Irish Foster Care Association (IFCA) National Conference: 14 th – 16 th November 2014 'Why we Care’ Michael Kenny, M.Agr.Sc, PGDHE, MIITD, Lecturer, Department of Adult & Community Education, Maynooth University (Ollscoil na hÉireann Má Nuad) http://www.nuim.ie/adult-and-community-education Programme Director: Higher Diploma in Further Education https://www.nuim.ie/study-maynooth/postgraduate- studies/courses/higher-diploma-further-education
This is the outcome of presentation at a workshop during the Irish Foster Care Association (IFCA) National "Why we care" Conference: 14th– 16th November 2014. the workshop focuses on lifelong learning for Foster parents.
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Irish Foster Care Association (IFCA)
National Conference: 14th– 16th November 2014
'Why we Care’
Michael Kenny, M.Agr.Sc, PGDHE, MIITD, Lecturer, Department of Adult & Community Education, Maynooth University (Ollscoil na hÉireann Má Nuad)
http://www.nuim.ie/adult-and-community-education
Programme Director: Higher Diploma in Further Education https://www.nuim.ie/study-maynooth/postgraduate-
The workshop was informal and interactive. Participants were invited to engage and share. Foster parents took the opportunity to share their experiences of learning with each other in small groups and then to relate this back
to the bigger group
The following are the slides prepared for the workshop and incorporates some of the
lifelong learning is an:- "….All purposeful learning activity, whether formal or informal, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills and competence." (White Paper on Adult Education – Learning for Life, 2000, p.56)