EPALE discussion: Basic skills learning provision
Ensuring basic skills for all is a necessary step to enable societies to combat current and future social, health, environmental and economic challenges, and to implement policies effectively in order to support the sustainability of European societies and economies and promote a healthier planet.
Basic skills are transversal. Not only are they relevant to educational policy, but also to employment, health, social and environmental policies. Building cohesive policy measures which support people with basic skills needs is necessary not only to make Upskilling Pathways a success, but also to help build more resilient and inclusive societies.
The online discussion will take place on this page on 16-17 September between 10:00 and 16:00 CET and will be moderated by EPALE Thematic Coordinators of EBSN Graciela Sbertoli (Secretary General of EBSN) and Tamás Harangozó.
The discussion on 16 and 17 September will include the following topics:
- critical literacy
- health literacy
- financial literacy
- numeracy
- basic digital skills for the future.
Please join our online discussion on Basic skills learning provision on 16-17 September 2020!
Comments will be open on 7 September so participants can introduce themselves or post their comments in advance.
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Translation challenges...
Basic skills & Life skills perspective
Can you provide a direct link?
Graciela was quicker than I,
The Slovenian model
Basic digital skills-challenges for older adults
Digital skills for seniors
Intergenerational approach possible?
Excellent idea!
I totally agree with you
I totally agree this is…
I totally agree this is really interesting. Most probably it is the preferred way to connect for the younger generations.
Thank you dear Kölln-Prisner.
Thanks a lot for your
Digital Skills for Seniors
Obrigada, Dina!
Walk and learn
Outside activities
What are the challenges and possibilities ...
A separate institution...
Health Literacy
Thanks for your answer
Аll the different approaches ...
Basic skills in formal education
Definition of basic skills
Health Literacy
Adapting to a time of crisis...
Very important
Very wide concept of basic skills ...
Bulgaria did not take part in the PIACC survey
A difficult task
Basic skills as transversal skills
Are there statistics about the level of literacy comprehension ?
Basic skills in formal education only - a challenge
Transferrable skills/general competences and the labour market
The Education and Training Service Center in Iceland https://frae.is/um-fa/about-us/ has defined what they call general competence which are personal competence important to cope with life and the labour market meaning they are transferrable skills that can be used in different context and transferred from one sector to another. It‘s highlighted within the AE in Iceland that there is always a need for enhancing those general competence and/or maintain what people learned in school of basic skills. The VISKA project, a KA3 project, had the aim of making skills and competences of adults more visible through validation of informal and non-formal learning. In Iceland the target group was immigrants with a load of skills and competences but without formal accreditation from the formal educational system. Thus the process of validating formal learning draws out those skills. Homepage of VISKA is https://viskaproject.eu/
Health literacy
At Adult education centre Jesenice we are working a lot on healt literacy mainly for women with immigrant background and elders.
This year we issue a basic healt dictionary in 6 languages.
We are wery interested to simmilar practicies in EU.
Multilingualism and diversity
Multilingualism and care/ dementia
Dear Maja,
This is a very good idea! This topic needs a lot more attention. It is certainly also important for the care context. I do research on multilingualism and dementia. There it is always noticed that there are language-related problems!
Which languages have you considered so far?
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