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Project "UP2B" Boosting Up School Education towards European Citizenship and Labour Market Inclusion |
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The EU Education policies, lay down in
Europe2020 Strategy and related documents*, addresses themes as
important as "Education for Jobs and Growth" or "Early School Leaving" (ESL).
In a recent Infographic, the Commission addressed the subject of ESL, by
stating: "Schools cannot effectively work alone. They need to move from
isolated and short-term actions to engaging in a more holistic and
systemic initiatives" **UP2B is fully aligned with such vision of an
integrated approach
from an enlarged community of actors. Centered in Schools, UP2B is fed
by a matrix of relevant subjects for the creation of a better School,
consequently, better citizens and a brighter future. The project is a
strategic partnership of School Education, created by Companies,
Universities, NGOs, Education Local Authorities and Schools, from South,
North, East and West of Europe, cooperating for promoting motivation at
School (for students and teachers) and for preparing students for their
future life as workers and Citizens. The project’s integrated approach
of formats, contents and expertise was based in previous needs
assessment during the partners’ regular activities and envisages to
enhance School Education, aiming Social Cohesion. UP2B objectives are: - To enhance school attractiveness, diminishing rates of demotivation and absence and rates of early school leaving - To facilitate the relationship and the transition between School and the Labour Market - To increase students’ sense of citizenship by generating awareness about the labour market - To increase the sense of European Citizenship and its core values of equity, namely concerning Gender, Minorities and Human Rights, as fundamental Educational aspects While pursuing these objectives, UP2B is also tackling the growing social scourge of NEET youngsters, not dealing with its consequences but rather trying to eliminate some of its causes, as early school leaving and unawareness about the labour market and about VET possibilities. Accordingly, UP2B target-groups are: - Students aged 12-16 years old, because at those ages they have already been required to think about important life decisions, namely concerning education paths they wish to follow (regular secondary school, VET school,...) or they had equated/may equate an eventual school dropout(which will require them to look for a job in order to avoid a NEET situation); it is therefore of upmost importance to raise awareness about the labour market, but most of all, to increase school attractiveness near them; - eachers of such students, because they play a decisive role in raising awareness concerning Citizenship, facilitating them to better understand society and culture and supporting them to consciously claim their rights and be sure to fulfill their duties, within and beyond school; - School communities (School as an Institution: managers, administrative staff, education counsellors, parents, surrounding communities); - Teachers of teachers: by involving |
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’…[youngsters, students, youth
workers, career counselors] pointed out that schools’ curricula and
schools’ performance tend to be absent or at least laconic on which
concerns the forthcoming ‘life out of school’, or the forthcoming ‘life
out of the Education System’, ‘life as a citizen’ and also the
necessarily forthcoming ‘life in the labour market’ (application, page
99)
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objectives: To enhance school attractiveness to
both students and teachers, diminishing rates of demotivation and
absence and of early school leaving
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outputs: IO1 – ‘School & Job’ Community of Practice (CoP) and Active Repository of Teaching Tools (networking platform and teaching tools repository) IO2 – ‘School & Job’ Matching Handbook, covering the widest range possible of school subjects (STEM, Arts, Sports, Citizenship, and other) IO3 – ‘Boost Up Your Class’ – Citizenship & Job Pills Activities (ready-made solutions to illustrate and to invigorate the subjects being taught) IO4 – ‘Boost Up Your Class’ – Citizenship & Job e-Pills Activities (provision of IO3 as a digital solution and of additional ready-made only-digital activities to boost up the classroom environment) |
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outcomes: Dozens of schools across Europe will be participating in the project and using its products Hundreds of students will experience new activities in class Dozens of non-school actors will be involved in the school life Classes will become more attractive Students engaging into VET education will be more prepared for such choice Students ending compulsory education will be better prepared for job search & found Students will be strongly prepared to exercise rights & duties in the society |
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working methodology/ results:
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leading responsible for WPs: Project management: APLOAD (PT) Monitoring & Evaluation and Quality Assurance: CETEM (ES) Dissemination and Visibility: Rigas Skola (LV) Stakeholders Involvement: CK (TR) Incorporation by 3rd Parties and Sustainability: BrainLog (DK) Horizontal Domains: Terras Dentro (PT) leading responsible for IOs: IO1: ÇU (TR) IO2: APLOAD (PT) IO3: Know & Can (BG) IO4: UPorto (PT) |
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06.11.2022
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