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22ND INTERNATIONAL SERVICE-LEARNING CONFERENCE
BUENOS AIRES, 29th AND 30th AUGUST 2019
5th International Service-learning Researchers' Symposium
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CLAYSS activities in Eastern Europe
Luz Avruj, representing CLAYSS was in Romania, participating in various activities in order to continue consolidating the actions of the Promotion Program that we carry out in the region.
On November 16, the Mini-Symposium "Service-Learning in Higher Education Institutions" was held at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the Babes Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
On Saturday 17 November the Conference Architects of Education took place in which CLAYSS participated with a lecture.
The following day the Meeting of the Service-Learning Network in Central and Eastern Europe took place. It was attended by 13 members of partner institutions. .
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CLAYSS in Brazil
CLAYSS offered a training on service-learning in the Workshop organized by the Brazilian Network of Solidary Learning "Dialogues on comprehensive education, school learning and social transformation". The event was held at the Escola do Parlamento - Câmara Municipal de Sao Paulo. We also participated in a new meeting of the Brazilian service-learning network. |
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CLAYSS at the II JONASS in Peru
On Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 November the Second National Conference on Learning and Solidarity Service was held in Lima (Peru). The meeting took place at the Universidad del Pacífico, which, from its Center for Leadership, Ethics and Social Responsibility (CLERS-UP), participated in the organization of the meeting along with the Latin American Center for Solidarity Service-Learning, the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University (UARM), the Fe y Alegría movement of Peru, and the Union of Latin American University Social Responsibility (URSULA). The II JONASS Lima 2018, counted with the Inaugural Conference of Professor Nieves Tapia (see video), who highlighted the central aspects of Service-Learning, the strategic importance of implementing it in the different educational levels in Peru, and presented a vast series of experiences in different countries, contexts and levels.
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The Arts Program begins its second year
During 2017 and 2018, the Support Program for Solidary Educational Institutions "Aprendizaje-Servicio Solidario en las Artes" supported schools and institutions of Higher Education in Argentina by offering training and technical assistance to teachers, directors, CSO leaders, public officials linked to education, and students involved in service-learning and artistic education projects.
One of the main purposes of the first year of the Program was to build evidence and experience on how to promote service-learning as part of Arts Education in the formal education system; CLAYSS has worked closely with Argentine educational institutions that develop service-learning in art projects and we have seen the social impact they provide, improving their communities.
With this experience as a base, the second year begins with the objective of continuing to support institutions in Argentina and expanding the actions of the Program to Latin America, with the incorporation of two institutions in Brazil and working in Colombia in conjunction with the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Javeriana University of Cali, Colombia. |
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CLAYSS at the IX National and I European Congress of service-learning in Higher Education in Madrid
The IX National and I European Congress on Service Learning in Higher Education was held from 20 to 22 September in Madrid, organised by the University Network of Service-learning and the European Network of Service-learning in Higher Education.
The Autonomous Universities of Madrid, Pontificia Comillas and La Universidad de Educación a Distancia, hosted the congress that sought to reflect on the role of Service-Learning in the construction of a global citizenship in Europe, the "last continent" to incorporate the proposal of service-learning solidarity. María Rosa Tapia de Rodríguez, member of the CLAYSS board of directors, participated as a guest. A video summary of the conference (in Spanish) can be seen in: https://canal.uned.es/video/5bb4a14bb1111f73348b4567 |
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CLAYSS in Colombia
CLAYSS was invited to the Latin American Forum of University Volunteers that took place from 3 to 5 October at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. Sebastián Puglisi gave the presentation: "University Volunteerism and Service-learning". With the participation of students and volunteer teachers from all over Latin America, the forum was a space for exchange in which it became clear that the university-community link is gaining momentum year after year. Special thanks to the Coordinator of Linea Saber and University Social Responsibility María Marcela Lozano and all her team for the warm welcome. |
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CLAYSS at the "VII Forum on Youth Volunteering and University Social Responsibility
On Friday 7 September, Enrique Ochoa was one of the keynote speakers at the "VII Forum on Youth Volunteering and University Social Responsibility", convened by the Network of University Volunteers of Colombia.
