Creative Skills 21

Next to vocational skills, schools are expected to teach learners certain soft skills that will allow them
to become good employees, entrepreneurs and citizens. In recent years, these skills have been labelled as ‘21st century skills’.

The creative industries are a sector with many special characteristics, e.g., a high emphasis on creativity and individuality, and a large sense of entrepreneurship (freelancers and self-employed).

In this project, the partners aim to define the most relevant 21st century skills for the creative industry education, by analysing the gap between industry needs and educational (VET) offer. Subsequently they aim to bring these skills into VET education by proposing it as an integrated part of the vocational education and the creative design process.

The overall objective will be:

1. the professionalisation of the participating teachers as well as their peers at home;

2. the implementation of the 21st century skills in the strategic agendas of the schools, and, via international networks, also in other schools.

We will organise training weeks during which vocational teachers will be trained on the relevant 21st century skills, and will immediately apply these by coaching international students. 

In this way, the teachers will be trained and will experience it at the same time, so they can act as ‘ambassadors’ towards their colleagues once at home.

• Practical tools and exercises will be tested on the spot, and experiences will be exchanged regarding the implementation of these programs and tools at the home institutions.

• Eight partner schools will work together to train and coach teachers in applying the right 21st century skills during six training weeks.

• The professionalisation of the teachers is directly applied and tested during the LTT meetings, but they will also implement it upon return in their own schools.

Two intellectual outputs will be created in the project.

1. The output report ‘21st century skills for the creative industries’ will combine desk research with a consultation of representatives of the creative industries in the networks of all participating partners. It will prioritise the skills to focus on.

2. Based on the results of this research and the results of the professionalisation exercises during the project lifespan, we will create a guidebook and website with practical examples and exercises for VET teachers within the creative industries on how to teach relevant 21st century skills and implement them into the learning programs and curriculums of VET schools.

Project Code:  2019-1-NL01-KA202-060257

Programme
Programme: Erasmus+

Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Action Type: Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Duration

3 years and 3 months (01/09/2019 – 31/12/22)

• Official website: http://cs-21.eu/

• Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/creative_skills21/

• The Guidebook of the CS-21 project

• 21st century skills for the creative industries

• CS21 Lisbon

• CS21 Finland

• CS-21 St. Gallen

• CS-21 Madrid

• CS21 Newcastle 

• CS21 Ghent 

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