Salamu Aliku (Arabic Greeting) meaning "Hello All"
My name is Amr Abdelgayyed
I am a communications Engineer
Helwan University graduate
Currently I live in Spain
And I have a business consultancy start up in Spain
Today I will speak with you about something called "ERASMUS+"
But before I start speaking about it,
I will have to take you back in time around 20 to 30 years ago
So that we can understand, what is meant by the word ERASMUS or where did it come from
Firstof all, before the foundation of the European Union around the year 1960/1970
They set the learning process into 3 types
First type is called FORMAL EDUCATION
Second type is called INFORMAL EDUCATION
And the third type is called NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
They found out that who graduates from Formal Education
Be it a university or school
or if he did a PhD, masters or bachelors
His compliance will be approximately 40% according to labour market
So, what are the characteristics of Formal Educations?
1- You have a fixed curriculum for everyone
2- Fixed exam schedule for everyone
3- There is a fixed age within which the teacher is the only information source
and the fixed curriculum they are taught from
Therefore,
They tried to solve this problem
They figured out that they can let universities cooperate together
In different countries
For example, if the student studies tour guiding
or tourism
in Germany for instance
he can spend one semester abroad, out of his university
or even one full year, he can go study in Spain
Like this, he is gaining more experience
and expanding his horizon
and the most important of all is gaining a new language
learning Spanish there besides undergoing practical studies
The 2nd. type which they call informal education
& they also call Long Life Learning
you learn from personal & life experience
whether you are working in a company or got training on your own
or learnt a specific thing from YouTube
but there is no physical evidence or certificate
proving which level I reached!
So, one of the informal education features
is its flexibility....
you are simply self learning
I have several education sources
be it from a person or from training you receive
or you are learning online or from YouTube
or MOOC courses classes
but at the end, there will be no one to evaluate your level
The 3rd. education type
which the European Union named Non-Formal Education
We won't be able to find a letteral Arabic translation for it
but we can just call it Semi-Formal Education
& the reason it was designated
as it gathers up both the formal & informal education features
The formal one which has a scientific curriculum
and at the same time
gives you a certificate
On the other hand,
the flexibilty of the place from which we get the learning
the age flexibility
& there are no exams at the end
Therefore, there are certain channels
to undergo non-formal education
they realised there are 3 ways for that
First, On Job Training
which is learning by doing
you learn while doing the thing yourself
for example
people from 5 or 6 countries gathered to take a photography course
the trainer present there
or the teacher or the facilitator
this person starts to teach them explaining
the process of taking a photo & pressing which buttons
& how to hold the camera
& how to adjust the shooting frame
This is called on job training
At this time
he teaches the basics
that allows the trainee to hold any camera
and takes photos with it
But what if he wants to learn more?!
or learn more advanced tips
at that time,
comes what we call: Job Instruction Training
which states; If you need to learn more,
and get more knowledge,
there are certain resources
and specific books
and links
there are YouTube videos
Is the trainer my only learning channel?
No, You can also benefit from other trainees in the course
while each of them shares information, knowledge or personal experience
Accordingly, you learn from them indirectly
And this is called: Indirect Learning
Therefore, the European Union was searching
for programmes they can create to aid
Non-formal Education
that applies the all three features
1- On Job Training
where you learn by doing
2- Job Instruction Training
3- Indirect Learning
They came up with 2 programmes
1- European Voluntary Service
2- Youth or Cultural Exchange
which is a youth exchange or a cultural exchange project
And we will be speaking about both of them
in the coming episodes, in details
How to apply to them
And how we can get selected
And what are their benefits
See you soon again!
My Greetings for all!
Salamu Alikum (Bye Bye!)
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