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The project “Fishing horizons” will be implemented by the Czech J. Krcin Secondary School of Fishery and Water Management in Třeboň and the Norwegian Nord-Troms videregaende skole, skolested Skjervoy in cooperation with the local companies.
The project plans study visits of the teachers of vocational subjects, the teachers of vocational training, representatives of the school’s management and representatives of the partner companies at the partner school. The aim of these visits is to get acquainted with the teaching of professional subjects and practical training at the partner school, to visit cooperating companies and to gain experience from production facilities abroad. The visits also enable us to explore possibilities of future short-term student mobility in VET. The Czech Republic has a historical tradition in the production of freshwater fish, especially carp, and Norway has extensive experience in salmon farming and processing. Participants in study visits will prepare presentations and will inform the pupils and the staff about their experiences at their schools.
The project also includes the preparation of four ECVET training units, two for salmon processing and two for carp processing. The first unit describes killing and rough processing and the second describes the preparation of fish for gastronomy. These ECVET units will be piloted, other units will be developed based of agreements between the partners and used in the future for mutual exchanges of pupils in VET programmes. The project plans to involve the pupils in the project through on-line activities. We want to implement an eTwinning project that will use photos, videos, and short posts to document the activities of the school and vocational training.
Summary of project results
We wanted to ensure professional development of schools’ employees, increase language skills and ICT competences of teachers and students, prepare students for future employers’ requirements, let them know about new trends in their profession, where high degree of automatization and digitalization is in progress, so as they could be prepared for European labour market. Also, we wanted to strengthen good relations with the Norwegian partner and map the possibilities of future use of their professional partners for the VET mobilities of our pupils and offer them these possibilities with our professional partners. Teachers and employees of professional partners from both countries learnt more about aquaculture and fisheries in the partner country, they shared professional experience, teaching materials and compared curricula. Czech teachers of practical training and professional partners learned about ECVET standards which are important for future preparation of learning outcomes in VET mobilities of our students.
We organised three study visits during the project. Moreover, online eTwinning activities for students brought an added value of the project.
Thanks to this project we have a better idea about future VET cooperation, its requirements, realistic learning outcomes from students’ mobilities and our teachers are now well prepared to implement them including the administrative agenda. The results of the project led to the decision to apply for ERASMUS+ accreditation in KA1 VET and thus deepen the cooperation with EU institutions.
Summary of bilateral results
We see the benefit of cooperation in the unique field of study of both schools, because it is not easy to find a partner in the field of fisheries and aquaculture. In addition, the Czech Republic is a landlocked country without any access to the sea, and Czech students do not have the opportunity to learn about marine fish farming. On the contrary, the Czech way of breeding carp, which is based on historical tradition, is interesting for the Norwegian partner.The cooperation led to mutual knowledge and understanding and there are plans to cooperate further.