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Wider benefits of learning. Crisis Innovations Fair 2006 fighting disadvantage through learning and skills. Cathie Hammond 13 July 2006. Outline. Confidence as an outcome of learning A case study The wider benefits of learning. Manifestations of confidence.
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Wider benefits of learning Crisis Innovations Fair 2006 fighting disadvantage through learning and skills Cathie Hammond 13 July 2006
Outline • Confidence as an outcome of learning • A case study • The wider benefits of learning
Importance of confidence developed at school for participation in adult learning “I used to think that I wouldn’t wanna speak in certain circles ‘cos I was inferior, I suppose em… I didn’t think that anyone would want to listen to anything I had to say. And I think I did carry around the fact that I’d gone to this really dreadful school […] I know now when I look back that that wasn’t the truth, but at the time I did feel as though, ‘I won’t be able to do it’ and em, you know, ‘I’ll look sort of stupid in front of all these people’” Louise 2004
Analysis of qualitative evidence: A case study • Difficult experiences during childhood • Went to college at 16 • Drugs ‘career’ • Depression and despair • Therapy • Adult education
A conceptualisation of the wider benefits of learning Qualifications Personal identity Self concept Goals Enjoyment Motivation to learn Values Health Family Skills Friends networks Human capital Social capital Knowledge Civic participation