Summer school in Armenia “Beyond the Horizon” Date: 13.08.2015-23.08.2017 Educational workload: 3 ECTS Sunday, ➢ The arrival of students at the educational-scientific base of ASPU in 13.08.2017 Aghavnadzor, (if desired) the exchange of money on the road ➢ Accommodation ➢ Lunch ➢ Group meeting. Splitting into subgroups, acquaintance with the program and the assignment on the preparation for the festival “Beyond the Horizon” Monday, 08:30 – Breakfast 14.08.2017 09:30-10:30 Acclimatization, sports games 10:30-13:00 - Interactive workshop: “ Armenia, traditions, customs, the basics of the Armenian language” Tigran Mikaelyan, Dean of the faculty of Foreign languages 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch in Aghavnadzor 14:00-16:00 – Teambuilding game 16:00 - 18:00 - Interactive workshop: Role of gestures in communication Marianna Avetisyan, Department of Psychology and Sociology 19:00 – 20:00 Dinner 20:00 Free time Tuesday, 15.08.2017 09:00 – Breakfast 10:30-13:30– Tour to Etchmiadzin, visit to Etchmiadzin Cathedral 11:40 Excursion through the Cathedral territory, a visit and acquintance with spiritual Gevorkian Theological Seminary of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 13:30 -14:00 Driving to Yerevan 14:15-15:15 Lunch in Yerevan 15:30 -17:00 Visit to the Genocide Museum 17:00-18:00 Moving to Aghavnadzor 18:00 -19:00– Rest 19:00-20:00 Dinner Wednesday, 16.08.2017 09:00 - 10:00 Breakfast 10:15-11:15 –Driving to Yerevan 11:15-12:30 Visit of the Institute of manuscripts “Matenadaran” 12:30-13:30 Visit To Vernissage 13:45-14:45 - Lunch in the Pizzeria 15:00-15:40 - Visit to ASPU acquaintance with the University 15:40 -17:00 Meeting with : Options : 1) Armen Ashotyan, former Minister of Education of Republic Armenia, “The globalization of higher education, the Bologna process” 2) David Sahakyan (Deputy Minister) (TBC) 17:00-18:00 Moving to Aghavnadzor 18:30-19:00 Rest 19:00 - 20:00 Dinner 20:30 The discussion on the program of the summer school, preparation for the final program Monday, 17.08.2017 08:00-9:00 Breakfast 9:15 – 10:45 – Transfer to Dilijan 11:00-13:00 Visit to UWC Dilijan College 13:00-14:00 – Lunch in Dilijan 14:00-16:00 – Visit to the Center of Innovative Technologies TUMO Visit to the Community Center of Dilijan 16:00-17:30 Transfer to Aghavnadzor 17:30-19:30 Rest 19:30-20:30 - Dinner 20:30-21:00 Discussion of the scenario of the festival and preparation of the assignments 21:00 Work on assignments Friday 18.08.2017 09:00 – Breakfast 10:00 -11:30 Workshop: How to change the education in the modern world Serob Khachatryan, Department of professional education and applied pedagogy. 11:30-12:00 Rest 12:00 -13:00 Workshop: Using electronic technologies in the educational process Mkrtich Avagyan, Head of the Department of reforms and quality education 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-15:00 Departure to Yerevan 15:00 -20:00 –Free time in Yerevan 20:00 Gathering at the monument to Tamanyan, moving back to Aghavnadzor 21:00-22:00 Dinner 22:00 – Free time Saturday, 19.08.2017 9:00 - Breakfast 10:30-12:30 The Armenian cinema and theater: an intellectual game based on the movie themes Anna Erzinkyan, Professor, honored worker of arts, the Faculty of Culture 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:15 - 17:00 Workshop: musical instruments: master class Ara Gevorgyan, Honored artist R. A. , Honorable citizen of Shengavit district, Professor /Head of the chair of music 18:00-19:00 Rest 19:00-20:00 Dinner 20:00 film from Ararat to Zion, discussion Sunday, 20.08.2017 09:00 -10:00 Breakfast 10:00 – 11:00 Drive to Geghard 11:00-12:00 – Excursion through Geghard Acquaintance with the cultural heritage of Armenia. Armenia at the crossroads of East and West Edgar Hovhannisyan, Dean of the Faculty of History and Law 12:00-13:30 - Visit to the Sun Temple of Garni 13:30-14:30 drive to Aghavnadzor 14:30 - 15:30 Lunch 15:30-19:00 Free time/Sports games 19:00 Dinner 20:00 - discussion of the program of the summer school Monday, 21.08.2017 08:30 -9:30 Breakfast 9:45 -10:45 Trip to Sevan 10:45 -14:00 Rest in Sevan 14:00-15:00 - Lunch in Sevan 15:00-16:00 Return to Aghavnadzor 16:00-17:00 – Rest 17:00-17:20 Travel to Tsaghkadzor 17:20-19:30 Quest game in Tsaghkadzor 20:00 – 21:00 Dinner 20:00 - 22:00 – Free time Tuesday, 22.08.2017 09:00 - Breakfast 10:00 -12:00 12:00-13:00 Work on assignments 13:00-14:00 – Lunch 14:30 – Work on assignments 20:00 - Farewell party Wednesday, 23.08.2017 Breakfast, departure to the airport .