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| ‘Families are the main context of learning for most people. Learning within the family is usually more lasting and influential than any other. Family life provides a foundation and context for all learning.’, Riches beyond price: making the most of family learning, NIACE 1995 |
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Conference: Families, learning, impact and the national agendas |
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What is family learning?
Family learning is learning as, or within, a family, though the notion of ‘family’ encompasses the myriad of forms chosen in contemporary society. It is learning that helps people operate as a family.
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Making the Connection: The Mental Health and Family Learning pack This resource pack is aimed at managers and practitioners in adult learning, particularly family learning and mental health services who want to work in partnership to improve, set up or develop opportunities that promote access to family learning for adults experiencing mental health difficulties. The pack may also be useful for anyone interested in mental health and family learning. |
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Families, Learning and Culture: Inspiring families through museums,
libraries and archives The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) commissioned this joint NIACE / MLA publication to support the development of effective family learning provision in museums, libraries and archives.
- Museums and families – learning
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Skills for grandparents Funded by the Skills for Life Strategy Unit and developed by the Basic Skills Agency at NIACE, ‘Skills for Grandparents’ informs the rollout of family literacy, language and numeracy (FLLN) programmes for grandparents, particularly those aged 35–50, with gaps in their literacy, language and/or numeracy skills. Listen to podcast here |
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Families, Learning and Progression A project for family learning practitioners and managers interested in developing effective methods of sampling progression of the adult participants from family learning programmes. It comprises a resource pack, funded by the Learning and Skills Council, developed from research and case studies with local authority family learning providers. The pack is supplemented by examples of reports and materials kindly supplied by providers. |
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| Renaissance North West: Evaluation of the North West Museum Hub Family Learning Initiatives - [PDF] |
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The
links between family learning and parenting programmes in local authority
settings [PDF 984KB] The DfES commissioned this exploratory research to identify the overlaps and positive synergy between family learning1 and parenting skills programmes in local authority settings. The brief included identifying the barriers to effective working and making recommendations on how policy can be developed to support more effective joint working. Fourteen recommendations are included in this report.
The Links
between family learning and parenting programmes: a discussion document
for local authorities - [PDF 208 KB] |
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Quality Matters: Think Family This publication is a critical new guide to support all those working with families and parents. |
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Five This publication highlights the critical role of family learning in the Every Child Matters agenda. |
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| Family learning
to employment This ESF-funded project forms part of NIACE's Sign Up Now campaign, and provides materials and case studies demonstrating how family learning can lead to employment and community enrichment. |
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| NIACE Consultation: Units of Assessment for Family Learning Tutors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Best Practice Seminar: Implementing policy at a local level: working with
parents and family learning, Thursday 19 July, Birmingham. This is a joint NIACE and Parenting UK event aimed at senior managers and expert practitioners to support local authorities to develop their strategic approaches across the field of working with parents and family learning, update knowledge and share best practice. |
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| Family Literacy,
Language and Numeracy for Offenders - Evaluation Report -
[PDF 186 KB] This report presents the findings of an evaluation of the Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy for Offenders: A Regional Pilot Project Managed by Read On Write Away! (ROWA!). |
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| Linking the
thinking in family learning: Embedding family learning across policy areas
- [PDF 1MB] by Jeanne Haggart and Rachel Spacey
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| Adding value: adult learning
and extended services - [PDF 2MB] This new report aims to explore the role of adult learning in the development of extended services and to show how it can support the other services that schools are developing with their communities. It is intended as an introduction to this important area of work, one that will whet your appetite for getting started and will help you in working with others who share your interest and commitment to working in the community. |
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| The Building Blocks of
Quality in Family Learning - [PDF 1140KB] Guidance for planners, managers and practitioners |
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| A Training Needs Analysis (Partnership Working)
of Sure Start Managers - [PDF 66KB] Research on the training needs of Sure Start Local Programme (SSLP) and Children’s Centre managers, with a particular emphasis on needs related to partnership working. |
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| Family Learning and Public Libraries: A Scoping Study
- Final Report - [PDF 212KB] A review of the available literature and analysis of data generated from a survey of English public library authorities.
