Why work-based learning?

Because work-based learning is:

Work

Work

  • A better understanding of the workplace culture, its expectations and good work habits.
  • A stronger experience for a smoother school-to-work transition.
  • The creation of connection between school and work, future employment opportunities and contacts, to access to European markets and networks.
  • The application and improvement of academic and technical learning to real work.
  • An experience and a qualification recognized all over Europe.

Be

Be

  • The acquisition of interpersonal skills such as personal development, motivation, self-confidence, autonomy, independence.
  • The achievement of career awareness, mainly career development and career management skills.
  • The gaining of entrepreneurial spirit like risk-taking, decision making, change management, spirit of initiative.
  • The development of intercultural competences as adaptability, flexibility, European and transnational mindset, which are essential to practice a given profession transnationally.

Learn

Learn

  • The acquirement of hard skills, technical expertise and tacit knowledge that can be achieved only with practical experience.
  • The acquisition of soft skills, other competences and behaviors (e.g. taking responsibility, communication, problem-solving skills).
  • The improvement or acquisition of language competencies.
  • The exploration of a new culture.

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