Interfolk
LOAC
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
LOAC, 2009 - 2011
The National Association of Cultural Councils in Denmark was the applicant and Interfolk was the coordinator of the Grundtvig multilateral project: " Learning Outcome of Amateur Culture" (LOAC), October 2009 - November 2011 (26 months).
The project idea was to promote a valuation of amateur culture from the perspective of livelong learning with the purpose to improve the learning quality and outcome of the voluntary cultural activities, and thereby to make them more attractive and transparent for the actual and potential participants.
The consortium represented the most significant umbrella organizations of amateur culture in each participating country. This implies first a huge network and surface of contact, and secondly a potential strong impact of the project results on the activities of the voluntary cultural area.
Furthermore the coordinator organisation had research expertise in art based learning and voluntary culture in a civil society context
- KSD - Kulturelle Samråd i Danmark (Joint Cultural Councils in Denmark) (DK)
- IF - Interfolk, Institute for Civil Society (DK)
- JSKD - Javni sklad RS za kulturne dejavnosti (Republic of Slovenia Public Fund for Cultural Activities) (SI)
-
SK - Stichting Kunstfactor (Dutch Institute for the Voluntary Arts Sector) (Changed 2015 to LKCA - National Centre of Expertise for Cultural Education and Amateur Arts (NL)
- BKJ - Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung e.V. (German Federation for Cultural Youth Education) (DE)
Aim and key activities
The overall aim was to apply a humanistic learning discourse on amateur art and voluntary culture with the ability to provide a validation method of the learning outcome that could incorporate the learning dimension of personal, social and cultural formation (Bildung).
The project included five key activities:
- To complete a pilot survey of the learning qualities and outcome that could substantiate a humanistic learning discourse and a Bildung-oriented validation method.
- To develop a double online tool for learning validation, one for the learners’ valuation of the personal learning outcome, and another for the learning providers’ valuation of the organisational learning.
- To complete two pilot week courses, respectively a Grundtvig IST course and a Grundtvig workshop.
- To publish the results including:
- A Survey Report on learning outcome of amateur and voluntary culture
- An Anthology on Best Practise, and
- A Course Compendium on European week courses in the field.
- To complete a comprehensive valorisation of the results and a sustainable follow up of the outcome of the project.
Methodology
The methodological approach to document and validate the learning outcome was based on a humanistic learning discourse that had reference to Critical Theory, especially the Habermasian discourse of communicative action, and it was supplemented by pedagogical theories with reference to Neo-humanistic and Grundtvigian Bildung theory.
The validation method seeks to incorporate the learning dimension of Bildung as well as the expressive and aesthetic qualities of the learning processes. This Bildung perspective improved the validation of the learning outcome in art based activities, and maked the documentation more relevant for the active in amateur culture.
Outcome
The outcome of the project, the double tools as well as the learning perspectives and validation methods was promoted in the partners’ national network and in AMATEO and other international networks.
The partnership planned to offer new Grundtvig IST-courses and to apply for follow-up Grundtvig projects, including an application Feb 2012 for a Grundtvig Learning Partnership on art based learning for elder people (see ART-AGE) ; and a Nordplus Adult project on the aesthetical dimension of the art based learning (did not receive grant).
More information
Key documents
Task plan
First phase: Provide survey and guidelines for tools, Oct 2009 – March 2010
1. First partnership meeting, ultimo Nov. 2009 in Copenhagen, DK
2. Survey on learning qualities and outcome, Nov 2009 – March 2010
3. Guidelines for two tools of valuation, January – March 2010
Second phase: Develop tools for valuation, March - Sept 2010
4. Second partnership Meeting, March 2010 in Utrecht, NL
5. Develop the pilot valuation tool of personal learning, April – Sept. 2010
6. Develop the pilot valuation tool of organizational learning, April – Sept. 2010
7. Prepare compendia on best practise, April – Sept. 2010
Third Phase: Provide European pilot courses, Sept 2010 – March 2011
8. Third partnership meeting, October 2010 in Slovenia
9. Provide 6-days pilot Grundtvig in-training course, Oct 2010 - March 2011
10. Provide 6-days pilot Grundtvig workshop, Oct. 2010 – March 2011
Forth phase: Disseminate results of the project, March 2011 – July 2011
11. The fourth partner meeting, April 2011 in Germany
12. Provide three publications: a) Report of learning outcome, b) Compendia of
best practise, and c) Course compendia, April – July 2011
13. Publish four online valuation tools of personal learning, April – July 2011
14. Publish four online valuation tools of organizational learning, April – July 2011
Fifth phase: Exploitation of the results of the project, Aug 2011 – Nov 2011
15. Prepare four conferences in each country, August – October 2011
16. Complete four conferences in each country, October 2011
17. Dissemination of projects result, October – November 2011
18. Project report and account, November 2011
Transversal work packaes, whole period, October 2009 – November 2011
19. Monitoring and quality assurance, Oct. 2009 – Nov. 2011
20. Management and coordination, Oct. 2009 – Nov. 2011
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
LOAC, European pilot courses in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
Outputs
WP 02. Series of national surveys of learning qualities and outcome
Survey means
- LOAC, WP 2-1, Presentation of mission and learning profile, version 1
- LOAC, WP 2-2, questionnaire_learning_providers, Final edition, English
- LOAC, WP 2-3, questionnaire_learners_version, Final Edition, English
- LOAC, WP 2-4, Iinterviews, view on learning, version 1
Survey results
- JSKD - questionnaire learning provider
- JSKD - questionnaire learner
- JSKD - interview with a learning provider
- JSKD - interview with three participants
- KF - questionnaire learning provider
- KF - questionnaire learner
- KF - interview with a learning provider
- KF - interview with three participants
WP 05 & WP 06: Questionnaire to valuate the learning outcome
WP 09 & WP 10: Provide 6-days pilot Grundtvig in-training course & workshop
Papers & presentations:
WP 12: Provide three key publications
- LOAC - Survey Report on Learning Outcome of Amateur Culture
- LOAC - Compendium on Best Practise
- LOAC - Course Compendium on Learning Outcome of Amateur Culture
WP 15 & WP 16: Complete national conferences to disseminate the results
- Programme LOAC-conference in Utrect, November 2011
- LOAC, Presentation at conference in Utrect , Nov 2011
Partner meetings
WP 01: First meeting in Copenhagen, Dec 2009
WP 04: Second meeting in Utrecht, June 2010
WP 08: Third meeting in Ljubljana, Nov 2010
WP 11: Fourth meeting in Gent, June 2011
