MorePAL More Parents Associated for Learning

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MorePAL More Parents Associated for Learning

• Lydia Dachkova, Bulgaria
• Simona Elena Bernat, Romania
• Meeli Pandis, Estonia
• Klaire Sinisalu, Estonia
• Rumena Dimitrova, Bulgaria
• The Baltic Sea Conference
• Dialogue of Cultures and Development of Literacy
• The First National conference of
• the Latvian Reading Association
• July 30 August 1, 2008, Riga

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• MorePAL - More Parents Associated for Learning is
  a Grundtvig 1 - European Cooperation Project
• Aim to empower European parents to be more
  actively and effectively involved in their
  children's education school and community.
• Duration October 06 - September 08

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Partners

• United Kingdom - County Council of the City and
  County of Cardiff http//www.cardiff.gov.uk
  Bulgaria - ????????? ????????? ?? ??????
  /Bulgarian Reading Association BulRA
  http//www.bulra.org Estonia - Eesti
  Lugemisühing / Estonian Reading Association
  EstRA www.lugemisyhing.ee Romania -
  Asociatia Lectura si Scrierea pentru Dezvoltarea
  Gândirii Critice România / Reading and Writing
  for Critical Thinking Association Romania RWCT
  www.alsdgc.ro

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Target group

• 100 parents and 25 teachers/adult tutors,
  together with their schools and communities
• The project includes working with marginalised
  children and families, working with children with
  special needs.
• The project improves dialoge of cultures as well
  in countries as between differnt countries and
  improves cooperation and understanding in
  multicultural world.

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Aims and activities

• Bringing parents, students, siblings, teachers,
  adult tutors and community organisations together
  in enjoyable creative and challenging activities
• Developing understanding of the important
  contribution that family involvement in learning
  makes to a child's development and educational
  success.
• Parents will learn how to maximise educational
  success in their whole family through
  participation in creative family activities,
  parenting education.
• Development of support organisations (Parents
  Associations) in schools and communities.

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Project Meetings

• Stuttgart, Germany, October 2006,
• Cluj-Napoca, Romania, January 2007, Project
  Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, September 2007,
• Russe, Bulgaria, April 2008,
• Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, September 2008

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Outcomes

• Partner organizations shared pedagogical
  methodologies, trained teachers and adult tutors
  in these methodologies, which underpined the
  project's work with parents and families
• Parents and other family members were encouraged
  to seek further lifelong learning opportunities
• Partner organizations provided support in the
  development of Parent Associations or the work of
  existing ones

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Products

• Self Help Guides
• Romania Learning Together
• Bulgaria Playing Brain Games Together
• Estonia Playing Moving Games Together
• UK Wales Healthy Eating Together
• Website www.morepal.org
• Artefacts from childre-parents-school
  co-operation (films, books, portfolios, CD-ROMs,
  course books, reports etc)

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Contacts

• UK coordinator Ann Lock alock_at_cardiff.gov.uk
• Bulgaria coordinator Lydia Dachkova
  ldachkova_at_osi.bg bulra_at_osi.bg
• Estonia coordinator Klaire Sinisalu
  klaire.sinisalu_at_mail.ee
• Romania coordinator Ariana Vacaretu
  ariana.vacaretu_at_vimore.com
• www.morepal.org

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