SDE is one of the
largest technical
colleges in Denmark. The
college has 5,000 FTE
students and the number
of staff is about 830.
The college consists of
a vocational school, a
senior high school and
an academy of higher
education. The
vocational school covers
nine branches
(production, IT,
transport, logistics,
construction, media,
health, service and
service industry). The
students of the
VET-school have a
diverse cultural and
educational background
due to an allocation of
different nationalities,
ethnic minorities,
different cultures, in
the area.
SDE has already done a
lot in order to
integrate students with
different backgrounds
into vocational
education e.g. mentor
arrangements, flexible
training models,
cooperation with other
schools, parents,
enterprises and social
partners. Further, the
college has carried out
comprehensive competence
development of teachers
and managers.
Since 1992, the college
has participated in a
large number of national
and international
projects.
SDE will coordinate the
project and exploit key
technical development
competencies of
computing and teaching
staff in the college for
assisting with the
technical transfer and
edit of manuals and
video subtitles. SDE
teacher trainers
experienced in the five
language teaching
methods will coach and
peer review the teachers
in IT, LT, and TR
SDE will through our
network ensure national
dissemination of the
project results and
findings and will make
use of our international
dissemination networks,
e.g. EuroCall.
SDE is responsible for
the exploitation of
results outside the
partnership, overall
dissemination, website,
promotion material,
compiling and editing
newsletters, brochures,
graphical layout and
print of DVDs
The European Forum for
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
(constituted under Dutch
and Belgian law) is a
network of practitioner
VET institutions
throughout the European
Member States, Candidate
and Pre-Accession
countries. Its primary
purpose is twofold: a)
To promote European wide
co-operation and a
sharing of good examples
of practice amongst
Vocational Education and
Training institutions.
b) Works closely with
the European Commission
at a strategic policy
level as part of the
Single Transparency
Framework currently
being developed. EfVET
is represented on the EC
Objectives working
groups as part of the
EUCIS Platform for
Lifelong Learningin
association with EVTA
and other European
Organisations. In
addition it provides a
service to individual
institutions across
Europe such as
newsletters web site
links, information
services and project
dissemination
opportunities through
its annual conference.
EfVET’s role in this
project will be as a
dissemination
partner in order to
raise awareness of
the project and its
final products and
results. EfVET will
co-lead on this work
package and use its
communication
channels. Website –
www.efvet.org, bi
monthly newsletters
and annual
conferences to be
held in October each
year. Progress
reports and
development activity
including the
promotional material
will be distributed
across the EfVET
network of 1500 VEt
institutions
throughout Europe.
The website receives
some 60,000 hits per
year from members
and stakeholders
CSCS is a vocational
training provider with
experience on the
integration of new
technologies in teaching
practices, accredited by
Italian Government and
operating with a Quality
Assurance System in the
following sectors:
Initial vocational
education;
Apprenticeship;
Continuous training for
companies and
professionals;
Vocational guidance and
orientation. CSCS is the
National Coordinator for
Italy of EFVET, the
European Forum of
Vocational Education and
Training, ensuring a
wide dissemination of
the project outcomes,
throughout Italy and
Europe (for more
information about EFVET,
www.efvet.org). CSCS
manage electronic
newsletters and ensures
the cooperation with a
strong network of
partners, ranging from
vocational training
bodies, association of
companies, unions. CSCS
is active in the field
of student and staff
mobility, with its
division
www.italymobility.com,
aimed at supporting
European educational
providers to effectively
plan and implement work
placements in Italy.
GRUPPO CSCS will
adapt and translate the
project materials into
Italian, recruit
participants and run the
pilot courses in Italy
for VET language
teachers of IT and other
languages. We will based
on our experience with
work placement students
head WP6 (the placement
preparation guide) and
through communication
with the other teams
ensure it is up-to-date
before translations. We
will actively peer
review the other
partners, our main focus
is to review and give
feed-back to the TR
partner. We will through
our networks in Italy
ensure national
dissemination of the
project results and
findings
Marijampole VET
Centre is the biggest
and only vocational
institution in the South
of Lithuania, taking in
all 5 municipalities of
Marijampole region. And
it is one of biggest in
the country. As the
regional institution it
is more flexible in
reacting to changing
needs, able to adapt its
curricula more quickly
and ensure financial
efficiency and a more
flexible use of teaching
staff. Marijampole VET
centre is national
representative of
Lithuania in EfVET and
represents vocational
training of Lithuania in
this European NGO.
