EU Project: Professionalization
of Literacy and Basic Education – Basic Modules for Teacher
Training – TRAIN
NEWSLETTER - No. 2
22nd December 2007
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Content:
- Country reports: Professional development in the field of
literacy and basic education
- Permanent Forum of best practices in France
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1. Country reports: Professional development in the
field of literacy and basic education
Within the
framework of the TRAIN project, strategies, concepts and
examples of good practice are now to be triaged, analysed and
disseminated in the partner countries as well as in additional
European countries which already have more experience in this
field.
The reports are
the result of basic research focusing on “educational training
of teaching staff”. First of all, developments of literacy and
basic education and the state of the art in the participating
countries of the project (Cyprus, France, Germany, Ireland,
Slovenia, Switzerland), as well as other European countries such
as Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands are also being
researched. There is an interest in getting to know and
comparing the various underlying conditions and structures as
well as strategies, concepts and examples of good
practice.
Remark: The
country reports are published on our website
http://www.die-bonn.de/train/english/Materials/index.asp
Trends
The country reports provide the state of the art of professional development
in different European countries. Even if there are a lot of differences it
is possible to identify the following trends:
- We see increase efforts towards
professionalisation in all countries we looked at.
- Professionalisation is seen as a
key towards the improvement and future assurance of quality in the literacy
field.
- Literacy teacher courses are not the
only mean of professionalisation, but it is often the starting point.
- Professionalisation rarely initiated or
required by policy, but by the literacy community itself.
- Literacy teachers courses vary
substantially concerning goals, duration, qualification levels, standards,
accreditation.
- There are rarely any full time
permanent positions for literacy teachers across Europe and there are still
a lot of volunteers working in the field. Unstable working conditions for
practitioners is a prevailing problem as long as there is no sustainable
funding to support high level of demand for literacy courses.
2. Permanent Forum of best practices in France
The professional development in the field of literacy and basic education in
France had its focus time with the national meeting of the Permanent Forum of
best practices organized by the ANLCI (National Agency to Fight Illiteracy) from
20th to 22nd June 2007. The French partner of TRAIN project had launched this
collective dynamic in 2004 in order to promote and share good practices between
practitioners and stakeholders in all domains of the fight against illiteracy
and basic education. This meeting was an opportunity to bring together more than
700 persons and to put on common the results of 24 regional examples of good
practices. These examples have been analysed and presented to more than 2500
participants throughout the country. The national meeting of the Forum was a
time to debate about these practices, and besides, to professionalize this field
by presenting ways, tools and recommendations for practitioners and local
project coordinators.
Parallel to the 30 workshops of the meeting, an “AGORA” hall was set to show
regional actions and partners’ actions. Among its stands, there was a specific
one concerning the European projects in which ANLCI is involved as a partner. It
was there that the TRAIN project was presented, giving information on its goals
and expected productions. Its publications (poster, flyers and profile of
competences questionnaire) have announced the TRAIN meeting in Lyon on 14th and
15th April 2008.
Compiled by
Part 1: Monika Tröster, DIE
Part 2: Elie Maroun, ANLCI
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Contact
Project-coordinator:
Deutsches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung (DIE)
German Institute for Adult Education (DIE)
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 38 53113 Bonn
Germany
T (+) 49 228 3294-306
F (+) 49 228 3294-399
Contact person:
Monika Tröster
Website:
www.die-bonn.de/train
Partner:
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)
Cork Road Waterford
IE-Co. Waterford
Ireland
T (+) 353 51302834
Contact person: Helen Murphy
Email:
Website:
www2.wit.ie
Agence nationale de lutte contre l'illetrisme - ANLCI
National Agency to Fight Illiteracy
1 Place de l'Ecole
BP 7082
FR-69348 Lyon Cedex 07
France
T (+) 33 437371867
F (+) 33 437371681
Contact person: Elie Maroun
Email:
Website:
www.anlci.fr
ΣYNΔEΣMOΣ EKPEDEFSIS ENHLIKΩΝ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ
Cyprus Adult Education Association - CAEA
Athalassas 24
CY Latsia 2221
Cyprus
T (+) 357 99470810
F (+) 357 22486714
Contact person: Klitos Symeonides
Email:
Andragoski center Republike Slovenije - ACS
Slovenian Institute for Adult Education
Smartinska 134a
Sl-1000 Ljubljana
Slowenia
T (+) 386 15842560
F (+) 386 15842550
Contact person: Natalija Žalec
Email:
Website:
www.acs.si
Schweizerischer Verband für Weiterbildung SVEB
Swiss Federation for Adult Learning
Oerlikonerstraße 38
CH-8057 Zürich
Switzerland
T (+) 41 44 311 64 55
F (+) 41 44 311 64 59
Contact person: Bernhard Grämiger
Email:
Website:
www.alice.ch |
