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The Swedish Adult Education Initiative
1. OECD, informal seminar
Paris 2012-10-22
Dan Fagerlund
Ministry of Education Sweden
Mail: dan.fagerlund@telia.com
Mobile: +46(0)722 26 96 22
Ministry of Education and Research
2. Adult education is undervalued is
undervalued
Ministry of Education and Research
3. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative
1997-2002
Four important perspectives or aims
• Develop adult education
• Renew labour market policy
• Promote economic growth
• Promote a more equitable distribution
Ministry of Education and Research
4. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative
A new orientation for adult education:
• Focus on the Municipal Education in cooperation
with the Liberal Adult Education and Labour Market
Training programmes (Job centres).
• A shared responsibility between the municipalities
and the state.
• Mobilising resources in order to lower the threshold
for persons with low earlier experience to start
studying.
Ministry of Education and Research
5. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative
Some strategies
• Lifelong learning with non-formal and
informal learning perspective
• Focus on the individual
• Guidance and study plans
• Various forms of education
• Cooperation between partners within an
infrastructure for adults learning
• Study finance
Ministry of Education and Research
6. Infrastructure for
adult learning
Three perspectives- a shared
responsibility
• The Individual
• The Labour Market
• The Society
Ministry of Education and Research
7. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative
Target groups
In the first instance unemployed adults
either completely or partially lacking three
year upper secondary school competence.
Secondly employees with low levels of
education
Ministry of Education and Research
8. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative 1997-2002
Costs
The education 19 billions SEK
Study financing 23 billions SEK
Ministry of Education and Research
9. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative
Results I:
• About 800 000 persons participated
• 50 percent of the participants were
unemployed
• More than 60 percent had less than a two
year secondary education
• Many students have got at better chance to
get a job
• Many students have gone to higher
education
Ministry of Education and Research
10. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative
Results II:
• The personal income increased Increased
availibility
• A better cooperation between the individual, the
labour market and the education system
• A better cooperation between the education system
and the trade unions
• The Adult Education is seen as an instrument for
economic growth
• Many educational providers were involved
Ministry of Education and Research
11. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative
Results III
• Development of the pedagogic processes in
general
• Development of methods using ICT
• Great development of study guidance and
counselling
• Ways/models to support all adults
irrespective of life situation
• The individual needs and conditions as a
basis
Ministry of Education and Research
12. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative
Results IV
• Development of validation
• Increased flexibility
• Development of the structures of adult
learning (infrastructure)
• Recruitment activities
Ministry of Education and Research
13. The Swedish Adult Education
Initiative
Study financing
• Special Education Grant age 25 - 55
• Student Aid age 20-50
• Short term study grant, age 20-64
Ministry of Education and Research
14. ?????
Where to go with adult education??
Ministry of Education and Research
15. Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes.
Ministry of Education and Research