Designation/Project-Title:	SECOND CHANCE - Individual Learning and Career Paths in VET (FI-2004
Homepage:	http://
Project-Number:	FI-04-B-F-PP-160504
Actual date: (of the information)	08/25/2004

The project is:	an EU project
The EU project belongs to the program:	Leonardo da vinci

Co-ordinating person:	Mr Timo Halttunen
Address:	Lemminkäisenkatu 14-18 B, 20520 Turku, Finland
E-Mail:	timo.halttunen@utu.fi
Tel/Fax:	+358 2 3335012, Fax: +358 2 3336410

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Participating countries (In which countries the project takes/took place?)
The Netherlands, Lithuania, Spain, Germany, Poland.

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Short description:

The project aims at reducing the amount of dropouts in Vocational Education and Training. An empowering pedagogical model for guidance and counseling is created. An on-line toolkit for learners and their counselors is also developed. The new model will motivate students for lifelong learning and give implements for life-management skills especially for students who are in risk to become disadvantaged. Proactive, general and intensive guidance and counseling methods will be produced to meet the needs of the learners in different situations and stages of their learning processes. The model and the on-line tool will be evaluated in coaching groups for learners with specific needs. The coaching groups will consist of intensive counseling and peer support for the learner in order to recognize individual learning styles and to meet the demands of the necessary competences in working life. A training program for the trainers will be created. Improving the intercultural and language skills of the learners will facilitate the mobility of students and workers from one country to another.

Project draws together education and administrations institutions, work life, enterprises and social partners from Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Italy..

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On-line tools The on-line toolkit will build a personal learning portfolio, which is useful for transferring points between education institutions and from education to working life. The learner will be able to interact with his or her own network of coaches despite the limitations of time and space.
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