Yesterday the final report of the study "Key competences for adult learning professionals" has been published on the
website of the European Commission.
The report can be found at the following address:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/more-informatio n/doc/2010/keycomp.pdf
The link to studies and reports of the Commission more generally it is: http://ec.europa.eu/education/more-informatio n/moreinformation139_en.htm
This set of key competences is applicable for all professionals working in the adult learning sector, by abstracting from the specific context in which professionals work. Moreover, it attempts to include all competences needed to support the activities carried out on an institutional level. This means that not only the teaching activities, but also other activities (for example management activities and programme development activities) are supported by the set of key competences. It also means that not each professional is expected to acquire all the given competences, but that ideally all competences are available among the entire staff of an adult learning institute.
This study has been carried out by Research voor Beleid in partnership with the University of Glasgow, University of Thessaloniki, and the University of Leiden. During the last year the research team has studied a large number of documents on the duties, tasks, responsibilities, roles, competences and work environments of adult learning professionals, described them in a narrative, organised an expert meeting for modelling the key competences and discussed the outcomes of this modelling exercise with a broad group of stakeholders all over Europe. Overall the research team´s opinion is that this study has triggered an intensive and stimulating professional debate, and we are confident that the set of key competences could play an important role in structuring future debates and developing policies for improving the quality of adult learning.
This study would not have been possible without the cooperation of numerous stakeholders in the field of adult learning. Therefore, the research team would like to thank all the respondents around Europe for their willingness to cooperate in this study by providing feedback on the set of key competences.
For further information: mailto: s.broek(@)research.nl or visit
http://www.research.nl/
