Description
A 5-day European course for trainers and counsellors on later-life careers. Participants learn to teach olderpreneurship, design inclusive learning settings, and apply Design Thinking in transnational contexts.
Objectives
• Teach olderpreneurship effectively
• Develop inclusive and age-sensitive learning offers
• Moderate diverse groups with varying requirements
• Organise productive and constructive learning settings
• Assess learning in terms of outcomes and competences
Theory Inputs
• Learning in later life
• Olderpreneurship as a concept
• Competences and development of silver agers
• Entrepreneurial and occupational opportunities in different countries
• Didactic requirements
• Design Thinking as a main instrument for learning and development
Activities
• Practical facilitation and moderation exercises
• Networking and team challenge design
• Design Thinking facilitation tasks
• Competence and learning outcome assessment
European Dimension
Participants from multiple EU countries engage in collaborative work on inclusion and age-sensitive didactics. The programme supports a European exchange of methods and prepares follow-up initiatives for age-inclusive learning.
Tentative Program & Schedule
Day 1 (27 Nov)
• Arrival & Welcome
• Networking & Team building
• Facilitation 1: Team roles & challenges
• Design Thinking Fresh-up
Day 2 (28 Nov)
• Introduction to Olderpreneurship
• Facilitation 2: Target group & personas
• Facilitation 3: Ideation
• Storytelling technique
Day 3 (29 Nov)
• Age-specific career counselling
• Facilitation 4: Selection methodology
• Design Thinking tools
• Group moderation practice
Day 4 (30 Nov)
• Joint trainer session on Inclusion
• Facilitation 5: Prototyping
• I&D: Learner-centred didactics
• Facilitation 6: Presentation methods
Day 5 (01 Dec)
• Presentation of groups
• Competence validation session
• Evaluation & European follow-up
Expected Outcome
Design and deliver inclusive, age-responsive learning programmes that address the needs of heterogeneous and diverse learner groups.
Apply facilitation and group management techniques to foster equitable, engaging, and collaborative learning environments in international contexts.
Use Design Thinking approaches to generate and prototype innovative solutions for later-life learning, career counselling, and educational practice.
Assess and validate competences using European frameworks, supporting learner development while promoting cross-European collaboration and active ageing initiatives.
Certification
A certificate of attendance and LEVEL5 Competence Development certificate will be issued upon completion on the course.
About Vienna, Austria
It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the cultural, economic, and political center of the country, the fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most populous of the cities on the river Danube.
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Venue address
Wipplingerstr. 32
1010 Vienna
Austria
How to Apply
Contact Die Berater for application via h.bienzle@dieberater.com, with subject line title "Teaching Later Life Career Counselling" by 1 Nov 2023.
Minimum Number Of Participants
5
Participation Fee
€ 480
Further Information on Course Fees
This course is offered with a one-time fee waiver in recognition of its initial edition. The waiver provides participants with the opportunity to engage in the programme at no cost during its first implementation
Die Berater
Address
Wipplingerstr. 32, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Website URL
https://dieberater.com/
Contact persons
Holger Bienzle, Head of EU Department
Email: h.bienzle@dieberater.com
