Heritage Education for Adults,
Exchange of Methodology - How to Use
Heritage in Adult Education
According to the programme of the
Life long learning, which is being
administrated in Lithuanian Republic
by the Education Exchanges Support
Foundation, the Association of the
Vilnius fine crafts through 2009
till 2011 executed the
Grundtvig learning partnership
project called Suaugusiųjų
švietimas kultūros paveldo srityje,
mokymo metodų mainai kultūros
paveldo integravimas į suaugusiųjų
švietimą (Heritage Education for
Adults, Exchange of Methodology -
How to Use Heritage in Adult
Education - HEAD).
The project embraces ten countries
Czech Republic, Italy, Great
Britain, Lithuania, Finland, Latvia,
France, Norway, Spain and Poland.
The aim of the project is to involve
cultural heritage into adult
education programmes, and to reveal
the use of it in the educational
process, considering it to be a
modern method. As well as that, this
is an opportunity to exchange our
experiences during the international
mobilities organized.
The goal of the project is to supply
the adult education with the new
information, and to attract new
students to start studying
disregarding their education level
and background. The search for the
suitable methodologies will give a
chance to use the cultural heritage
as a motivational tool for students
in the European continent and it
will encourage striving for the
better job opportunities.
The HEAD partnership project
was the opportunity to meet
challenges and advance the education
of adults throughout Europe by
presenting a variety of topics and
methods and sharing experiences and
best practices. European Heritage is
fundamental to a majority of
peoples activities regardless of
their national origin.
Working in partnership with other
European organizations we learned
about different practices and
methodologies which our partners
used in their diverse activities.
Each country had their specific
approach to heritage issues. We
jointly identified common knowledge
about heritage subjects which would
help us in future activities and
informal educational practices. In
our own regions we would have been
limited, unable to receive this
array of multicultural experiences,
and we would not have been inspired
to improve our programme of
activites.
Target groups involved in the
project were of different cultural
profiles but shared their historical
European background and heritage.
The work on the project consisted of
the direct involvement of staff,
trainers and learners from partners
institutions from 10 European
countries in exchange of knowledge,
methods and practices. Gained
knowledge and experience about
diverse cultural heritage is the
European dimension of the project,
benefiting all our participants and
wider public. It was also an
inspiration for their future
activities.
European cooperation was a step
forward for all partner
organizations and their adult
learners. The most important
contribution was improvement in
multilateral and multinational
relations and communication on
institutional and also personal
levels. Deeper understanding of
adult education problems throughout
Europe brought us confidence that
our goals are also widely accepted.
Our common interest was to share
experiences and best practices in
how to provide learning facilities
to those who are disadvantaged and
isolated, which we base on joint
heritage roots and individual
cultural differences, shared
throughout Europe.
This project reflects
the attitude of Vilnius fine craft
association, not the one of the
Educational exchange support fund,
European commission or its
institutions. The European
commission is not responsible for
the content of this report and
possible usage of the information.
