How we can ensure that people are learning skills which are relevant to their lives and their work? The workshop expands the definition of basic skills and introduce a life skills approach, which has been developed in European partnership of adult education organisations. We also discussed what are the relevant skills to have in 2020’s, and hear how adult educators can network and partner with others in order to take their ideas and innovations even further.

1. Life skills
in the Danish context
https://eaea.org/project/life-skills-for-europe-lse/
Stine Hohwü-Christensen, DAEA
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2. Teaching and learning principles
Life Skills for Europe promotes learning that:
• Responds to identified needs of the learners
• Is designed, delivered and evaluated with the active
participation of the learners
• Incorporates facilitative approaches which encourage self-
reflection and critical thinking, help learners to take charge of
their own learning and problem-solve for themselves
• Acknowledges differences in learners and supports the
inclusion of marginalized groups.
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3. “I think it’s shown me different pathways that I hadn’t thought about to a
long-term career. What I particularly like about the project is the fun
element of it. It doesn’t feel like structured learning. I made lots of
useful connection when I was there as well”
(Learner on the programme aimed at socially isolated unemployed older men, phase 2 Citizens
pilot, UK).
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Recycling design

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Recycling design

6. Life competences in Danish…
…being competent is being able to act and use
acquired skills and knowldge in accordance with own values in
complex, diverse and unpredictable situations…

7. Description of life competences
in a Danish context
Life competences consists of a combination of
different competences that constitute the
preparedness that all people need for personal
development, for being able to handle the challenges
we face in a modern and often unpredictable world,
for taking care of the close relationships as well as to
contribute to the surrounding community, locally,
nationally and globally. Life competences is about
empowerment.
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8. Life
competence
flower
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9. You learn more than you know
SoMe campaign
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”I took dancing classes, and
learned how to stand on my
own two feet”
”I took coding classes, and
learned to decode other
people”

10. Ambassadeurs
SoMe campaign
Mogens Lykketoft, former minister of
finance, former chairman of the UN,
former MP for the Social Democratic
Party
Connie
Hedegaard,
former minister of
environment,
former EU
commissioner,
former MP for the
Conservative
Party
Ejnar K. Holst,
Vice President of Danish Trade Union
Confederation
Marianne Jelved, former minister of
culture, former chairman of Social Liberal
Party
Steffen Kretz,
journalist, TV host
and news editor

11. Thank you
for listening