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The objective of non-formal education that is specified in Section 8 Paragraph two of the Youth Law is “to provide knowledge, develop skills, abilities and attitudes, as well as to promote comprehensive development of young people and active youth participation in decision-making and social life”. Youth non-formal education is based on interactive learning – doing something that the individual likes and is interested in. School students improve their understanding of environment that promotes understanding of sustainable use of resources in several eTwinning projects. It is done facilitating several learning tasks and skills like international cooperation among school students of different countries, empathy, planning and implementation of practical projects topical for society. Teachers who are members of eTwinning school network foster civic education by using the project method. However, it is important to mention that such knowledge is integrated in several school subjects, for instance, economics, history, geography, politics. The aims of citizenship education in Latvia are implemented most directly with the help of school subject “social sciences”.
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In Latvia, the Agency for International Programmes for Youth coordinates Eurodesk network. The network has national (state-level) coordinators and multipliers (regional coordinators and information points) that disseminate information in different regions of Latvia organising informative seminars and training thus reaching more young people in towns and spreading information on mobility and participation opportunities in Europe.
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The network operates in all EU and EFTA states (Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein, Switzerland), as well as Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine. The overarching aim of the Eurodesk network is to raise awareness among young people on mobility opportunities and to encourage them to become active citizens. Thousands of young people throughout Europe use Eurodesk each year to search for information regarding non-formal learning, study, work, travel opportunities in Europe, as well as partners for their projects or participants for international events. Supporting Non-Formal Learning Initiatives Focusing on Social and Civic Competences.Įuropean youth information network Eurodesk provides information on mobility and participation opportunities in Europe to every young person, youth worker and person engaged in work with young people. There is no strategy developed and approved in Latvia that establishes acquisition of participation in formal and non-formal education, but there are several laws (see before – the Education Law, the Youth Law, the Youth Policy Implementation Plan for 2016–2020) or programmes where the support measures for promotion of participation are established. Quality assurance/quality guidelines for non-formal learning.With its critical appraisal of the facts and examination of data about effectiveness, this book provides answers to problems and poses key questions for the consideration of policy makers, educational practitioners and all professionals involved in implementing and delivering sustainable open and distance learning. Engaging with a range of topics, this comprehensive overview includes new material on: non-formal education: mass-communication approaches to education about HIV/AIDS and recent literacy work in India, South Africa, and Zambia schooling: new research projects in open schooling in Asia and subsaharan Africa, and interactive radio instruction in South Africa the impact of new technology and globalisation: learning delivered through the internet and mobile learning the political economy: international agencies, the role of private sector, and funding. This revised and updated edition of Open and Distance Learning in the Developing World sets the expansion of distance education in the context of general educational change and explores its use for basic and non-formal education, schooling, teacher training and higher education.