Mobinardo Research Abroad – Learning from European neighbors in the school-to-work transition Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mobinardo Research Abroad – Learning from European neighbors in the school-to-work transition

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Integration of refugees

Project Summary

The issue of the comprehensive language development at vocational training institutions (VTI) as well as the language promotion integrated in the specific vocational subjects has become highly relevant in terms of educational policy nationwide due to the vast heterogeneity in classes during the transition from school to profession and due to the lack of knowledge on the teachers´ side being subject teachers and subject experts. Beyond that, VTI at the international level face similar challenges, not least by the entering of a multitude of young refugees into the vocational education and training (VET) system.

In everyday situations of vocational schools, it is particularly the specialized subject teachers who are trained and qualified in terms of the didactics of their professional subject, although lacking concrete potential solutions to ways for promoting the language skills of their students. The key element of the issue is characterized by mutual misunderstandings on both the teachers´ and the students´ side. Studys (for example Baethge 2014, Efing 2014, Siemon et al. 2016) emphasize the positive effect of a direct connection of linguistic and vocational learning processes. On the basis of a pilot project of the EU Service Center of the Münster District Administration having been implemented in November 2018 in cooperation with Stockholm University, our project addresses the problem of relevant language skills both of non-native and native speakers within the context of a professionalization and support of teachers involved in vocational training institutions.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 37500 Eur

Project Coordinator

EU-Geschäftsstelle der Bezirksregierung Münster & Country: DE

Project Partners

• Association Odyssée
• ENAC ENTE NAZIONALE CANOSSIANO
• STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET