CHAGAL Set Up Project Information

CHAGAL-Set Up

Coordinator: Grete Kernegger (Austria), Consultant: Imke Mohr (Austria)
Project team: Roland Forster (Germany), Mee Foong Lee (United Kingdom), Kees Smit (Netherlands), Penka Taneva-Kafelova (Bulgaria).

CHAGAL-SET UP is based on CHAGAL, a SOCRATES/Grundtvig 1 project.
CHAGAL develops European Curriculum Guidelines for Access programmes into Higher education for underrepresented Adult Learners (i.e. members of ethnic minorities, migrants, university applicants from European accession candidate countries and from developing countries). In the context of growing student mobility the Curriculum Guidelines are designed to improve the effectiveness of preparation/access programmes. Thus the Curriculum Guidelines will facilitate integration into higher education and support social inclusion of the CHAGAL student target group.

CHAGAL–SET UP wants to

initiate an implementation process of the Curriculum Guidelines at national and at European level,
enhance the Bologna Process by providing examples of good practice for orientation and integration activities in order to facilitate access to higher education (and retention) for the CHAGAL student target group,
promote the learner-centred approach for course design and for language teaching methodology,
support networking of decision makers and instructors at preparation/access courses.

Steps to achieve these goals

develop appropriate implementation measures for the Curriculum Guidelines with experts: decision makers in the field of higher education, university multipliers and curriculum designers,
recommend implementation measures to key multipliers in member states of the Council of Europe,
compile examples of good practice of innovative course design for preparation courses and of learner-centred, innovative language teaching methodology,
disseminate good practice to instructors at institutions offering preparation/access courses in member states of the Council of Europe.

CHAGAL– SET UP products

Recommendations for the implementation of the CHAGAL Curriculum Guidelines
- for decision makers.
Collection of examples of good practice: learner centred approach in curriculum development and in language teaching methodology for the CHAGAL student target group
- for practitioners.

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