047290 Erasmus Project

Project Title

047290

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Pedagogy and didactics

Project Summary

The project Generations in Interaction – Intergenerational Learning as a Constructor of Identity and Culture concentrates on intergenerational learning in the field of adult education. The project is based on current needs of enhancing social cohesion and social inclusion through informal learning, where intergenerational learning is an underutilized resource. Intergenerational issues are also strongly related to questions of European aging and immigration. We see intergenerational learning as a two-way process, where older generations can be learners instead of teachers. The hypothesis is that learning in intergenerational context can promote cultural and values’ exchange, increase generational awareness and thus enhance social cohesion between generations. In the pursue of social inclusion and cohesion we see intergenerational learning as a tool of creating trust.

Project’s primary target groups are teachers, facilitators and instructors in the field of liberal and non-formal adult education. The objectives of the project are
establishing opportunities for intergenerational learning in order to support social cohesion
enhancing the importance of intergenerational activity in learning, education and society
training teachers, facilitators and educators to identify and use intergenerational learning as a resource in education.

The project team consists of 8 organisations from Finland, Slovenia, Poland, Italy and Romania. One of the Finnish partners is responsible for application and coordination of the project. All of the partners have strong experience and know-how in adult education and interest in supporting the use of intergenerational learning largely in different contexts of adult education.

Main activities of the project are executing local pilot groups in different countries, build courses for the use of formal and non-formal education contexts, and joining theory and best practices on a web platform. Methods used in pilots contain arts-based and action-oriented methods and utilizing a historical point of view. Narrative and life course approach is central in studying the activities in the pilots.

The main result of the project is the increased attention drawn to the subject of intergenerational learning as a constructor of common culture. In practice, the actions of the project enhance the teaching competences of the educators in the field of adult education, and thus enable seeing intergenerational learning as a potential resource in different contexts. In long term, intergenerational interaction and environments created based on the projects outcomes enhance social inclusion and cohesion both on an individual and societal level.

Project Website

https://ge-inproject.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 219089,76 Eur

Project Coordinator

Sivistysliitto Kansalaisfoorumi SKAF ry. & Country: FI

Project Partners

• ITA-SUOMEN YLIOPISTO
• VITALE TECNOLOGIE COMUNICAZIONE – VITECO SRL
• Asociatia Centrul European pentru Integrare Socioprofesionala ACTA
• FUNDACJA AUTOKREACJA
• UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE
• LJUDSKA UNIVERZA, ZAVOD ZA IZOBRAZEVANJE IN KULTURO, ROGASKA SLATINA