Nowadays, young people have a very difficult start in their professional life. Although they have almost unlimited development opportunities, paradoxically it is extremely hard for them to find right direction in their education and professional life. There are certain skills and competences that are so universal, that will be useful in every job: creativity, entrepreneurship, decision-making skills, flexibility, etc. There is also a certain skill that binds most of the above mentioned. It is ability to efficient self and time management, plan tasks properly and implement them successfully. The project promotes supporting young people in the process of acquiring and developing this fundamental skill needed in nearly each part of life – time and self management. Numerous research show that ability to efficient time and self management is nowadays crucial in many aspects of everyday personal and professional lives, this is also one of the primary "soft skills" valued in the workplace. That it is so important to start to learn this skill as early as possible. Through complex activities, project will contribute to development of set of tools which will real and practical help for young people in the process of acquiring such an important, universal competence as time and self management. Project activities will contribute to development of practical, effective instructions supporting young people in the process of learning how to effectively organize and manage their long-term learning. And on the other side, project activities will also contribute to promotion of responsible planning and organization of learning process among young people. During the 18 months period it is planned to develop and test set of materials, which will help young people to learn how the can effectively organize their time with usage of many effective planning tools and methods. What’s more, we also plan to develop set of materials dedicated to people from closest surroundings of the young students. Thanks to these materials, young students will receive effective support from their teachers, parents and other people working with them. All this will ensure complex support for young students in the process of gaining skills and competences needed to organize their learning process in most effective way, and in future to organize their professional life in much more effective way. The main of the project is to strengthen young people's competences in the area of managing themselves in time in the context of independent organization of own learning process, thanks to the use of tools developed within the project First of all, these will be the results of intellectual work that we plan to develop as part of the project: 1. Online course for young people. The course will contain, on the one hand, a set of arguments about why it is worth learning to manage yourself in time and how such a skill helps in private and professional life, and above all in science. The main part of the course will be a set of methods and tools thanks to which young people will be able to learn to effectively manage themselves in time, especially in the context of organizing their own learning 2. Information materials aimed at academic teachers working with youth. The materials will contain instructions on how to teach young people to be independent in organizing their learning, how to support the development of time management skills while conducting regular activities for young people. 3. Information materials aimed at parents / guardians as well as people working with young people and supporting them in their daily activities. The materials will contain a range of information and valuable, practical tips on how to effectively support young people in the process of organizing self-study and acquiring self-management skills.
The main aim of the project was to strengthen young people's competences in the area of managing themselves in time in the context of independent organization of own learning process, thanks to the use of tools developed within the project. - Equip young students in skills and knowledge enabling them to plan their learning process more effectively during distance learning - equip young students in practical tools assisting them in reasonable planning their time during organization of online learning - raise awareness of young students that they are responsible for their learning process and they need to plan it - raise awareness of young people that there is plenty of tools and solutions which can help them during management of their learning process - equip didactic and teachers in knowledge and tools with they can use in the process of supporting of their students in organization of their learning process during online teaching - increase awareness of didactics that they can and should support young students in the process of management their learning process - equip people from surrounding of young students in knowledge and awareness that they can support young people in organization of their studying effectively
WSPA decided to prepare a project on this subject due to the experience of our lecturers resulting from the need to switch to distance learning in connection with the restrictions resulting from the covid-19 pandemic. Due to the restrictions on moving and learning in school institutions introduced due to covid-19, many young people suddenly find themselves in a situation where they have to organize their home education. E-learning requires a lot of self-discipline, consistency and systematic action, good time organization, as well as planning, setting goals and priorities The lack of regularity in the form of daily participation in classes, the lack of supervision over the activities performed (even in the form of tests) causes that the responsibility for the progress in acquiring the material from a given subject falls on the young person. In addition, there are other elements of everyday life (home duties, pleasures, hobbies) that such a young person must integrate into his everyday life. Unfortunately, the distance learning that has been introduced during the pandemic has very brutally revealed that the majority of young people are unable to organize their learning on their own. When conducting distance learning as part of studies at WSPA, surveys were conducted among students to obtain their opinions on various aspects of distance learning. Nearly 70% of students admitted that they have difficulties in organizing their studies on their own in such a way as to submit their work on time and to complete the designated parts of the material. 45% admitted that they are not motivated to systematically work and rework the provided material, while 54% admitted that they are more motivated to learn when they regularly attend classes and have contact with lecturers While implementing projects with other universities, we consulted the results of our surveys. It turns out that the situation is very similar in other countries as well. We have received information from universities in Germany, Portugal, Slovakia, Italy - that a large part of first-year students cannot cope with independent organization of learning during distance learning (they have worse results, do not submit final assignments on time, they submit poor-quality final assignments, ask for extending the time to pass the course). Therefore, we decided to prepare tools that will help young people from different countries to effectively organize the process of independent learning, thanks to the use of methods and tools for managing themselves Needs addressed by the project: - needs of young people, to find solutions enabling them to better plan their learning while distance learning - needs of young people to get support in the process of organization of their studying during online education but also during the first year of studying when they need to organize themselves on their own - needs of didactics and teachers, to learn how to support their students in the process of organization of their learning in the situation of online teaching - needs of the people surrounding young students, to learn how to support these young people in organization of their studying during online learning.