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SLIC
Sustainable Learning in the Community
Results of the research phase
Katharina Resch
Research Institute of the Red Cross
Research Phase
• 6 months initial research (Dec. 2007-May 2008)
• Aims:– Identify potential tools for workshops– Provide an overview in each country, which types
of tools exist to visualise and certify skills – Consult older people
in each country in interviews & group discussions
Part 1 – „ My competences“
formally and informally acquired competences
working life private life
family volunteering others
SLIC-WORKSHOP
skills profile
workshop design
working life retirement leisure time volunteering
action plan
certificate
Part 2 – „ My future plans“
What was done?
• Collection of relevant tools (workshop designs, skills profiles, action plans, certificates)
• 11 workshop designs• 10 skills profiles• 7 action plans• 6 certificates• = 34 recommended tools
• Consultations with 100 older people about needs and demands of a workshop
• Reporting• Results summarized in a draft workshop design
„Diverse perspectives“
• Perspective of older people– Active ageing = learning process– Looking for possible ways of
participation – Different motivations– Learning in the group– Learning in order to catch up with younger generation„I have five children who constantly use the computer. I
also want to do that. I went to a learning center and I am also teaching myself at home. (Female learner)
„Diverse perspectives on skills profiles“
• “The profile will not motivate [people] but there is a need for something that can encourage people”. (Older learner, Hungary)
• „A profile, if done sensitively, could reveal gaps that the person could be encouraged to develop.“ (Older volunteer, Scotland)
• “It would be very useful to face what we know. The training can help the participants to look back, summarize, release negative things and plan their future.” (Older learner, Hungary)
„Diverse Perspectives“
• Perspective of the organisations– Enlargement of target groups– Recognizing older people as a community
resource – NPO‘s as good places to learn if structures
and conditions are available (resources, valuing older people, etc.)
– Networking between organisations: How is participation of older people possible?
Interesting findings
• tools mainly geared at younger people that wish to enter or re-enter the labour market
• tools especially used with older people are new• workshop was regarded as useful by older
people• great interest in strategies to motivate others
mentioned by older people• clear objectives needed for the workshop• good mix of methods
Results
• short report from each country
• a European summary with do’s and don’ts
• concrete suggestions
for the workshop design
Publications
• www.slic-project.eu
• Resch, Katharina, Kellner, Wolfgang, Lehner, Erentraud, Hagauer, Stefan (2008): Realizing new potential for learning and engagement of older people - Overview of existing material and consultations with older learners. Vienna. Research Institute of the Red Cross
• Resch, Katharina (2008): Developing a workshop model to promote learning and engagement with older people. A transnational overview. Vienna. Research Institute of the Red Cross.
• Resch, Katharina; Strümpel, Charlotte (2009): Informelles Lernen und Möglichkeiten freiwilligen Engagements im Alter – Sichtbarkeit, Motive und Rahmenbedingungen. In: Zeitschrift Bildungsforschung 1/2009.