Cultural Network “Volunteering”

The Thematic Cultural Network of “Volunteering” is organized by the Department of Cultural Education of Achaia and the Science and Technology Museum.

The goals of the network are:

• the education of students, who are the future citizens, in the implementation of voluntary activities, which promote the active participation of citizens.
• the familiarization of students with the culture of volunteering, an element of significant importance for the quality of our democracy.
• the contribution to the cultivation of an environment suitable for volunteering.

Operation of the network

The Network provides for joint actions, as well as actions that are individual for each group. Teachers can choose to work with their students on one of the suggested topics, or on another, by choosing the methodology and the way they want to work in their group.

Suggested topics: one or more voluntary groups of society, volunteering at the STM, volunteering at the University, human networks, ways of social contribution, volunteering and social networking.

Proposed joint actions for the school year 2011-2012

Events of acquaintance with volunteering at the STM.

Experiential activities of acquaintance with areas of the life of the Science and Technology Museum which volunteers deal with (recording of objects, collection of objects, design of forms, implementation of educational activities, constructions, etc.).

Participation in the Event for the Celebration of the International Day of Volunteerism, where the programming of the actions of each team participating in the Network will be presented and the STM volunteers will be honored.

Participation in the Event celebrating the European Night of Museums, where the results of the work of the schools during the school year 2011-2012 will be presented.