The Austrian way to motivate youngsters to collect stamps YOUTH Philately in Austria A project to work with ID: 793608
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YOUTH Philately in Austria
The Austrian way to motivate youngsters to collect stamps
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Philately in AustriaA project to work with schools17 years ago
today
: 12
schools in Austria 8 of them are state schools including 2 special needs integration classes 4 privat schools
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Philately in AustriaIn total:nearly 1900 children between 7 and 10 yearsapproximately 120 youngsters between
14
and
18 years12 voluntary philatelic advisors
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Philately in Austria1 x / month, 1 hour, during teaching timePrimary school (6 – 10 years)in
the
context of „Introduction to Science“Secondary school (11 – 14 years)in the context of „History“ or „Drawing“Themes adapted to the
education
curriculum
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Philately in AustriaHow to motivate:To start with everyone should have
a box:
a
stamp albuma magnifying glass and a pair of tweezersa stamp catalogone stockcard for stamps to
be
exchanged
with likeminded fellows
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Philately in AustriaEach meeting at school: 10 stamps in a bag2nd class (7 - 8 years): Austrian stamps
3rd
class
(8 – 9 years): mixed stamps4th class (9 – 10 years): also stamps from countries around AustriaPrinciple of choice:Stamps reflacting
the
interest
of
the
collector
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Philately in AustriaActivities:Participation at domestic exhibitionsShowing improved collections in schools
Exhibitions
during festivities Presenting collections during that times, when visitors and parents come to the school
(e.g. „Open
day
“)
Exhibition
frames
from
the
Austrian
Federation
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Philately in AustriaPublicity:in the Austrian philatelic publication „Die Briefmarke“2 – 3 pages information in „Die Briefmarke“ about stamps
,
collectable
material, knowledge of issues different countries, …Sometimes to unravel a mystery with philatelic awardsReports about youth-activities in Austria during local
exhibitions
and
events
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Philately in AustriaYouth exhibitions during children‘s festivitiesattendance at stamp collector
days
and philatelic club activities2016 - special award from the auction house Christoph Gärtner for youth activities in the Austrian Philatelic Federation
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Philately in AustriaConclusion:A high motivation of youth collectors during primary schoolfew
children
also collect after the primary schoolin the country side some go to the collectors‘ clubsbut
most
of
the
youth
cease to
collect
, because of secondary
school
demands
,
other
interests
–
to
enjoy
their
young lives!In summary, we can say, that we can only „sow the seed“ and perhaps, they will come back to philately in the future!
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Philately in AustriaContact:The Austrian Philatelic Federation is very lucky to have a highly motivated
member
in the department „Youth“Sybille PUDEK covered this function in a very committed way, in the last 10 years and was also involved in this project
some
years
before
.For additional
information
:
visit our
homepage
:
www.voeph.at
/ >>voeph-jugend.at
Write an email
to
Sybille
Pudek
:
e.pudek@gmx.at
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Philately in AustriaMany thanks for your attention!