TITLE  Volunteers-advisers in Local History Dept.
 
PLAN - WHAT DID YOU SET OUT TO DO?
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  Summary/ Description of Activity
  A group of volunteers - local history experts who are library users, helps students and pupils in their history research and shcool projects.
  Learning objectives:
  The participants got knowledge for the history of the town and experience how to understand and use terminology.
 
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY
Date [dd/mm/yyyy]  17/03/2009
Length of activity  2 hours
Frequency  Monthly
Organiser  Public Library Varna
Tutor  External tutor
Group Size  5-10
Venue  Library, Regional History Dept.
Location  Varna BG
Environment  Urban
Location Factors  
Partnerships  Association of Local History workers
Target group  60+, young people
Contact  office@libvar.bg
Marketing  Phone calls to interested participants. Direct contact
Method of delivery  Informal group guided by skilled members.
Equipment required  
Other Factors  
Tasks  (Task1) Involving seniors in learning process
 
EVALUATION OF ACTIVITY
  Evaluation of the Learning Objectives
  Participants became familiar with different school projects and materials related with a memeory of the 'town'. Different ways of projects analyzes were discussed.
  Evaluation of the activity
  Possitive experience.
  Evaluation of what was learned by the participants
  All volunteers shared and passed their knowledge to the others. The partcipants found out that they are able to provoke audience and make new friends.
  Evaluation of what staff have learned
  As an additional option is a coordination with the teachers about the possible topics.
  Keywords
  Bulgaria; Varna; Local history; volunteers
 
ANALYSIS OF EVALUATION
  What would you change to improve activity?
  
  What particular circumstance could affect a change in the activity?
  Making reasearch academic and more complicated.
  Other possible Activities
  
  Best practice
  Yes
  Transferability: