VET Teachers
Materials for
Here you will find the learning materials which provide you with the self-efficacy, competencies and skills to design and realise a cooperative project-based learning approach. This is achieved through the collaboration with a CSO, your students will create social innovation projects which help the CSO to achieve their goals or support (better) their beneficiaries.
Here is the structure of the learning materials below:
MODULE 1: Development of cooperation, exploration, and research skills
| Overarching Theme | Session Topic | Learning Goal |
|---|---|---|
| Exploration and investigation skills | 1. Keys to understanding the demands of CSOs | Develop exploration and research skills to understand the needs of CSOs and provide solutions within a collaboration plan. |
| 2. Strategies and tools to explore and research solutions to the demands of CSOs. | Providing teachers and students with strategies and tools to understand the characteristics and needs of CSOs, in order to establish an optimal framework for collaboration. | |
| Cooperation skills | 3. What skills are necessary to improve collaboration with CSOs? | Develop collaboration skills to enhance communication and understanding with CSOs. |
MODULE 2: Development of creativity and entrepreneurial spirit skills
| Overarching Theme | Session Topic | Learning Goal |
|---|---|---|
| Creativity skills | 1. Tools and Strategies to Develop Creativity | Develop creativity skills to foster innovation in the VET system. |
| 2. Innovation and creativity as a solution to CSO challenges Tools and Strategies to Develop Creativity | Providing teachers and students with strategies and tools to implement creative and innovative activities that address the demands of CSOs | |
| Entrepreneurial spirit skills | 3. The entrepreneurial spirit as a driver of change | Develop skills to support the entrepreneurial spirit in VET students. |
MODULE 3: Project-based learning and its application in multidisciplinary environments
| Overarching Theme | Session Topic | Learning Goal |
|---|---|---|
| Project-based learning | 1. Tools and Strategies for Project-Based Learning | Providing VET teachers with tools and methodological strategies to support project-based learning. Project-based learning as a framework for collaboration with CSOs. |
| 2. Collaboration with CSOs | Develop project-based learning situations within the framework of collaboration with CSOs. | |
| Working on multidisciplinary environments | 3. Participation in Multidisciplinary Projects | A collaboration project with CSOs involves the combination of diverse knowledge so that all involved agents (CSOs, teachers, students) develop skills that facilitate communication and cooperation among them, each contributing their specific skills and knowledge in a learning situation or multidisciplinary project. |
Learning Content
Structured modules covering topics such as diversity, participation, environmental awareness, and social awareness. These learning units promote critical thinking, teamwork, and the ability to co-create one’s own environment and future.
Skill Self-Assessment Method for Teachers
This exercise allows VET teachers to assess their skills and competencies required for implementing cooperative Project-Based Learning activities in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations.
