Our objective is to leave behind an education based on the accumulation of content to move on to learning by doing and experimenting, creating an educational centre integrated in its environment and well communicated (real and virtually), which encourages learning by cooperation, and develop in our students interpersonal skills with the aim of having students more prepared to cope with the reality of the XXI century.To thrive in the 21st century, students must be experts in resolution skills of problems, collaboration and communication developed through social learning and emotional, a relatively new aspect in academic models. We want to be teachers that not only transmit knowledge, but also guide and develop typical skills of a coach. For this, the courses have been chosen following a double criterion. On the one hand, our goal is to learn to develop creativity, critical thinking, cooperation and nurturing of interpersonal relationships and on the other hand to using technology inside and outside the classroom to promote learning and communication.
IES nº1 Universidad Laboral de Málaga is a Bilingual Center (English) for Secondary education and Vocational Training that welcomes around 2000 students and 200 teachers. This project is focused on Compulsory Secondary Education, especially in bilingual groups. There are currently 35 lines in ESO, of which 31 are bilingual and the goal is for all ESO to be bilingual in future school years. Likewise, the possibility of it being a center Multilingual (English and French) in subsequent courses. It is characterized for being one of the centers of the Community that teaches the largest number of students. The main needs that we detected are the difficulty in collaborative work between students, between teachers and between both groups as well as the need to include in the curriculum the teaching of soft skills to develop interpersonal skills and promote the collaborative work. We wanted to solve some communication problems we have in our school, due to the fact that we are 200 teachers working in different sections. We also realized the improper use of new technologies and social networks, the difficulty of collaborative work among both students and teachers and the need too include in the curriculum the teaching of soft skills to develop