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TRANSITIONS, INTERLOCKING AND PERMEABILITY OF EDUCATIONAL DOMAINS
Learning Network Region Rheingau-Taunus (Hesse)
Ready for take-off! Learning from one’s own experience
I. Problem
More and more people are affected by unemployment, or
are forced to change jobs or professions. They have to cope
with the process of changing from one occupation to another.
Above all, this process requires soft skills and areas of
competence such as reflective skills, decision-making skills,
self-determining skills and an ability to assume responsibility
for one's own life. Young secondary school leavers, in particular,
need to be able to plan and determine their own professional
careers. An awareness of personal skills, areas of
competence and strengths and weaknesses promotes the
self-confidence, self-esteem and decision-making skills of
young adults when making the transition from school to
professional life, enabling them to assume responsibility for
their own future and to recognise their own personal
requirements.
However, we discovered that these skills have so far played
either no role at all or only a minor role in lessons in our region.
In spring 2004, the school principals and teachers participating
in our network developed a curriculum focusing on
the following subjects in three workshops under the supervision
of an experienced education expert:
• Promotion of communication and cooperation skills
among students,
• Becoming aware of areas of competence,
• Promotion of ability to cope with conflicts,
• Career planning.
III. Outlook
The curriculum is being tested in autumn 2004 in the participating
secondary, comprehensive and vocational schools.
At a reflection workshop in January 2005, teachers will pool
experiences and results and subsequently revise the curriculum
so that it can be published after completion.
II. Solution approach
In the project “Ready for take-off! Learning from one’s own
experience” the principals and teachers of secondary, comprehensive
and vocational schools are developing a curriculum
for pupils of secondary schools and vocational preparation
classes.
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The aims of the project are as follows:
• By examining their own biographies, students learn to
recognise their personal abilities, skills and areas of
competence.
• They analyse their strengths and preferences and develop
a personal profile.
• They improve their self-determining skills for their
professional future.
• They establish new social contacts so as to provide mutual
support in the reorientation process.
• School principals and teachers create a network for
subject-based contacts, mutual support and development
of new training ideas.