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Youth, Leisure and Informal learning

Youth, Leisure and Informal learning. Master-Class at Kaliningrad Regional Social pedagocical and Pedagogical College Cherniakhovsk, May 16, 2007 by Hans-Martin Hansen, Chief Leisure Services & Recreation Officer, City of Lund, Sweden. Hans-Martin Hansen. Formal Education

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Youth, Leisure and Informal learning

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  1. Youth, Leisure and Informal learning Master-Class at Kaliningrad Regional Social pedagocical and Pedagogical College Cherniakhovsk, May 16, 2007 by Hans-Martin Hansen, Chief Leisure Services & Recreation Officer, City of Lund, Sweden

  2. Hans-Martin Hansen • Formal Education • Technical College 1978 • Military Academy 1983 • Bachelor in Social Science 1986 • ”Master” in Supervision 1992 • Non-Formal Education • NGO:s, Culture & Sports 1974 – • Folk highschool 1981 - 1982 • Students Council 1974 – 1986 • Professional • Welder 1978 - 1982 • Outreach Social Worker 1986 – 1994 • Supervisor in youth- and social workgroups • Co-Ordinator of Drugprevention Region of Scania -1998 • Co-Ordinator of Drugprevention City of Lund -1999 • Chief Leisure Services and Recreation Officer -2007 • Chief of Development, Department of Culture & Leisure 2007

  3. City of Lund facts • 104 000 residents • Growing with ca 1 500/year • A young city with schools and University • The age group 20-29 (21%) is remarkably higher than the national average (13%) • Education • 58% of Lund's population between the ages of 25 and 64 have a university education. The total for Sweden as a whole is 29%. • High technology, biotech and packaging industry • Sony-Ericsson, Tetra Pak, Astra-Zeneca • Multicultural identity • 130 nationalities represented among the residents of the City.

  4. Department of Culture and Leisure • Library • 1 Main Library • 11 Branch Libraries • Leisure • 12 local areas with 18 youthclubs • Childcare for schoolcildren age 10-12 • Youth policies • Outreach work • Art hall • Sports division • Ca 100 arenas • Club support • Culture school • Theater • Cultural support division

  5. Formal Education in Sweden • Kindergarten/Preschool – 0-5 years • Preschool class – 6 years • Compulsury school – 7-16 years, 1-9 form • Childcare for schoolchildren • Upper secondary school – 16-19 years, 1-3 form • National programmes • Individual programmes

  6. Formal Education in Sweden • University • University College • Working Life • Advanced Vocational Training

  7. Non-Formal Education in Sweden • Liberal Adult Education in Sweden • 148 folk high schools • Long courses, 20 000 students • Short courses, 80 000 students • 8 study associations • 350 000 study circles, 2,5 million participants • 200 000 cultural events, 15 million participants

  8. Youthclubs i Sweden • The first started in Stockholm 1914 • Influences from English settlements, Swedish NGO;s and liberal learning in Sweden • In the beginning mostly organized by NGO;s • From the 1950;s developing in the municipalities. • Large scale development in the 1970;s • Now mostly in municipalities but still in NGO;s • No regulations in law, it´s up to each municipality to support or not.

  9. Youthclubs i Sweden • - 1960 the goal was to bring in the boys from the street and educate them. • 1960 – 1980 the goal was to bring in the youngsters and let them out to NGO;s • 1975 - Ideological change to focus leisure and community work • Today the youthclubs are becoming a pedagogic arena focusing on non-formal learning and recreation. • The contents of leisure time has now it´s own values.

  10. Formal-, Non- and In-formal Learning • Formal Learning • A part of the formal education system • Aims at ”knowledge” • Has a curricullum • Mostly ”instituionalized”, with: • A specific place • A specific time • A specific pedagogue • A specific theme/subject • A specific goal • Valuing the study results

  11. Formal-, Non- and In-formal Learning • Non-Formal Learning • Learning that takes place outside the dedicated learning environment and which arises from the activities and interests of individuals and groups, but which may not be recogniced as learning. • Non course-based learning • Planned and structured learning but delivered in flexible and informal ways and informal settings,(McGivney,1999) • Non-Formal Learning in Sweden • Partly included in the formal system • Contains in-formal as well as formal learning

  12. Non-Formal Learning Implicit linkage to memories with current experience Spontaneous reflection on past episodes, experiences, events Rewiev of past actions, events, experiences. More systematic reflection. Engagement i decision making, problem solving, planned informal learning A selection from experience enters the memory Incidental noting of facts, ideas, opinions. Recognition of learning oppotunities Unconcious effects on previous experiences Being prepared for emergent learning opportunities Planned learning goals. Planned learning opportunities.

  13. In-Formal Learning • Learning while not being aware learning • Having fun • Doing what you like to do • Doing things together • Deepening your own interests • Everyday learning • On-going during Formal and Non-Formal Learning • Self-education • Self-directed learning

  14. The Goals & Tasks of Leisure Lund • The contribution of Leisure Lund aims at promoting • Democracy • Liberal Learning • Public Health • Recreation • Finding your own leisure activities • Target groups • Residents of Lund • Young people from 10 years shall be focused • Everyone shall be given the right to participate

  15. Democracy INFLUENCE COMPLICITY PARTICIPATION ACCESABILITY

  16. Liberal Learning • Non-Formal Learning in the institutions • Pedagogues focus on animation • Animation is that stimulus to the mental, physical, and emotional life of people in a given area which moves them to undertake a wider range of experiences through which they find a higher degree of self-realization, self expression, and awareness of belonging to a community which they can influence. (Simpson 1989)

  17. Public Health • Leisure Lund is a part of giving the residents of the city opportunities to strenghten their health. • Informal health-education • Oppurtunities to fysical, cultural and mental activities

  18. Leisure Lund VS Schools of Lund • Parts of the same goal • ”Lund is a great place to live and but can be better” • Supporting each others in giving the best oppotunities for young people • Completing each others in being different arenas for learning

  19. Main objective of the Youth Policy ” In Lund young people shall have influence of their situation of life and good opportunities for learning and personal development.”

  20. Conclusions • You learn ”around the clock” – 24 hours a day. • Leisure is an important arena for qualification. • School might be the foundation for employability but informal learning in the family and outside school, in NGO:s and leisure, comes ”on the top”. • There is no conflict between school & leisure • We have to develop the pedagogics of leisure

  21. Contact info • Hans-Martin Hansen • E-mail hans-martin.hansen@lund.se • Mail Hans-Martin Hansen Kultur & Fritid Box 41 221 00 LUND SWEDEN

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