Transcript Dias nummer 1

Welcome to our first meeting in Denmark
http://www.hojskolerne.dk/old/int/index.htm
Before we start,maybe we should try to
remember
what are Grundtvig 2 learning partnerships?
Grundtvig – objective and
perspective
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Support development of the quality and accessibility
of education and learning for adults
Promote professional, educational and
organisational innovation
Develop and disseminate concrete results
Strengthen the European dimension in adult
education and learning
Strengthen the European dimension in education
and further training of adult educators
Grundtvig, events
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Grundtvig 1 joint projects
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Grundtvig 2 learning partnerships
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Minimum 3 partners – focus on exchanging experience and
the process itself
Grundtvig 3 mobility for further education
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Minimum 3 partners develop products for use in adult
education/counselling/lifelong learning
Further education and training for adult educators
Grundtvig 4 network projects
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More ongoing adult education projects in the network,
dissemination of good practice
Grundtvig 2 learning partnerships
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Look at the title – partnership for learning
Practice-oriented
Process-oriented
Participant-oriented
Something about
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Finance in the project
Language
Finance
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Have budgets in the individual countries been cut?
How much do we have for travelling?
How much do we have for accommodation?
Denmark: we got what we asked for: 4 nights’
accommodation + travel to meetings – for 2 people.
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Denmark provides EUR 100 per day for accommodation
and up to EUR 400 for travel. Some countries give more –
most of them in fact. Does anyone get less?
Language!
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We come from 6 different places
But we only speak 4 different languages
English is the native language – or at least
the workling language – for 7 of us
And there are 5 others with different levels of
proficiency
This requires time and patience
Our first meeting
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Refresh the common understanding of the
project’s core, content and objective
Definition of main concepts
Summary of the project
The project will work with a number of European partners to establish the training and
support needs of training staff. This is to ensure that they are better able to work with
and support learners experiencing mental health problems, thus allowing people with
mental health problems to access mainstream learning as opposed to learning within
dedicated or specialist environments.
The project will define the term mental health disability for the purposes of this project
and identify the scope of disabilities which can be included for any training materials
produced to support training staff. A literature review will be conducted by each
participating organisation to establish the current strategy for supporting learners with
mental health disabilities and to what extent teaching staff are trained and supported.
Furthermore, teaching methodologies will be explored together with identification and
sharing of good practice.
Aim
The sharing of good practice and identification of the
training needs of practitioners, so that they are more
confident and able to facilitate the integration of people
experiencing mental health difficulties, to support
inclusive learning.
Outputs
•Website. A website will capture the progress of this partnership, and
provide links to the partner web diaries and the learner discussion
boards.
•Final report. This will report on the methodology deployed, and will
provide summaries of the research from each partner country, as well as
the evaluation of the project.
•Summative conference. A disseminating event for learners and
practitioners to share the outcomes of the project and share experiences
with others.
•G1 project proposal for training the trainers in ‘Mental Health and
Training’.
Objectives
1 Define mental health difficulties and ensure a common understanding of
the scope of the disabilities addressed by this project.
2 Identify the current capacity building strategies for inclusive learning,
and the legal and moral obligations imposed by each partner country.
3 Identify the training needs of practitioners in terms of supporting
learners with mental health difficulties, using standardised research
instruments.
4 Experience first hand the work undertaken by institutions to support the
target group, and provide peer learning through identification of good
practice amongst partner countries.
5 Engage learners in the project through focus groups in the host country
as well as through inter-country discussions via virtual discussion
boards.
We wrote about our
1st meeting in Denmark
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Agree on a project and communication plan.
Start web diaries for each of the delegates. (Saturday in Aarhus)
Agree on the definition of ‘mental health’ and the scope of the
disabilities for this project.
Agree on acceptable terminology.
Agree on research methods to be used.
Allocate duties for the development of the research tools.
Visit an organisation in the host country working with the target group.
Hold a focus group/discussion with learners to learn about their
experiences. (Friday, Erik Bentsen from this school will join us at 12.30)
Produce project plan
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Achieve objective 1. Denmark’s contribution to objectives 4 and 5.
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Agenda
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Where do we start?
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We have 4 hours today including Erik’s visit
3–5 hours tomorrow
3 hours on Sunday