YES Forum http://www.yes-forum.eu/ News en YES Forum http://www.yes-forum.eu/typo3conf/ext/tt_news/ext_icon.gif http://www.yes-forum.eu/ 18 16 News TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 11 May 2012 13:47:00 +0200 Key Data on Education in Europe http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=153&cHash=9aa91602441464467a637c96b3421d51

Latest report on education published by Eurydice

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More specifically, the report addressed the following issues: Demographic Context, Educational Structures, Participation, Resources, Teachers and Management staff, Educational Processes and Qualification Levels and Transition to Employment.

The main results show a great increase in the number of persons concerned with education, with most countries having extended the number of compulsory years of education. Although it showed some efforts to ameliorate the educational systems, it also identified an issue, which could be of further concern in future: the lack of qualified teachers in some core subjects.

To read the report, please click here. ]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 13:47:00 +0200 We Mean Business - Commission's Campaign to Boost Work Placements http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=149&cHash=23d7bd793219eb39325e7f28ec7115fe

New campaign on employment launched by the European Commission

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 To read more about the campaign, please  click here. ]]> Mon, 07 May 2012 13:59:00 +0200 LS6 - language learning and social media http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=146&cHash=e0f2fcd9e9a2cc0533adb0f798f22a51

After accomplishing the successful teacher competition in last November, we have published a...

]]> Teaching with social media in classroom settings: Top ten practices from teachers around Europe', which offers a more detailed story about each practice. The publication release is here and the pdf version publication is here. Enjoy reading! Expert interviews about Teacher training in the age of Web 2.0 have been realized after the Lyon Webinar  "Teacher training in the age of Web 2.0: The current situation & future perspectives". This expert video explores poignant insights and thoughtful opinions from three leading professionals on social media in the field of language teaching and teacher training. The more detailed introduction by the expert is here and the videos are here.
 Last but not least, LS6 was offered the opportunity to disseminate its innovative approach and ongoing work in the field of language learning at a workshop the European Commission had organized at the Expolangues 2012, which took place from February, 1st to 4th in Paris/France.The presentation among selected three EU projects took place on the 2nd day of the Expolangues. LS6 presented a short introduction, gave insight into the pedagogical approach and methodologies applied as well as an overview over results, outcome and impact, before concluding its exchange with the enthusiastic language fair public in a session of questions and answers.Moreover, beyond the workshop contribution, the LS6 project was also presented at the official EC stand during all four days of the fair and initiated interactive activities concerning language learning and social media. The idea behind this is to invite expo visitors and interested volunteers to share their thoughts, stories and testimonies about meaningful language learning processes and social media (as promoted within the LS6 project). A live blog was dedicated to this purpose and has seen a great success in the Expolangues 2012. ]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:01:00 +0100 The Danish EU presidency: http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=145&cHash=08a39489e115e5d472a50afbde73e3e3

What is in for young people?

]]> In the first half of 2012, Denmark will hold the Presidency of the Council of the EU. The programme for the Danish presidency entitled “Europe at work” outlines the four fundamental priorities for the presidency which are: a responsible Europe, a dynamic Europe, a green Europe and a safe Europe. Following this the Presidency will give priority to the work on the Commission proposal for the new generation of support programmes in the areas of education, youth, culture, media and sport. Of key importance is strengthening of vocational education and training among young people and adults with the focus on establishing closer links to the labour market. In the area of youth the Danish Presidency will deal with the question of active participation in society of young people. High priority is given on the promotion of creativity, innovation performance and talent among young people as part of their active citizenship and transition to employment. This will be of key importance, especially in the light of the importance of improving young people’s employment opportunities at the present time with high youth unemployment rates in Europe. To read more about the work programme of the Danish presidency, please click here. ]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:12:00 +0100 Y.E.S. Forum Position to Erasmus for All http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=144&cHash=3394114b98ee3c190aee47e2760bfa0e

make it a programme for all young people

]]> In December 2011 the Y.E.S. Forum adopted the position statement on the Commission's proposal for the new “Erasmus for All” funding programme.

As the European network working with and for vulnerable young people across Europe, we very much welcome:
  • the significant budget increase proposed for the future programme,
  • the cross-cutting approach fostering the cooperation between policy fields impacting on youth and
  • a simpler, streamlined architecture of the programme, which makes it easier to apply for grants.
But we still think that certain elements of the “Erasmus for All” proposal as they affect young people need to be reconsidered! Read our recommendations for improvement of the proposal in the document.]]> Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:30:00 +0100 Erasmus for All http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=143&cHash=32d67fdaaa02694a62646da4d932fe0c

New EU Programme 2014-2020

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Lyon Webinar Forum online, participation in symposium and conference, prizes for teacher...

