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Project reference: 06-CZE01-S2G01-00017-2
CESKA REPUBLIKA
MoDAL – Motivating Disadvantaged Adult Learners (previous name Mr. DAL)
The project aims to identify the factors that enable disadvantaged adult learners to remain on learning programmes.
Partner organisations will jointly develop a research framework and reporting methodology to identify key factors, trial
and test them in a variety of settings and evaluate their effectiveness. The project targets adult learners from
disadvantaged backgrounds, for example, people who have not completed their education, women experiencing
disadvantage, those with mental health problems, learners who live in rural isolation, those experiencing social
exclusion, people from ethnic minorities, older learners and single parents. Each partner will establish a retention
baseline at the start of the project. This will describe retention patterns within their own institution. Along with the
baseline, the partners will describe strategies used within their own teaching practises to encourage adult learners to stay
on course and also the factors that they believe adversely and positively affect retention. Over the two year period,
partners will exchange ideas and try out new strategies and tactics to improve their own organisation’s adult learner
retention rates. The findings of the two year research project will be disseminated through publications, a summative
conference for both tutors and learners, and Web sites. Year one activities will focus on the compilation of retention
baselines and strategies. Year two will focus on the implementation and evaluation of strategies in partner organisations
and dissemination of findings.
Duration: 2 years Funding year: 2 nd
Area(s) covered
Project Objectives
Target Group(s)
COMPOSITION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
Coordinating institution
Active citizenship
Learning about European countries/the European Union
Information technology
Intercultural issues
Strategy for stimulating/promoting adult learners’ demand for learning
Experimentation with new pedagogical approach(es)
Guidance / counselling or other support services
Management of adult education organisation / institution
Methods for providing accreditation of competencies
Persons living in rural or disadvantaged areas
Young adults at risk of social marginalisation
Economically or socially disadvantaged group, unemployed, prisoners.
Name of the organisation: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Ustav jazykove a odborne pripravy
Name of the contact person: Vaclav Gotz
Address: Vratislavova 10, 128 00 Praha 2
E-mail: vaclav.gotz@ujop.cuni.cz
Tel: +420 224 990 411
Fax: +420 224 990 440
Website: www.ujop.cuni.cz
Partners
Cornwall College Camborne, Redruth, UK
Cooperativa Cramars Scarl, Tolmezzo, IT
Machm-it.org e.V., Ausleben, DE
Yorkshire and Humber Development Consortium, York, UK
Dobeles Rajona Pieaugušo Izglitibas un Informacijas centrs, Dobele, LV
Achaia Adult Education Institute, Patras, GR
Dikmen Anatolian Vocational, Technical High School, Ankara, TR
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