Training Project - 2

My Training Project - 2
Connecting Formal and Nonformal Education in Action

6-13 December, 2010
Ergli Latvia

Being connected with strong ties both with nonformal and formal education I have often felt like a bridge between the two, a willingness to connect them and bring better results to both educational settings.

The idea of the training startes from this goal of mine and the willingness to explore the potential of blending and bridging formal and nonformal learning. This training course supported by Latvian National Agency of YiA program will bring together teachers, social workers and youth workers to go further in the topic and unfold the potential not being used much and to commit ourselves through our work to bridge formal and nonformal education particularly in work with youth with fewer opportunities.

The training course will provide a platform to the participants to explore links between the formal (FE) and non-formal (NFE) education, discuss how they address the learning needs of individuals and communities, particularly in special institutions such as boarding schools, orphanages, special educational and social care institutions, etc., analyze the role of NFE and FE in life-long learning and learning to learn approach, and promote accepting NFE not as an alternative to FE, but complementary to it, both as parts of lifelong learning, each having its own objectives and outcomes.