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Our funding programme has been developed to meet
the challenge of sparking and sustaining a person's
motivation to learn through life. An effective response
to this challenge needs in our view changes in both
the "demand" and "supply" sides of learning
policy,
provision and practice.
On the demand side, the main requirement is putting
people at the centre of their learning experience. For
most people, particularly those between the ages of
10 and 25, the critical influence in shaping attitudes
to learning will be the perceived contribution it can
make to their becoming the sort of person they want
to be. Instilling an understanding and regard for
learning in young people is the key to sustaining a
commitment to it through life.
On the supply side, we have focussed on:
- Developing curricula that enable
and
encourages learners to meet the challenges
and opportunities of the 21st Century
( e.g. the "New Curriculum" project: for
further information, visit
www.rsa.org.uk/newcurriculum)
- Creating assessment strategies
that reflect
the skills and values of lifelong learning
(e.g. The "Effective Lifelong Learning
Inventory" projects, University of Bristol)
- Providing an adequately-funded,
flexible
support framework, offering information,
advice and guidance tailored to the personal
and changing requirements of learning
through life
(e.g. Guidance Council-led projects)
- Finding ways of empowering and
enabling
teachers to explore new pedagogies
(e.g. "Creative Partnerships in Education",
CAPE UK)
- Understanding more about the ways
in which
brain structure and function relates to
learning.
(e.g. "Brain Research and Learning Science",
OECD)
- Understanding the learning to
learn process
(e.g. "Learning to learn", CfL: for further information,
visit www.cflearning.org.uk)
Project Funding, 1997-2002
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