curriculum to support active citizenship finnish adult education association faea 1 a recommendation...

Curriculum to support Active Citizenship

Finnish Adult Education Association FAEA

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A recommendation for a curriculum to supportACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

http://www.vsy.fi/vsop/index.php?k=2902

http://www.vsy.fi/vsop/



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The objectives of a course on active citizenship

• increase citizens` social participation• increase social cohesion in society• strengthen the community-based activities• diversify the concept of active citizenship• strengthen democracy and civil society• support lifelong and lifewide

learning In order to perform as an active citizen it is necessary to determine one`s values, and to recognize them

and to know how to• communicate and have a dialogue• live together• negotiate• take part in a public conversation• tell the differences• use information and communication technology

Other key competences: Critical mind and thinking, Analytical thinking,

Participation, Skills to cope with conflicts, Skills for argumentation




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STRUCTURE OF THE CURRICULUM FOR ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP

The curriculum covers five (5) study units. One (1) study unit equals 40 hours of working. The curriculum has four (4) main modules:

1 Me as a citizen (1 study unit)

2 Me as an active learner (2-5 study units)

3 Me as an active citizen (1 study unit)

4 My personal curriculum plan/ Our group`s curriculum plan & self-assessment




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The recognition of prior and informal learning

The participant can include into the study entity prior and informal learning as follows: 1) in the module Me as an active learner: prior studies on the chosen themes • not older than 5 years • participant must have a diploma or certificate,

2) in the module Me as an active citizen: prior social/communal/cultural activities • not older than 5 years • participant must have a report signed by the representative of the

organisation in question



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The recognition of prior and informal learning

3) In the module My personal curriculum plan /Our group´s curriculum plan & self assessment:

The participant assesses the learning process him/herself, with the study group and the tutor. The prior learning is taken into account. The outcomes of learning are compared with the agreed

study aims and objectives.



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Case KSL:

PORTFOLIO (in the framework of the curriculum to support Active Citizenship based on the recommendation)

as a means of analysing skills and competences obtained as a trade union/political party activist

My Personal History as an Activist

• to demonstrate one’s competences in several ways

• chronological/thematic

• SWOT-analysis and personal study plan attached

• used for job application, self-confidence, sharing



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Case KSL: PORTFOLIO My Personal History as an Activist

Some of the questions asked:

What is the most important thing in the world for me and how do I get it?

How do I participate/influence? How do I learn?

What do I know (to do) and never learned at school?

How is a strike operated: what skills and knowledge is needed? Where and how did I learn these things?

What are the skills and knowledge that have to be turned over to the next generation?

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