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Grundtvig
2 Learning Partnership Project
INBE — Integration by Education — The Influence of Learners
on the Integrating Educational Programme
What is INBE all about?
“INBE
- Integration by Education” is a partnership between
five European institutions of special integrative expertise and
expertise within adult education. The aim of this project is to
analyse and to evaluate the actual situation concerning the design
of integrating programmes in the partner countries.
Lingual, economic and social isolation determine the life of immigrants.
Integrating educational programmes trying to overcome this isolation
are designed according to concepts, needs and (at last financial)
possibilities of the host communities. Depending on these programmes
offered immigrants seem to be confined to a mostly passive role
and a wait-and-see-attitude from the start. Low expectations and
identification diminish the success of the programmes, at least
a part of the effort is given away.
Our key questions are: Do learners have any influence on contents
and methods of the programmes? Are there already approaches to achieve
this? We want to explore together ways to examine and to identify
actual training needs of immigrants and to find out how we can enhance
the designing influence of learners on their integrating educational
program. We want to learn from each other how to improve the designing
influence of immigrants by exchanging experiences and good practice.
What are we going to do?
Project
activities consist of visits and meetings by partner institutions,
project work with the learners and staff, culminating in an international
workshop in Denmark. Immigrant learners take part in every phase
of the project.
Autumn
2005: Information and data is gathered by a questionnaire
to all partners for a first analysis of the actual situation.
23rd
–27th. November 2005 Meeting in Madrid/ Spain: „Where
are we now?“
- Analysis of the actual situation of integrating programmes in
Europe. Comparison of chosen approaches and applied methods.
8th
–12th March 2006 International Workshop in Odense/ Denmark:
„Influence of Learners on the Integrative Educational
Programme - Ways to examine the Training Needs of Immigrants“
- Gathering of strategies and of examples of good practice, development
of new strategies and methods to integrate learners into the design
and planning of educational programmes.
3rd
–7th May 2006 Final Meeting in Sassnitz (Rügen)/ Germany:
“The next step”
- Evaluation of the completed project. Planning and first preparations
of a future pilot project based on the results and discussed approaches
of InbE.
Who takes part in INBE?
The
INBE project partners are:
1.
Arbeit und Leben Mecklenburg–Vorpommern e.V., Germany:
"http://www.arbeitundlebenmv.de,
deul@arbeitundlebenmv.de
2. VUC Funen International Development, Denmark: http://www.vucfyn.dk,
btl@vuc.fyns-amt.dk
3. Viittakivi International Centre, Finland: http://www.viittakivi.fi,
Paula.kuusipalo@viittakivi.fi
4. Comisiones Obreras, Spain: http://www.ccoo.es,
cdesena@escuela.ccoo.es
5. South Karelia Adult Education Centre, AKTIVA, Finland:
http://www.ekakk.fi,
tarja.saarnisto@ekakk.fi
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