for the Certificate in Service-Learning now opened
The " Certificate in Service-Learning " is a new opportunity for teacher training organized together with the Organization of Ibero-American States and the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. It will be offered on the virtual campus of CAEU (OEI Argentina) and will be certified by UNTREF.
The diploma is one year long and is intended for educators of all educational levels, leaders of social organizations, specialists in the subject who wish to deepen, systematize and validate their knowledge. |
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CLAYSS at the opening of the training course for teachers of the UBA on Social Educational Practices
On Friday 14 September CLAYSS was present at the University of Buenos Aires at the beginning of the training of teachers of all faculties in Social Educational Practices (PSE), mandatory service-learning spaces that are implemented from this year in all degrees. The initial panel, with Catalina Nosiglia, Jordi Passart, Nieves Tapia and Oscar García, marked the beginning of the course that will be developed online. The course, which has a hundred participants, is organized jointly by the Secretariat of Academic Affairs and the Coordination of PSE, with the pedagogical coordination of Mgr. Maria Rosa Tapia by the Academic Secretariat.
We thank the authorities of the UBA for trusting in CLAYSS, and we extend our gratitude and admiration to all the solidarity teachers of the UBA who have been contributing for decades to the institutionalization of service-learning in the University. |
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CLAYSS at the 26th Assembly of the IFCU
From 23 to 27 July Nieves Tapia represented CLAYSS at the 26th General Assembly of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), whose central theme was "Working in solidarity as responsible agents, from the local to the global". The Assembly took place at St Patrick's College in Maynooth, Ireland, and brought together more than 200 rectors from the five continents, who shared experiences and challenges around the social commitment of the Catholic University, as well as some of the service-learning experiences already underway in many of them. CLAYSS was one of the few non-university institutions invited, and numerous rectors valued the contribution of service-learning to the articulation of teaching, research and extension missions within the framework of the identity of Catholic Universities. During the Assembly, the IFCU renewed its authorities for the next triennium, with Isabel Capeloa Gil, rector of the Catholic University of Portugal, being elected to the presidency. Isabel Capeloa Gil was the first woman to occupy the position (in the photo together with the Director of CLAYSS, Nieves Tapia).
More information: http://maynoothcollege.ie/ifcu-2018
The papers of the Assembly can be seen at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC73KWYaNo4ASABIR6xFRfdg |
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Uruguay at the 21st International Conference
A delegation of about 15 Uruguayans traveled to participate in the XV International SL Week between 21 and 24 August in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Some of them participated as speakers in this meeting between solidarity educators.
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CLAYSS URUGUAY headquarters at the Concausa Festival
On July 25, the tutor Andrea Machado conducted a on-site training in Liceo 1 of Treinta y Tres. It was organized by CLAYSS, Liceo 1 and Unit 23 of the National Rehabilitation Institute of the Ministry of Internal affairs in response to local demand. We continue to add solidarity networks and communities. |
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The Voice of the Protagonists in the 21st Conference
For some years now, there has been a tradition in the International Conferences of a space dedicated exclusively to youth. The " Meeting of solidarity students " took place on Friday, August 24 from 11 am to 5 pm, in which schools that carry out Service-Learning projects were invited to participate. With the objective of promoting learning spaces in which students can do a service to their communities, they shared with their peers their projects, ideas and feelings. Sixty students participated of the Meeting.
After an intense group exchange, the most outstanding points of their conclusions were:
"Do not give up the fight. Count on us and keep us in mind."
"Young people aren't just anybody, we're not lost; we're enthusiastic."
"With projects we learn to communicate. Without these practices, education remains in a bubble context. Knowing the environment of others allows us to problematize our own environment." |
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CLAYSS in Perú
The "University Social Responsibility" week took place from September 10 to 15 at the Antenor Orrego Private University, in the city of Trujillo, Peru. Within this framework, one of our trainers, Mr. Sebastián Puglisi worked with professors from different faculties of the university, the concept of Service-Learning and the university- community link.
Organized by the social responsibility office of the university, led by Lic. Miguel Oscar Ñique, the week had the participation of students and teachers of the UPAO. Mr. Puglisi also participated in the conference "The role of the university one hundred years after the University Reform" in a day sponsored by the Union of Latin American University Social Responsibility (URSULA).
