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Family Learning
&
Active Citizenship
Isai - Romania
January 2007
Mary Flanagan
Amanda O’Connor
History of FL in Co. Clare
 Pilot project in 1994 in response to
requests from parents
 Funding 1994 – Year of the family
 Funding 1995 - 1997 EU Horizon project
 Resource Pack developed & published in
2000
 FL training for Adult Literacy tutors
outside Clare
Family Learning Resource
Pack
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Resource guide
6 Parent workbooks
Jason’s Day storybook
Photopack
Poster
Also available in Irish
Courses 2006
 Family Learning 0-7
 Children Learning
7-12 years
 Settling into Secondary
School
 Family Maths
 FL & Primary School
Curriculum
 Family Learning and
Play
 ITC and Family Learning
 Culturally appropriate FL
 Themed sessions:
Cookery,
Crafts,
Horticulture
 FETAC Modules
 Family Learning and Irish
Focus of the courses
Which encourage parents to recognise the
home as a learning place and build on their
skills as teachers
Through
Diversity of
programmes
Positive learning
environments
Trained
facilitators
Fun
Tutor Training
 Run training days to upskill FL and Adult
Literacy tutors locally & nationally
 Run workshops for NALA nationally
 National resource for tutors offering
Family Learning accredited modules
 Delivered FL module on degree course
with NALA/WIT
Irish Family Literacy wider educational context
 HSCL – The scheme ‘seeks to develop the
parent as prime educator’ and places
emphasis on the effectiveness of
partnership between home and school
based on principles of equality’ (Conaty
2002)
 Early Start Pre-School Pilot Project – an
element of the grant is set aside for
developing parental involvement
Active Citizenship in Clare
 Active Citizenship Voter Education
Programme developed by Vincentian
Partnership for Social Justice
 Literacy tutors trained in 2004 & 2006
 Classes run countywide since 2004
 Voter registration campaign October
2006