Clare Family Learning Project

Power-point presentations:

• Family Learning and Active Citizenship, Isai, Romania January '07 - Mary Flanagan and Amanda O'Connor
• Family Learning Topics
• Defining Active Citizenship by Terry Fiehn, UK

Resources:

• Active Citzenship Competences, kindly reproduced by permission from author Terry Fiehn, UK
• Sample Lesson on Active Citizenship
• Ph.D Research Quote ‘Changes of habitus within social fields, particularly those of the family take time.Family literacy programmes are likely to have the greatest effect when the children, whose parents are presently involved in programmes, become adults and parents themselves.When these children enter the workplace, their communities and general society, they will hopefully have a new habitus that values education. Furthermore, they should have acquired increased levels of skills and abilities, making them sufficiently equipped to meet the challenges of the future in all social fields, and enabling them to become a fully participating national, European and even global, citizen.’ Anthea Rose, Ph. D. (293:2007), University of Nothingham. ‘How we can characterise Family Literacy Programmes in England, Ireland and Malta.’

Links:

• www.faceitproject.org Look up more information on family learning and active citizenship on this website.

• www.vote.ie
• www.hearourvoice.ie
• www.everyactioncounts.org.uk Good for environmental issues
• Learning Power: a contribution to the UK national skills strategy by Titus Alexander, Director for Learning at the Scarman Trust (now Novas Scarman), which was launched in partnership with the Campaign. Log onto http://www.communitysectorcoalition.org.uk/news-events/papers-for-news-and-events/Learning%20Power.pdf