About
You are teaching adults already. How do to keep learners engaged? How do you engage disadvantaged learners (inclusion aspect)? What is different in terms of pedagogy when working with adults in a classroom and in a company setting? Are there organizational implications like the need for flexible learning offers in terms of time and place (e.g. face-to-face and online)?
The club will, based on the interest of participants, select focal topics and allow for peer exchanges, and sharing of inspirational practice.
The concrete output of the club will be a collection of inspirational practices and tips & tricks in adult learning and education in VET.
Express your interest to join the club here
Roadmap
NEWS
Call for practices in adult education
AIM: In today’s fast-changing world, adult education plays a critical role in enabling lifelong learning and enhancing personal and professional development. We are calling for effective and innovative practices that demonstrate impactful approaches to adult education. The purpose of this call is to identify and showcase successful practices in adult education.
FOCUS AREAS: We are particularly interested in practices that address current challenges in areas such as e.g. Inclusive teaching methods for upskilling and reskilling of adults; Innovative practices in skills recognition; Examples of alternative, flexible ways for personalized, tailored, quick and accessible skills (re)development (please see the key priorities of AL resulted from the poll).
RESULT: The practices will be collected and presented in the final output of the Club, which will be presented and promoted the whole Community through an open webinar.
WHAT YOU GET: Increased visibility of your practice promoted by ETF channels and Club members (all providers will be mentioned in the publication). All participating members will receive Pioneers Open Badges by ETF. Potential for Collaboration-the opportunity for participants to connect with others working in similar areas or to scale their practices.
WHO can submit practices: Adult education providers and practitioners, teachers, NGOs, government agencies, community organizations.
HOW to submit: please use the following link to add your practice: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=IHWl_-89tkuafP9wEp30w3rCuQfbLelOpN7oxKQSphxUOVhQMDdSWjhOUlNLMFI0SERLMTg4UktHWiQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl
Timing: Please submit your practice until 1st of March 2025.
Make your voice heard & contribute to the content design.
Your feedback matters! In December we invited Club members to fill in a short survey: What are key priority areas for you at VET provider level to further enhance adult learning? Expressing your opinion helps generating ideas and identifying priorities of Adult Learning, putting the focus close to your expectations. Find bellow the results of the Poll:
Meetings
On December 11th we had the chance to discuss inside the ALE Club the key challenges of Adult learning. This meeting was organised in collaboration with the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA), the European Vocational Training Association (EVTA) and the European Association of Institutes for Vocational Training (EVBB).
💬 How to make Adult learners develop new competences permitting them to keep up with changing workplaces and labour markets?
💬 How to become active lifelong learners?
Please click to find the AGENDA and RESOURCES from the online meeting.
In November 25-26th (in Turin) the event: Adult Learning and education in VET: the role of Centres of Vocational Excellence (COVEs) was organised by the ETF core initiatives, Creating New Learning (CNL), and Network for Excellence (ENE). The event aimed at promoting peer-to-peer learning for achieving VET Excellence and to recognise the role of VET providers in the skills ecosystems to improve adult learning.
The Club KICK OFF was held on 8th October. During the meeting, we introduced the Club, explained objectives and expected results, and had inspiring contributions on the topics by international experts. The participation and involvement of the Club members will be a key aspect!
Please find the Agenda, presentations and the recording below:
Presentations:
Recording:
ENESAT - A Self-Assessment tool related to adult learning and education
Would you let us know the state of play of Adult learning and education in your school?
Please fill in the ETF self-assessment and send it back by email to the address indicated in the file
THANK YOU for your help!
Partners of the Club
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