FRIDAY 21ST JANUARY

17.00 – 18.00

Registration & arrivals

18.00 –18.15

Welcome & opening of the seminar

Prof. Dr. Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein
Academic Director, DIE

Prof. Dr. Vida Mohorcic-Spolar
President, ERDI

18.15 – 19.00

Key note: Development of participation models – from single predicting elements to complex system models (Jyri Manninen)

Powerpoint

19.00 –

Welcoming reception, hosted by ERDI

SATURDAY 22^ND JANUARY

09.00  –  10.30

Key note: Participation, culture and life course: Elements for a sociological theory of participation/non-participation in adult education (Ari Antikainen)
Powerpoint

Case: Motivation of lower qualified people. Presentation of the results of a Leonardo da Vinci project (Barbara Birke)

Powerpoint (see also full Project Report, pdf 991 kb)

Discussion

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee

11.00 – 12.00

Key note: Participation in Adult Education of Adults of different social groups and milieus (Jutta Reich/Rudolf Tippelt)

Powerpoint

Discussion

12.00 – 13.00

Lunch

13.00 – 13.45

Paper: Participation in adult education: lessons from the 'South' (Julia Preece)
Powerpoint

13.45 – 14.30

Paper: Motivation of the unemployed. An Application of the theory of reasoned action and perceived self-efficacy as the factors that influence their motivation to learn.  (Marko Radovan)
Powerpoint

14.30 – 15.00

Coffee

15.00 – 15.45

Paper: Participation of adults in education initiatives: rather "with" than "on". The cases of CREA (University of Barcelona, Spain) and UEA (University of Minho, Portugal) (Jesus Gomez & Paula Guimaraes)
Powerpoint (1MB)

15.45 – 17.15

Case presentations:
–      What we can learn from participation (Vittoria Gallina)
     Abstract - Powerpoint
–      Motivation of lower educated people for adult basic education
     in Belgium (Kathy De Winter)
     Abstract - Powerpoint
–      Participation in Adult Education: Lithuanian case (Ramunas Kuncaitis)
     Abstract  -  Powerpoint
–      UK case presentation (Alastair Thomson)
 

18.00 –

Dinner at the GSI & evening out

SUNDAY 23^RD JANUARY

09.30 – 10.15

Paper: The potential benefits of institutional networking for adult learners: Case Noste-programme from Finland  (Seija Mahlamäki-Kultanen & Kirsti Hulkari)
Abstract  -  Powerpoint

10.15 – 10.30

coffee

10.30 – 11.15

Paper: Partnership, Access, and Participation in Adult Education:  Irish and Comparative Perspectives and Issues (Máirtín O´Fathaigh)
Abstract  -  Notes

11.15 – 12.00

Paper: Participating in E-Learning and Education as a Bridge for Underprivileged Learners. Evaluation Results from the international project “Information and Communication Competence – Bridge to the Market”. (Anke Grotlüschen)
Abstract - Powerpoint

12.00 – 13.00

Plenary discussion: Towards better understanding of participation theory & practice - Notes of final discussion

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch & departure