Event: Experiential Knowledge and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

A new dimension in personalized inclusive education

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We invite you to a three-day international event on learning from and working with experiential knowledge both in social work and nursing education and in practice. On day 1 you can participate in international workshops and a work visit. Day 2 is a conference with keynotes and learning sessions. On day 3 you can join the international part of the PEPPER conference. You can attend one, two or all days of the event. The workshops and conference are hosted by Windesheim University of Applied Sciences and partnership Experiential Knowledge.

The focus of the events is how we can integrate experiential knowledge in higher education. The international workshops (day 1) give examples on various levels on how this can take shape. In the three keynotes (day 2), the following themes will be discussed: Bini Araia will share how they work together with asylum seeking children and parents, social works students and practitioners; Alie Weerman will talk about her experiences at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences with implementing experiential knowledge in social work education; and the Partnership Experiential Knowledge will present the results of the project.

Program

Wednesday 9 October International workshops

9.00 Registration
10.00 Welcome & plenary session about the project Experiential Knowledge in Higher Education
10.45 break
11.15 workshop round 1, click here to see all workshops.
12.15 Lunch
13.30–17.00 workshop round 2 & 3 or a work visit. Click here to see all workshops.

Thursday 10 October Conference

9.00 Registration
10.00 Welcome & keynotes

• Keynote Bini Araia – will share his experience of working in a program where service users (unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), asylum seeking parents) codesigned round table workshops along with social work students and practitioners at a neutral space looking at key topics such as housing, health, security, FGM, benefit entitlements including right to advocacy support, cultural differences, the law in the UK as far as child protection is concerned, social workers roles and shared each other’s perspectives. See article ‘Why asylum seeker parents are scared of social workers’.
  Bini Araia is originally from Eritrea and a former political refugee to the UK. He has worked with refugees and vulnerable migrants over the last two decades. Bini is a co-founder of a regional refugee charity called Investing in people and Culture (IPC) based in the North east of England, which serves around 2000 refugees and asylum seekers annually.
• Keynote Alie Weerman – will talk about her experiences at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences with implementing experiential knowledge in Social work education. Alie Weerman is professor Mental Health and Society at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences.
• Keynote Jean Pierre Wilken and colleagues from the partnership Experiential Knowledge in Higher Education – present the main outcomes of this 2 years Erasmus+ project. The project consisted of a number of 7 work packages: theoretical foundation, educational materials, training for teachers, support kit for experts by experience, organisational framework, website and resources and monitoring. Jean Pierre Wilken is professor of Social Work (chair Participation, Care and Support) at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences.

12.10 lunch
13.30 parallel workshops – dive into the keynotes
14.30 break
15.00 parallel workshops – dive into the keynotes
16.00-17.00 refreshments

Friday 11 October International part PEPPER conference

11.30-12.45 – International perspectives on experiential expertise and experiential knowledge. Experiences from different European countries. 
If you want to register for the complete PEPPER conference, and not just the international part, you will have to do this separately via University of Applied Sciences Windesheim. The language of the PEPPER conference is Dutch.

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Practical information

9, 10 & 11 October 2024, Campus 2, 8017 CA Zwolle
To see the full programme, click here.
Registration starts at 9.00 CET, activities at 10.00 CET, lunch included.
The language during the event is English.
Participation in the events of 9th, 10th October and the international part on 11th of October is free of charge.

For who?

The events are for everyone that is interested in the theme, this can be personal of professional. For example, social workers, nurses, teachers, students, researcher and staff.

Questions?

Please contact iris.vantwout@hu.nl.

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