We, Infö e.V.,Tübingen, Germany, Volkshochschule Pforzheim-Enzkreis,, Germany, Oslo Voksenopplæring Rosenhof , Norway and Vuxenutbildningen Borås, Sweden were brought together by Mr Rolf Ackermann, Ministry for Education, Youth, Sport, Baden Württemberg last year in the European Association of Regional and Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning -EARLALL. Baden Württemberg is one member of this international non-profit association. We provide adult education, we have challenges with newcomers and language learning and we are searching for new pedagogical methods. We are a mix between NGOs and local public bodies. First-generation immigrants come from a culturally diverse and multi-ethnic background: all social statuses, different lifestyles, socio economic backgrounds, different residence permits in an urban setting. We are seeking to explore and amplify the potential of self-empowerment, self-reflection and sustainable societies in helping people feel at home and flourish in a new country regardless of their nationality, gender, religion and socioeconomic background- a European citizen in other words. Needless to say, the enrichment potential of migration is enormous also for the host country. Social integration can be defined as an action that takes place within the framework of a social community. The socioeconomic area concerns social integration during the course of life, and involves municipal enterprises such as health centre, kindergarten and school. We experience greater wealth but rising vulnerability and growing inequalities. More than before, we have to recognize the diversity of lived realities while reaffirming a common core of universal values. These are the challenges faced by teachers in our different countries and of course in our organisations as well. An exchange of experiences between teachers is clearly needed and will be the main activities in this project. We start with an exchange of good practice and build a sustainable partnership. A second step will be to apply for an innovation project 2021. Case studies from our four organisations give a transnational, evidence-based approach that focus on both the organisational and cultural processes of quality improvement. We are looking for new ways to promote inclusive education in adult learning so that all students can benefit from a good quality education. Teachers should always build on what the students can do and not on what they cannot do. In this project, we can develop both existing reaching methods as well as new ones. We will make a difference by introducing new and active methods in teaching where we combine different strategies. Based on these ideas we want to realize the following general aims. Exchange of experiences of educational practices is about an overall attitude toward the learner, the ability and willingness to get even better at what you do for a living. Development of Pedagogical design in interdisciplinary teams can guide the creation of learning environments that are both expansive and more inclusive- spaces for learning that offer more people access to more places and more information, while also allowing for close- knit relationships among community members to flourish. Through a series of three workshops our project “Transnational Collaboration for Learning” will give the teachers and pedagogues the opportunity to share best practice. Results from the Talents and FIER-projects will be used as much as possible and the outcomes will be further developed. Oslo Voksenopplæring Rosenhof, a participant in these two projects will be the channel between them and our project “Transnational Collaboration for Learning”. Our project assumes that there will be no synergetic effect without sharing and learning and without creativity, there is no innovation.
The aim of the project was to learn from each other how immigrants who do not speak the national language are taught and integrated in the different countries. In the process, a new network of professional experts should be established between the countries or the organizations and the links should be strengthened.The aim was to share best practices in order to improve the work for migrants' language learning and integration. In each case, new ideas for working in interdisciplinary teams were to be exchanged and new work processes were to be learned.The aim was to share best practice through case studies to focus on an international evidence-based approach to improving the work of migrant language learning and integration that takes into account the organizations and the cultural background of the people.By looking at the practice (not just the outcome but the teaching) in the different countries and organizations, we wanted to identify which learning activities are helpful.
Application for the project has been submitted in 2019 with the cooperating institutions. The background of the project was to come into exchange with each other and to establish a network and to connect professionally in the European network - to learn from each other and to improve their own professional work.This meant, as a first step, to get to know all participants, to experience the practice of work in the respective countries, to recognize differences and similarities and thereby to further professionalize one's own work.The need to look beyond one's own professional "horizons" and to connect in Europe played an essential role. Likewise, it was important to the participants to gain an increase in knowledge.