New direc­tions for adult basic education

Basic education is an essential part of adult education. It helps indi­vi­du­als to improve their basic skills in reading, writing and arith­me­tic as well as their IT skills. It helps migrants with low levels of formal education with learning the language of their host country. However, adult basic education is organised very dif­fer­ent­ly within all European countries. Respective teacher training pro­gram­mes lack a common, syste­ma­tic basis.

3s coor­di­na­tes ‘Bridging Barriers — Competence Development of Trainers in Adult Basic Education’ a three-year Erasmus+ funded project. Together with partners from Italy, Slovakia and Switzerland, foun­da­ti­ons are being developed to make the field more pro­fes­sio­nal and ack­now­led­ged across Europe.

The concrete goals include:

• The deve­lo­p­ment of a com­pe­tence matrix based on the Vocational Qualification Transfer System (VQTS) with the objective of clearly defining the qua­li­fi­ca­ti­ons of trainers and thus make them comparable.
• The deve­lo­p­ment of a pilot course: a com­pe­tence-based training for teachers including cur­ri­cu­lum, metho­do­lo­gy, design, and teaching materials.
• The deve­lo­p­ment of networks to promote inter­na­tio­nal exchange among teachers.

Project Collaborators:

Austria: 3s Research & Consulting (Coordinator)

Austria: ISOP – INNOVATIVE SOCIAL PROJECTS

Italy: Il Mondo nella città

Slovakia: e‑code

Switzerland: SVEB – Swiss Federation for Adult Learning