META EUROPE: ME DIA T RAINING A CROSS EUROPE

1. METAEUROPE:MEDIATRAININGACROSSEUROPE

2. A European project for Media Competency & Cultural Empowerment coordinated by the University of Education Freiburg, Germany Dr. Traudel Günnel supported by the EU-programme Socrates Grundtvig

3. Project-Partners University of Education Freiburg, Germany (coordinating institution) Radio Orange Wien, Austria Radio Robin Hood, Turku, Finland Free Radio Freudenstadt, Germany Scientific Advisory Institute of the Youth Aid Organisation of Freiburg, Germany Civil Radio, Budapest, Hungary Mediapolis Rom, Italy University of Lódz, Poland Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands University of Sunderland, UK

4. META Europe UNIT 3 Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills

5. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Objectives By the end of the unit you should be able to: • Understand the importance of student - centred, holistic teaching and learning in the context of community media courses • Design and plan a short teaching session • Use a range of different teaching methods and approaches for specialist interest groups • Experience a ´mini teaching exercise´ and get feedback on your work

6. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills 5. Reflect, evaluate and incorporate changes 1. Identify Training needs    The Training Cycle 2. State Aims and Objectives 4.Teach   3.Design session plan

7. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Training within Community Media (Radio) • is open to different people with different interests, knowledge, experience and time resources • offers different topics adapted to the different target groups •  examples of themes and topics •  journalistic know how •  program design • technical know how • best delivered consistently, over a period of time

8. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Training within Community Media (Radio) People from different target groups: • learn to articulate themselves and their interests in public • learn about the way radio / the media is made • get a critical view towards the media and the consumption of media products

9. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills What skills are useful if you want to train within a community radio setting? • Interest in and capacity for working with different people and target groups • Knowledge about and experience with group dynamics / working successfully within groups • Knowledge about and experience with different ways and methods of teaching and learning • Specialist knowledge within the wide field of radio production or broadcast journalism • You may not possess all these-some of the best training is done collaboratively!

10. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Examples of different training situations: • One to one: one person observing another: “sitting with Nellie” • One to one: demonstrating • Small group work-informal • Workshop: one off session about specific topic, practically oriented • Short course: One day course, series of evening workshops • Community development: training taking place very informally over an open - ended period of time, within a community setting • Formal course-accredited by school, college, university or vocational body

11. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Holistic model of community media training combines three elements: Media Awareness - e.g. knowledge of radio genres, the role of community radio in society Media Skills - creative, production, journalism and technical skills Media Identity - raising consciousness in of understanding relationship between identity and media and confidence to play a part in representing that identity through community media

12. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills ‘Action-oriented’ media teaching and learning approach: • is based upon and refers to the learners' life experience • • can be structured so as to enthuse the participants • • takes a learner-centred approach • • supports learning through action • • is product-oriented – e.g. making a radio program

13. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Approaches to teaching and learning developed by META Europe: • Tandem Training • Use of ‘Community Tutors’ • Approaches to working with specialist interest group (e.g .women) in community media

14. Tandem partnerships

15. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Tandem Training • Definition: • Work in a tandem = training partnership • Tandem = two indispensable parts of a whole • Cooperation between inter- professional teams: • Radio trainers and target group trainers to plan and • implement training projects for a target group on an • equal basis.

16. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Working in a tandem implies: • mutual trust • mutual goals • a dynamic interaction

17. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Training in a Tandem: Prerequisites • Radio trainer: • experienced in teaching radio skills • creative and technical elements of radio production • variety of methods for teaching • Target group trainer: • experienced in developing training programmes, recreational or creative activities for the respective group • familiar with the interests, needs and living circumstances of the target group

18. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Training in a Tandem: Prerequisites Cooperation: • Can function well if • both partners are fully involved in the planning • the project is regarded as a mutual endeavour • it is clear who is competent and responsible for what tasks • there is background information for both, about: •  the group •  methods and aims of radio production work

19. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Training in a Tandem: examples of methods • Preparatory workshop - for radio and target group trainers and others involved in target group (most preparation) • 2. Coaching -planning where target group • works withexperienced radio trainer to plan training (medium level of preparation) • 3. Checklist -The trainers forming a tandem use the method as a checklist for their planning (least preparation- recommended for experienced trainers)

20. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Examples of training in tandem: • Female radio station worker in tandem with women’s education worker trainer based in women’s project • 2. Radio trainer working with social worker in old people’s home • 3. Radio producer working with youth worker in youth club • 4. Radio producer working with social worker and refugee representative in a refugee and asylum seeker drop- in centre • See handbook for further details • (handbook: “Training in a Tandem – A Planning Guide for Radio • workshops with Special Target Groups” / Mag Anu Pöyskö, Frank Hagen)

21. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Community tutors • Using recent trainees as role models • "If we can do this - then so can you.“ • Example • People who had taken part in a year long community radio course became tutors for some of the following year’s introductory course sessions.

22. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Some advantages of training with community tutors: Accessibility - being taught by people they knew and felt comfortable with Enthusiasm - The involvement and personal stories around how and why community tutors became involved in radio was a powerful way of encouraging other people Empathy - Until a short time ago they had been complete novices themselves- they were ideally placed to remember the hopes and fears they had themselves when first starting their own radio training. Building on existing skills - The process of designing the training day was a useful way for the community tutors to reflect on their own learning and build new skills.

23. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Approaches to work with special interest groups in community media • Consider the barriers to training for that particular group • Design specific strategies to involve a specific target group • Ideas for course content and organisation • Case Study: Working with women in community media • (see also handbook) • (handbook: “Training in a Tandem – A Planning Guide for Radio • workshops with Special Target Groups” / Mag Anu Pöyskö, Frank Hagen)

24. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Barriers to training for women: • Lack of childcare • Timing of course • Competition with other responsibilities • Lack of confidence • Lack of role models

25. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Strategies: • Women - only courses and tutors • Working through partnerships (tandems) • Starting off with ‘taster courses’ and building up to more substantial courses

26. META Europe UNIT 3 – Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills Ideas for course content and organisation: • Involve participants in planning • Provide support for trainees (childcare, transport, expenses) • Hands-on training • Informal settings and atmosphere

27. META Europe UNIT 3 Teaching The Trainers – learning and teaching skills This unit was created by: Caroline Mitchell University of Sunderland, UK Traudel Günnel University of Education Freiburg, Germany Karin Eble Scientific Advisory Institute of the Youth Aid Organisation of Freiburg, Germany Wieslaw Olesky University of Lódz, Poland Lynn Simpson University of Sunderland, UK