Vocational Training in Art and CraftPilot project DLAN (PALM)

Jasna BožičUniversity Rehabilitation Institute

Republic of Slovenia

Pilot project DLAN(PALM)

International development of integral training and education programmes in the area of protection and revitalisation of natural and cultural heritage.

The title DLAN (PALM) – traditional manual production

PartnershipWho?

Austria

Hungary

Slovenia

P1

P2

P3

P4

• Contribution to EU lines and directives on equal opportunities of people with disability in education, training and employment

• We tried to follow the wishes, needs, ambitions, opportunities and capacities of people with disability

Project starting points

High unemployment level in the region Podravje

High unemployment level of persons with disability

Insufficient opportunities in the labour market

Specific training, education and employment needs of some target groups (permanent professional and psychosocial support)

The project objectives

enabling appropriate response to training needs of specific target groups

assuring appropriate professional and psychosocial support for enabling users to acquire knowledge, skills and habits for stable employment

identifying new market niches and workplaces with appropriate dimension of creativeness and initiative

to facilitate social inclusion and integration of vulnerable groups

better opportunities on labour market and in life

Main goals

Development and testing of flexible vocational qualification measures

International transfer of knowledge and best practice

Two central points:

Concept of education and training of users - promotion of handcraft

Concept of education and further training of trainers

Target groups

Educators, trainers, job coaches

Unemployed persons with specific difficulties (mental health problems, learning problems, brain injuries)

Young persons with disabilities

Long-term unemployed

College dropouts

Specific vocational qualification

Production of hand- made paper Manual printing Traditional bookbinding Traditional carpentry and timbre-

frame construction for traditional building

Ecological production of vegetables, herbs and spices

Ecological fruit farming (apricots) Pottery (clay and ceramic) Usage of natural materials in traditional

building

Specific vocational qualification

1. Producing hand-made paper

Specific vocational qualification

2. Manual printing

Specific vocational qualification

3. Traditional bookbinding

Specific vocational qualification4. Traditional carpentry and timbre-frame

construction for traditional building

Specific vocational qualification

5. Ecological growing of vegetables, herbs and spices

Specific vocational qualification

6. Ecological fruit farming (apricots)

Specific vocational qualification7. Pottery (clay and ceramic)

Specific vocational qualification8. Usage of natural materials

in traditional building

Project results

Vocational qualification programmes / modules for trainees

Curriculum / modules for trainers „Train the trainer“

Manuals for educators, trainers, mentors of practical work

Pilot courses

 

 

dlan – palm INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES IN THE AREA OF PROTECTION AND RESUSCITATION OF NATIVE AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

Curriculum “Train the trainer” / Module summary

Topic 1

Specific vocational qualification

Topic 2

Vocational pedagogy

Topic 3

Social pedagogy

Module 1 Producing hand-made paper

Module 2 Manual printing

Module 3 Traditional carpentry and timbre-frame

construction for traditional building

Module 1 Awareness of the duties and responsibilities

of the trainer (mentor) in respect of the target group

Module 1 Integration training

Module 4 Ecological growing of vegetables, herbs

and spices Module 5

Pottery (clay / ceramic) Module 6

Traditional handicraft of bookbinding

Module 2 Use of basic training and teaching skills Module 2

Job application training

Module 7 Ecological fruit farming (apricots)

Module 8 Usage of natural materials

in traditional building

Module 3 To impart job-related theoretical knowledge and practical skills

Module 3 Social pedagogical education measures

Strengths

• Flexible, modular programme structure

• Diversified module contents can be adapted to individual interests and requirements

• Highly interesting topics (hand craft, ecology)

• Possibility to elaborate some contents into other existing programmes

• Parallel with project activities new working places were developing in the framework of Employment centre Dlan, where with the contribution of experts new applied products were developed and produced

• Some products gained Slovenian certificate of native craft and applied art

• With appropriate support and leading specific target groups can acquire knowledge, skills and habits that can assure them stable employment with appropriate dimension of creativeness and initiative

Thank you

for your attention