Aims
The self evaluation project and the curricular models and pedagogical approaches aim to develop individuals social self reliance. The curricular modules are designed to prepare and guide people through a process of self reflection in order to evaluate their own skills and knowledge. The starting point of such a process is not the needs of the labour market but the ideas and aspirations of the participants. The self evaluation programme may be a stand alone module or may be embedded within a wider programme of learning. That programme may have as its aim labour market integration. However, one of the objectives of the self evaluation programme is to encourage individuals to explore as wide as possible the different opportunities and options for future actions. This might be progression to continuing learning, it might be to look at possibilities for self employment or voluntary work or it might be more geared towards social networking and community activities.
Therefore the curricular and pedagogic design needs to focus on the ideas and aspirations of the learners and to encourage self reflection and confidence in exploring those ideas and aspirations. It also needs to encourage participants to explore the different opportunities and resources of their communities, be they communities based on geographical proximity or communities based on practice.
