Adult trainers’ trainingin basic skills in Norway

Lis Karin Andersen, Basic skills dpt, Vox

ESBN Academy, Oslo 26th. Nov-2013

Teacher training in Norway

•Non-formal (further edaucation)

•Formal (CPD – continuous professional education)

ETF workshop on Adults' Basic skills, 3-5 May Margrethe Marstrøm Svensrud

No formal requirements

• No official requirements for adult teachers - to have teacher training themselves - to have qualifications in adult education

• In practice most of them have traditional teacher education, to teach children in regular school

•Can anyone teach adults in basic skills?

•Why do we need knowledge in adult learning?

ETF workshop on Adults' Basic skills, 3-5 May Margrethe Marstrøm Svensrud

Increased learning pressure in society

• Rapid sosial changes • Increased immigration• Increased restructuring in the workplace

• To understand the relationship between life-situation and learning

• Use the opportunities offered by new technology

ETF workshop on Adults' Basic skills, 3-5 May Margrethe Marstrøm Svensrud

Non-formal teacher training

•Annual series of seminars for teachers and trainers in adult education and basic skills

•One-day seminars •Free of charge•Has been implemented at Vox since 2007

Non formal teacher training 2013 -

• Seminars in every county in Norway since 2013

• The Ministry has granted 20 million Norwegian kroner (2,5 million Euros) during four years to educate teachers to train adults in basic skills.

• Subjects: Adult education and basic skills

Learning resources - some examples

• Tools for mapping and certification (mathematics, reading and writing, digital competence)

• Literacy profiles and portfolios • InterAct model (Internet-based problem solving

role-plays)• How to plan seminars for adults in basic skills

Formal teacher training

•30 credits (ECT)•Part-time study•Implemented from the autumn of 2009•Are given in cooperation with Norwegian Universities and University Colleges

•Based on description of competence levels

Content

• The students have to choose one of two basic skills for their study:

- Literacy - Digital competence

• The students also study adult learning (integrated part)

The model for formal training

Adult learning 1 (5 ECTS)

Teaching reading and writing to adults 1

(10 ECTS)

Teaching numeracy to

adults 1

(10 ECTS)

Teaching digital

competence to adults 1(10 ECTS)

Teaching reading and writing to adults 2

(10 ECTS)

Teaching numeracy to

adults 2

(10 ECTS)

Teaching digital

competence to adults 2(10 ECTS)

Adult learning 2 (5 ECTS)

30 ECTS

Question

•What kind of pedagogical issues related to adult learning may be included in a continuing education for adult teachers in basic skills?

Pedagogical issues related to adults:

• How do adults learn, compared to children (and youth)?• What is typical for adults in learning situations?• What motivate adults to learn?• Learning in different arenas (formal, non-formal, informal)• Learning at the workplace• Guidance

Challenges

How do we finance the study?

•Teachers in basic skills can apply Vox for grant•How to finance the travel and living costs?•How to finance a replacement at work?

Man can learn in three ways

• By reflection, it is the noblest.

• By imitatation, it is the simplest.

• By experience, it is the bitterest. Confucius

ETF workshop on Adults' Basic skills, 3-5 May Margrethe Marstrøm Svensrud