Adult and Community Learning
Life long learning, This is something that we may take for granted, We exercise and explore our brains daily, but why is it that there are so many people not educated, or in work.
Our community in which we live has an impact on education, such as the area and resources.
Specific groups that are considered socially constructed are the poor, unemployed, uneducated, migrants and many more. There are different reasons why people fall in to these specific groups. There can be economic, ambition, morality and social environment.
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Over the last few decades there has been an awareness to increase support for these groups. This has formed the basis of Adult and Community Learning. ( A O Grady 2013). The Government wanted to enhance civic responsibility within communities. The focus to be for people to be inspired to return to learning, either educationally or vocationally.
John Hayes who is a skills minister said "Learning is the lifeblood of personal and economic growth" realising that peoples lives can be transformed, through the attitude and abilities they acquire.
http://www.niace.org.uk/
Various organisations, many voluntary aid adult learning, this depends on what social group you find your self in. For some reason the opportunity was missed for many through the formal learning system. Within this huge spectrum you can find groups for single mothers to help with childcare, for them to learn new skills such as how to organise finances or help with parenting skills. There is discussion groups for over 55s, or retired, to keep active and learn new skills such as being computer literate. Substance abuse is normally high in under privileged areas, there are support groups in place to help, with a view to encourage learning and building on self esteem. For migrants there are many English language classes which are a necessity for them to adjust to the new area.
The constructs of a community are varied and depend on location, but having a mechanism in place to diagnose what area of education is needed is paramount to the effectiveness of the learning experience.
O Over the last few decades there has been an awareness to increase support for these groups. This has formed the basis of Adult and Community Learning. ( A O Grady 2013). The Government wanted to enhance civic responsibility within communities. The focus to be for people to be inspired to return to learning, either educationally or vocationally.
John Hayes who is a skills minister said "Learning is the lifeblood of personal and economic growth" realising that peoples lives can be transformed, through the attitude and abilities they acquire.
http://www.niace.org.uk/
Various organisations, many voluntary aid adult learning, this depends on what social group you find your self in. For some reason the opportunity was missed for many through the formal learning system. Within this huge spectrum you can find groups for single mothers to help with childcare, for them to learn new skills such as how to organise finances or help with parenting skills. There is discussion groups for over 55s, or retired, to keep active and learn new skills such as being computer literate. Substance abuse is normally high in under privileged areas, there are support groups in place to help, with a view to encourage learning and building on self esteem. For migrants there are many English language classes which are a necessity for them to adjust to the new area.
The constructs of a community are varied and depend on location, but having a mechanism in place to diagnose what area of education is needed is paramount to the effectiveness of the learning experience.
A great example of adult and community learning is in Townhill, Swansea The phoenix centre https://sites.google.com/site/thephoenixswansea/home
Here there are so many classes, groups and organisations to aid with the variety of needs in this area, Its an under privileged community, but the centre is the heart of the community,
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