This IMF manual has been produced to assist educators in IMF affiliated unions to develop and improve their trade union education programmes. The manual gives an overview of active learning and adult education. It also addresses basic questions such as: - What is trade union education?
- Why do unions need it?
- How do we carry out trade union education programmes and workshops effectively?
- How do we evaluate the effectiveness of our programmes?
- How can trade union education be used to meet some of the new challenges unions face in the 21st century?
INTRODUCTION Overview, reading instructions, aims of the manual, etc. Full text � 1. ADULT EDUCATION AND UNION EDUCATION Main ideas in adult education and the development of active learning. Full text � 2. UNION EDUCATION AIMS AND PROGRAMMES Aims of union education. Key aspects of education programmes. Case studies. Full text � 3. THE UNION EDUCATION PROCESS In this part of the manual we will look at the union educator and what is involved when you organise education activities. Adult education is often described as a process. This is because it does not start with the beginning of a course or workshop and finish when the course or workshop is finished. Full text � 4. GROUP WORK In Part Four of the manual we looked at group work and how to organise group work effectively. Full text � 5. ACTIVE LEARNING AND THE WHOLE GROUP In part five of the manual we will now look at how you can promote active learning or involvement working with all your participants together. Full text � 6. DEVELOPING YOUR EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS In Part Six of the manual we will be looking at how you plan your own course, workshop or education sessions, based on an active learning approach. Full text � 7. PLANNING AND ORGANISING YOUR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES In this part of the manual we will look at what is involved in planning and organising your education activities successfully. Effective planning will help maximise the benefits to both the participants and your union. Making best use of scarce resources is one of your main aims as a union educator. Full text � 8. EVALUATION In part eight of the manual we will be looking at how to evaluate your courses, workshops and study circles. Effective evaluation of the union education programmes you are involved with is an important part of your job as an educator. Full text � 9. UNION EDUCATION, CHANGE AND GLOBAL ECONOMY In the past, national union programmes have focused on their own economies in order to bring about political and economic change. Now, unions are faced with new struggles. In this final part of the manual we will look at some of the current developments in union education that seek to deal with this new reality. Full text �
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