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Youth working to get it right: sharing the language. Bridges for Recognition Recognising non-formal and informal learning in the youth sector Leuven, 20 – 22 January 2005. Lynne Chisholm University of Innsbruck Institute of Education. A rose is a rose is a rose ... ... isn’t it?.
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Youth working to get it right:sharing the language Bridges for Recognition Recognising non-formal and informal learning in the youth sector Leuven, 20 – 22 January 2005 Lynne Chisholm University of Innsbruck Institute of Education
A rose is a rose is a rose ...... isn’t it? • naming things and thinking things • concepts may be wordless, but all terms reflect concepts • ... including words for objects such as a chair, for example ...
Confusing terms confuses meanings Once we had a teacher and we called him tortoise. Why did you call him tortoise? Because he taught us. Lewis Carroll
Dimensions of recognition • skills young people acquire by participating in youth work/education • youth work/education as a worthwhile endeavour • the quality of a specific activity, method or outcome in youth work/education • the (professional) competences of youth workers/trainers
To recognise means to value • expansion and differentiation of youth programmes • emergence of new occupational profiles in the youth sector • growing demand for life skills in society and soft skills in the labour market
Recognition is an interactive process • golden pins and pilots’ licences • value and usefulness don’t always match • social recognition and codified recognition influence each other
Dimensions of responsibility • context-internal credibility for personal and social development • context-expanded credibility for codified recognition • accredited credibility for quality assurance of providers • trust and confidence are the keys to success: mediating instances are crucial
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