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Course Information Reference Number
TR-2008-003-001 TITTLE OF THE
COURSE KNOW-HOW FOR ACTIVE MINDS
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INSTITUTION ORGANISING THE TRAINING

• PUBLIC TRAINING CENTER (HALK EGITIM MERKEZI )
• Ankara cad. No 111
• 41100 - Izmit / Kocaeli Turkey
• www.izmithem.gov.tr

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ORGANISER AND CONTACT PERSON OF THE TRAINING 

• Enver DUZ
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Mail enverduz_at_izmithem.gov.tr

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TYPE OF TRAINING ACTIVITY
TRAINING AIMED AT PARTICIPANTS RECEIVING
A GRANT FOR EITHER COMENIUS OR GRUNDTVIG TARGET
GROUPS
ORIGIN OF THE TRAINING
OTHER COURSES NOT RESULTING FROM A PREVIOUS
SOCRATES PROJECT
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THEMATIC FIELD OF THE TRAINING GENERAL
IN-SERVICE TRAINING
School management, school autonomy Career
guidance and counselling
School improvement quality evaluation
Pedagogy and didactics
Intercultural education Combating failure in
education Fight against school failure link
school and work European citizenship European
dimension Courses on adult literacy/basic
skills Information and communication
technologies Education for parents/family
education Active citizenship Education
management/project management
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Training Language is English

• Materials will be provided in
• English and Turkish

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EDUCATION SECTOR OF THE TRAINING PARTICIPANTS

• SCHOOL AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION
• Pre-Primary
• Primary
• General secondary
• Vocational/Technical secondary
• Special education for disabled persons

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• ADULT EDUCATION
• Adult education provider
• Second chance or remedial education
• Adult education for disabled persons
• Higher education institution offering outreach
  courses for adults
• Organisations working with migrant groups/ethnic
  minorities
• Centres for guidance, councelling or
  accreditation
• Other sectors of adult education

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TARGET AUDIENCE

• Teachers (Pre-school, primary, secondary,
  vocational, adult, special needs)
• Teacher trainers
• Careers officers, educational guides and
  counsellors
• Inspectors Headteachers/principals/managers of
  schools/organisations offering adult education
• Other (Paid or voluntary) management staff in the
  institution/organisation
• Non-teaching administrative staff
• Members of students/teachers councils in adult
  education
• Other, namely Doctors and Nurses,Military
  Officers and NCO

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FULL DESCRIPTION OF TRAINING CONTENTS

• PREPARATIONALL PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED TO
  HAVE BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON THE TOPICS BEFORE
  REGISTERING FOR THE COURSEPUBLIC TRANING CENTRE
  HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT MORE THAn 1000 COURSES IN A
  YEAR. WE BELIVE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE
  TO ENRICH EUROPEAN DIMENTION AND ADD A VALUE AND
  SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH EUROPEAN CITIZENS
  THEREFORE AS TRANING CENTRE WE HAVE MULTIMEDIA
  CLASSROOM WHICH IS DONATED WITH NEW DEVELOPED
  EQUIPMENT MOREOVER WE HAVE QUALIFIED LECTURERS
  WHO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ON THEIR BRANCHES.

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• PREPARATIONPUBLIC TRAINING CENTRE WILL PROVIDE
  PARTICIPANTS WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE IN NEED
  OF IT ON THE TOPICS WHICH ARE EXPLAINED IN
  DETAIL. FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE OF KNOW-HOW IN
  ACTIVE MINDS WILL ENCOURAGE PARTICIPANTS HOW TO
  USE THEIR BRAIN ACTIVELY AND LET THEM LOOK AT THE
  CULTURAL HERITAGE OF EUROPEAN DIMENSION.WE WILL
  OBEY TO EQUITY AND ACCESS, GUIDING PRINCIPLE,
  ELIMINATE BARRIERS THAT RESTRICT ACCESS, REFLECT
  DIVERSITY OF METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH.PREPARE
  THEM ACADEMICALLY. PROVIDES A REWARDING
  PREFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPURTUNITY FOR
  PARTICIPANTS. PROVIDES USEFUL DATA, OPPORTUNITY
  TO EXCHANGE IDEAS ABOUT TEACHING METHODS AND
  MATERIALS.

