LLL in Austria December 15, 2007
Posted by kieslinger in : Uncategorized , add a commentOn Monday the Austrian Ministry for Education, Art and Culture organised a day of public consulting for the Austrian Life Long Learning Strategy.
Me and some of my colleges attended this event. Probably each of us with different expectations, but in the end we all had the same feeling. Informal learning and the recognition of competences that have been acquired in informal or non-formal settings is a popular topic in the current LLL discussions. However, when I hear the talks and follow the developments that are currently taking place for establishing the EQF (European Qualification Framework) and the corresponding national frameworks I have my doubts if this praise for informal learning is taken seriously by the different stakeholders.
by the way, one very refreshing talk was given by Rolf Arnold from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern (Germany) about competence development and LLL in a knowledge based society. Arnold was focusing on some core competences such as self-organisation or collaboration (by the way, our pedagogical concept in iCamp is also focusing on the advancement of these competences) and what it means for educational policies and practices if we want to bring these competences forward. A core question is how far are the different players open for a process of change and self-reflection.
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