This is a consortium application composed of 7 upper secondary schools that teach in prisons in Viken county municipality.
https://digital-competence-in-euorpean-prisons.no/
Citizenship of the Union, also known as EU citizenship, is a term introduced by the Maastricht Treaty and refers to the rights that every citizen of the EU Member State has. As an EU citizen, you have the right to live and move in the EU without being discriminated against because of your nationality. You can settle in any EU country if you meet certain conditions, depending on whether you work, study, etc. Everyone has the right to education and access to vocational training and further education.
The Norwegian “Education Directorate – Udir” has presented new plans for the introduction of new curricula for Norwegian schools. A main change is that we get a new overall part of the curriculum that applies to all subjects. This includes new guidelines for topics such as public health and life skills, democracy and citizenship, sustainable development and deep thematic focus. “Dybdelæring” or a deep thematic focus, which requires collaboration across disciplines, will have an extra focus in the introduction of the curricula.
To reach this goal, the Norwegian Directorate for Education shows the importance of digital competence by placing digital skills as one of the 5 basic skills that students must master. Digital skills mean collecting and processing information, being creative and creative with digital resources, and communicating and interacting with others in digital environments. This means being able to use digital resources appropriately and responsibly to solve practical tasks. Digital skills also involve developing digital judgment by acquiring knowledge and good strategies for web use.
Digital skills are an important prerequisite for further learning and for active participation in a working life and a society in constant change. The digital development has changed many of the premises for reading, writing, arithmetic and oral forms of expression. Therefore, digital skills are a natural part of the basis for learning work both in and across academic subjects. This provides opportunities for new and changed learning processes and working methods, but also places increased demands on judgment. There is also an increased focus on digital competence in many of the new subject plans belonging to the new subject plans in Norway
All 7 upper secondary schools in Viken county municipality offer various courses at the upper secondary level for inmates. In line with the concept of “European citizenship” and their rights, we also offer this education to a large number of foreign prisoners.
The background for our Erasmus + project is added to this section and how we will develop our school in line with new guidelines and to bring in “best practices” from schools in other countries on this topic.
