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Report from a Nordic expert Group at ministerial Level, on the current Challenges facing Nordic c... more Report from a Nordic expert Group at ministerial Level, on the current Challenges facing Nordic countries in the field of basic skills for adults. The Nordic follow-up of the PIAAC results in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denamrk and Estonia, financed by the Nordic Minister Council, has shown great similarities in the challenges facing these countries. Current policy and national plans, however, are very different. The report Points out different areas where further Cooperation is desirable and makes suggestions for the creation of a New network on this issue within the NVL, Nordic Network for Adult Learning.
Policy and implementation: an overview
Providing equal access to lifelong learning for all adults in the country is an important princip... more Providing equal access to lifelong learning for all adults in the country is an important principle of Norwegian educational policy. To ensure that this principle is implemented in practice, it is necessary to focus especially on adults with low levels of education. Their involvement in lifelong learning activities is promoted with a threefold objective: to enhance the quality of life of the individual, to benefit society by ensuring active citizenship, and to serve the interests of the country’s economy by increasing the employability of the work force.
These principles are of particular importance when applied to a relatively new sector of Norwegian society: the immigrants. According to a 2012 White Paper from the Norwegian Government, “the most important goal for the Government’s integration policy is to ensure that all people who live in Norway are able to utilize their resources and participate in the community.” To achieve this goal it is essential to ensure the communication flow, which on the side of the immigrant involves both oral mastery of the language of the host country, a measure of understanding of the host country’s culture, and a good level of literacy.
A focus on functional literacy permeates current Norwegian educational policy at all levels. Literacy is no longer perceived in terms of a dichotomy alphabetism vs analphabetism, nor simply as a set of autonomous skills to be mastered, but as the core component of living communication. Within the educational field working on immigrant integration, however, both the thematic and ideological approach to this issue, the prevailing regulations, the structure of the provision and the didactic approach have undergone many changes in the past forty years. This article will attempt to give an overview of these developments and identify the main strengths and challenges of the current situation.
This short paper is part of a methodological handbook prepared for an interdisciplinary Language ... more This short paper is part of a methodological handbook prepared for an interdisciplinary Language Learning course held at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. See http://impact.cjv.muni.cz/collaborative-teaching-and-learning/
Simulations were used as a cross-curricular activity, but proved especially efficient and adequat... more Simulations were used as a cross-curricular activity, but proved especially efficient and adequate in language learning. Paradoxically enough, the use of a fictive frame makes classroom communication more real. The simulations aim at restoring the natural communicative status of a language, a status that is often difficult to recreate in a traditional teaching situation. The main objective of this type of simulation is therefore to develop the communicative language skills of the students.
Report from a Nordic expert Group at ministerial Level, on the current Challenges facing Nordic c... more Report from a Nordic expert Group at ministerial Level, on the current Challenges facing Nordic countries in the field of basic skills for adults. The Nordic follow-up of the PIAAC results in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denamrk and Estonia, financed by the Nordic Minister Council, has shown great similarities in the challenges facing these countries. Current policy and national plans, however, are very different. The report Points out different areas where further Cooperation is desirable and makes suggestions for the creation of a New network on this issue within the NVL, Nordic Network for Adult Learning.
Policy and implementation: an overview
Providing equal access to lifelong learning for all adults in the country is an important princip... more Providing equal access to lifelong learning for all adults in the country is an important principle of Norwegian educational policy. To ensure that this principle is implemented in practice, it is necessary to focus especially on adults with low levels of education. Their involvement in lifelong learning activities is promoted with a threefold objective: to enhance the quality of life of the individual, to benefit society by ensuring active citizenship, and to serve the interests of the country’s economy by increasing the employability of the work force.
These principles are of particular importance when applied to a relatively new sector of Norwegian society: the immigrants. According to a 2012 White Paper from the Norwegian Government, “the most important goal for the Government’s integration policy is to ensure that all people who live in Norway are able to utilize their resources and participate in the community.” To achieve this goal it is essential to ensure the communication flow, which on the side of the immigrant involves both oral mastery of the language of the host country, a measure of understanding of the host country’s culture, and a good level of literacy.
A focus on functional literacy permeates current Norwegian educational policy at all levels. Literacy is no longer perceived in terms of a dichotomy alphabetism vs analphabetism, nor simply as a set of autonomous skills to be mastered, but as the core component of living communication. Within the educational field working on immigrant integration, however, both the thematic and ideological approach to this issue, the prevailing regulations, the structure of the provision and the didactic approach have undergone many changes in the past forty years. This article will attempt to give an overview of these developments and identify the main strengths and challenges of the current situation.
This short paper is part of a methodological handbook prepared for an interdisciplinary Language ... more This short paper is part of a methodological handbook prepared for an interdisciplinary Language Learning course held at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. See http://impact.cjv.muni.cz/collaborative-teaching-and-learning/
Simulations were used as a cross-curricular activity, but proved especially efficient and adequat... more Simulations were used as a cross-curricular activity, but proved especially efficient and adequate in language learning. Paradoxically enough, the use of a fictive frame makes classroom communication more real. The simulations aim at restoring the natural communicative status of a language, a status that is often difficult to recreate in a traditional teaching situation. The main objective of this type of simulation is therefore to develop the communicative language skills of the students.