Family Learning and Public Libraries: A Scoping Study
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| Pieces of the Jigsaw: Where Adult and Community Learning and Family Learning sit in the new Children’s Services environment - [PDF 55KB] |
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| Promoting Family Friendly Progression for Learners: Reference and Resource Material - [PDF 208KB] |
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| A Framework for the Engagement of Family Learning with Key Government Policies - [PDF 221 KB] |
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| The Impact of Adults’ Participation
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Learning – A Study Based In Lancashire - June 2004 -[PDF 347 KB] The primary focus of this research was to assess and measure the impact of adult participation in family learning programmes. This encompassed the outcomes for adults in their own right, along with the outcomes for children, schools and the wider community that result from adult participation in family learning. |
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Conferences / Reports
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| Families, learning, impact and the national agendas | 22&23 Jan 09 | |
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Getting it right from the start - infant mental health and emotional well
being in children and young people - [PDF
External Link to CAMHS] CAMHS National Conference (see page 19 for a summary of the workshop run by Jeanne Haggart, Kathryn James and Rachel Spacey of NIACE.) |
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Nov 2005 |
| Taking forward the NIACE evaluation recommendations - [PDF 255 KB] |
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March 2004 |
| Evaluation of LSC Funded Family Programmes - [PDF 156 KB] |
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June 2003 |
| Broad, balanced and embedded: Challenges and starting points in developing wider family learning provision - [PDF 217 KB] |
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Sep-Oct 2003 |
Responses
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Work and
Families: Choice and Flexibility A NIACE response to the Department of Trade and Industry consultation on commitments set out in the 2004 Pre-Budget Report to help parents and carers better balance work and family life. |
Feb 2005 |
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Literacy and Social Inclusion: the policy challenge A NIACE response to a discussion paper by the National Literacy Trust Supported by the Basic Skills Agency |
July 2004 |
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Every Child
Matters A NIACE Response to the Department for Education and Skills’ Consultation on the Green Paper Every Child Matters (Cm 5860). |
November 2003 |
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Parenting Fund A NIACE Response to HM Treasury and the Department for Education and Skills’ Consultation on the Parenting Fund. |
November 2003 |
Other Documents
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Learning Matters Topic Paper No. 5: A strategic approach to family
learning and financial capabilities This topic paper is aimed at family learning practitioners and managers looking to develop and deliver family programmes as part of the ‘Financial Capability’ strand of Family Learning Impact Funding programmes or as part of FLLN programmes. |
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| NIACE Family Learning Autumn Update 2008 - [PDF] |
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Learning Matters Topic Paper No. 4: Family Numeracy This topic paper is for family learning managers and practitioners, to provide an overview of the policy context for, and demonstrate the role of family numeracy in meeting policy objectives, and to share examples of best practice. It will be particularly useful for providers looking to extend their family numeracy provision, or those new to family numeracy. It includes a free family numeracy activity that can be photocopied and used with learners. |
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| NIACE Family Learning Summer Update 2008 - [PDF] |
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| Launch of Quality Matters: Think Family Newsletter [PDF] |
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| Family Learning Matters Topic Paper No. 3: Family learning to employment - raising aspirations and gaining skills |
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| Family Learning Matters Topic Paper No. 2: The National Occupational Standards for Family Learning and Qualifications for Family Learning Tutors Reviewing - [PDF 135 KB] |
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| Family Learning Matters Topic
Paper No. I: Reviewing Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy Programmes
- [PDF 211KB] This is the first in a new series of Family Learning Matters Topic Papers. |
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| National Occupational Standards for Family Learning - [External Link to LLUK] | |
| National Occupational Standards for Work with Parents - [External Link to LLUK] | |
| The Benefits of Family
Learning - [PDF 559 KB] A PDF version of a PowerPoint presentation showing the NIACE Review of the Benefits of Family Learning |
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Child Matters: Working with Parents - the role of Family Learning - [PDF 134 KB] Evidence submitted by NIACE on the subject of family learning to the House of Commons Education and Skills Committee's inquiry into the 'Every Child Matters' reforms. |
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| Every Child Matters: The
Contribution Of Family Learning -[PDF KB 236] The Green Paper “Every Child Matters” sets out a vision of what as a society we want to achieve for children. It advocates an approach that involves children, families, communities and public services working to a set of shared goals. This paper, written by NIACE Consultant Marrilynne Snowden, looks at the implications of the Green Paper for Family Learning. |
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| NIACE Briefing Sheet 53: Extended schools and adult learners - [PDF 170 KB] |
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| Starting Points - [PDF 684 KB] A handy collection of case studies showing how family learning provision can be developed from a variety of 'starting points' in homes, schools and neighbourhoods. |
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| Adult Learning and
Skills - Family Edition - [PDF 702 KB] Adult Learning & Skills Family Learning Edition. This is an occasional series published by NIACE and supported by the LSC |
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Evaluation of LSC funded Family Programmes
NIACE was commissioned by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in summer 2002 to undertake an evaluation of LSC funded family programmes. Family programmes covers ‘family literacy, language and numeracy’ and ‘wider family learning’. The evaluation concluded and reported to the LSC at the end of March 2003.
The full report, plus executive summary, is presented below in five parts. The five parts of the report are intended to be read as one full report. For example, Part 1 forms essential background reading to subsequent parts of the report.
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Update
Click here for an updated Action
Plan (PDF) on the Evaluation of LSC Funded Family Programmes
