Project objectives

CONCRETE OBJECTIVES:
• to increase the cooperation between organisations involved in adult education with a holistic learning approach and a focus on the horizontal introduction of aspects of fashion (cultural, ethical, commercial, environmental) into teaching activities and into empowering of learners
• to assist people from disadvantaged groups (migrants, unemployed people, low-level educated persons without basic qualifications) by increasing their motivation to take up learning through renewed motivation by using fashion as a vehicle for learning
• to strengthen the social and civic competences of these learners and also their sense of initiative as well as cultural, economic and ecological awareness.
• to encourage new initiatives in adult education and in VET in the above stated field.

APPROACH:
• Create a dialogue between adult aducation providers from various sectors (schools,universities, adult education providers, vocational qualification....)
• Organise study visits in the countries of the partnership to investigate different models and approaches.
• Include staff members and learners from different European countries in the mobilities and put them together with the aim to communicate both intra- and interculturally in order to reflect fashion aspects at three levels:
their personal fashion identity the fashion dictate of peer groups and parallel sociaties the international fashion market in the context of globalisation
• Involve persons from disadvantaged groups in the discussion process
• Collect and document interesting examples of respective learning activities and initiatives
• Develop a website containing these reports and additional materials like interviews, literature and links
• Inform institutions involved in adult education in the countries of the partnership by offering them the material as a newsletter
• Disseminate the results and make the material available to stakeholders