CORE QUALITY CRITERIA: CULTURE OF LEARNING

Main aspects important for quality assurance in the case of a specific quality area (i.e. culture of learning)

QUALITY INDICATORS (CORE AND ADDITIONAL/DESCRIPTORS)

What might indicate quality in the partnership?

EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT INDICATORS

What evidence is available to support the inclusion of the indicators?

EXAMPLES FROM CASE STUDY:

Limerick City of Learning

Learning gaps are documented and related with the quality system

Exploration of diverse learning needs, analysis of barriers and learning failures and innovative ways of improving skills and knowledge

Focus on issues related to the access of groups with disadvantaged backgrounds and documentation of their specific learning needs.

Development and use of specific audit tools of work and citizenship needs (local/regional level)

Specific methodologies/tools for identification of learning gaps explicitly defined and used.

Review of specific disadvantaged groups needs reflected in the regular assessment of the learning region partnership.

Limerick city of Learning developed a way of mapping out needs analysis and research-based activities that allowed for the identification of particular needs addressed and therefore ‘learning gaps'.

The template develop allowed for information on all research being carried out into learning needs to be documented.

‘RESEARCH ACROSS NETWORKS’ MATRIX