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Acting UP
Programme: Erasmus +
Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
Action Type: Strategic Partnerships for adult education
Project Number: 2014-1-PL01-KA204-003034
Duration: 01/09/2014 - 31/08/2017 (3 years)
Coordinated by: 36,6 Competence Centre (Poland)
Project website: http://actingup.eu/ (not operational)
YouTube: ActingUp Project
EU Projects Database: Acting UP
Partners
36,6 Competence Centre (Poland) - coordinator
Associazione N.E.T. Networking Education & Training (Italy)
Académie de Caen GIP-FCIP (France)
Glasgow Clyde College (United Kingdom)
SPI - Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (Portugal)
Project description
ACTING UP aims at fostering the accessibility of learning opportunities for adults by developing training course to improve the availability and quality of training for adult education teachers or other adult education staff. Currently, the training programmes for adult educators, vocational guides and socio-cultural practitioners in participant countries are outdated and their support if often not successful. Focus should be put on introducing new technologies (e-learning solutions) that support the work of adult trainers and vocational counsellors to increase the quality of their services. Therefore we will exploit blended-mobility opportunities within ACTING UP training for trainers.
Adult learners (disadvantaged beneficiaries) then will be offered a new way of learning, an engaged mode of learning basing on drama techniques, that will strongly motivate them and increase their self-esteem, preventing the risk of social exclusion.
Benefits for adult learners are:
(re-) introduction to individual occupational biographical perspectives
better integration into training or work
especially for over 30 pre-qualify for apprenticeships
especially for over 50 strengthening and toning of the professional profile, or creation of a new professional profile
better self-awareness and vocational ( re-) orientation, focusing on new skills
building own personality through self-initiative and team skills development
Objectives
The project set the objective to engage adult learners (especially those low-skilled with fewer opportunities) in continuing education through the use of drama techniques and up-skill them to find proper education and employment pathways.
Target group
Firstly, it addressed adult educators, trainers, vocational counsellors, and socio-cultural practitioners who were being trained to use drama activities as pedagogic method to support vulnerable adult learners.
Secondly, it addressed adult learners at particular risk of exclusion, those who require up-skilling or re-skilling, often affected by unemployment, restructuring and career transitions, and contribute to social inclusion, active citizenship and personal development.
Results
A collection of best practices on the exploitation of theatre, movement and drama techniques as a methodological tool.
A curriculum and course materials of drama training for teachers, educators, trainers, vocational counsellors and socio-cultural practitioners.
The elearning platform consists of Session Plans, Glossary, Toolkit
(9 categories/topics of excercises ready for downloading)
and a YouTube Channel.
A comprehensive publication in all languages of the project, including ready to use scenarios of trainings grouped in 5 separate courses.
A report by each organisation from the piloting phase. Trainers introduced their own programmes designed for specific target groups.
For more information on project results and links go to the EU projects database here.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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