Learning, Life Histories

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Learning, Life Histories Citizenship
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Reference Groups

• Sussex - economically disadvantaged
• groups
• Harrow ethnic minorities
• Association for learning disabilities adult
  with learning disabilities
• The Larkin Centre economically disadvantaged
  women

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Project Aims

• Explore how excluded groups can find a voice in
  debates on citizenship
• Promote a broader understanding of the issue of
  citizenship
• Develop learning models based on a participatory
  ethos

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Life History Techniques

• Method of capturing the lived experience that is
  inclusive and accessible
• Challenges the idea of knowledge and knowing
  being the preserve of educated experts
• Represents what democracy is about is practice
• Challenges our thinking to see beyond the
  stereotype

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Features of Learning Partnership

• Provision of learning for adults
• Cross sectoral dimension
• Broad mix of experiences, perspectives and
  expertise

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Practical benefits

• Active involvement of participants
• Inform the learning process and content
• Nurture the development of critical and
  reflective skills
• Develop a model of learning that is inclusive and
  non prescriptive

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Community Education Programme Ballybough
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Programme Participants
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Key Events

• Contact Seminar - Finland 2002
• Preparatory Meeting Norway 2002
• Partnership Meeting Sussex 2003
• Partnership Meeting Dublin 2004
• Partnership Meeting Harrow Oct
• Partnership Meeting Finland 2005
• Final Meeting - Sussex 2005

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Contact Seminar - Finland
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Preparatory Meeting - Norway
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Norwegian Wood
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Partnership Meeting Sussex
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Dublin Seminar
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Dublin Seminar
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Dublin Seminar
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Dublin Seminar
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Work of VOICES4

• Process dimension
• Meetings
• Ways of working together
• Product output
• Website
• Publication of a book
• Video recording

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Learning, Life history and Citizenship
Sussex University of Continuing Education The
Larkin CentreDublin Adult and Community
LearningHarrow Council Eijsveikeet ry The
Association for Learning Disabilities,
Finland)  
This Grundtvig funded project aims to use like
history approaches in working with adults to
explore the ways in which different concepts of
citizenship impact upon the social and economic
lives of adults from a range of disadvantaged
groups in countries across Europe. These
countries are Finland, Ireland and the UK.
http//www.voices4.net 
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Issues

• Sustaining the momentum of project
• activity between our meetings
• Funding constraints putting severe
• limitations on what can be achieved
• Inflexibility around budget disbursement
• Personnel changes in project

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Impact of Learning Partnership

• Knowledge and understanding from this
• professional exchange
• Opportunity to reflect on issues of adult
• learning and citizenship
• Local groups to have a voice in our
• understanding of citizenship
• Openness to the idea of future project
• collaborations