Project number: NPAD-2017/10097 TAU project

Seminar 1 Material [Part 1]

An introduction
Creation of favorable educational
environment, management and
planning work with adult learners
Document details

Country: Finland

Company: Learnmera Oy

Elaborated by: Inês Messias

Date of submission 13.12.2017

Seminar details
Seminar date 22.11.2017

Partners present Ingmarie Rohdin - SE

Åsa Kajsdotter - SE
Yulia Bazyukina - FI
Inês Messias - FI
Marja-Liisa Helenius - FI
Veronica Gelfgren - FI

Responsible All partner countries. Activity to be held by each partner in their institution
for its participants.

Result Participants will improve their educational and management competence.

Topics addressed

1 Adult education 2 Vocational 3 SFI (Swedish for

in Sweden training Immigrants)
programme
Topic 1
Adult education in Sweden
 A crude proxy for
integration
Swedish Finish Foreigners
3,5
“Sweden is statistically one of the
worst countries at the integration 3

of foreigners” 2,5

2
Aje Carlbom
Professor in Social Anthropology 1,5
Malmo University
Financial Times, September 29, 2016 1

0,5

0
Unemployment Rate
“Why? Mainly because this is
a highly complex country
Professional
where you can’t get a job
knowledge
without education. Many of
those who come are Linguistic Computer
uneducated — that is the knowledge literacy
main problem.”
Aje Carlbom Swedish
Professor in Social Anthropology
Malmo University
labor market
Financial Times, September 29, 2016 high
demands
Topic 2
Vocational training programme
Vocational training programme is adult education that gives the
participants the skills needed to cope, for example in care, transport,
hospitality. Those who study the programmes are allowed to learn
Swedish while training professional skills. A labour market training
programme is a vocational training programme geared toward
occupations where there is a shortage of trained staff. There are training
courses in several different industries and occupations, and the selection
varies based on the needs of the labour market.
Topic 3
SFI (Swedish for Immigrants)
SFI is for those who need…
❖A basic knowledge of Swedish.
❖To be able to communicate orally and in writing in everyday life, in
society and at work.

You must have…

❖ 16 years of age, but there is no upper age limit to start studying.
 diferent…
student’s
According to the individual
The programmw is:

Directed at people with

Planned Conditions Experiences
Designed Needs Living situations
Adapted Goals. Knowledge
Study goals

Different people will study the courses at different speeds.

Courses start and finish on different occasions for different people.

The student will have…

At least 15 hours of instruction per week.

Instruction in Swedish

Learning to read and write can take place in the student’s native language or other
language the student has a good command of.

Instruction that can be combined, for example, with work, an internship or other programme
within municipal adult education (Komvux) or special education for adults (Särvux).