Атты III халықаралық ғылыми-тәжірибелік конференция жинағЫ
CHALLENGES OF THE XXI CENTURY"
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NUR-SULTAN, KAZAKHSTAN, JULY 2019 222 Nowadays the youth tend to acquire the knowledge and information not only by means of formal learning but rather more by means of non-formal and informal learning, particularly through the internet, which makes them go hand in hand with innovative technologies. Werquin (2010, p. 7) claims that although learning often takes place within formal settings and environments, a great deal of valuable learning also takes place either deliberately or informally in everyday life. According to Werquin (2010, p. 8-9), there are many benefits to non-formal and informal learning, in which the following deserve a special attention, namely educational benefits, in which this type of learning underpins lifelong learning by helping people learn about themselves and develop their career within a lifelong learning framework. Furthermore, there are social benefits, in which informal learning provides a way to improve equity and teamwork and works as a psychological boost to individuals by making them aware of their capabilities and skills. In terms of both project and teamwork, there is no doubt that one cannot go without the other, perhaps more so in the opportunity to go beyond classic lessons, bringing together students from different educational programmes and ages, as long as there is high motivation for co-operation, sharing and accepting ideas and carrying them out accordingly. Buch and Andersen (2015, p. 27) claim that team and project work is both a new and an old phenomenon. It is evident that people always have cooperated and coordinated work to achieve their goals and solve problems. But team and project work has—in the post-industrial era—also developed into the preferred mode of organizing work in many companies and public institutions. It is not only considered to be an effective mode of production but also an ideal mode to spur innovative, creativity, and knowledge generation/sharing. According to the English project week group experience, the spurring of the latter comes into realization among the students during the project week, but only when positive atmosphere is created, when the foundations/tasks of the whole project week are explained, followed, monitored and implemented and when students and teachers establish a bond for different learning approach that is characterized by willingness and high motivation (in our case motivation for travelling domestically or abroad, researching tourist-related features of different sights, communicating in English and German language in the report and in front of a camera, listening to others). Therefore, among so many definitions of ‗team‘, the one from P. Levin (2005, p. 7) explains the basics of our formation, ‗‗when you first meet the other people you‘ll be working with, you‘re a group, not a team. You don‘t become a team until you have developed methods of working together and relationships have formed between you, i.e. through your collaboration you have begun to ‗bond‘ and develop ‗team spirit‘.‘‘ Before referring to skills in a project week, we need to originate from the fact that in order to be innovative, one requires a wide variety of skills. According to OECD (2011, p. 148), among the most important ones are basic skills and digital-age literacy, which include reading and writing as well as the skills needed to use digital technology; technical skills, which are specific skills needed in an occupation and may include both academic and vocational skills and knowledge of certain tools or processes; generic skills, which include problem-solving, critical and creative thinking and ability to learn; ―soft‖ skills that include working and interacting in teams, communication, motivation, initiative, cultural openness and receptiveness to innovation; leadership, which includes team-building, coaching and mentoring; managerial and entrepreneurial skills, which relate to leadership, communication and self-confidence. жүктеу/скачать 8,11 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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