The Personal Learning Audit Part 1: Meeting your Past

Session outline: This session is part 1 of a personal learning audit, whose overall objective is to articulate the need, and stimulate the desire, for learning among citizens. This first part deals with the individual’s personal learning (or lack of it) in the past, and attempts to provide insights into motivations and attitudes built up at school and in the working and leisure world. As in most audits, the questions are non-judgmental and are designed to promote a sympathetic dialogue between the participant and the person, usually but not necessarily a learning counsellor, as a basis for further progress in parts 2 and 3. Learning Cities and Regions can use these in many different types of environment - in community centres, with the unemployed, on second language courses, in learning providers and workplaces, in voluntary organizations and youth clubs, and as part of a drive to create a culture of learning among hard to reach people. They are however equally useful for those motivated people seeking to improve their status, performance and prospects. They can also be used to gather information on learning attitudes and requirements. The Audits have been tested in a number of environments and this version improves on previous versions tested in the SKILL Europe and Learning Jamat projects.