How does the Fehmarn connection create jobs? Which cement mixture is the most durable? How many boxes can there be in a curtain trailer? These are a few of the questions students in primary school grades 7-10. classes must answer in three new teaching courses, which are now ready for Denmark’s Learning Portal, EMU.
The new teaching courses have been developed by the Agency for Education and Quality (SUK) under the Ministry of Education in close cooperation with Femern Link Contractors (FLC).
Three apprentices from Fehmarn
In the teaching courses, the students meet Sixten, Jonas and Andreas, who are in the process of vocational training on the Fehmarnbelt connection. Here they solve tasks every day that require a wide range of skills and contribute to one of Denmark’s largest construction projects. The three apprentices are each presented in their own video, where they talk about their everyday life at the apprenticeship and about the specific work tasks.
Andreas Madsen, who is already known to FemernReport’s readers, is an apprentice process operator, gives the students an insight into the noble art of concrete mixing. Sixten is an office apprentice and lifts the veil on the economic cycle, of which the Fehmarn project is a part. The warehouse employee Jonas introduces the students to the Tetris game, which is to make room for everything and know where to look for what.
FLC humbled to contribute
– We are pleased to announce that the Norwegian Agency for Education and Quality has launched three portraits of our apprentices, who share their experiences of vocational training in our project. The portraits are to be used as teaching material in the Danish primary schools, and we are humbled to be able to contribute as role models, writes FLC in a post on LinkedIn about the new teaching courses.
Science, social studies and mathematics
The three teaching courses are intended for the teaching of science, economics and social studies and mathematics. The aim is to make it easy for teachers to create an interdisciplinary course that combines teaching in the subjects on the syllabus with the compulsory subject of education and jobs.
Attention to vocational education
A major side benefit of the new teaching courses is that they connect practice from specific workplaces and professions with school education. It can also be used to make primary school students aware of what a vocational education is for – and hopefully arouse their interest in the subjects.
If adults can figure it out, they are also welcome to try the new teaching courses that can be found on EMU-portalen.
