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Soft skills-key to career sucess

Funder: European CommissionProject code: 2020-1-BG01-KA229-079053
Funded under: ERASMUS+ | Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices | School Exchange Partnerships Funder Contribution: 107,763 EUR

Soft skills-key to career sucess

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"Starting from the idea that it is not enough to educate students only in individual disciplines but to give them something more, something which could develop their skills to the extent that they will be valuable and desirable personnel in today's world, the 4 European schools revised that, soft skills cover a wider range of personality traits that need to be cultivated and nurtured from an early age. LinkedIn released a list of the five most in-demand soft skills for 2020. The ranking list: Creativity,Persuasion, Collaboration, Adaptability, Emotional intelligence. We considered necessary to refresh the teaching methods and open doors to educational innovation by taking learning outside the classroom. The SWOT analysis of the partner schools show that students are facing an increasing lack of motivation, confidence, not having vision, which is inefficient when dealing with real-life problems or situations. The students were given questionnaires so as to research how they feel about different school subjects and discover how to make improvements. The conclusions show that approximately 70% of students from the partners' schools find science subjects boring to learn. We insisted on the demand for improving our students’ soft skills, because all partners students’ Pisa assessment results should be raised.With our participation in this new KA2 project, we expect to get deeper into the analysis of the soft skills employers require in each country, why they require them and how to gain them. We believe that approaching learning and teaching in an interactive and cross-curricular manner will engage students in a fun, more motivating way of acquiring skills and competences. Through ""SSKCS"" we intend to raise students’ awareness and interest in learning and applying knowledge to real life.SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: -Creation of handbook ”Survival kits” for students and teachers using soft skills which depict the activities carried out the project tasks;-Creation of some visual aids, presentations,problem solving organizer;-Practice so called employ ability skills;-Use ICT in order to design, create and exchange ideas, assignments, and products;-Facilitate and support the practical approach and assessment;Techniques: Brainstorm, zone out, be your own”devil’s advocate”, flex your communication style, define the structure, listen, manage your mindset, experiment, seek out different perspectives, ask for feedback.The ""SSKCS” project is addressed to students coming from 4 European countries and the direct target are students who are 15-18 years old. There are 4 short- term exchanges of groups of pupils (Italy,Romania,Bulgaria, Poland) planned and 3 short-term joint staff training events/Italy, Poland and Romania. The total number of participants who will attend the mobilities is of 60 students and 63 teachers .The project promotes an innovative approach that will aim at increasing students’ interest and motivation in learning and applying knowledge to real life. The activities are designed to encourage learning by doing, by discovering, thinking skills, creativity, imagination, as well as, English and ICT skills.The implementation of the project is designed to achieve the project aims using the cooperative learning method. Seven different topics will be approached during the 7 exchanges of groups of pupils and joint staff training events.Innovative materials will be created by means of exchange and cross-curricular approach, resulting in the development of the school curricula in the 4 European countries, in accordance with the feedback and methods exchanged during the meetings. By using methods such as cooperative and communicative learning, multiple intelligence theory, students will be able to approach school work in a practical manner and use acquired skills and competences in everyday life. Transferring theory in real-world, students will create their list of the most in-demand job skills and will give them opportunities to be at the edge. Interdisciplinary activities will enable the students to develop their complex thinking, find connections between different subjects, to establish group norms. The teachers will organize student-centered learning activities, provide teachers with basic competences in facilitating group process with young people both in local, national level, as well as an international level; share examples of good practice with their European colleagues, improve teaching skills and strategies by watching how other teachers approach teaching their classes, develop communication skills in EnglishStudents will take part in activities that explore a cross-curricular approach, skills, and competences. The activities will sharpen this interpersonal skill and teamwork. The materials that are going to be presented during meetings of the project or to their colleagues will be obtained by working together and will contribute to motivate students to learn in an international context."

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