Our society has been lately embodied in the new industrial revolution, so-called the fourth industrial revolution–Industry 4.0. We have been going through the development of digitization, automation and robotic automation that penetrate all sectors including agriculture. Modern agriculture mechanization takes advantage of electronics, digital technology and automation. It does not mean an increase of efficiency but it also generates new demands on machines operating. Changes that Industry 4.0 brings have a substantial influence on the required qualification. The students must be prepared for working in agriculture that will be based on new technologies, automation, and digitization.The main orientation of future development is “precise agriculture” connected with technical progress in the area of navigation systems, electronics and IT. It follows that the new mechanization is produced and used. As the consequence of progressive automation and digitization, some substantial changes will take place on the labour market and will also place new demands on digitization and knowledge and skills of a graduate. It is needed to implement new elements of vocational preparation with regard to new needs of the labour market. It is important to strengthen the cooperation among schools and the labour market by organising student and techer excusions or expert workshops.There are different conditions for adapting to Industry 4.0 in individual countries.Thanks to this project, students will have a chance to compare real conditions for farming and the implementation of new agriculture technologies in these countries. This project will enable them to get a real overview focused on specific technologies and results of farming in a sample of four EU countries. It will bring them a new view on a real implementation of new technologies in these countries and conditions in agricultural sector there.The participants will visit participating schools, they will compare agricultural education and conditions for practical training there.The student groups will be accompanied by special subject and practical training teachers who will present the situation in their schools and countries as for curricula, machinery, evaluation and motivation, and collaboration with social partners. The project is important, as it shows both the implementation of new technologies in the agricultural sector and the level of agricultural education and its quality in the European framework.The project will also motivate students to improve their knowledge and skills, including language skills. The participating students will be future farmers of the EU and they will have to know different conditions in agricultural sector in different parts of the EU to understand the necessity of production division throughout Europe. The project is focused on secondary agriculture school students and teachers.The project develops their skills and knowledge of agricultural practices in European framework and promotes mutual relationships among the participants. Four agricultural schools from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden and the UK will be involved in the project. Student teams will describe the situation in agriculture in their country with regard to used machinery and new technologies. Each team will choose an agricultural company or a farm that uses new technologies and will compare them by means of analysing used mechanization, yields, quality of the products, costs, subsidies and revenues.There will be 4 Transnational Learning Activities, one in each partner country. The main activities will be expert workshops led by machinery producers and sellers. The participants will get to know the newest trends and technologies in practice.They will visit farms and agricultural companies, where the participants will have an opportunity to discuss the issues of introducing and using new technologies, experience or barriers with farmers and managers. The team from the host country will prepare and present a presentation about the country, school and situation in the agricultural enterprise. The students will take photos and videos from workshops and excursions. The teachers will have an opportunity to compare agricultural education and conditions for practical training there. They will discuss and share experience from their schools, as for the curricula, machinery, evaluation and collaboration with social partners. Teachers will create a survey based on the materials gathered during workshops and excursions organized by machinery producers and sellers, which will further bring summary about strengths and weaknesses in the vocational preparation and the development of the agricultural sector with an emphasis on Industry 4.0. The examples of good practice will be suitably implemented into the curricula. One of the project results will be the set of videos presenting the workshops and a final report summarizing the situation in participating countries.
We wanted to give to the students and teachers of vocational subjects, opportunity to compare conditions for agriculture and implementation of new technologies into agricultural practice. This project should enable them to get real overview focused on concrete technologies and results of farming in a sample of four EU countries. Their participation in international learning activities should bring them new view on a real implementation of new technologies and conditions in agricultural sector in these countries. The participants should visit involved schools to compere agricultural education, and conditions for practical training or cooperation with social partners. This project should show them both the implementation of new technologies in agricultural sector and the level of agricultural education conditions and quality in the European framework. The project should increase vocational competences of students and teachers. Another goal was to increase students´ motivation to improve vocational knowledge and skills, including language skills. The last but not the least goal was the transfer of gained knowledge and experience to their schools, curriculums, school facilities and teaching to the partners´ schools.
Our society has been lately embodied in the new industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). We have been going through the development of digitization, automation and robotic automation that penetrate all sectors including agriculture. Changes that Industry 4.0 brings have substantial influence on required qualification on labour market and will also place new demands on graduates´ knowledge and skills. The students must be prepared for working in agriculture that will be based on new technologies, automation and digitization. The main orientation of future development is “precise agriculture” connected with technical progress in the area of navigation systems, electronics and IT. It is needed to implement new elements of vocational preparation with regard to new needs of labour market. The process of implementation changes into curricula takes time. We used the opportunity how students and teachers could gain knowledge and experience by personal visits in agricultural companies, farms, by producers of agricultural mechanization or through experts´ workshops, at an international level, across EU countries. Because of there are different conditions how to adapt to Industry 4.0 into practice across Europe.