Enhance Aontas – Enhancing Adult Learners Voices

Empowering Learners Equipping Practitioners

Enhancing how we amplify and incorporate learner voices to shape adult education.

What is Learner Voice?

Learner Voice is a fundamental concept in adult education, which emphasises that learning is most effective when it is a collaborative process shaped by both educators and learners.

The concept involves incorporating the perspectives, experiences, and feedback of learners into every stage of education, including the design, delivery, and evaluation.

Learner Voice is not just about listening. It is about truly valuing learners’ input and empowering them to be active rather than passive participants in their educational journey.

Benefits of Learner Voice

Empowers Learners

When learners are given a voice in their education, they gain the confidence to take ownership of their learning journey and achieve their full potential.

Improves Outcomes

Actively involving learners in shaping their education leads to better results, with learners more engaged and motivated to succeed.

Promotes Inclusion

Education that values every learner’s background and experiences creates a more inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.

Strengthens Communities

When learners come together, share their experiences, and support one another, they build stronger, more connected communities that grow and thrive together.

Coming Soon: Tools to Amplify Learner Voices

The ENHANCE Matrix

To develop an accessible, interactive and dynamic mapping of existing practices and initiatives that promote active participation and enhancing learners’ voices, through a critical lens that analyses elements of both effectivity and defectivity

The ENHANCE Roadmap

To develop a comprehensive, holistic and honest roadmap to guide processes that provide space for and enhance the voice of the learners, accompanied by a workshop methodology on how to use the roadmap directly with learners, a set of recommendations for policy makers and a series of mini booklets that will be co-created with the learners on breaking the silence, reclaiming their voice and creating outspoken learning processes for an equitable society.

The ENHANCE Podcasts

To provide actual voice to the learners, educators and stakeholders through a series of podcasts with discussions on participatory processes and learners experiences.

WHY?

A learner-centred approach, in which the curriculum is designed with an active participation of the learner, increases the relevance of learning for the adult, thus increasing their motivation to enroll in the course. Learner-led approaches are also key in addressing major global crises, such as the digital and green transition.

HOW?

The project partners collaborate to develop: an accessible, interactive and dynamic mapping of existing practices and initiatives that promote active participation and enhancing learners’ voices, through a critical lens a comprehensive, holistic and honest roadmap to guide processes that provide space for and enhance the voice of the learners,accompanied by a workshop methodology on how to use the roadmap directly with learners a set of recommendations for policy makers a series of mini booklets that will be co-created with the learners on breaking the silence, reclaiming their voice and creating outspoken learning processes for an equitable society a series of podcasts with discussions on participatory processes and learners experiences to provide actual voice to the learners, educators and stakeholders

Project Partners

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Reach out to join our community of innovators, educators, and learners dedicated to transforming adult education. Whether you have questions, ideas, or just want to get involved, we’re here to listen and engage. Let’s make education more inclusive and responsive together.

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