Key Findings – Target GroupsLIFE2 – Denmark Niels Brock
Teachers -14 Area of improvement:
Interpersonal competences Literacy & Communication
Needs for disadvantages learners: Drop-out focus – are they in the right place Study counsellors Mentors Connection to the labour market Speakers Company visits
Teachers Employer needs taken into account
in developing life skills in the school: On average in the middle
Integration in the formal curriculum: On average in the middle
Teaching of life skills – delivered: By subject specific teachers
Teachers How life skills are favoured in
curriculum Interpersonal – teachers’ task Entrepreneurship – Business case Job seeking – English – applications + CV
The other life skills are incorporated to a high extent.
Teachers Problem areas:
Lack of time Lack of resources Problems working across subjects
Teachers Main factors supporting
development Drop-out focus – listening to the learners Company visits, speakers (making it real)
– relating the disciplines to the labour market
Teachers What works well – including life
skills Teachers’ level of involvement mainly
How is the teacher training organised and do they receive specific training in life skills: Mix of further education college and
teaching. Depends on which life skill.
Teachers Training activities:
Face to face training programs Exchange experience International partnerships
Students - 38 What skills are necessary for the
future job: Interpersonal skills
Efficient, flexible, stable, dutiful, honest, ethical, the right attitude
Communication also intercultural Creativity (innovation) The exam
Students: Successful persons in professional
areas IT, management and entrepreneurial and
creative skills Ability to turn theory into practice Other abilities: goal oriented, hard work,
belief in yourself
Students: The role of the educational process
Basic subjects, group work, presentations, discussions and role play
Mental preparation, achieving social competences
Demands from the educational institutions
Students: If you were a teacher…….
Making it real – connect it to the labour market – why the subject is necessary
Differentiation Develop self-esteem Physical activities
Employers: 6 Competences needed from
employees: Interpersonal competences Learning to learn Communication Numeracy and literacy - mandatory
Employers Key areas to be developed to
improve employment prospects: Numeracy Literacy and communication IT Two languages preferably
Employers Best way to deliver these skills:
Contact to the labour market Each subject should make the connection
and usefulness clear Project work and written cases
Employers How to teach entrepreneurship
Creativity and innovation are difficult to instrumentalize
Basic skills in starting up a new business – business economy and marketing
Risk taking – change of attitude
Employers How to prepare students for the
labour market / business: Work placement External speakers / teachers – extending
the connection
Organisation for disadvantaged group Which are the most important life
skills in order to improve job possibilities: Interpersonal and learning to learning Next numeracy and
literacy/communication
Organisation for disadvantaged group The most efficient way of
developing these skills: Effort in primary school and targeted
teaching for this type of young people ”Living room” at school where these
youngsters can stay and do their homework
Mentors
Organisation for disadvantaged group Any special needs to be considered:
Social inheritance
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