Neuroandragogy against exclusion

"The project is aimed at increasing the educational potential of disadvantaged adults (eg. unemployed, people 50+, disabled, immigrants, low-skilled people, people from low-urban areas, etc.) in terms of opportunities and motivation for lifelong learning. These people often show deficits related to competencies that determine effective participation in social and professional life, such as: information acquisition and processing, critical thinking, problem solving, self-motivation, self-analysis, creativity. This affects the occurrence of problems such as unemployment, poverty, social and cultural exclusion in these groups. The tool of support for these groups in the project will be the development of a training methodology based on principles of neuroandragogy. According to the knowledge of the functioning of the human brain, neuroandragogy emphasizes the development of learning skills in accordance with abilities and cognitive conditions of each learner. This model is adequate for people of all ages, with different educational experiences, in different socio-economic situations and experiencing different reasons for exclusion. It attaches importance to the affective aspect of learning, building self-motivation to learn, which is particularly important for disadvantaged people. The innovativeness of the project involves several areas: • knowledge: promoting in adult education a teaching methods based on the latest research, which is continued, concerning brain development, previously used primarily in the context of work with children and youth • transferring the scientific concept of neuroadragogy into a practical use in adult education • introducing a new target group which may benefit from the achievements of neurodidactics – adults from disadvantaged backgrounds, threatened with social exclusion • promoting a new competencies for teachers and adult educators: the ability to design a teaching process using the assumptions of neuroandragogy; ability to build motivation to learn in case of adults; ability to individualize the learning process by taking into account the cognitive preferences of adult learners and their personal and professional experiences; ability to develop learning materials for adult learners in accordance with neudoandragogy • internationalization of the subject of neuroandragogy as an effective method of teaching adults from disadvantaged groups - cooperation of European educational institutions in this field, exchange of experiences, etc. Main beneficiaries of the project will be adult people from disadvantaged groups, threatened or affected by social exclusion. The second main target group for the project is teachers, educators, trainers working with adult learners or cooperating with anti-exclusion institutions and organizations. There will be the following project outputs: • A teachers’ training program “Neuroandragogy in adult education at risk of exclusion"", including educational materials. • Training materials for disadvantaged adults, developing their skills of effective learning, using the rules of neuroandragogy. • An interactive educational platform ""Neuroandragogy against exclusion"" • Publication: „Neuroandragogy against exclusion"" All project outputs will be tested by the main target groups –teachers and disadvantaged adults– during pilot trainings. The project results will help teachers realise the great potential offered by neuroandragogy in adult education. They will develop their knowledge concerning the assumptions of teaching based on knowledge of brain functioning. They will obtain information related to use of neuroandragogy in personalisation of work with an adult student. Participation in the project will also allow teachers to acquire lesson planning skills in order to support the adult students’ motivation to work and development and include their individual capacities related to the learning methods. Due to the project disadvantaged adults will develop one of their basic competences – the ability to learn. Neuroandragogy will help them organise their own learning, will increase their motivation, and point to effective methods of overcoming their difficulties related to the life situation resulting from being a part of the disadvantaged group."