ANTALYA IMPLEMENTATION MEETING
The project team of our institution and the project participants, consisting of 7 teachers and managers from involved schools carried out their project activities. 18 personnel consisting of managers and teachers at our school participated in the Antalya implementation meeting of our project.
Participants of the partner institutions:
ITALY
1-Patrizia Falesiedi
2-Alba Stella Paioletti
SWEDEN
1-Jan Johansson
2-Jan Wasikkaoja
3-Nils Anders Gustafsson
SPAIN
1- Adolfo Salto Sánchez del Corral
2- Jesús Hernández Sánchez
Participants of the Coordinator School:
Hasan YILDIZ, Fahri ÖZARSLAN, Uğur ÜNAL, Mustafa TAHTABAŞ, Hatice DURSUN, Mehmet SENCAR, Atilla KONUK, Şinasi DEMİR, Armağan KAYA, Sabahattin YAVUZ, Meltem ÖKTE ÇIKAN, Semih BAŞARAN,Muharrem GÜMÜŞ, Orhan YÜKSEL, İbrahim KÜCÜ, Özkan TUNCER, Murat ŞENTÜRK
MEETING ACTIVITIES (05-09 November 2018)
Nov 5,2018 MONDAY: Project Contact Person Hatice Dursun, Deputy Director Uğur Ünal and Motor Department teacher Özkan Tuncer visited 3 different companies in Antalya Organized Industry Area (Crystal Kitchen, Mercedes Service, Volvo Service) with 3 Swedish participants. During these visits, work-based learning skills were observed in enterprises and preliminary meetings were conducted to send intern students from Sweden. Positive impressions were observed from the participants.
Nov 6,2018 TUESDAY: 7 participants from the involved schools from Italy, Spain and Sweden participated in the presentations and meetings of the project.
- Turkish Education System was introduced by the project contact person and English teacher Hatice Dursun.
- Atilla Konuk, the teacher of Industrial Automation Technologies, introduced the education system and the fields in our school.
- The partner schools and educational systems have been introduced by the participants.
- Project Coordinator Mustafa Tahtabaş introduced the activities in the project application form.
- Workshops were visited by introducing the administrative structure, classes, guidance units and areas in the school.
-During the workshop visits, students' lesson and practice activities were observed and the students had conversations with the participants.
-Okuldaki program bittikten sonra, Mustafa Tahtabaş ve Hatice Dursun eşliğinde saat 16:00’dan sonra Aspendos Antik Kenti ziyareti yapılmıştır. Katılımcıların hayranlıkla gezdiği tiyatro içinde, antik kentin tarihi geçmişi tanıtıldı. After the program in the school, Mustafa Tahtabas and Hatice Dursun accompanied to a visit to the ancient city of Aspendos after 16:00. In the theater where the participants were amazed, the historical past of the ancient city was introduced.
- After visiting the Aspendos Antique City, a trip to the Duden shoreline was held and then the participants had dinner at the Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Waterfall Fish Restaurant. A mixed menu of fresh Mediterranean fish was presented to the participants.
Nov 7,2018 WEDNESDAY:
- The use of the project website “vetforall.org.tr” was explained by Şinasi Demir, a teacher of Construction Technology.
- Mehmet Sencar, the Chief of the Mechanics Department,and Fahri Özarslan, the vise principle, presented the cooperation between the school and private enterprises, work-based training system in our school.
-Cultural trip to Tunektepe
In the afternoon, a company visit (Bihl & Wiedemann Automation) was conducted in the Antalya Free Zone. During the visit, the work-based skill training of the students of our school was observed, the advantages that the enterprises provide to the students, the health insurance and the state contribution provided to the enterprises were introduced. In this facility, internship opportunities of foreign students were evaluated by chatting with German students who were doing their internship through our school. The idea of sending interns from the partner institutions to Antalya was discussed. Participants had positive impressions.
At the end of the day, a swimming event was held at Konyaalti Beach in order to relax and show that it’s possible to swim in Antalya even in November. All of the participants, especially the Swedish ones, enjoyed the event.
Nov 8,2018 THURSDAY:
- The guidance system and activities in our school were introduced by Meltem Ökte Çıkan. By presenting the current applications for evaluating and increasing the student motivation, it was presented how the applications and results of the students' individual characteristics, interests and abilities were evaluated and the obtained results were used to increase student motivation.
The reasons that decrease the motivation of the students in the vocational high school according to the current situation:
- Graduates are likely to have long-term unemployment shortages.
- The absence of a world-class education in vocational high schools.
- The family is decisive in the choice of profession. They cannot make realistic direction in this matter. The child is passive.
- Placement according to academic averages, not according to post-secondary vocational skills.
- Placement of profession according to the average of 9th class culture courses, lack of professional skills assessment.
- Low expectations for themselves and the profession.
- Frequent changes in the exam system.
Changes in curriculum and school structuring.
The facilities that are planned to increase student motivation in our school can be summarized as follows:
1. Testing, inventory and survey applications to determine the students’ personalitiy and their tendencies.
a. Occupational Orientation Battery (İŞKUR)
2. Introducing educational and social opportunities in the school and its environment.
a. Presentation about the system.
3. Giving information about higher education institutions.
a. University trips
b. Visits of university representatives to our students.
4. Giving information about the professions that can be chosen.
a. Presentation of the professions by the sector representatives and graduates.
b. Introducing occupations with work place visits.
