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#04/2007
newsletter
This is the 4th newsletter of the international Leonardo da Vinci Project (A/04/B/F/PP-158.130) "PreQual“ - http://www.prequaloniline.org
conducted by 7 partners from 6 countries (maiz- AT, EBG-DE, IEPALA-ES, Antigone-GR, HCA-BG, ADBI-IT, CESV-IT).
It's objective is to highlight current information and results of the project's activities.
CONTENT:
1. News from the Pilot Courses
1.1. PreQual-Course in Italy
1.2. Follow-up Course in Austria
2. Final Conference of PreQual
3. Handbook
4. Project Calendar and Further Steps
5. Announcements and Events
Leonardo
da Vinci Pilot Project – PreQual
Duration October 1st, 2004 – March 31st, 2007
1. Pilot Courses
1.1. Course in Italy
Actually a group of migrant women is attending the PreQual pilot course in Italy which will last until March 5th. The course is organised by the Italian partner CESV and carried out in close cooperation with the association ADBI. The course trainers and students are supported throughout all the course period by a pedagogical expert who will assure the application and experimentation of the Paulo Freire methodology. The course has been re-modulated in consideration of the suggestion and demand coming from the women themselves, interviewed during a common group discussion, several individual dialogs, and following recommendations of experts from the health and care field.
Contents of the curriculum are the same as defined within the international frame curriculum and already tested in Austria and Germany. So migrant women will acquire knowledge and competencies on subject related to the health and care practices of assistance at home and at institutes and hospitals, moreover technical language, First Aid, multicultural approach to care and assistance, institutional and low scenarios and organization. Results of the Self-Evaluation are continuously reported to secure their consideration and inclusion in the curriculum and handbook.
“The women have shown up a high motivation to talk, to narrate each other and to deal with the subjects. The innovation of the course concerning the methodology of Paulo Freire and the protagonism as well the active involvement during the entire course was received with grate enthusiasm. The participants immediately fully accepted the methodology by taking up the essential of its spirit. Already at the first meeting issues dealing with migration were highlighted and requested by the participants to be treated during the course within the group. They chose the issues: racism, discrimination and relations within the host-country.” (cit. trainer of ADBI)
1.2. Follow up Course in Austria
maiz' extensive networking activities have resulted in the approval of funding for a follow-up PreQual course in 2007. A great number of migrant women is interested in attending this course in order to enter the occupational field of the health and care sector in Austria. It will be organised in 2007 following the international frame-curriculum, developed and tested within this Leonardo da Vinci Project.
This follow-up course will guarantee sustainable effects of PreQual within the health and care sector in Upper-Austria.
2. Final Conference in Greece
The final meeting of the PreQual project will take place from the 16th to the 18th of March 2007 in Thessaloniki, Greece, hosted by ANTIGONE.
On Saturday 17th of March 2007 a dissemination conference is organised, where the handbook of the PreQual project will be presented. There will also be the opportunity to discuss about the pilot courses in Austria, Germany and Italy and to be informed about the all outcomes of the PreQual project.
The participants will also have the great opportunity to participate in the “Theatre of the Oppressed ”, a political theatrical form originally used in radical popular education movements, growing up alongside Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
3. Handbook of PreQual
Actually the final product of PreQual: a handbook is being written and translated into three partner languages (German, Italian, English).
The handbook will contain following chapters:
- Socio-economic and political background
- Female migration and occupation within the field of care – a solutions oriented approach
- Education and political antiracism (statements and critical positions)
- Frame curriculum of PreQual: goals and visions, persons involved, basic parameters of the course implementation, teaching method, content of the curriculum,
- Examples to the teaching method of Paulo Freire, as well as examples concerning the implementation of the several modules topics within the pilot courses in AT, DE, IT
- Self-Evaluation
- Experiences and reports of migrant women and participants
The handbook will be printed by the Bulgarian partner and presented at the final conference in Athens in March 2007.
Part of the handbook (the frame curriculum) will be translated also into the languages: Bulgarian, Greek and Spanish
4. Project Calendar and Further Steps
Phase 1: Planning and Analysis, Study of Labour Requirements
01.11.2004 - 31.05.2005
Phase 2: Development of the Curriculum and Preparation of the Pilot Courses
01.06.2005 – 31.12.2005
Phase 3: Testing of the Pre-Qualification Course, ongoing Evaluation and Product Modification – Preparation of Handbook
Start: 01.01.2006
End: 31.12.2006
- NOW: Phase 4 -5: January – March 2007
Continuing of PreQual Pilot-Course in Italy, Including of Evaluation Results from Italy, Final Conference in Greece; Handbook Production; Dissemination Activities; Final Reports
6. Announcements and Events
March 16th to 18th, 2007: Final meeting of the PreQual project in Thessaloniki, Greece, hosted by ANTIGONE.
March 17th, 2007: public conference to disseminate the handbook, presentation, discussion ...
Further national public relation activities are planned. For further information please contact the partner organisations.
This Project has been funded by support of the European Commission’s Educational Programme Leonardo da Vinci. The content of this report reflects the results of the analyses performed by the project partners, and does not necessarily reflect the position of the authorities or the respective National Agencies, nor does it involve any responsibility on thezir part.
The Leonardo da Vinci programme
Leonardo da Vinci is the European Community's vocational
training programme whose aim is to implement and
support lifelong learning strategies in accordance
with the national training strategies. In an effort
to increase mobility, foster innovation and improve
the quality of training, co-operation between the
various players in vocational training are promoted
within the framework of transnational projects.
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