The different Types of Syllabi at the Vocational Schools in Germany

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The different Types of Syllabi at the Vocational
Schools in Germany

• Bavarian Syllabus for Aircraft Engine Mechanics
  and Aircraft Mechanics from July 1987

• Unterrichtsfächer (subjects)
• Fachtheorie (theoretically knowledge)
• Praktische Fachkunde (practical training)
• Fachrechnen (technical mathematics/
  subjects-spezified mathematics)
• Fachzeichnen (technical drawings and design)
• and
• Religionslehre oder Ethik (religion or ethics)
• Deutsch (German)
• Sozialkunde (social studies)
• Sport (sports)

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The different Types of Syllabi at the Vocational
Schools in Germany

• Features
• For every subject a spezified teacher e. g. in
  the classroom and in the workshop.
• Every teacher designs his lessons alone.
• Every teacher knows exactly what he should teach.
• Mainly teaching from the front (teacher is the
  chief!!)

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The different Types of Syllabi at the Vocational
Schools in Germany

• Syllabus for the Vocational Schools in Bavaria
  for Aircraft Mechanics from 1997

• Lerngebiete (learning areas)
• Englisch (technical English)
• Flugtechnik (aerodynamics, instruments, engines,
  physics, ...)
• Fertigungstechnik (technology, materials, ...)
• Systemtechnik (working with computers, hydraulic,
  electric, ...)
• Technische Kommunikation (technical drawings and
  design)
• and
• Religionslehre, Deutsch, Sozialkunde, Sport

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The different Types of Syllabi at the Vocational
Schools in Germany

• Features
• No practical training!A teacher in the workshop
  is not neccessary.
• Sometimes 2 3 teachers teach the same subject
  or parts of it.
• Not every teacher knows exactly what he should
  teach, because the syllabus is only a draft!!
• Mainly teaching from the front (teacher is the
  chief!!)
• Mathematics are included in all subjects.

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The different Types of Syllabi at the Vocational
Schools in Germany

• Syllabus for the Vocational Schools in the City
  of Hamburg for Aircraft Mechanics from 2001
  orFramework Curriculum for the Vocational
  Schools in Germany for Electricians for Aircraft
  Systems from 2003

• Lernfelder (subject areas/fields)
• Fluggerätstrukturen in Leichtbauweise manuell
  herstellen (manual manufactoring of structures of
  aircraft in lightweight construction)
• ...

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The different Types of Syllabi at the Vocational
Schools in Germany

• Features
• All new Framework Curricula for the Vocational
  Schools in Germany are divided into subject
  areas/fields see KMK Handreicherung from 2000
• The teacher does not exactly know what he should
  teach.
• The teachers have to work together in a team.
• They have to construct exemplary learning
  situations (Lernsituationen)
• The teachers rule changes he is a coach

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The different Types of Syllabi at the Vocational
Schools in Germany

• Features
• It is a task based learning
• The student has

• to search for information (orientieren und
  informieren)
• to check / to control (prüfen)
• to analyze, to plan, to decide (auswerten, planen
  und entscheiden)
• to make / to operate (durchführen)
• to control (kontrollieren)

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The different Types of Syllabi at the Vocational
Schools in Germany

• Features
• The student learns

• Vocational pragmatic competence (Berufliche
  Handlungskompetenz)
• Subject competence (Fachkompetenz)
• Social competence (Sozialkompetenz)
• Personal skills (Personalkompetenz)
• Methods skills (Methodenkompetenz)
• Learning skills (Lernkompetenz)