Grundtvig NA meeting Malta 26–27 April, 2002 Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips

1. Grundtvig NA meeting • Malta 26–27 April, 2002 • Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips •  Eija Wilén

2. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • What do Learning Partnerships seek to achieve? • Learning Patnership • is a framework for small-scaled cooperation activities • focuses more on process • aims to broaden the participation of smaller organisation(Socrates Guidelines, p. 101)

3. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • Learning in Learning Partnership • All the participants are learners in LP in spite of their status in their institution • High level of learners’ activity • Empowerment of the learning situation by the learners • Learning from each other • Partnership as a social environment supports individual learning processes • Reflective learning, to learn from one’s own learning, how to learn and how to make it visible to the others

4. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • To learn from each other’s experiences requires • an efficient and continuous communication • regular face-to-face meetings • enough time and space for building the team • face-to-face meetings cannot be replaced by virtual meetings

5. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • To learn from each other’s experiences requires • partnership has an agreed thematic area for the joint work • as a starting point: a problem, need for development, need for new ideas .. • partners have already knowledge and experiences on the thematic area • the level of expertise can be variable, without any experiences the exchange of ideas is not possible

6. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • To reach and maintain the motivation for project work: • Instead of focusing on products or on some external events more focus on the starting situation • How to choose the partners? • How to create a balanced partnership? • Do they have same interest areas? • Are they motivated to work together? • Do they have same ideas of joint project work?

7. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • In GR 2 application form is asked: “The summary of the organisation’s expertise in terms in main activities…” and “Provide information on the nature and expertise of the organisations..” • More description of partners’ real capacities and interests to • work together is needed to assess the preconditions of the • partnership to work jointly with the theme.

8. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • Planning in LP • Goal and objectives: intentions and direction of the joint work on a large scale • Milestones: the main lines of the activities, cover the whole project period, divide the time available into certain parts • Short-term planning: a rough plan which can be modified during the learning process • Instead of concentrating too much on detailed planning more attention should be paid to reporting in renewals and activity reports

9. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • Evaluation • Self-evaluation is a natural choice for evaluation method in LP learning environment • Evaluation on two levels: • observation of one’s own learning process (learning diary), • sharing individual learning experiences with other learners in the partnership

10. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • Dissemination of • joint results and products of LP • collective learning process of the partnership

11. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • Role of application and report forms for the • applicants: • Tools to guide learning process of the partnerships • Tools to make the plans and ideas of the applicants visible to others • “The answer depends on the question”

12. Process-based Learning in Learning Partnerhips • Urgent questions to be solved • How to create a clear profile for LP? • What are the basic features of LP approved by the NA s and the Commission? • Is the difference between the average grant of LP and GR1 justified? • Does this mean that process-oriented learning is less demanding than product-oriented?