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OBJECTIVES

• THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THIS COURSE IS LEARN TO
  LEARN AND MAKING CONNECTION BETWEEN CULTURAL
  HERITAGE OF EUROPEAN DIMENSION. AND HOW OUR
  BRAINS FUNCTION WHEN WE LEARN. KNOW-HOW FOR
  ACTIVE MINDS IMPLEMENT A COMMUNICATION AND
  CO-ORDINATION SYSTEM AMONG PARTICIPANTS. WE WANT
  TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH COURSES AND
  THEIR IMPACTS ON PARTICIPANTS BY MEANS OF IN
  SERVICE TRAINING COURSES AND ADD VALUE TO THE
  DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN DIMENTION.

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METHODOLOGY

• THERE ARE DIFFERENT DEFINITION OF LEARNING,
  RELATED TO KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES OR SKILLS
  .THERE IS NO ONE BEST METHOD OF LEARNING.LEARNING
  MIGHT BE DESCRIBED AS GAINING NEW AWARENESS ABOUT
  ONES POTENTIAL.THEREFORE WE WILL TAKE CARE OF
  THE AGE, INTERESTS, EXPERIENCE OF PARTICIPANTS.
  UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN
  TECHNOLOGY, MATERIALS USED IN CLASSES HAVE ALSO
  IMPROVED. NOWADAYS COMPUTERS HAVE BECOME THE
  POPULAR MACHINES PROVIDING A WIDE SELECTION OF
  TEACHING METHOD.

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METHODOLOGY

• WE NAME IT COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING. MODERN
  CLASSROOM (MULTIMEDIA) WHICH HAS COMPUTER, TAPE
  RECORDER ,OPAQUE PROJECTORS,OVERHEAD PROJECTORS,
  TELEVISION AND VIDEO, DATA SHOW, SUPPORTED BY
  POSTERS CHARTS AND OTHER VISUAL MATERIALS PUTTING
  THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CENTRE OF LEARNING
  PROCESS.BESIDES HAVING FAMILIARITY WITH TEACHING
  MATERIALS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE AND FUNCTIONS,
  LECTURERS KNOW HOW TO USE THEM EFFICIENTLY.

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METHODOLOGY

• THE COURSE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT
  TEACHING UNITS,COVERINGPRESENTATION OF COURSE
  CONTENTSTHE COURSE WILL BE COMPOSED OF 60 HOURS
  12 HOURS FOR RUNNING YOUR BRAIN12 HOURS I.T
  LAB 12 ROLE OF GAMES IN LEARNING ENGLISH 6 HOW
  TO ENJOY READING- ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION- HOW TO
  MAKE EFFICIENT USE OF DICTIONARIES 6 HOURS (2
  DAYS DAILY TOUR IN ISTANBUL)CULTURAL HERITAGE OF
  EUROPEAN DIMENSION. 12 HOURS EXPANDING ENGLISH
  SENTENCES.60 hours total

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OUTCOMES

• THIS COURSE WILL PROVIDE A REWARDING PROFESSIONAL
  DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF PARTICIPANTS.
  AND IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE USEFUL DATA TO BE
  EFFECTIVE AND FINALLY TO EXCHANGE IDEAS ABOUT
  KNOW HOW FOR ACTIVE MINDS.AT THE END OF TRAINING
  ACTIVITY PARTICIPANTS WILL KNOW FOLLOWING TOPICS
  ALSO PRODUCE OUTCOMES SUCH AS PROJECT DIARIES,
  BOOKLETS, OBJECTS, CD-ROMS AND SO ON.

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FOLLOW UP

• EVALUATION OF THE COURSE WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE
  END OF THE TWO COURSE A QUESTIONNAIRE WILL BE
  GIVEN TO THE PARTICIPANTS TO ASCERTAIN IN WHAT
  WAYS THEY HAVE FOUND THE COURSE USEFUL.AT THE
  SAME TIME PARTICIPANT WILL PUT INTO PRACTICE WHAT
  HAVE THEY LEARNED FROM KNOWHOW FOR ACTIVE MINDS
  BY MAKING A PRESANTATION.PARTICIPANT WILL ALSO BE
  ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT WRITTEN WORK TO THE TRAINING
  TEAM FOR DETAIL FEEDBACK.

