The project
“Quality Assurance within Adult Education”
Location:
Kaunas, Lithuania
Period of implementation:
2011 – 2013
Field of activity – formal/informal/non-formal:
All non-formal education learning areas
Funding sources:
Nord Plus programme
Target group:
- Adults education and non-formal education institutions
- Organizations
- Providers
Implementing organization/lead organization:
- Education and Training Service Centre (Iceland) – coordinator
- Estonian Folk High Schools Union (Estonia)
- Lithuanian Association of Adult Education (Lithuania)
- The Norwegian Association for Adult Learning (Norway)
Contact info:
- Mrs. Guðfinna Harðardóttir:
- web: www.frae.is
- email: gudfinna@frae.is
Resources:
- The self-assessment form as well as other EQM tools for learning providers in eight languages on
www.europeanqualitymark.org - EQM users:
http://www.europeanqualitymark.org/learning-providers
Challenge or social need:
The EQM system has been implemented in Iceland and several countries have shown interest in doing the same. But without quality improvement quality assurance does not make sense and therefore there is a need to review the system with the aim of improving parts of it that have appeared to be fragile or incomplete as well as keeping it up-to-date with the development of quality assurance of adult learning. Improving the quality of education and training is one of the priority areas of the EU Council’s European agenda for adult learning and in order to build a strong adult-learning sector, the focus should be on developing quality assurance for learning providers e.g. by using existing quality assurance.
Description:
Šī Nordplus projekta mērķis ir pilnveidot un attīstīt kvalitātes akreditācijas sistēmu (EQM - Eiropas kvalitātes zīmi) pieaugušo neformālās izglītības nodrošinātājiem. Mēs arī plānojam pārskatīt un uzlabot standartus, kritērijus un akreditācijas procesu, lai EQM kopumā būtu atjaunināta ar jaunu ieteikumu sistēmu par pieaugušo izglītības kvalitāti, ko 2013. gada oktobrī ar ES Komisijas pilnvarojumu uzsāka tematiskā darba grupa, lai uzlabotu kvalitāti pieaugušo izglītībā.
Benefits/success factors/ measurement of success:
Daļa no uzlabojumiem būs mācību kursa izveide ārējiem vērtētājiem/instruktoriem, jo viņu uzdevums ir ne tikai novērtēt mācību atbilstību EQM standartiem un kritērijiem, bet arī atbalstīt mācību piedāvātāju darba kvalitātes uzlabošanu un veidot ilgtspējīgu kvalitātes kultūru mācību nodrošinātāja organizācijā.
Critical points/weaknesses:
–
Sustainability characteristics:
Developed at least one training methodological material for the dissemination of the mobility results in Lithuania.
Transferability characteristics:
N/A
Inclusive characteristics/Innovative elements:
Project is focused on wide range of adult educators not limiting to the fiels, age or experience as long as there is motivation and need to take part and apply learnt practices.