Chagal in action ! European Curriculum guidelines for access programmes into higher education for under-represented adult learners (CD-Rom

This publication is targeted primarily at instructors of pre-university programmes (preparatory/access courses) for international students and more widely at everyone interested in the learner-centred approach. The idea for the CHAGAL project was born out of the realisation that education systems have to be responsive to the diverse backgrounds and the specific needs of the target group and to adopt effective strategies to ensure success in the students' undertakings. An innovative and inclusive curriculum sensitive to the students' diversity not only promotes positive student experience and success, but also reflects the host country's acceptance of the benefits these students have to offer. On the CHAGAL in ACTION! CD-ROM 12 Curriculum Guidelines drawn up by the 16 Partner institutions originally participating in the CHAGAL-Grundtvig project describe how student-centred course curricula can be developed and implemented and illustrate how CHAGAL principles can be put into practice. Examples of good practice from 9 European countries comprise the areas of : • social and cultural learning • content-based learning • language and study skills • student support and are - together with the CHAGAL Recipe Book for Teachers - targeted specifically at practitioners.

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