Second Survey School and WOW.pdf

WORKING GROUP: SCHOOL
III.3. Recommendations – topics for discussion
Austria
Pedagogical processes at school must have strongly connected with the changing
situations in society and the world, including the world of work, especially in time before
the interfaces and decisions for individual transition.
The resent, proposals and suggestions for change and further development of school and
pedagogical processes in school for teachers, for learning outcomes etc. you can read in
the second interim report of the Expert Commission of the Austrian Federal Government –
it’s a pity, only in German …
Denmark
Regarding teaching and learning at schools with the objective to prepare young people for the
world of work the following issues might need to be addressed:
If and how we are able to generalise what competencies young people need to become
employable and/or self‐employed
How different activities enhances young peoples understanding oft he world of work
(picture of themselves and their opportunities)
What is actually at stake when choosing a career and what consequences that should have
on the career education that takes place in compulsory schools and further on
Finland
Guidance should be a compulsory component in curricula during comprehensive education.
Focus should be in career management skills as identified a priority in the 2004 EU Council
Resolution on Lifelong guidance
Germany
until today, it is still a lack of curricular based and professional guidance activities in
German schools
the project and other good practice (like the ones described) are rather models in the
moment but they are not established in a broader sense
in respect to this but also to other issues (e.g. teacher training, network management) a
clearer definition of competencies and financing on the regional, federal and national level
is necessary
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