NATIONAL AGENCY OF LATVIA

GRUNDTVIG PARTNER SEARCH

  • Grundtvig action

Learning partnership / x
Multilateral project/network
  • Seeking for

Coordinator

Partner

/ x
  • Preliminary project title

ES in PE (Effective Solutions in Prison Education)
  • Summary of the project

Main covered fields / Prison Education/ Adult Education: Innovative Methodology, Cooperative Learning; IT Implementation in Education; MOODLE Platform Administration and E-courses Creation;
Target groups / Prisoners; Prison Personnel; Ex-prisoners, who continue studies after imprisonment
Objectives / 1)To learn different practices in Prison Education (PE) of different countries in order to accumulate appropriate ideas and exploit them on national level;
2)To learn how to enable Prison Education with such tools as MOODLE Platform and find solutions on how to exchange E-courses in PE or Adult Education sector;
3)To study inmates' learning and learner needs of each participating country in order to develop a set of reccomendations to participating educational organizations for Effective Solutions in Prison Education (ES in PE);
4)To desseminate the results of the learning partnership on national level as well as among the colleagues in different countries;
Activities / 1)Learning mobilities in order to explore PE programmes organization in various social, cultural and national context;
2)Seminars and workshops on how to implement MOODLE as well as any other Effective Solutions (IT, Cooperative Learning) in PE;
3)Working on a case study to diagnose prisoners' learning and learner needsin each country
4)Final conference on: 1) learning and learning needs; 2) ES in PE in different countries; 3) possible collaborations (maybe around E-courses creation, adoption and exchange) ;
5)Opening such a virtual place where the project progress and results will be reflected and the main ideas discussed on forum; ( it would be great if same MOODLE is involved there)
Outcomes / 1)Participating organizations (PO) get new ideas about ES in PE for their local services;
2)PO get practical knowledge/ skills on how to involve / administrate these ES in general and MOODLE in particular;
3)PO get information on how to find, create, exchange e-courses;
4)PO find out their prisoners' learning and learner needs for effective PE organization;
5)A discussion & learning board for PE practitioners;
  • Potential partners

organizations / institutions: 1) engaged in PE; 2) working with IT implementation in education; 3) prison services, hosting PE programmes; 4) offering social or educational services;
  • Working language

English / x
German
Other (namely)
  • Institution

Name / Christian Leadership College
Type of institution / Non – profit ogranization (Foundation)
City / Riga
Webpage /
The mission and main activities of the institution / To provide Latvian residents with 1st level of higher education and 4th level of professional qualification in social service organization, theology and leadership.
The connection between the activities and adult education / The CLC students are grown up residents who participate in informal education programmes. There study about 40 students in CLC at the moment.
  • Contact person

Name
/ Ivans Naidjonoks
Position / A prison teacher, working with Riga Technical University Distance Education Study Center programmes, developing PE research department within partnership with Christian Leaderhsip College
Telephone / +371 29562526
Fax
E-mail /