1 elfe conference brussels a presentation of the losa project nordland county, norway
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ELFE Conference
Brussels
A presentation of the LOSA projectNordland County, Norway
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LOSA
”Local education in cooperation with local working life”
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”Secondary education in Rural areas”.
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The Main Objectives of the Project was:
- To give young people at the age of 15 to 16 in rural districts the possibility to attend upper secondary education in their local communities
- To reduce the drop-out percentage among first-year-students from rural districts
- To enable young people to stay at home as long as possible
- To strengthen and increase cooperation between working life, local authorities and educational institutions
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Based on 3 different fields of learning:
The field of web-based education: The students work individually with the different subjects. They are taught by their teachers by the use of telephone, e-mail, chat-programs and by active use of web-boards
Classrom-based education:
The students are supervised by local instructors, by fellow students for the benefit of cross-curricular cooperation.
Local firms: which give in-firm training related to the specific aim.
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Partners in the LOSA project.
• 2 main schools: Saltdal Upper Secondary School and Nordland Upper Secondary School of fisheries offer 10 different
foundation courses
• 3 local communities: Træna, Beiarn and Værøy
The students are formally administered by the two main schools
• 4 small cooperating local secondary Schools introduced in 2003
The students are administered by the local schools and recieve ICT-education in the subjects which the
local schools can not offer themselves
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Main schools :
Saltdal uss and Nordland uss:
Responsible for the educational organization and providing ICT- teachers
3 local Municipalities : With one local instructor and local companies with skilled vocational instructors
4 small local secondary schools:
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Local instructor
Seven students representing three fields of study
8 local firms with skilled vocational instructors
Saltdal upper secondary schoolResponsible of administration,curricular organization and teachers
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Organizing the school year
• 2 week terms:• Weeks of practice: Vocational training in local firms.• Week of theory: Working with ICT• Every week 2 lessons of physical education, 2
lessons of optional subjects.
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Participants in the Art, Craft and Design studies
Working on the ELP ”Its Learning”
Weeks of theory
Weeks of practice in local firms
Experiences and reflections
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Participants in Art, Craft and Design trades
• 16 students in..• 6 different municipalities and secondary schools with…• 6 local instructors and…• About 30 local firms or practical instructors• 4 teachers teaching drawing, colour, shape and
art history ( located to main schools)4 teachers in general studies ( located to main schools)
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1 student1 local instructor2 local firms
4 students 1 local instructor 7 local firms
2 students 1 local instructor 4 local firms
2 students1 local instructor7 local firms
4 students1 local instructor4 local firms
3 students1 local instructor6 local firms
Map over Participants
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Its Learning, our digital classroom
All theory connected to different subjects
Theoretical and practical tasks
Communication: - e-mail - chat - forum
Participants
Links
Status for each student
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Weeks of theory Students are working on there own using ICT, Its learning, books and other sources.
Both theoretical and practical tasks
Communication via internet and phone
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Weeks of practice in lokal firms and with practical instructors
This can be…
Florists
Photographers
Hairdressers
Colour shops
Craftsmen
Doudjier ( lappish craftsmen)
Designers
Artists
People with knowledge to special tecniques and art- materials
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Experiences and reflections
The subjects distinctive character - a challenge connected to e-learning
Working on their own and structuring their own school day - a challenge for the students
The triangle of using ICT, ordinary classrooms and local firms
New possibilities to young students in rural districts
The LOSA project in the future - some reflections…
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Evaluation of the ”District school model” - A NETWORK SCHOOL
Worked out by Høgskolen in Nesna (teachers’ training college)
The main purpose of the evaluation was to find:• To which extent the education is qualitative comparable to ordinary upper secondary education (foundation course level)
• To which extent this educational model can contribute to a general increase in the standard of education in small municipalities
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Main Conclusions.
- The project has to a high degree attained most of the general objectives.
- The cooperation between school and the local working life has been strengthened
- The implementation of this model represents something new in Norway and it has been valuable both with regard to a general development of the remote districts and as an educational resource for students in upper secondary school everywhere.
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From project to permanent education
In 2003 the Nordland County council made this decision:
”The county council consider the ’district school model’ to be of major importance for the development of a decentralized upper secondary educational organization in Nordland”.
The county council has decided to pursue the ’district school model’ in Træna, Værøy, Beiarn and at Andøy, Lødingen and Knut Hamsun upper secondary schools at a permanent basis.