The partners have recognized similar problems in educating car vocations students. They need contemporary technical study stands (e.g. Electric Car Stand, Multimedia Stand) that meet the needs of the curricula with innovative e-study materials. The teachers of Car Technicians, Electronics and IT possess the knowledge and skills needed for meeting the target . The project aims to make instructions and technical drawings for six study stands and build them for using in the training of Car Technician students in collaboration with partners from different countries. The intellectual output also includes e-study materials which include study materials for students and lesson plans for teachers; study materials for specialised English for CLIL method; simplified version for students with special educational need; multilingual mini vocabulary. The aim is also to provide sustainable solutions for vocational training and give the education transnational dimension. Duration of the project: 20 months. There are six partners in the project: Pärnumaa Vocational Education Centre is the initiator of the project and is also the coordinator. Profesionalas izglitibas kompetences centrs "Rigas Tehniska koledza" (Riga Technical College, Latvia) Kėdainių profesinio rengimo centras (Lithuania) Kayseri Merkez Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi (Turkey) Järvamaa Vocational Training Centre (Estonia) Vana-Vigala Technical and Service School (Estonia) The instructions and technical drawings for the stands are created in English. The stands are built by the partners and the work is done in collaboration between students and teachers, project work and problem work methods are used. Each partner prepares the drawings and instructions for one particular stand but the technical difficulties and problems are overcome in co-operation between the partners. Hence the final cost of each stand is low and enables sustainable investments for vocational schools and better training for students. Each partner creates the whole e-study course for utilization of the stands. The collaboration between the partners provides development of the language skills and adds a cultural aspect to the work. The e-study materials and technical drawings with the instructions will be open to use for all schools and organisations in EU. The project includes five transnational meetings for the VET specialists and a dissemination seminar for distribution of the intellectual output and exchange of good practices during the final transnational meeting. The transnational meetings include peer-to-peer learning sessions for the VET specialists. During the sessions several topics are covered (e.g. technical drawing, teaching the students with special needs). The web page is established to provide work environment and disseminate the intellectual outputs. Social media page is opened for communication of the students of the partner institutions and for distribution the activities and results. All the partner have gained modern study materials that enhance education. The quality of teaching is increased, consequently, the reputation of vocational education improves. The partners have developed language and social skills, gained new knowledge through collaboration. The impact of the project: • Increased quality of VET education and training • Improved social, language, intercultural competences and IT skills • Increased synergies between the different areas of education in a vocational institutions, and cooperation in international level • Better quality in training and teaching materials, methods and classroom activities • Innovative learning materials for students Potential longer term benefits: • Improved cross-sector co-operation in partner schools • Better preparation of the students for the labour market • The same level of teaching of Car Technicians within EU countries, the study modules can be the bases of common curricula in partner organisations
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