Develop Educational New Innovative Sustainable equine modules Erasmus Project

Project Title

Develop Educational New Innovative Sustainable equine modules

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

With this Project, we want to share our ways of teaching and training our equine students. The Project is also preparing the students for an international labour market within the horse sector.

The partner schools all give Equine studies (natural horsemanship, horse groomers, equestrian sport studies, breeding courses etc.) By cooperating we can learn a lot from each other and give our students more possibilities with international experience and learning. This will make them better prepared for the future.
During the Project, we will decide the content of four modules together (one at each school) and test these modules with students. The course modules are going to be 3 weeks in total with two weeks of practical and theoretical lessons at school and one week of work practice with horses at work placements nearby the school.

In each of the modules there will be 6 foreign students and 2 domestic ones participating, meaning a group of 8 students in total. The participants (students) that we use in this first phase of testing, will be selected by motivation and skills

In the same time as the modules are running, one teacher (in the field of horses) per school are meeting together for 3 days at the receiving schools. This is a very important part of this project where we can have an exchange of good practice with each other and follow the students learning and in the same time create a strong network between the teachers.

Part of the Project is also the testing of new digital technique. By using automatic filming Equipment (Pixem auto follow robot cameraman) and headsets, we hope for example to make it possible for students to follow lessons with students in another country, teachers/instructors can be job-shadowing from home and students can learn by watching each others lessons. This can give more students the possibility of an international experience.

As most international activities this project is expected to have a major impact on the students personal development, educational and professional career and is preparing them for an international labour market (in the horse sector). This project can also have a positive impact on the teachers motivation and the organisations attractiveness to students.

We aim, with this Project, to build a strong network within the partners for future cooperation and the plan is that these modules will continue to run after the Project has ended. We also want it to be possible for students from other schools in Europe to participate in these courses in the future.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 90392 Eur

Project Coordinator

Grans Naturbruksgymnasium & Country: SE

Project Partners

• Stichting Lentiz onderwijsgroep, samenwerkingsstichting voor BVE en VO in het Westland en de Nieuwe Waterweg Noord
• Ylä-Savo Municipal Federation of Education
• Vrij Agro- en Biotechnisch Instituut