Learning Coach in Adult Education - LICO

LICO – LEARNING COACH IN ADULT EDUCATION

• Universidad Permanente – Universidad de Alicante – España
• TVV Thüringer Volkshochschulverband e.V. - Alemania
• EVROCENTAR OBUCHENIE I PARTNYORSTVO 21 VEK EOOD - Bulgaria
• Wandsworth Council – Reino Unido
• FOLK Folkuniversitetet Kursverksamheten vid Lunds Universitetet - Suecia

The value of adult learning to employability and mobility is widely acknowledged across the EU, but at present adult participation in lifelong learning varies greatly and is unsatisfactory in many EU countries.

According to several studies, to increase participation in adult learning requires learner centred approaches and better tools for adult educators and career guidance practitioners.

Usually information advisers just give information about the courses of the organization they work for, career guidance practitioners focus on helping the client to take a decision but don’t have specific knowledge of learning methodologies and don’t know how to support learners during a time span; adult educators finally, are usually unable to advice learners on setting a direction for learning and to pursue it outside formal learning.

This project wants to develop a ‘learning coach approach’ and a  Tool Box of materials educators and career guidance practitioners can use when working with adults learners.

The Learning Coach helps the adult learners to review previous learning experiences and favourite learning style, to understand what motivates them for learning, to set a learning goal and an action plan to reach it (the plan can include all forms of learning), to overcome barriers while implementing the learning plan.

This project will carry out a need analysis in adult learners organizations, develop a Tool Box of materials Learning Coaches can use with adult learners, develop and deliver a short training programme on using the Tool Box addressed to already experienced adult educators and career guidance practitioners.