Family Learning

1
Family Learning Active Citizenship

• Isai - Romania
• January 2007
• Mary Flanagan
• Amanda OConnor

2
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

3
Family Learning Resource Pack

• Resource guide
• 6 Parent workbooks
• Jasons Day storybook
• Photopack
• Poster
• Also available in Irish

4
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

5
Focus of the courses
Easily Achievable, Practical Activities
Which encourage parents to recognise the home as
a learning place and build on their skills as
teachers
6
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

7
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

8
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