Viskastrandsgymnasiet Bors Sweden

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Borås - Sweden
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Sweden 8 miljon people ca 2000 km from south to
north Same distance as from Malmö to Rome Borås
100 000 inhabitants, 1000 km\2
Borås 45km from Gothenburg- Landvetter Airport
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Peddlers started Textile industries in the city
of Borås
The city was founded in 1621 by King Gustav II
Adolf
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The Swedish School System
Supplementary Training
Upper Secondary Education
Basic education
Municipal Adult Education gt20 år
University or Work
Upper Secondary Schools 16-20 year
Compulsary (Basic) schools 7 - 16 year
Schools for Intellectually handicapped
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17 NATIONAL PROGRAMS
Engineering
Child recreation
Social Science
Construction
Health Care
Natural Science
Electrical Engineering
Natural Resource Use
Energy
Business and Administration
Hotel, Rest. and Catering
Vehicle Engineering
Food
Industry
Handicraft
Media
Arts
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SCHEDULE Vocational and theoretical programme
Recommended hours of instruction
Core subjects Swedish 200 English 100
Civics 100 Religious Studies
50 Mathematics 100 Natural Science 50 Physical
Education 100 Artistic Activities 50
History 50
Programme specific subjects 1 300
Individual electives 300
Project work 100
Totalt 2 500 points
800
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ViskastrandsgymnasietBorås - Sweden

• Viskan River in Borås
• Strand Beach in Swedish
• Gymnasium Upper secondary school

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Viskastrandsgymnasiet has the followingVocational
Education Programme

• Construction Programme 150
• Electrical Engineering Programme 130
• Vehicle Engineering Programme 240
• Industry Programme 40
• Media Programme 220
• IT Programme 220 ( mix of Media and Electric
• Total 1000 students, 90 teachers, budget ca 7
  000 000 Euro

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Eleven stepstowards a reformed upper secondary
school

• Motivation
• Better response to meet societal demands
  regarding broad competences and high
  specialisation.
• To hinder negative stress, fragmentation or
  tactical choices
• To pinpoint the needs for coherency.
• To increase the number of students that continue
  to higher education
• To encourage student choices that breaks the
  barriers of class and sex.

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Eleven steps

• New grading
• A new diploma
• A elaborated project work
• Increased quality for the individual programme
• The students rights in choosing schools
• History a new core subject

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Eleven steps

• Core subjects that are influenced by the
  programme
• A modern prentice education
• Better quality in vocational education
• Bigger courses that creates meaning for the
  students
• All courses must be approved by the National
  Agency

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Seven fundamental perspectives

• Ethics
• Environment
• Internationalisation
• History
• Nature science
• Gender
• Entrepreneurs