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FINAL CONFERENCE

EU Project TRAIN

Professionalization of Literacy and Basic Education: European Trends

Bonn, September 2008

The conference took place in Bonn and was attended by over 50 participants representing a number of EU members including Germany, Ireland, Slovenia, Cyprus, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Poland.

The key theme of the conference was the professionalization of literacy and basic education and a number of speakers addressed this theme throughout the course of the conference.

 
Opening and Welcome



Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein, Scientific Director, German Institute for Adult Education (DIE)
 
Monika Tröster, TRAIN project coordinator, German Institute for Adult Education (DIE)

 

Marijke Dashorst, European Commission, Directorate-General for Education and Culture
Keynote

Current European policies and trends concerning literacy and basic education

Mrs Marijke Dashorst, the National Expert from the European Commission addressed the conference and in her key note speech she highlighted the importance of lifelong learning and projects to improve competences for the 21st century. She encouraged conference delegates to seek funding available through the European Commission to conduct research into the literacy and basic education sectors which would inform policy at European level.

 
TRAIN presentation - results, products and recommendations
Roundtable discussion and plenary session

TRAIN Partnership
TRAIN partnership (from left): Elie Maroun (ANLCI, France), Helen Murphy (WIT, Irland), Estera Mozina (SIAE, Slovenia), Bernhard Grämiger (SVEB, Switzerland), Monika Tröster (DIE, Germany), Klitos Symenonides (CAEA, Cyprus), Chair: Peter Strijdonk, Director of Vlaams Ondersteuningscentrum voor het volwassenenonderwijs (VOCVO), Belgium / ERDI board member

Presentation of basic modules for literacy and basic education
Helen Murphy Klitos Symenonides Estera Mozina
MODULE 1: SOCIAL MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
Helen Murphy, Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT,
Irland)
 
MODULE 2: PRINCIPLES OF ADULT LEARNING IN THE FIELD OF LITERACY AND BASIC EDUCATION - AN INTRODUCTION
Klitos Symenonides, Cyprus Adult Education Association (CAEA, Cyprus)
MODULE 3: PROJECT WORK IN LITERACY AND BASIC EDUCATION
Estera Mozina, Slovenian Institute for Adult Education (SIAE, Slovenia)

Elie Maroun Monika Troester DIE         Information
MODULE 4: INDIVIDUAL LEARNING AND ICT SKILLS IN LITERACY AND BASIC EDUCATION
Elie Maroun, National Agency to Fight Illiteracy (ANLCI, France)

MODULE 5: COUNSELLING IN LITERACY AND BASIC EDUCATION
Monika Tröster, TRAIN project coordinator,
German Institute for Adult Education (DIE, Germany)





Open Session
 
A number of presentations and workshops were conducted throughout the conference in which a review of national reports on state of the art in the field of the professionalization of literacy practitioners were presented and each TRAIN partner presented the material (teacher training modules) that had been developed as part of the TRAIN project.

The workshops also addressed the areas of teacher competences, policy in relation to adult education, literacy and basic education and qualifications for practitioners.

 
Nadia Baragiola Elisabeth Fuchs-Brueninghoff
Nadia Baragiola, Lire et Ecrire, Belgium                                        
Elisabeth Fuchs-Brüninghoff, Germany                                      
 

 

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Literacy experts from Belgium and Germany who were invited to evaluate the conference and the project proceedings pointed out that there is a lot of expertise and experiences in the field of adult literacy in different EU countries to which TRAIN made a valuable contribution but there are not enough possibilities to exchange and transfer innovation and examples of good practice among literacy practitioners.

At the end of the conference delegates summarized the key issues and questions to consider for the future including:
What does the professionalization of the literacy practitioner mean?
What qualifications does the literacy practitioner need?

Finally delegates agreed that there is a need for national policies and strategy in relation to Literacy and Basic Education and that this process must be a consultative one involving stakeholders in all areas in Literacy and Basic Education in each country.

Text: Helen Murphy (WIT/Ireland)

TRAIN Final Conference