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By Karen Evans, Beatrix Niemeyer

ISBN-10: 1402025203

ISBN-13: 9781402025204

ISBN-10: 1402025211

ISBN-13: 9781402025211

This ebook relies at the paintings of a ecu partnership, whose individuals got here jointly from Belgium England Finland Germany Portugal and Greece with the help of investment from the ecu Socrates Programme. Our aim used to be to paintings collaboratively to generate new methods of wondering the placement of individuals elderly among 14 and 25 who're liable to (or experiencing) social exclusion, set within the context of a distinct overseas research of regulations, contexts and views at the difficulties of social exclusion in Europe and the demanding situations of selling lifelong studying between those that have rejected it early in lifestyles. We got down to learn programmes which aid humans to RE-ENTER pathways of schooling and coaching, yet ended with ways that are greater characterized by means of their skill to RECONNECT humans, not just to possibilities within the social constructions but in addition to one another and to their groups we have now built new types and directions in line with research of the simplest of eu perform utilizing the precise methods of 'situated learning'. by means of an iterative and collaborative approach to operating, we've arrived on the notion and ways of studying groups targeted on perform (LCPs), which lie on the middle of this quantity.

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This programme embodies approaches to learning that are focused on the development of the whole person, an 'holistic' view. This recognises that all aspects of a person's life style make up the whole person and the influences these have must 36 BETTINA HOFFMANN AND KAREN EVANS be considered. The approaches encompass, under the umbrella of learning- social and practical and personal skills, self esteem, self-efficacy as well as developing specific knowledge. The programme is concerned with 'moving the person forward' whatever the starting level.

While assessment methods for collaborative group activities continue to be underdeveloped, there is much scope for the promotion of a range of vocational and social competences through mutual learning and group work. In transitional programmes for school leavers, group work linked to experience and activity can be a powerful motivator, as some community programmes and outdoor education schemes have shown. For these effects to be sustained, these experiences need to be built into the long-term programmes with consistency in the approaches to competence and wider aspects of social learning adopted.

Yet many programmes fall down on at least ONE of these criteria. 5. EXAMPLES OF 'GOOD PRACTICE' – WHAT DO WE MEAN BY 'GOOD'? In order to work towards the meta-analysis we were concerned with defining the 'good' in 'good practice' in operation in the selected 'Re-Enter' schemes/ programmes. 1 The Learning Gateway for 16-17 year olds' Programme co-ordinator: The Learning Business Link Company Ltd, UK. This programme embodies approaches to learning that are focused on the development of the whole person, an 'holistic' view.

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