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Volume 47, No. 1 March 2012
Russian Higher Education and the Post-Soviet Transition
Guest editors: W. John Morgan and Grigori A. Kliucharev
This issue will be free to download.

Volume 46, No. 4 December 2011
Title: On becoming a teacher: a lifelong process
Guest editors: Janet Looney and Jean Gordon

Volume 46, No. 3 September 2011
Title: Key Competences in Europe
Guest editors: Alain Michel and Alejandro Tiana
 
Volume 46, No. 2 June 2011
Title: Education, poverty and inclusion
Guest editor: Marta Soler








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Plan of the Learning for Well-being Consortium of Foundations


Please click here to download a presentation of the Consortium's vision, plan and activities.

Vision: Learning for Well-being

Learning for Well-being is about helping children and young people find a sense of inner happiness and a form of life that suits their nature. It is about realizing our unique potential within our common humanity. It builds on the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child and reflects the four pillars of learning defined by the report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the 21st Century: learning to know, learning to do, learning to live together & learning to be. It supports the World Health Organisation’s definition of health: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Statement of Purpose

We, members of the Consortium, will inspire and engage policy makers, foundations and other stakeholders in Europe to listen more to children and young people, and to take more initiatives with them for their well-being in their learning environments (as underlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child).
 

Success Factors

As our unique approach, we will focus on implementing the concept of learning for well-being for children and young people, based on agreed principles, at the EU, national, regional and local levels by:
  • Encouraging the conscious nurturing of children’s and young people's well-being by providing expertise and input to policy-making at all levels in Europe, especially in less well-covered areas/topics regarding the enhancement of children’s well-being (for example indicators of personal perception).
  • Sharing knowledge and skills among foundations and political decision-makers in order to disseminate and implement effective content and strategies for learning for well-being for children and young people.
  • Supporting inter-sectoral and inter-professional work by the EC Directorate-Generals (e.g. covering health, education, youth policy, mental health etc) and other relevant government and multilateral agencies.
  • Creating a culture of engaging children as change agents in the transformation of their learning environments.
  • Engaging with a critical mass of partners from multiple sectors of society who have the depth and breadth to take forward the vision of ‘Learning for Well-being’.
  • Developing a common language and a co-creative culture in and among European foundations.
 

Goals

  1. Policy-makers, NGOs, businesses and foundations become increasingly aware and take action to improve ways in which learning environments through their development can support the well-being of children and young people, such as:
    1. Early years education and care;
    2. School and out-of-school activities (including educational activities);
    3. Information and communication technology and media;
    4. Local communities /local community development;
    5. Family;
    6. Hospitals, clinics, local surgeries;
    7. Other support systems.
 
  1. Girls and boys are involved and actively participate in all the different activities in an age appropriate way.
  2. More and more foundations, European institutions and stakeholders are engaged in supporting the vision of ‘Learning for Well-being’.

Activities:

The Consortium has agreed on a first activity plan:
 

‘Learning for Well-being’ Policy Glossary:

In February 2010 Professor Ilona Kickbusch was commissioned by the Consortium to take the lead in drafting a Policy Glossary on ‘Learning for Well-being’ for children and young people, which will provide a conceptual and strategic framework as well as the basis for a common language for policy makers at all levels in Europe. One of the aims is to help create a shift in mindsets and practices that responds to the diversity of individuals and their learning processes, valuing the fulfilment of individual potential. The Policy Glossary will reflect the state-of-the-art in knowledge and interdisciplinary research on ‘learning for well-being’, outline principles for policies at different levels of governance and propose ideas about making it happen. The work on the Policy Glossary has received a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
 
 

‘Learning for Well-being’ Conference:

The Consortium is organising an agenda setting conference for European and international institutions, national governments, foundations, business, research and NGOs to support the EU agenda towards the well-being of children.
 
The conference will be held in Brussels early in 2011 in cooperation with, among others, partners from education, health, media, ICT, community and family organisations. It will bring together global and local partners from multiple sectors of society and disciplines. An advanced draft of the Policy Glossary will be presented to the conference for discussion.
 
 

‘Learning for Well-being’ Europe Charter:

The Consortium will draft a Charter for adoption by the conference in 2011. It will be a declaration of common understanding of what is required for the diverse learning environments of children and young people to be more conducive to their well-being. This Charter will serve as a guide for developing, implementing and evaluating programmes to enhance the well-being of children.
 
 

‘Learning for Well-being’ Indicators:

The Consortium Secretariat has drafted a stocktaking report on existing data sets and indicators for measuring ‘learning for well-being’: The well-being of children and youth – a stocktaking report on data sets and indicators. It integrates approaches to understanding the personal perception of children and young people about their well-being in their diverse learning environments and also highlights the need for indicators for measuring the types of competences and capacities that enable them to flourish and realise their unique potential. This understanding will also contribute to shaping the Policy Glossary.

Please click here to download the Stocktaking Report on data sets and indicators on the well-being of children and youth.
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