Effect

📣 How to re-lay a good foundation for learning in adulthood?

🎯 Our project’s multiplier event “How to re-lay a good foundation for learning in adulthood?” was held on the 27th of April 2022 in Estonia, Tartu. The event brought together 59 participants in a maybe unusual composition - adult educators from the business sector, adult teachers from adult gymnasiums, vocational schools, folk high schools and other specialists working with low-educated/low-skilled adults (e.g. Unemployment service’s specialist etc.). One fourth of the participants were colleagues from Latvia and Slovakia.

It is rather not that common that adult educators (from the business sector) and teachers are together.

💬 Our aim was to create a forum and highlight the issues in relation to adult learners, whose' educational background is not so strong. This is a challenge of the formal but also non-formal education sector.

💡 What has changed in your work as trainers/adult teachers
over the last 10 years?

💡 How do you see your role as an adult educator in the next 10 years?

Kasvulava
topcoach.sk
Organizācijas attīstības centrs Spring Valley
DevelopDesign®

🎯Learning material vol13!

"When it comes to adult learning, there is a growing shift from a knowledge-based approach to a skills-based approach. General skills are valued and highlighted, and it is not possible to cope in the world of labour without paying attention to them. It is likely that all curricula also support the development of general skills to some extent, but the issue that remains is if educators follow this consciously in their teaching, if they guide learners to pay attention to general skills in their learning and try to influence them to do so in a purposeful way."

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

Kasvulava
Mai Timmi

Learning material: What to do with general skills at a training? Author: Mai Timmi, educator-development expert, OÜ Kasvulava When it comes to adult learning, there is a growing shift from a knowledge-based approach to a skills-based approach. The description of skills, both in terms of the terminology involved and the approaches, have become increasingly more c...

🎯Learning material vol12!

"The latest research shows that clarifying how the concepts of education, training and development are defined and perceived is one of the most crucial steps, when we think about raising the adults’ training and development process effectiveness. Therefore, the most modern adult teaching approach is based on the idea that a trainer has to take in account that his trainees should develop and release their full potential in their lives and careers."

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

Organizācijas attīstības centrs Spring Valley
Ruta Luse"

Learning material: The main steps of adults learning and development Author: Rūta Lūse, chairman of the board of organizational development centre “Spring Valley” Adults’ development process is one of the “hottest” topics nowadays, therefore, it has been on the agenda of many researchers in different times. For a long time, it was assumed that adults stop...

🎯Learning material vol11!

"Encouraging adults to engage in the training and education process is far from easy, especially for uneducated and lower-skilled individuals who aren’t engaged with education the first time round. For those people, barriers to upgrading their professional (and personal) skills are less related to money, which is quite an important aspect to improve one’s competitiveness in the labor market nowadays, than to a sense that education isn’t for them. "

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

Organizācijas attīstības centrs Spring Valley
Ruta Luse

Learning material: Training in complex changing environments Author: Rūta Lūse, chairman of the board of organizational development centre “Spring Valley” The process of globalization is changing the world very fast. On the one hand, these changes are very inspiring because globalization is providing a lot of new, invaluable opportunities. On the other ...

🎯Learning material vol10!

"Learning results in a change – in one’s knowledge, skills or attitudes. Learning can take place both consciously and as planned, as well as unconsciously and spontaneously. Learning is often triggered by some controversial experience or issue, a specific need. In the course of learning, it is not only people’s current baggage of knowledge and skills that changes, but personal growth also takes place."

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

DevelopDesign®
Kadri Kõiv

Learning material: Psychological Barriers to Learning – How can an educator support the learner? Author: Kadri Kõiv, adult educator, DevelopDesign® Learning results in a change - in one's knowledge, skills or attitudes. Learning can take place both consciously and as planned, as well as unconsciously and spontaneously. Learning is often triggered by some controversial experience or issue, a s...

🎯Learning material vol9!

"Experience shows that those trainers, who don’t care about the group dynamics enough, sooner or later fail in achieving their learning goals. It means only one thing – all the trainers, who are result oriented, have to change their mindset and the training approach because the trainer is the key factor of the learning process efficiency."

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

Organizācijas attīstības centrs Spring Valley
Ruta Luse

Learning material: The secret of the group dynamics Author: Rūta Lūse, chairman of the board of organizational development centre “Spring Valley” There is no secret that people in different circumstances tend to behave and interact in different ways. But, despite the fact it’s nothing unusual, the problem is that being in a group, the attitud...

And there is more to come!🎯Learning material vol8!

"Creativity is valuable in the learning environment because it builds cognitive complexity. Being creative involves using an existing set of knowledge or skills in a particular subject or context to experiment with new possibilities in the pursuit of valued outcomes, thus increasing both knowledge and skills. It develops over time."

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

topcoach.sk
Veronika Korim & Sona Stefkova

Learning material: Creativity in adult learning Author: topcoach team (Veronika Korim & Sona Štefkova) Creativity can mean several things to different people, however it’s generally viewed as a tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertai...

🎯Learning material vol7!

