Masters of technics – manual skills are still priceless (MOTI)
Project priority - horizontal, main: Inclusion and diversity in all sectors of education, training, youth and sport
Additional priorities:
Topics that the project focuses on:
Motivation for creating the project:
In each partner country, there is a lack of employees with technical skills on the labor market – crafts are gradually receding and digital skills are preferred.
Parents often consider technical subjects as supplementary and pass this view on to their children, who then do not see the potential in developing creativity and technical skills with subsequent use in the future.
In all three participating countries, there are regions with a high rate of unemployment, therefore strengthening technical skills and competences in primary schools will create space for increasing the chances of young people to get a job. Everyone should have the same chance, that's why we chose Croatia as a model for the project - where the partner also involves schoolgirls and children with special needs in already started projects and activities. And they have good results.
The technical subject has ongoing problems with quality equipment or insufficiently experienced teachers. Primary schools in Slovakia are relatively well equipped. The situation is worse in Slovenia, where they lack sufficient equipment but have good technical skills. And in Croatia they have experience, a functional competition between schools and involved pupils.
In the project, safe small machine tools are used in the training of technology teachers, because these are a crossroad in the subject of technology between all three countries. In every country, these machine tools are used to some extent in the subject of technology, teachers know them, they are safe even for smaller children, they are visually appealing and easy to work with. And most importantly, all children from the project's target group can work with them.
For all three of our organizations, this project is a challenge, because we are participating in the Erasmus+ program for the first time. We believe that the ideas, ideas and experience gained in international cooperation will help us gain more credibility in our home countries and greater strength in cooperation with state organizations and larger industrial companies, with the help and support of which we would like to organize an annual international - European - Masters of Technology competition .
The main objective:
Train technology teachers in Slovakia and Slovenia under the guidance of teachers from Croatia so that they can involve children from the target group - i.e. pupils with special needs, children from marginalized groups, children from Ukraine or children with dysfunctions into non-formal education in the subject of Technology and helped them increase their level of basic skills.
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Project duration: from September 1st, 2023 to August 31th, 2024
Planned activities:
| Activity | Planned | Accomplished |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory workshop for the project | November 2023 | November 2023 |
| Teacher training in Slovakia and Slovenia | November 2023 – April 2024 | November 2023 – April 2024 |
| Creation of educational materials | November 2023 – April 2024 | November 2023 – August 2024 |
| National competition Masters of technics in Croatia | May 2024 | May 2024 |
| National competition Masters of technics in Slovenia | May 2024 | June 2024 |
| National competition Masters of technics in Slovakia | June 2024 | June 2024 |