SSL4Adults
Erasmus+ project
Start date: 01/12/2021 – End
date: 01/12/2023
Partners: E-Seniors (France), Olemisen Balanssia RY (Finland),
Bursa Uludag Universitesi
(Turkey), Polygonal (Italy), Centro educacion permanente CEHEL (Spain), Stichting
learning Hub Friesland (The Netherlands).
In the 21st century, we are
surrounded by complex and ill-structured issues such as combating global
climate change, preventing the spread of coronavirus, animal testing for
medical purposes, consumption of GMO foods, establishment of nuclear power
plants and cloning. Such ambivalent issues are called socio-scientific
issues. Due to its controversial nature, individuals entering the
decision-making process on these issues make decisions by thinking through many
sources of evidence such as the media, family, other people, the discourses of
scientific authorities and personal justifications. For this reason, there’s
risk of misunderstandings and short-cut bias.
For example, today many people are hanging back the Covid-19 vaccination
process due to disruptive factors such as misunderstanding, media manipulation
and risk perceptions.
Our project emerges aims to improve low-skilled adult learners’
performance, self-efficacy, and motivation of adult tutors and a demonstration
of practice that will competently address socially sensitive and controversial
socio science-related issues. Also, improve skills for using digital tools, and raised effectiveness to develop
learners’ key competences in the context of ALE. We want to empower
multi-dimensional and cross-sectoral cooperation to unite per partners
strengths, making up for their shortcomings and covering their multi-cultural
needs and creating harmony in the context of Adult Education.
