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Project reference: 06-GBR01-S2G01-00080-2
UNITED KINGDOM
Empowerment and Disability: Informal learning through self-advocacy and life history
This project promotes exchange between people with learning difficulties who are experienced self-advocates and
university researchers that have worked with them to identify the extent and depth of their learning and the learning
needs of people in their position. Its purpose is emancipatory. It aims to develop learning content and curriculum for
experiential learners and identify ways of recognising the mainly informal educational and related achievements of
people with learning difficulties in ways that challenge and help to transform socially excluding stereotypes. This
entails developing increased numbers of self-advocates and furthering the place of people with learning difficulties in
further and higher education in Europe. The project is inclusive and the outputs will be jointly authored. In a variety of
ways, people’s positive life histories as learners will be used to develop relevant, challenging and advanced curriculum
material that meets the research and learning demands of self-advocacy and helps secure a recognised place for selfadvocates
in universities. This will include opportunities to teach and learning experiences that can be accredited.
Duration: 2 years Funding year: 2 nd
Area(s) covered
Project Objectives
Target Group(s)
COMPOSITION OF THE PARTNERSHIP
Coordinating institution
Name of the organisation: The Open University
Name of the contact person: Dr Ian Buchanan
Address: Walton Hall, Milton Keynes
E-mail: i.h.buchanan@open.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)908 659 583
Fax: +44 (0)908 868 280
Partners
Our New Future vzw (BE)
University of Dublin, Trinity College (IE)
Haskoli Islands (Uni of Iceland) (IS)
Active citizenship
Learning disability
Experimentation with new pedagogical approach(es)
Methods for providing credit for knowledge or competence acquired
outside formal education
Disabled persons
Learning difficulty
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