5. Giving information about Job search, CV preparation, job interview etc.
6. Individual interviews
-Semih Başaran, IT teacher, presented the content of “Professional Development Lesson”, which takes place in the national curriculum of the 9th grades.
- ANTEMDER (Alumni Association) has been introduced by Muharrem Gümüş, Head of Industrial Automation Technologies. During the presentation, Association President Orhan Yüksel and Association Vice President İbrahim Kücü informed the participants about the effects of the “Back to School Project”in terms of following up the graduates in order to settle them in a higher education institution and helping them gain a profession. ANTEMDER has been practicing “Back to School Project” in our school for two years, and they invited many successful graduates to school to make speeches. According to the results of the survey conducted by the association, this activity increased the students' motivation towards their fields. Participants of the partner institutions stated that this event could not be done in their country and it was a very effective source of motivation. They stated that this activity in our school is one of the best practices that they will transfer to their schools.
- Guidance studies and regulations about the vocational field and branch selection were presented by the English teacher Hatice Dursun, which was prepared with the contributions of Deputy Director Uğur Ünal. It was argued that only the academic success of the students in the field and branch selection was considered as an inadequate criterion in vocational orientation. If it can be done, it is emphasized that the direction of the survey, skill exam and teachers' opinions, which determine the tendency of the students towards the profession, should be taken into consideration in choosing the profession. It has been stated that the project partner institutions should draw attention to this issue in our project.
At the end of the programs at the school, Antalya Old Town, Yivli Minare Mosque and the Old Port were visited after 16:30. The participants did shopping for traditional Turkish tastes. At the end of the day, it was observed that the participants were tired with a busy schedule but did not complain about it. They had dinner in a restaurant in the Old Town in the evening.
Nov 8,2018 FRIDAY:
The project activities were evaluated together with the project team and the school management. In summary, at the Antalya Implementation Meeting ;
-We introduced our school and education system,
- We held company visits and introduced work-based skill training system in our vocational education,
- We discussed the factors affecting student motivation by introducing our guidance activities,
- We planned activities to increase the students' motivation.
- We planned other meetings of the project in Italy, Spain and Sweden,
- We organized visits and excursions promoting our culture, geography,
- In addition, participants from abroad received a satisfaction questionnaire about Antalya program and it was observed that all participants liked the program.
As a result; we left very good impressions on our project partners from three different European countries. We destroyed prejudices. With the project meetings and activities to be held in the next year, we have learned that we will work with a team that will produce good results on “Motivation in Vocational Training”
-With the project team, the work to be done until March 2019/ Italy meeting were planned. Accordingly, a questionnaire will be prepared on “Motivation sources and reasons for desreasing motivation”. The implementation of this survey will be carried out in all partner institutions in January 2019 and the results will be evaluated in March 2019 during Italy meeting. After the completion of the program, Mustafa Tahtabaş and Hatice Dursun accompanied the participants to visit the Antalya Museum. After the visit, the overall evaluation was made and the program was held for the remaining time with the other participants as the Spanish participants had to depart. Hotel-airport transfer of Spanish participants was provided by Hasan Yıldız. Mustafa Tahtabaş and Hatice Dursun accompanied the Italian and Swedish participants and visited the village of Korkuteli-Korucak. On the way back, we made a trip to the Guver Cliff.
DISSEMINATION OF THE PROJECT FACILITIES
- Project contents and documents were uploaded on http://vetforall.org.tr, which is the intermet site of our Project.
- The activities of our project are announced in one-to-one meetings with the teachers in the school, and on the school wall newspaper.
- On the website of our school (http://antalyaeml.meb.k12.tr) project news is available on various dates.
http://antalyaeml.meb.k12.tr/icerikler/erasmus-projemiz-kabul-edildi_5465197.html
http://antalyaeml.meb.k12.tr/icerikler/erasmus-projemizin-uygulamasi-basladi_5769653.html
-We have shared the photos of the project facilities and the news related to project on “Avrupa’da Eğitimdeyiz” facebook group.
- We have shared the photos of the project facilities and the news related to project on the educational network of National Education Ministry. ( http://www.eba.gov.tr/haber/1542181674)
- Our Spanish partner has started an e-twinning project having the same name as a web-platform of our project. https://twinspace.etwinning.net/74239/pages/page/456481
-The project activities and photographs have been published on the websites of the involved schools, on social media pages and on press.
https://www.facebook.com/Nobelgymnasiet/
https://www.instagram.com/nobelgymnasiet/
https://www.tusciatimes.eu/turchia-una-delle-destinazioni-degli-erasmus-dellistituto-f-orioli-di-viterbo/?fbclid=IwAR1eonDAY8KRx06Ul5UglIXsF_fZE9L6CA9tR5lPfia73fhKt_RBnOlQpBQ
http://www.tusciaweb.eu/2018/11/erasmus-plus-docenti-dellorioli-trasferta-turchia/?fbclid=IwAR0fGQLh28BO3a9OgDoX62vT1GMCVU3JGocVNMFDzipUXeVJ7Zoka5kXoS8
http://www.iespuntadelverde.es
http://www.iespuntadelverde.es/index.php/motivation-in-vocational-education-ka229-asociaciones-de-intercambio-escolar/480-movilidad-antalya-turquia
https://colaboraeducacion30.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/colabora/web/194127gt026