Collaboration
Finding balance: Teachers ask learners to share one thing they do to relax and de-stress; they pair the learners and assign each international pair a specific aspect of work-life balance (e.g. time management, stress reduction, setting priorities). They are asked to research effective strategies and practical tips, and prepare a brief presentation/poster (using Prezi, PowerPoint, Canva) to share with their peers. Each pair presents their findings in an online meeting and after each presentation, teachers open the floor to questions and encourage learners to share relevant personal experiences.
Building resilience: Teachers start with a brief discussion of the importance of resilience and adaptability in career development. They ask learners to identify personalities or professionals who have demonstrated resilience and adaptability in their careers and initiate discussion on the significance of coping with challenges, setbacks and changes in life and work, and then divide learners into small international groups provided with a list of resilience-building strategies. They are asked to discuss and prioritise the strategies based on their relevance to potential situations and record their top three strategies on Miro.
Career harmony: Teachers ask learners to reflect on their future career choices by considering their personal values, interests, skills and aspirations, and form small international groups provided with a collaborative tool (e.g. Padlet, Google Docs). The groups brainstorm and list contributing factors to their job satisfaction and fulfilment. Each group presents their findings in an online meeting during which teachers encourage questions and cross-group comparisons.
Teachers ask learners to form international groups; each group is asked to produce an e-book (using Issuu) with their activity outputs, to be shared with their peers beyond the eTwinning project.