Job shadowing Sweden Eulalia Delgado | Page 8

Global Education & European Teaching Strategies Upplands- Brogymnasiet (Kungsängen) Upplands-Brogymnasiet policies There are four vocational training pragrammes: - Child and recreation - Building and construction - Vehicle and transport - Business and administration In higher education, they can offer the following programmes together with 3 profiles: golf, physical education and music. - Business management and economy - Arts - Natural science - Social Science - Technology ❏ Attractive programme design Most teachers agree on the fact that there is a lack motivation in students: nothing seems to spark their interest in a society where abundance in general prevails in their lives and school has been conceptually devalued in the last 20-25 years. There is a wish to raise the status of the teaching profession, which seems to be downgraded. Likewise, there is a lack of teachers, especially in scientific disciplines. Right now, what prevails is the supply-demand pattern. Foreign teachers are also welcome providing they are proficient in English and they learn Swedish in one year and a half. ❏ Two cross-curricular objectives: Students should develop as democratic citizens and should have a broad repertoire of learning skills and wisdom to cope with their future lives and professions, thinking critically. Consequently, teachers are encouraged to cooperate and special projects are emerging for this purpose, like the workshops on democracy. 7