Education Systems in Europe from nursery through to professional life In this project we want to extend our knowledge of education systems in Europe and to compare them with one another. We are living together in one Europe and want to learn from one another, work together and get to know each other well. It is necessary to extend our knowledge of education systems in other countries, as here the requirements for working professionally in Europe are defined. Six European schools from Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece and Turkey with 280 pupils wish to implement this project. The students participating are between the ages of 12 and 15. From our school, mainly pupils from elementary and secondary school who have for the most part German as their mother tongue, will participate. Thus, they will be able to work well with pupils from partner schools from any school form as the language of the project is German and this advantage helps to build confidence in weaker pupils. The activities are creating a project homepage, preparing presentations on our education systems from nursery through to professional life, we will cooperate on assignments, acquire knowledge on different school forms within our education systems, visit companies and universities. For our six learn, teaching and training activities all pupils will prepare a short profile to introduce themselves. All schools work on all topics beginning with presentations on work in nursery followed by primary, orientation, secondary I and II, vocational with apprenticeship and universities. Anticipated results: Pupils and teachers acquire knowledge about good practices in our education systems, learn about education systems in partner countries, develop digital competence, develop social competence, improve foreign language skills, broaden interest in Europe and other cultures, make new contacts in Europe. We want to prepare our pupils for living and working in a Europe which is aware of its global responsibility. This European dimension defines our project and our schools.
Education systems in Europe - from kindergarten to professional life In this project, our students got to know the education systems in Europe and compared them. We live together in one Europe and have learned from each other to work together and the students got to know each other well and became friends. There was a need to get to know the educational systems of other countries, because the prerequisites for (professional) work in Europe were set here. Six European schools from Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Croatia, Austria and Turkey took part in this project together with about 280 students. The participating students were between 12 and 17 years old. Pupils from all types of middle school took part from our school. Since the project language was German, the German and Austrian students had a great advantage from which the students from other countries could also benefit. Activities were the creation of a project homepage and an etwinning page, the creation of presentations of our education systems from kindergarten to professional life, we created workpieces together, got to know different school types within our education systems, visited companies and universities. For our six learning, teaching and training activities, each student wrote a profile introducing themselves. All schools worked on all topics, starting with presentations on the work in kindergarten, followed by primary school, secondary level I and II, vocational schools with training, universities and apprenticeships. Unfortunately, Corona delayed the project work, so we had to catch up on a lot in the last few months. Results were: - Pupils and teachers learned about good practice in our education systems - get to know the education system in the partner countries - Expansion of digital competence - Extension of social skills - Improving foreign languages, interest in Europe and other cultures - Create new contacts in Europe We want to prepare our students for life and work in a Europe that is aware of its global responsibility. This European dimension shaped our project and our schools.