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From traineeship in England to a better profession..
From traineeship in England to a better professional life.
Start date: Jul 1, 2014,
End date: Jun 30, 2016
PROJECT
FINISHED
Globalization and continuous changes in all aspects of life are the most influential factors that we need to consider when thinking about effective education. Integration and implementation of work-based learning into the school curriculum is one of the most important step to a successful professional life. The workplace offers diverse and rich learning opportunities that enable learners to develop their skills, knowledge and competences that they need to become fully qualified and flexible professionals. Vocational education needs to adapt to the situation on a labour market. It should offer students not only options for better employment chances, but it should also motivate them for a further study. There is no doubt that internationalisation influences our lives in many ways and so it should be implemented in vocational education too. That´s why we felt extremely important to develop international cooperation between institutions and encourage new approaches to teaching, learning and training with the emphasize on foreign languages and practical skills. We wanted to offer vocational education that was built on quality, relevance and attractiveness. The main objectives of this project was through a traineeship in companies enable our students to develop their personalities and improve their professional skills and abilities that are necessary for their future working lives.
By developing this project we focused on the following OBJECTIVES:
- to improve the quality and efficiency of vocational education and to enhance its attractiveness and relevance
- to promote and increase mobility in Europe
- to enhance creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship
- to promote equity, social cohesion and active citizenship
- to use and promote European transparency tools such as ECVET and Europass
- to give an international dimension to the learning content
- to promote studying foreign languages, especially English
The TARGET GROUP of this project were the students of ICT field - computer network mechanic, economic informatics. We had selected the students of ICT field because this field is getting more and more popular among the students of our school and at the same time it is the field that is continuously in progress. Within this project we have made 60 mobilities.
The PROFILE of the target group: The graduate of ICT field is a qualified worker who has the knowledge and skills in the field of management and transmission of information, use of information technology, hardware, computer software and computer networks. Graduates are able to work independently as well as in a team. Their knowledge and skills are to use not only for the operation of the equipment for the processing of information, proposals and implementation of communication systems, but also to make diagnosis and check or repair defects and deficiencies on the devices. They have knowledge in the field of business, management and marketing too so after graduating they are well prepared for starting their own business. The graduates have a wide professional profile with the necessary general education and practical and professional skills and abilities.
The ACTIVITIES DEVELOPED within the project were those that our participants focus on in their study and practical training. We focused on the knowledge and skills in the field of ICT hardware,, software and computer network. They specialized in working with networks according to requirements and configuration as well as PC upgrading, diagnostics and repair, installation of operating systems, setting up the environment. They also devoted to the protection and security of PC installation and supply management, data design and installation of PC networks and subnets. They were also taught alternative operating systems (Linux), advanced use of Office (office, OpenOffice), algorithm and programming (Pascal, Delphi, C), working with graphic and design software (AutoCad). In the period of two years we have organized 6 flows (60 mobilities altogether) which enabled our students to work and live abroad for three weeks.
As for the IMPACT, first of all our project supported skills in vocational subjects, improved social and communication competences, improved professional competence, broadened participants´ horizons and gave an opportunity for personal development of each participants. We believe that all factors mentioned will enable the participants to find their positions in European labour market and it will decrease unemployment rate in general.
The RESULTS of the project are PPT and Prezi presentations, discussions, articles in the newspapers, project diaries and reports, videospots on local TVs, brochures and posters about the project, project logo and the website which contain the information about traineeship.
From a longer perspective our project helped and encouraged the people to adapt to new conditions and manage changes that all of us have to face.