Transdisciplinary organization of a learning process in a vocational school to foster a sustainable development
ENThis article provides an insight into the results of a designed of a learning process and carried out at Daugavpils Technical school in the study of program “Railway transportation.” The aim of this study is to explore the impact of the organization of a learning environment for the juvenile groups while teaching technical study subjects. In particular, the research conducted at this vocational secondary school focused up on introducing a particular form of integrative collaboration amongst the learners. A formative teaching experiment, which analyses learner’s integrative collaboration through structured observation at the beginning and the end of acquisition of the study subject “Railway transport” points at positive changes associated with the model criteria: working in a team, mutual learning, business communication and creativity. The observational study has been carried out by involving participants from the two cooperation partners of the Latvian and Lithuanian vocational secondary schools. The study involved instructors and students of both partner institutions. The evaluation of the participants’ real experience in a wider and broader framework has been used to draw strategic conclusions, which will help keep focus on the need to sustain generational readiness for sustainable development in the harmonisation of the choice of pedagogical approaches and methods. Key Words: vocational school, team work, business communications, creativity, mutual learning. [From the publication]
