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Gain Creators / Outcomes

In this programme the teachers can:

  • Provide students their first real contact with business world;
  • Give students a platform to learn about a range of jobs and different workplaces and explore opportunities for future employment;
  • Teach their students what it means to be a self-employed entrepreneur;
  • Provide their students with first-hand knowledge of what craftspeople actually do and why they are important to the local, national and international economy.

In additional this activity helps to build collaboration with local business community that can support the teachers in motivating and preparing young people for their future work.

In this programme the teachers can:

  • Provide students their first real contact with business world;
  • Give students a platform to learn about a range of jobs and different workplaces and explore opportunities for future employment;
  • Teach their students what it means to be a self-employed entrepreneur;
  • Provide their students with first-hand knowledge of what craftspeople actually do and why they are important to the local, national and international economy.

In additional this activity helps to build collaboration with local business community that can support the teachers in motivating and preparing young people for their future work.

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Gains / Needs

Teachers need tools on how to diminish the huge gap between the labour market and the educational institutions which leads to many myths and stereotypes about different professions in young people’s mind. They need effective tools to support young people in decision making for their future profession and to provide knowledge and skills young people need to succeed in their chosen profession. Teachers need for more practical career education tools and approaches.

Teachers need tools on how to diminish the huge gap between the labour market and the educational institutions which leads to many myths and stereotypes about different professions in young people’s mind. They need effective tools to support young people in decision making for their future profession and to provide knowledge and skills young people need to succeed in their chosen profession. Teachers need for more practical career education tools and approaches.

Target Group

Educators

Educators

Implementation Method

The programme could be run partly during timetabled lessons and partly in extra-curricular time (for visits to/from the company). The students can be involved by the teachers, but the local companies – by students themselves, using personal contacts of teachers or/and in close collaboration with kids’ parents.

The programme could be run partly during timetabled lessons and partly in extra-curricular time (for visits to/from the company). The students can be involved by the teachers, but the local companies – by students themselves, using personal contacts of teachers or/and in close collaboration with kids’ parents.

Didactic Enterprise

A programme designed to give middle school/lower secondary students an intensive introduction to the world of work, focusing particularly on craftsmanship, self-employment and what it means to be an entrepreneur. Through 'learning by doing’ approach this programme gives to the students an insight into how small enterprises operate and to challenge stereotypical attitudes by ensuring they have direct contact with workers and workplaces.

At the end students are asked to complete satisfaction questionnaires at the conclusion of the project; teachers are likely to monitor student ongoing progress through reflective discussion sessions and written accounts. They may also request feedback from the entrepreneurs.

Schools are supplied with a range of resources to support the programme, including books, photos, posters, media press articles, communications tools and didactic games such as a toolkit for exploring different jobs and simulating the start-up of a small company

A programme designed to give middle school/lower secondary students an intensive introduction to the world of work, focusing particularly on craftsmanship, self-employment and what it means to be an entrepreneur. Through 'learning by doing’ approach this programme gives to the students an insight into how small enterprises operate and to challenge stereotypical attitudes by ensuring they have direct contact with workers and workplaces.

At the end students are asked to complete satisfaction questionnaires at the conclusion of the project; teachers are likely to monitor student ongoing progress through reflective discussion sessions and written accounts. They may also request feedback from the entrepreneurs.

Schools are supplied with a range of resources to support the programme, including books, photos, posters, media press articles, communications tools and didactic games such as a toolkit for exploring different jobs and simulating the start-up of a small company

Activities

The programme could be run partly during timetabled lessons and partly in extra-curricular time (for visits to/from the company).

There are 4 steps to the programme which takes 12 hours to complete:

  1. Introduction to jobs and professions associated with craftsmanship and local SME'S company and firm;
  2. The game of trades – an investigation of the local labour market;
  3. An interview with an entrepreneur – an opportunity to find out about a specific job through direct contact with a practitioner;
  4. A visit to the entrepreneur's company – a chance to challenge assumptions and extend one's knowledge about the sector.

The programme could be run partly during timetabled lessons and partly in extra-curricular time (for visits to/from the company).

There are 4 steps to the programme which takes 12 hours to complete:

  1. Introduction to jobs and professions associated with craftsmanship and local SME'S company and firm;
  2. The game of trades – an investigation of the local labour market;
  3. An interview with an entrepreneur – an opportunity to find out about a specific job through direct contact with a practitioner;
  4. A visit to the entrepreneur's company – a chance to challenge assumptions and extend one's knowledge about the sector.

Resources

The implementation of this project depends entirely on establishing and sustaining partnerships with individual entrepreneurs and their companies; minimum required commitment is an interview session which could take place either at the school or at company premises, and hosting a visit for students at the workplace.

The implementation of this project depends entirely on establishing and sustaining partnerships with individual entrepreneurs and their companies; minimum required commitment is an interview session which could take place either at the school or at company premises, and hosting a visit for students at the workplace.

Pain Relievers / Solutions

Teachers can be effectively supported in educational process by active involvement of the local companies organizing visits for students where future workers meet their future work places and vice versa. Open individual interviews between students and workers can break many stereotypes of certain professions, explain the inner working culture and unfold professional tricks and important practical skills and knowledge from the primary source – someone who is currently working in the field, thus giving a platform for future workers to prepare themselves properly and motivate the students to study.

Teachers can be effectively supported in educational process by active involvement of the local companies organizing visits for students where future workers meet their future work places and vice versa. Open individual interviews between students and workers can break many stereotypes of certain professions, explain the inner working culture and unfold professional tricks and important practical skills and knowledge from the primary source – someone who is currently working in the field, thus giving a platform for future workers to prepare themselves properly and motivate the students to study.

Pains / Challenges

Teachers lack the opportunities to provide practical, meaningful direct interactions between their students and local labour market. With the theoretical educational approach it is very hard to fight myths and stereotypes of different professions that leads to inappropriate decision making by their students.

Teachers lack the opportunities to provide practical, meaningful direct interactions between their students and local labour market. With the theoretical educational approach it is very hard to fight myths and stereotypes of different professions that leads to inappropriate decision making by their students.

Additional information:

A programme designed on behalf of Italy's National Federation of Craftsmen – Buon Lavoro.

More information about the project: http://www.buonlavoro.biz/progetti.aspx?idprog=38  
In TES database: http://www.tesguide.eu/tool-method/impresa-didattica--didactic-enterprise.htm

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