Marijampole VET
Centre will adapt and
translate the project
materials into
Lithuanian, recruit
participants and run the
pilot courses in
Lithuania for VET
language teachers of LT
and other languages. We
will based on our
experience with teacher
courses head the course
work package, we will
also take the lead in
WP7 (simulations) based
on our experience with
using simulation as part
of our language
teaching. We will also
lead the WP10 (tandem
learning) based on our
experience with computer
assisted communication.
We will actively peer
review the other
partners, our main focus
is to review and give
feed-back to the Italian
partner.
We will through our
networks across
Lithuania (we are the
EfVET national rep. in
LT) ensure national
dissemination of the
project results and
findings.
Marmara Private
Anatolian Vocational
High School is a
co-educational High
School with grades from
9th year through 12th
grade.It is located on
the biggest education
campus which is situated
in the outskirts of
İstanbul .Marmara
Private Anatolian
Vocational High School
is specialised in Mass
Media Vocational
Education and within
this frame it has
partnership agreements
with TRT ( Turkish Radio
Television Corporation=
Turkey's National State
TV & Radio Channel) and
the most outstanding
Private Satellite TV
Broadcasting companies
in which its students
have the chance to
practise their
vocational trainings.In
addition to this, the
school is keen to
develop its expertise in
the area of Mass Media
Vocational
Education.English
teachers working within
this institution are
heavily exposed to
English Language
Teaching workshops and
seminars so as to
sharpen their skills and
relate their knowledge
and experience to ESP
studies considering Mass
Media Vocational
Education.
Role and tasks in
pools-m
Marmara Private
Anatolian Vocational
High School will adapt
and translate the
project materials into
Turkish, recruit
participants and run the
pilot courses in Turkey
for VET and other
language teachers of TR
and other languages. We
will based on our
experience with
in-service teacher
courses head the WP13
and cooperate with the
other partners to ensure
that the guide are valid
for all three countries.
We will also take the
lead in WP8 (Task Based
Learning) based on our
experience with TBL as
part of our language
teaching. We also have
the lead in WP11 (PhyEmoC)
as we are one of the
partners who also deals
with beginners level) We
will actively peer
review the other
partners, our main focus
is to review and give
feed-back to the
Lithuanian partner.
We will through our
networks across Turkey
including a network of
private VET schools
ensure national
dissemination of the
project results and
findings.
SUPSI University of
Applied Sciences of
Southern Switzerland
The
University of Applied
Sciences of Southern
Switzerland (SUPSI) is
one of the 8
Universities of Applied
Sciences in Switzerland.
It has a university
statute, focused on
professional training
and applied research.
Together with the
University of Southern
Switzerland (USI), to
which it is closely
linked in terms of
collaboration activities
and common institutions,
it is the only Italian
language university pole
in Switzerland, with
almost 4,000 students in
the Lugano region. SUPSI
offers a range of
bachelor and master’s
courses, which cover
several different fields
(Construction and
design, Business
Management, Social
Science, Health
Professions, Innovative
Technologies, Music,
Theatre).
The Languages and
Mobility Service (SLM)
organizes German and
English language courses
for all SUPSI
departments, with the
aim of imparting
linguistic skills that
will help students in
their pursuit of career
opportunities in
Switzerland and abroad.
Italian language courses
for foreign or Swiss
students are offered as
well. The SLM is also
responsible for SUPSI
participation in the
European Erasmus student
exchange program, and is
the official examination
centre for Cambridge
ESOL and Goethe-Institut
exams in Ticino. It has
recently taken part in
the Swiss Virtual Campus
project “Mysterycove”,
which has led to the
creation of a videogame
for ESL learners.
The SLM has now joined
the POOLS-T project, in
order to test the tools
developed and to create
its own CLIL materials
(texts and videos),
which will also be used
for tool testing.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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