The forum is constituted as an academic space where it seeks to make visible and generate reflections around the experiences of volunteering. Each year, the Forum deals with different topics and in 2018, the central theme chosen was "University volunteering as a configurator of political subjects".
Prior to the Forum, Enrique Ochoa visited volunteer experiences in the field and held a working meeting with members of the Network. |
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2018 "Solidarity Education" Award Ceremony in Uruguay
On November 20 at the Centro Cultural España was held the award ceremony of ¨Concurso Education Solidaria¨ 2018 in its 5th edition. Sixteen awards were given in an act full of emotions and extraordinary stories of the protagonists of the winning projects.
The authorities present highlighted the shared work and promoted to continue deepening the dissemination of this pedagogical proposal that gives such good results, not only in the schools themselves, but in the protagonists students, teachers and communities.
The Contest is organized by the Education Directorate of MEC, ANEP, the Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje-Servicio Solidario- Uruguay and the Civil Association El Chajá.
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The Reflection Session on Integral Ecology: "A path of care to the encounter of good living" - (Tekoporä) organized by the Civil Association El Chajá with the support of CLAYSS. Olga de Las Heras offered a training and a workshop on "The proposal of Service-Learning in rurality: a pedagogical and philosophical view". The activity took place on Saturday 24/11 from 9 am to 5 pm in Paraje El Tornero, Florida, Uruguay. |
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Solidarity teacher nominated for international award
Dario Greni, Director of School 88 of Las Violetas, Canelones, has been nominated to the "Global Teacher Price", international prize for educational excellence. As you will recall, the rural primary school he directs was supported by CLAYSS during the period 2015-2017, developing projects of service-learning solidarity around environmental issues. In spanish:
https://www.facebook.com/1172364854/videos/10217448699827395/
http://hoycanelones.com.uy/web/2018/11/01/director-de-la-escuela-de-las-violetas-postulado-a-un-premio-a-los-mejores-docentes-del-mundo/ |
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Solidarity School Wins "Argentine Teachers" Award
The solidarity educational experience of Primary School No. 35 was one of the selected in this year's edition of the "Argentine Teachers" contest among 1,500 projects, of which only ten reached the final.
"La Escuela Rural: el mejor lugar para prevenir la hidatidosis" (The Rural School: the best place to prevent hydatidosis) is the project for which its director, Silvana Arnaudo, was distinguished. She directs the institution located in Mapis, a very isolated rural area of Olavarría, Province of Buenos Aires. María Marta Mallea, cooperator of the school, who was founder and president of CLAYSS between 2002 and 2007, accompanied the institution. |
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International award granted to solidarity entrepreneurship in Catamarca
The "First International Meeting of Women for Peace", organized by the World Federation of Ladies Grand Master, conferred an award to Margarita Ramírez de Moreno, a graduate of the Aurora School of Santa María de Catamarca. With her apprenticeships on original crafts she set up an enterprise of "Economy of Communion", a spinning mill in which she works with other Calchaquí women of the region.
Her trajectory is an example of the impact of Artistic Education when it is put at the service of the recovery and valorization of the original cultures. The institution participated in the Support Program "Service-Learning in the Arts" developed by CLAYSS since 2017.
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Lenguaje Visual 3 celebrated its 10 years
Within the framework of the 5th Biennial University of Art and Culture UNLP, last October 27 at the Sergio Karakachoff Graduate Center, city of La Plata, the Visual Language III Chair of the Faculty of Fine Arts exhibited its experience "10 years of Solidarity Books", in which students design and produce illustrated books to be donated to libraries of public schools, canteens and welfare centers throughout the country. This is a SL project that this year celebrates its 10th anniversary.
The exhibition gathered material produced in all these years of solidarity work. It was a moment of encounter with writers, who donate their literary productions; ex-students and students, teachers and benefited Institutions. Also shown were corporeal characters from the various stories, made by teachers of the Chair.
