TRANSIt Course:
Aims and Objectives
Aim
The aim of the TRANSIt modules is to help
teachers acquire and reinforce the skills and
knowledge to design cross-curricular activities
that support the key competence acquisition of
their students.
TRANSIt Objectives
• To improve teachers’ awareness of key
competences
• To improve teachers’ professional skills
regarding the didactics and e-assessment of
key competences by use of e-portfolios
• To support teachers to bring European and
national policies into practice
Why is this important?
Key competences in the EU framework are those that
‘all individuals need for personal fulfillment and
development, active citizenship, social inclusion and
employment’.
Cross-curricular key competences epitomize integrated
learning – they:
• have a focus in all subjects and all activities in a
school
• are the responsibility of all school staff
• represent goals common to the whole curriculum
• are mutually complementary.
Who defined the key competences?
The European Reference Framework of Key
Competences
was
defined
in
the
Recommendation on key competences for
lifelong learning adopted by the Council and
the European Parliament in December 2006 as
a result of five years of work by experts and
government representation collaborating
within the Open Method of Coordination.
Key competences
• Communication in the mother tongue
• Communication in foreign languages
• Mathematical competence and basic
competences in science and technology
• Digital competence
• Learning to learn
• Social and civic competences
• Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship
• Cultural awareness and expression
Eight Key Competences: The European Framework for Key
Competences for Lifelong Learning identifies 8 key
competences necessary for personal fulfillment, active
citizenship, social inclusion and employability in a
knowledge society.
1. Communication in the mother tongue
2. Communication in foreign languages
3. Mathematical competence and basic competences in
science and technology
4. Digital competence
5. Learning to learn
6. Social and civic competences
7. Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship
8. Cultural awareness and expression.
Why TRANSIt Competences ?
The Recommendation defines 8 key competences.
TRANSit focuses on the last five, cross-curricular in
nature.
TRANSIT aims to contribute to the development of
creativity, adaptation to the rapidly changing
circumstances,
intercultural
and
multilingual
competences, social development, “learning to learn”
competences and an improved perception of one’s
own capacity to solve problems.
TRANSIt: transversal key competences for
lifelong learning focuses on five
competences.
The five competences mentioned here are transversal.
They are cross curricular and pervasive.
They also support acquisition of all key competencies
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Digital competence
Learning to learn
Social and civic competences
Sense of initiative and entrepreneurship
Cultural awareness and expression.