We continue building Service Learning with partner universities. |
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Onsite ESSARP Training
The organization of English-speaking schools of the Río de la Plata (ESSARP) offered its teachers a two-day training on learning projects and solidarity service, differentiated by levels.
The group of teachers of initial and primary level had 7 participants, guided by Prof. Adriana Hernandez. The course for junior secondary had 14 teachers and was coordinated by Prof. Gabriela Di Lascio.
The enthusiasm of the teachers allowed them to work hard on the definition of service-learning and the itinerary of the projects. |
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Training activities in Colombia
On August 24 and 25, CLAYSS, represented by Sebastián Puglisi, participated in two meetings at the Pontifical Javeriana University of Cali. On the 24th there was a conversation with community leaders who work together with the university in projects of Solidarity Service-Learning and on the 25th there was a dialogue with teachers from different careers of the university about the importance of the University-Community link.
On July 26 and 27, the second module of the diploma in pedagogical practices for the transformation of rural schools for teachers in the framework of the National Education for Peace Program (EDUCAPAZ) was held in the municipalities of Chaparral and Rioblanco in southern Tolima. More than 60 teachers deepened concepts related to solidarity service-learning and shared progress in their respective projects. |
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On-site Training in Tucumán
On August 10, at the Santa Catalina School in Tucumán, a training session on "Economy of Communion and Solidarity Projects" was held as requested by the institution. It was delivered by Graciela Del Campo on behalf of CLAYSS and had 370 participants from the educational community, as well as other institutions. Referents of the Solidarity Education Program of the provincial Ministry of Education also participated. |
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XXI Meeting of the Ibero-American Service-Learning Network
On August 22, a new meeting of the Ibero-American Service-Learning Network was held to work and share joint projects and exchange impressions on actions, paths and pending challenges. This year the meeting took place in the Leopoldo Marechal Hall of the Ministry of Education of the Argentine Republic, and was attended by more than 40 representatives of member institutions from more than 10 countries in the region. In a fraternal and festive atmosphere, the participants renewed their commitment to Service-Learning, its promotion and expansion.
The agenda of this new meeting of the Network included numerous topics of common work such as the presentation of the Diploma in Learning-Service developed by CAEU (OEI)-UNTREF-CLAYSS; the continuity of the Iberoamerican Journal of Learning-Service; the next Conference of Researchers in A-L 2019 and the encouragement of national networks to strengthen promotion in different countries.
In addition to discussing future projects, updates were presented on the situation of service-learning in the United States (Jim Kielsmeier NYLC), in Spain (Roser Batlle for the Spanish service-learning network), in Chile (Patricia Dintrans and Natacha Pino for REASE), Brazil (Katia Goncalvez and Alexandre Isaac for the Brazilian Solidary Learning Network), Portugal (Joana Mouta for the Portuguese Service Learning Network), Uruguay (Alejandro Gimelli for the Uruguayan Service Learning Network). |
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Presentation of the Brazilian Solidarity Learning Network
At the Meeting of the Ibero-American SL Network, the brand new Brazilian Network of Solidarity Learning was presented to the rest of the allies by its main members: CENPEC (coordinators of the Network), Instituto Singularidades, Instituto Synergos, Escola do Parlamento de la Cámara Municipal de Sao Paulo, Projeto Casulo, Mori Educação, the Secretariat of Education of Sao Paulo, Movimento Futuro and the Integral Education Forum of Sao Paulo. We continue to deepen the bonds and congratulate the construction of this collective commitment to an integral and solidarity education in Brazil. |
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| CLAYSS upcoming activities |
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- 14-15 December: XI Service-Learning State Meeting, Coslada, Madrid. Participation of María Nieves Tapia in meetings in Coslada (14th December) and in the annual meeting of the Spanish Service-Learning Network. More information here.
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- 4th and 5th October: IV REASE National Seminar Coquimbo, Chile. http://www.seminariorease.com/
- 29 to 31 October: 3rd URSULA Forum on University Social Responsibility: "Public Policies and Social Innovation", University Centre for Health Sciences (CUCS), University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Information and registration: http://unionursula.org
2019:
- 10-13 April: 30th 30th Annual National Service Learning Conference NYLC, Washington D.C., USA.
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