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PROGRAMME OF THE TRAINING ACTIVITIES (DAY BY DAY)

• 1ST WEEK
• 1ST DAY 1700- 20 30 - ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO THE
  PUBLIC TRAINING CENTRE,CITY WALK.INTRODUCTION
  AND GETTING TO KNOW THE COURSE ACTIVITES AND
  BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE COURSE.INTRODUCTION TO
  HOST FAMILY (IF THEY APPLIED FOR IT) TURKISH
  CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS WITH WELL COME PARTY.
• 2ND DAY MORNING BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR(THE
  ORGANIZATION OF THE HUMAN BRAIN) (PSYCHOBIOLOGY
  OF MOTIVATION AND EMOTION
• AFTERNOON LEARNING AND MEMORY(THE LEARNING
  TYPES) (EFFECTIVE LEARNING) (NEW PARADIGMS FOR
  TEACHING AND LEARNING).EVALUATION

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• 3RD DAY MORNINGMULTIMEDIA AND LEARNING(FUNDAMENT
  ALS OF MULTIMEDIA TEACHING METHODOLOGY)AFTERNOON
  RUNNING YOUR OWN BRAIN(NEURO LINGUISTIC
  PROGRAMMING AND LEARNING)
• 4TH DAY MORNING COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND
  NETWORKSAFTERNOON USING DIGITAL CAMERA
• 5TH DAY MORNINGUSING POWERPOINTAFTERNOON
  PREPARING A NEW PRESENTATIONPROJECT WORK

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• 6TH DAY MORNING ROLE OF GAMES IN LEARNING
  ENGLISHAFTERNOON WHY LEARNING GAMES PROJECT
  WORK
• 2ND WEEK
• 7TH DAY MORNING RHYMES, POEMS, RIDDLES AND
  SONGSAFTERNOON WORD GAMES PROJECT WORKPROJECT
  WORK
• 8TH DAY MORNING HOW TO MAKE EFFICIENT USE OF
  DICTIONARIESAFTERNOON ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION
  HOW TO ENJOY READING

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• 9TH DAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON CULTURAL HERITAGE
  OF EUROPEAN DIMENSION( FROM ANCIENT CIVILIZATOIN
  TO NEW EUROPEAN CULTURE BY DAILY TOUR IN
  ISTANBUL)
• 10TH DAY MORNING EXPANDING BASIC
  SENTENCESAFTERNOONTHE MEANING OF PARAGRAPH AND
  INSIDE THE PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE
• 11TH DAY MORNING PARAGRAPH IN SENTENCES AND
  FUNCTION OF EACH SENTENCES INTRODUCTION
• TOPIC SENTENCEAFTERNOONSUPPORTING SENTENCE
  CONCLUSION ,READING COMPREHENSION AND FINALLY
  ANALYSING COMPLEX SENTENCES HOW DOES IT
  FUNCTIONPROJECT PRESENTATION

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TYPE OF CERTIFICATION OF ATTENDANCE AWARDED

• ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE
  ENCLOSED CERTIFICATE ON FULL ATTENDENCE

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INFORMATION ON COURSE SESSION/S

• DATE OF START
• 1st course 08/07/2007
• 2nd course 11/11/2007
• 3rd course 06/07/2008
• 4th course 16/11/2008
• Time of start 0930
• Time of end 1530

• DATE OF END
• 1st course 19/07/2007
• 2nd course 23/11/2007
• 3rd course 17/07/2008
• 4th course 27/11/2007

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IDENTIFICATION OF THE TRAINER/S NAME,
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION, ROLE DURING THE
TRAINING

• Ast.Prof.Dr.Volkan ETUS(Brain)
• Irfan KURAN(Reading)
• Alper METIN(Computer) / Tülin ESER
• Enver DUZ(Culture)
• Winnifret BALIKÇI(English)

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• MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ENVISAGED 30
• FEE IN FOR ACCOMMODATION AND MEALS 420 EURO
  (Accommodation all meals)
• PARTICIPATION / COURSE FEE IN 580
  EURO
• TOTAL COURSE FEE PER PARTICIPANT IN 1000 EURO
• CANCELLATION FEE IN (WHERE APPLICABLE) 200 EURO

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SPECIAL REMARKS

• Participants will be asked to specify dietary
  needs and any disabilities requiring special
  arrangements.This information will be used when
  deciding on hosting arrangements.The main course
  venue will have wheelchair access and lift
  facilities.