"The baggage of beliefs accompanies learners in learning situations as well. Learning outcomes are directly influenced by beliefs related to learning and learners’ understanding of their ability to learn, develop and change. A prior negative learning experience combined with the belief that being less competent and less successful than others leads to an even stronger perception that learning is difficult or that the person is incapable of learning altogether."

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

DevelopDesign®
Kadri Kõiv

Learning material: Beliefs That Affect Learning Author: Kadri Kõiv, adult educator, DevelopDesign® An adult learner is an established persona with distinctive habits, presumptions, and supporting stances and beliefs. Beliefs develop and change throughout life due to collected experiences and received feedback. In general, beliefs support a pers...

This is not all! 🎯Learning material vol6!

"The importance of feedback in any environment is irrefutable. Regardless of the message’s subject, receiving feedback will elevate the discussion and ensure the message is delivered as originally intended. It should improve a learner’s confidence, motivation to learn and ultimately, a learner’s attainment. It comes in all shapes and sizes and can improve learner confidence, motivation to learn and ultimately, a learner’s attainment. It can be delivered in various forms."

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

topcoach.sk
Veronika Korim & Sona Štefkova

Learning material: Importance of feedback Author: topcoach team (Veronika Korim & Sona Štefkova) “Feedback plays a decisive role in learning and development … . We learn faster, and much more effectively, when we have a clear sense of how well we are doing and what we might need in order to improve.” - Dai Hounsell

🎯Learning material vol5!

"Asking the right questions can be the magic key to any kind of personal or professional development. A simple “why?” opens the door to a rich dialogue. A “how?” removes doubt or misunderstanding and gives space to creativity. Unfortunately, many people don’t ask questions at all, out of fear of asking the wrong question. Especially low-skilled adult learners, who often want to learn, but are afraid they might not be good, or qualified enough. However, it’s impossible to move forward without asking questions. "

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

topcoach.sk
Veronika Korim & Sona Štefkova

Learning material: How to ask the right questions? Author: topcoach team (Veronika Korim & Sona Štefkova) Asking the right questions can be the magic key to any kind of personal or professional development. A simple "why?" opens the door to a rich dialogue. A "how?" removes doubt or misunderstanding and gives space to creativity. Unfortunately, man...

🎯Learning material vol4!

"Critical thinking requires us to use the skill of reasoning. It involves active learning and not just being a passive recipient of incoming information. People who use critical thinking question the ideas they receive instead of accepting them as straight facts. These people are also determined to test their ideas, whether they are accepted by the majority or not and whether they can be contradicted."

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

topcoach.sk
Veronika Korim & Sona Štefkova

Learning material: Critical thinking Author: topcoach team (Veronika Korim & Sona Štefkova) What is critical thinking? It is a way of thinking and questioning things around us in order to make better decisions. It can be defined as the ability to think clearly and rationally, and to understand the logical connections between ideas. It...

🎯Learning material vol3!

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

DevelopDesign®
Kadri Kõiv

Learning material: Make Group Processes Work for Learning! Author: Kadri Kõiv, adult educator, DevelopDesign® Adult learners value the exchange of experiences with fellow learners. In course feedback participants often express gratification over new contacts, exchanges of ideas and ideas from peers. However, the opposite has certainly happened as well. In...

There is more to come!🎯Learning material vol2!

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

DevelopDesign®
Mari-Liis Järg

Learning material: How to Select Teaching Methods Suitable for Adults? Author: Mari-Liis Järg, adult educator, DevelopDesign® “It was so good to participate in a course, where the entire content was not simply the teacher’s monologue,“ said a participant at the end of one course. I was surprised. It made me wonder how it can still be possible that in 2021

📣 Our project team wrote a series of learning materials for trainers and adult teachers. The produced learning materials capture many important topics in the adult education field and raise awareness of the different aspects in relation to adults' learner-centeredness.

🎯Learning material vol1!

DevelopDesign®
Kristel Jalak

Learning material: Learning Starts with Mapping Author: Kristel Jalak, educator-consutant, DevelopDesign® In his book A Short History of the Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson gives an example of the explanation of the M-theory of quantum physics to the so-called common man, “The exyrotic process begins in the indefinitely distant past with a pair

During March 2022, the Slovak partner topcoach.sk organized a series of pilot trainings for our Erasmus + project.
During these trainings and meetings, the trainers had the opportunity to learn techniques and tools when working with adults, especially in the context of working with disadvantaged and unemployed adults.
The project is awaiting for the final multiplier event in Tartu on April 27, 22.

Thank you for our project partner from Latvia - Organizācijas attīstības centrs Spring Valley - who hosted us in Riga. Finally we could meet again!

Fun facts

✅ It was our first and final physical meeting with the project team! Due the pandemic we had to implement almost everything via online, but we made it. The project main results – the curriculum and toolkit – are in finale phase and will be made public soon.
✅ The 32nd project month is running, and we have 23 days left (counted from 8 April)
✅ We are looking forward to the Multiplier Event “How to re-lay a good foundation for learning in adulthood?” in Estonia, Tartu.

On April 8, 22, the last project meeting for the Effect project took place in Riga, Latvia. Subsequently, at the end of April, the final multiplication event awaits us, where we will present all outputs of this project.