Presentation «Books for developing adult education»

31 January, 2012

“Education for all has become one of the major challenges of modern society, Lifelong Learning, a necessity for every one of us”

Prof. dr. Rita Süssmuth, President of the German Adult Education Association.

The Representative Office of the German Adult Education Association in the Republic of Belarus encourages you to participate in the presentation “Books for adult education development”.

Adult education is an inalienable part of life-long education. The way the system of adult education is organized impacts directly on competitiveness of the national economy, as well as civic and social activity of the population.

Assistance to further professionalization of adult education is one of the most important tasks of the activity of the Representative Office of the German Adult Education Association in the Republic of Belarus. Along with the support of pilot projects, providing access to additional education of socially excluded groups, we pay much attention to the development of expert potential and methodological support of practical activity. This task is partially solved with the help of scientific and methodological publications, that will be presented within the 19th Minsk International Book-Fair.

The presentation “Books for the development of adult education” will take place on February 11, 2012 at 17.00 at the National Exhibition Hall “BelExspo” (Minsk, J. Kupaly str. 27) near the German stand (А 15).

Within the presentation the following books will be offered:

• Methodological teaching manual “Model programme of andragougues training” (edited by the candidate of pedagogical sciences N. N. Koshel). This publication containing the teaching plan and programme of retraining courses for andragogues, was created and published in cooperation with the state educational establishment “Academy of Postdiploma Education” and recommended for usage in the system of additional adult education.
• Teaching manual “European experience of acknowledging professional qualifications received during non-formal and spontaneous teaching“ (by O. V. Dehtiarenko and others, edited by E. M. Kalitskiy) published within the cooperation with the education institution “Republican Institute of professional education”. The book reveals the essence, methodological and practical approaches to organization and mechanism of non-formal and spontaneous education acknowledgement, instruments are offered to evaluate the processes of validation.
• Informational methodological manual “In search of history” (by E. I. Kalistratova, E. V. Radevich), created within the joint project with state educational institution “Minsk region institute of education development”. The book presents the experience of Oral History research gained by Belarusian state institutions, cultural institutions and public associations within the competition «History of the 20th century in adult education».

The first 10 attendees will get a copy of each three books fot the library of their institution.

The participants of the exhibition can also watch the video “Belarusian school in Cham”. The film was shot within the joint Belarusian-German project, implemented by the Folk High School of the city of Cham (Germany) and the Representative Office of the German Adult Education Association in the Republic of Belarus with the assistance of Robert Schumann Gymnasium and Novogrudok School #1 and dedicated to the history of the Belarusian emigration in post-war years on the territory of Germany.

We are looking forward to seeing the participants who are interested in the topic of adult education on the whole and the topic of oral history in adult education in particular. To take part in the presentation one should send the applications specifying their name and contact information (Phone number and e-mail address) to the e-mail info@dvv-international.by or via fax +37517 2079835 till February 8, 2012 inclusive.