This space attracted a constant flow of visitors of all ages throughout the day. |
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2° Service-Learning Workshop in Parliament School, Sao Paulo
On November 6 and 7, CLAYSS trained 60 teachers from the Sao Paulo State Network in the framework of the seminar held at the Parliament School of the Sao Paulo Municipal Chamber and organized by the Brazilian Network of Solidarity Learning: Dialogues on integral education, school learning and social transformation.
The objectives of the seminar were to promote integral education, training for citizenship and youth protagonism; and to offer basic knowledge on the dissemination, teaching, development and evaluation of learning projects and solidarity service in schools. It was a pleasure to share the joint organization of this seminar with the partners of the Brazilian Network and we hope that it will be the first of many more. |
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On-site training in Colombia
On November 8 and 9, Martín Ierullo and Gabriela Malacrida were at the Santo Tomás de Aquino University (USTA) Tunja Headquarters (Colombia) accompanying the implementation process of University Social Responsibility (RSU) as a policy of the USTA multicampus. Within this framework, during the two days of work, topics were developed for the strengthening and institutionalization of the pedagogy of Service-Learning as a necessary proposal to give coherence to the USR in the spaces of teaching, research and community projection. Twenty-five teachers participated, among them Dr. Dorys Yaneth Herrera Monslave, Director of the Social Projection Unit of the entire USTA, Fredy Alexander Cabana Fonseca, Director of Social Projection of the Tunja headquarters, those responsible for social projection of the faculties of this headquarters and those responsible for Institutional Accreditation, Research and Finance of the university. The exchange spaces allowed advancing on the situation of the works of community projection, its curricular linkage, the impact of the interventions that have been developed for many years both in the territories and in the training of the professionals graduated in relation to the Christian social ideology that the university wants to transmit. |
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On-site teacher training in Tucumán
On September 26, Nilda Albarracin and Lilian Medina, representing CLAYSS, provided training for 23 students of the Instituto Inmaculada Concepción, Primary School Teacher. The students were accompanied by Residence Prof. Noelia Nieto and Education Sciences Lic. Mariana Critto and Rector Prof. Cecilia Busseti.
To finish, Prof. Mariela Gerez, coordinator of the Project "Sembrando vida" of the San Andrés Secondary School (2nd "Presidential Solidary Schools" Award 2016) presented the experience, emphasizing the awareness work they carry out together with the primary schools in the area. This project generated a lot of interest in those present, who asked numerous questions about the planning and implementation of it. |
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Annual meeting of the Brazilian Solidarity Learning Network
On November 7, at the School of the Parliament-Municipal Chamber of Sao Paulo, the meeting of the Brazilian Network was held, celebrating the first year since its foundation in November 2017. We shared a balance of the objectives and actions achieved this year (exhibitions, workshops, trainings, participation in seminars, etc.), we analyzed the current panorama of education in Brazil and we plan to hold a seminar in 2019, among other activities.
Congratulations to the Network for this first great year! |
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Winners of the fourth edition of the Spanish Service Learning Award
On November 5, the jury of the 2018 Service Learning Awards met and the 24 excellent winning projects were announced, selected from among the 302 that were submitted to the call. Pre-school, Secondary and Vocational Training centres were invited, as well as social entities that were developing service-learning practices.
The prizes will be awarded within the framework of the XI State Meeting on Service-Learning, on 14 December.
More information (in spanish) in: http://aprendizajeservicio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/VEREDICTO-JURADO-2018.pdf |
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NYLC Conference celebrates 30 years
Between April 14 and 16, 2019 NYLC (National Youth Leadership Council), a pioneering organization of service-learning in the United States, will hold its 30th Conference at the New Foundations Charter School in Philadelphia, United States. Under the slogan "Cultivating students, growing as leaders" they will celebrate the 30 years of trajectory of the only national conference in the United States.
Registration opens December 1. For short presentations there is time until February 1, 2019. More information: https://nylc.org/conference/ |
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| Upcoming CLAYSS activities |
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- 10 December: Conference of Nieves Tapia organised by the Consorci d'Educació de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 18 hs. "Service-learning, a bridge between educational innovation and sustainable development".
- 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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2019:
- 15-16 April: 30th 30th Annual National Service Learning Conference. New Foundations Charter School, Philadelfia, USA. More information: https://nylc.org/conference/
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