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How to use the DIDO toolkit?
How to use the DIDO toolkit?
Go through our selection of tools and get to know them. The tools are clustered around the 6 main reasons for dropping-out that were identified by the DIDO research.
Then select the tool(s) which suite your professional target group and needs in terms of preventing dropout.
Made your selection? Read the instructions of each tool you want to use, download the documents and action!
Why was the DIDO toolkit developed?
Why was the DIDO toolkit developed?
DIDO is an Erasmus+ project, funded with the support of Movetia and the European Commission. By developing a toolkit with specific measures, DIDO aims at increasing the chances of success of adult students throughout Europe.
Obtaining an education and a diploma are valuable instruments in today’s society. It is shown that people without a secondary diploma are unemployed for a longer time than people who have acquired a secondary diploma (Creten, Van Damme & Van de Velde, 2002). In 2015, 58.2 % of 18 to 24 year old early leavers from education and training were either unemployed or inactive. Of the total population of 18 to 24 year olds, 19.1 % were neither in employment nor in any further education or training (NEET) and thus at risk of being excluded from the labour market.
Still, a significant number of students drop out of secondary education before obtaining a diploma (=early school leaving). Some of them go to second chance education later on in life. At that point, they want to obtain a diploma in order to find a job or to move on to further education. Second chance education in Europe is often successful in helping young people who have failed to finish secondary education, by taking a different approach to learning.
But also in second chance education students drop out. The same goes for other departments of adult education, like higher vocational education or L2 programs.
Adult educators have a sense of what causes adult learners to drop out but they are merely assumptions. Too little adult education providers really look into these specific causes by systematically asking their students why they are considering dropping out or have already dropped. Because of this lack of information, the prevention of drop-outs in adult education often does not tackle the real causes and therefore fails. Adult education in Europe is in need of concrete, practical tools to deal with dropout in both second chance education and adult education in general.
Based on that specific need, DIDO was born and this toolkit developed!
Who developed the DIDO toolkit?
Who developed the DIDO toolkit?
The DIDO consortium consists of 6 partners across Europe:
GO! CVO Antwerpen (Belgium): adult education provider
Axxell (Finland): VET provider offering education for e.g. adults
Curio (the Netherlands): secondary VET and adult education provider
AidLearn (Portugal): training, action-research and consulting company
HF & VUC FYN (Denmark): adult education provider
The Swiss Federation for Adult Learning (Switzerland): umbrella organisation for general and vocational adult learning
Want to know more about these organisations? Go to the 'partners' page on the DIDO website.
How was the DIDO toolkit developed?
How was the DIDO toolkit developed?
The DIDO consortium has, each in their own country, carried out a quantitative and qualitative research regarding dropout of adult learners. Each analysis gave an insight in the occurrence of dropout in the respective institution, the reasons for dropout of adult learners and the existing activities and measures in dealing with the prevention of dropout of adult students.
Based on that, 6 main reasons for dropping-out in adult education were identified. To get to know these reasons and/or download the full research report, go to the DIDO website.
During a transnational week, adult educators from all 6 countries came together and brainstormed on which tools can be developed based on the 6 main reasons for dropping out. These tools were then developed, tested for 5 months and optimized based on the feedback of testers. And now available for you to use!
Will the DIDO toolkit stop adult learners from dropping-out?
Will the DIDO toolkit stop adult learners from dropping-out?
We have to be honest here: no, it will not prevent all adult learners from dropping-out. BUT it will allow your school to:
work more actively and broadly on dropout prevention
empower your students before and during their studies by giving them certain expertise and skills which decrease the risk of dropping-out
get a sense of which students are at risk of dropping-out. This in return will allow you to reach out more quickly to those students at risk of dropping-out and possibly prevent them from dropping-out.
These tools are preferably not used by 1 individual adult educator but placed in a general school policy on dropout prevention. However, if you feel your school is not ready for this, go ahead and get started! Other colleagues might follow your example when they notice what you are doing, helps.
Want to download or print the DIDO toolkit?
Want to download or print the DIDO toolkit?
Since it's rather hard to download or print a website, you can download a PDF version of the toolkit here or take a look at it below.
Questions?
Questions?
Do you have a question for the DIDO consortium or one of the partner organisations? Go to the DIDO website and drop your question in the 'contact' section.
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