ACTRAV TURIN

LABOUR EDUCATION & TRAINING METHODOLOGY

ACTRAV’s LABOUR EDUCATION

Education and training offered by ACTRAV to full/part time trade union officers and members

ACTRAV’s training activities are aimed at:• Increasing the capacity of trade unions to plan and deliver

educational programmes in line with their educational policies;

• Supporting the development and strengthening of specialized technical departments within trade unions;

• Strengthening the process of organising and capacity-building of trade unions;

• Supporting the ILO agenda on Decent Work and workers’ rights

• Promoting gender mainstreaming in all the activities of trade unions +;

Training methodology

• Focus from trainer-centred to participant-centred• Extensive use of active learning methods: full

participation, validation of trade union experiences brought by course participants, trainers/facilitators, adaptation of the course content and pace via reports back and course assessments,

• Teaching methods based on a comparative approach/case studies/role playing and the extensive use of small group work

• Extensive use of IT and the Internet throughout course delivery

• Active role of course participant / design of work plans +

TRADE UNIONPOLICY PRIORITIES

POST-COURSE TRADE UNION

FUNCTION

ACTRAVTRAININGPOLICY

DEFINING TRAINING NEEDS

ANALYSING TARGET GROUP

THE TRAINING CYCLE / PROCESS

DECIDING CONTENT

AND METHODS

IDENTIFYINGTRAINING

OBJECTIVES

PREPARINGEVALUATIONPROCESSES

ORGANIZING RESOURCES: STAFF/

FINANCES/MATERIALS.

DELIVERYLEARNING

MATERIALS/ACTIVITIES

STAFF SUPPORT

WORK PLANS

END-OF-COURSEEVALUATION

NETWORKING/FOLLOW-UP

ACTIVITY

ONLINEPRE-COURSE PREPARATION

RESIDENTIAL COURSEDELIVERY

FOLLOW UP VIA RESIDENTIAL/

ON-LINE

Face to face labour education

ONLINEPRE-COURSE PREPARATION

ON LINE COURSEDELIVERY

FOLLOW UP VIA RESIDENTIAL/

ON-LINE

On-line labour education

ONLINEPREPARATION

ON LINE/RESIDENTIAL

COURSEDELIVERY

NETWORKING/REGIONAL

CONFERENCESON SPECIFIC

TOPICS

NETWORKING & LABOUR EDUCATION

Enhancing labour education

• Further develop and apply active learning methods

• Explore the interactions and potentials of on line education and its combination with residential training

• Develop regional subject oriented networks linked up with the International Labour Movement

• Labour oriented university degrees designed and implemented with accredited institutions based on prior learning assessment recognition of workers’ experiences