According to forecasts of employment trends, skill requirements for jobs are increasing, whereas job opportunities for low-skilled and unskilled workers are facing a dramatic decline. Since learning has become a necessary precondition for successful employment, the concept of "self-directed learning" can be a solution for this dilemma.

A European project

Learn.Empowerment ist a LEONARDO DA VINCI project which brings together 21 partners from 11 European countries to research on this issue.

They create "Guidelines for integration of self-directed learning into vocational education and training of low-skilled unemployed persons" and a "Tool Box" with a collection of methods directed at different target groups and attributed to this new didactic approach.

The project Learn.Empowerment lasts from October 2004 till March 2007.

The newsletter of the project provides information about the activities and outcomes. It is availible for free download.

Learn.Empowerment

A European project

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