Handbook for the First-time leaders in an international CISV Step Up-program for youth
Utriainen, Kristiina (2014)
Utriainen, Kristiina
HAAGA-HELIA ammattikorkeakoulu
2014
All rights reserved
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014120117805
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014120117805
Tiivistelmä
CISV stands for Children’s International Summer Villages and it is the commissioning party of this thesis. As an international organization that promotes peace through global friendship, they organize summer camps and international programs for kids, youth and adults around the world.
Step Up is a program designed for 14- and 15-year-old youths from nine different countries. It lasts for three weeks and is a multinational learning environment. It is one of the many programs that CISV organizes for youth; it has its own specific goals for learning.
Being a leader in this kind of camp is both challenging and rewarding. The product of this thesis is a handbook for the Finnish leaders participating in a Step Up program, especially taking into consideration the first-time leaders who might well be new to the whole organization and its principles. The product presents the leader’s role in the various phases before, during and after the camp. It also discusses a multicultural learning environment, intercultural communication and any possible barriers, encouraging the youth to achieve the desired goals.
The theoretical part concentrates on voluntary work and motivation, as well as on peace education, in CISV and in general. Research questions consist of how relevant leaders found the specific trainings for the program, what could be improved and what motivated them to become a leader in the first place. The survey was published for both Finnish and foreign leaders of CISV.
Step Up is a program designed for 14- and 15-year-old youths from nine different countries. It lasts for three weeks and is a multinational learning environment. It is one of the many programs that CISV organizes for youth; it has its own specific goals for learning.
Being a leader in this kind of camp is both challenging and rewarding. The product of this thesis is a handbook for the Finnish leaders participating in a Step Up program, especially taking into consideration the first-time leaders who might well be new to the whole organization and its principles. The product presents the leader’s role in the various phases before, during and after the camp. It also discusses a multicultural learning environment, intercultural communication and any possible barriers, encouraging the youth to achieve the desired goals.
The theoretical part concentrates on voluntary work and motivation, as well as on peace education, in CISV and in general. Research questions consist of how relevant leaders found the specific trainings for the program, what could be improved and what motivated them to become a leader in the first place. The survey was published for both Finnish and foreign leaders of CISV.