Search for European Projects

One teacher and one student working with Projectx

The Dual System of Vocational Training is mostly seen as one of the most effective vocational educational systems because students are trained according to the real needs of the Companies; unfortunately this System is not implemented in all European countries. In addition, in those countries the pedagogical methodology used is still giving “master classes”: one teacher to many students; with the aggravating factor that the curricula of the subjects were designed a long time ago and are distant from the needs and current technologies used in companies. As a result of this situation, young students lack in skills and competences for making them ready to enter the labour market.The aim of this project was twofold: on one hand we wanted to bring the needs of the companies closer to schools and, on the other hand, to improve the pedagogical methodology –the way of teaching at schools– allowing teachers to pay attention to each singular student, and concerning about their own personal learning rhythms.The instrument we used to make real this purpose was what we called the “ProjectX”, a methodological guide for the student to carry out a concrete activity, one to one with the teacher, in which theory and practice are both perfectly integrated and it is related to the real workplace. Each ProjectX was developed on the basis of Learning Outcomes, which meant we also created a tool based in the ECVET credit system that allowed mobility of students between the participating institutions. In this way we were aligned with the European Strategy 2020 which boosts the mobility of students and teachers in a high grade of quality.
Up2Europe Ads

Coordinator

Details