New educational plans for vocational schools
New educational plans for vocational schools
The vocational schools of the country receive new educational plans. The new educational plans with a focus on learning ability and the MINT subjects strengthen vocational high schools.
On August 1, 2021, the new educational plans for vocational high schools, which will be the Ministry of Education and Culture together with the Center for school quality and teacher training (ZSL) worked. The aim of the revision was to connect to the educational plans of the general schools, to adapt the learning content to professional reality and digital media and to give the MINT subject even more important. In addition, the multi -year process for further development of vocational schools has achieved an important goal.
first Abitur based on the new structure of the upper level in 2024
In 2024, the students can take their high school diploma on the basis of the new structure of the upper level for the first time. In more than 500 further training courses, teachers are currently being prepared for classes with the new curriculum from the coming school year. In addition, sample examination tasks are created, with the help of which the teachers can then prepare for the first Abitur according to the new rules together with the students in the classes. The digital plans have been available to schools since the end of September 2020. You have now received the printed version of it from the Ministry of Culture.
"With the new educational plans we make vocational high schools sustainable-and thus also the students. We updated the curriculum, strengthened the MINT area and emphasized the ability to learn and the importance of digitization," says the Minister of Education Dr. Susanne Eisenmann to the new curriculum. The development of the new training plans was supported and critically monitored by a top -class group of experts. Representatives from politics, business, unions, associations, churches and society took part, and the scientific side was also involved. The group of experts has agreed on all important innovations.
Goals and content of the new curriculum
The aim of the new educational plans is to connect to the educational plans of the general schools and to lead to general university access qualifications. Other goals are the sharpening of the relationship between learning content and professional reality, the appropriate presentation of digital media as learning instruments and the even greater importance of acquiring skills in the MINT subjects. In addition to the five technical profile subjects (mechatronics, information technology, design and media technology, technology and management, environmental technology), the profile subjects of agricultural biology, biotechnology, nutrition and chemistry as well as health and biology also focus on the MINT area. In the future, computer science will be compulsory for all school children in all three school years. In addition, other scientific subjects (biology, chemistry, physics) will be in all six directions of the vocational school- agricultural sciences, biotechnology, nutritional sciences, social and health sciences, technology and business- in three-hour classes there are still two hours of laboratory exercises at the technical high schools.
More options for individual talents
In addition, students at vocational high schools will have more options in the future: Depending on their personal talents, they can choose either German or mathematics. In addition to the six-hour professional profile subject, you can choose this as the second of four written Abitur examination subjects. Professional components such as business informatics, bilingual global studies, special areas of organic and nutritional sciences or bioinformatics, which are largely in the MINT area, expand the profile-specific course in the individual directions. "The further developments in business, science and didactics in recent years are reflected in the educational plans of vocational schools. This means that young people will continue to find diverse opportunities in the future to develop their talents and talents at vocational schools," said Minister Eisenmann.
support offers for schools
In order to support the teachers in the implementation of the new curriculum, the ZSL has for almost all subjects Handouts . Since the beginning of the school year, more than 500 digital training courses have been carried out to introduce the new curricula. In addition, Institute for Education Analysis Baden-Württemberg (IBBW) For all examination subjects, sample examination task were developed to help the students to use in the grades and prepare for the Abitur. On behalf and in close coordination with the Ministry of Culture, the ZSL was also involved in the development of a total of 82 new educational plans with around 2000 pages. More than 60 educational plan commissions worked on these plans for two years.
The educational plans of the upper level for vocational schools grow up. This means that they apply for the students who attend the entry class (11th grade) at the vocational schools in the school year 2021/2022. For the first class (12th grade at the vocational schools), these apply to school year 2022/2023 and the second class for the school year 2023/2024. The currently used and previously tested educational plans for middle school (8th to 10th grade) will come into force on August 1, 2021 for all three classes at the same time. Minister of Education Eisenmann placed the final version of the educational plans for the vocational high schools, which will come into force in July last year at the beginning of the coming school year 2021/22. That is why they have been there since September 2020 Digital available . Thanks to the online presentation, media can use the benefits sesame database from State Media Center and the content of the individual curricula can be linked directly to the corresponding training courses.
professional high schools
The vocational high schools in three years on the middle education qualification (Secondary school qualification, technical university qualification) up to the general university qualification. At 20 locations, the vocational school from the eighth grade is also offered as a six -year course that leads to a general university qualification. In Baden-Württemberg, every third Abitur is acquired at a vocational school.
The vocational school has six different directions with a total of 13 profiles:
• Agricultural secondary school
• High School for Social and Health Sciences with the profiles of Health and Social
• • Business High School mit den Profilen Business, International Business (zweisprachig), Financial management
Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport: Professional high school
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