]]> Webinar The webinar Teacher training in the age of Web 2.0: The current situation& future perspectives, organised by ENS de Lyon-Ifé, took place on Wednesday November 30th, at 14:00 (CET). Thanks to the Lyon team’s organisation and the promotion on this event, the Lyon webinar has finished successfully with 40 virtual participants and many participants in Lyon. Also, our sincere gratitude goes to the invited speakers Mirjam Hauck, Melinda Dooly and Christine Develotte for sharing their perspectives and practice on teacher training in Web 2.0 era. Webinar Forum online Following this Webinar about teacher training in the Web 2.0 era, we would like to invite you to join our Forum to continue an ongoing discussion. The Forum space is here.  Please join us in our Forum discussion to share your valuable opinion and make your voice heard. International Symposium Monica Vlad (University Ovidius Constanta Romania) participated in the International Symposium Formation et professionnalisation des enseignants de langues, on 3-4 November at Paris. Monica presented “Language learning and teaching through social media in new EU countries” as well as our network. With this occasion, the LS6 network has been introduced in www.itilt.eu. iTILT stands for interactive Technologies In Language Teaching, and is a European project which aims to promote best practice in communicative language teaching using interactive whiteboards. Medea Conference The LS6 network participated in a second International Media & learning Conference (MEDEA), in 24-25 November 2011 at Brussels. Our project was invited to present the network in a special stand, provided by MEDEA conference for 24th November 2011. The LS6 network, along with other 5 LLP projects, had a privilege to present the network and distributed postcards, our studies(materials) to 240 MEDEA participants coming from all over the world. Also, if you is interested in participating in another competition, please have a look at the MEDEA Awards, an annual competition for educational media. Prize for teacher competition awarded  Thanks to the successful promotion on the teacher competition social media use in formal language teaching contexts, the LS6 team saw more than 80 entries and awarded the best practice out of many worthy practices. We now have the winner of the event Teacher’s competition on social media use in formal language learning contexts. To our great surprise, more than 80 entries were submitted and have competed for the first round selection. After choosing 10 finalists, the judges took time to go through each practice in detail for each category.  Finally, we have the winner teacher Ceri Anwen James in a Welsh-medium school Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg from Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (UK). Her practice embraces various perspectives of learning language in social media use as her practice integrates writing, spelling, and speaking and overall contexts. The official announcement can be found here. The website for the announcement is here. And here you can also read more about the best practice. New competition coming up Now LS6 is pleased to announce that we will run another competition Social media in INFORMAL learning contexts, i.e. outside of formal education settings.  The competition Social media in informal language learning and use: Video project - Interviewing adult learners will be run from January 2012. The competition aims at highlighting how a language learner in the Web 2.0 era uses social media for language learning in daily life outside formal learning contexts, and to award the individual who shares his or her best practice. The informal learning videos competition is led by Prof. Eija Suomela-Salmi (University of Turku,eisusa@utu.fi) and will be assisted by Siiri-Maija Heino (University of Turku,siihei@utu.fi) with close collaboration of the University of Luxembourg. Those interested will do video interviewing with individuals to find out good practices in social media and language learning in daily life. After video interviewing is made, we will gradually upload the videos in our vimeo space to share and to award the interviewee who has shared the best practice. Please find more information about the competition here. ]]> Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:30:00 +0100 Eurobarometer http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=131&cHash=091aeeb3cb4970719244afbfaad41370

Attitudes towards Vocational Education and Training

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No stigma is attached to vocational training as an alternative to academic studies, with 71% of all European respondents seeing VET as a positive image in their country. However, a fifth of all the EU respondents believe that VET does not offer good career opportunities, and this is the main area which the EU initiative must improve by 2020.

To read all the statistics, please click here.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:54:00 +0100 ATTEMPT http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=128&cHash=5b19a7c071afb8f7aa70fc5ef01dec0f

project meeting - Interactive Form Theatre (IFT)

]]> click here.]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:39:00 +0200 Actions in Youth Policy http://www.yes-forum.eu/system/news/detail/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=126&cHash=af41b3b69b232b11a969104940ded0e8

Plans for the Polish Presidency

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