The Family Way

Autor/inn/en	Hartley, Tricia; Wright, Julia
Titel	The Family Way
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 21 (2009) 2, S.21 (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Conflict; Adult Learning; Family Literacy; Foreign Countries; Family Programs; Literacy Education; Skill Development; Partnerships in Education; Adult Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Konflikt; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Family program; Familienprogramm; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Großbritannien
Abstract	The Campaign for Learning supported the lead-up to the "Learning Revolution" White Paper and is delighted to be part of the Learning Revolution Festival of Learning, which runs throughout October. It has been heartening to identify, alongside organisations from outside the learning sector and the departments that sponsor them, the value of informal adult learning in itself and its contribution to a range of personal and social benefits, from health improvement through greater civic engagement to crime reduction. The cross-government commitment the White Paper has secured is a major step forward. Ironically, however, the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) has had less involvement than might have been expected. The authors were pleased that family learning was a key strand of the consultation, and facilitated this through the National Family Learning Network, the 10,000-member practitioner organisation they coordinate in partnership with NIACE and ContinYou. The "double whammy" benefits of family learning--for children's achievement and enthusiasm for learning, and for adults' confidence to support them as well as for their own engagement--are well documented but not always fully appreciated in the schools sector. At a recent network conference a senior DCSF civil servant admitted that, until recently, there was limited awareness in government of how family learning benefits children as well as adults: in the silos of Whitehall, it was seen as a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) responsibility and thus of no significance for DCSF. The authors contend that it's time its value was recognised across Whitehall, especially in the schools sector. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10