School development by evaluation: Competences individual treatment to ensure final degree

Abstract

Successfully reaching the final degree is an essential topic in education at the Higher Technical College EUREGIO HTBLVA Ferlach. This aspect is measured by “school achievement” which represents the proportion between the young people who have been trained in the first years and the pupils who finally graduate. This figure is, however, in practice dependent on many different factors. Factors such as the class climate, school climate, but also the handling of diversity and language sensitivity play an important role in classroom. For the development of these factors, social learning and problem based learning was implemented by projects. The evaluation shows, that the class climate felt by the students is getting better and project based learning is implemented and accepted by pupils and teachers. The value of “school achievement” was varying between 70% and 100% during the last 10 years. As preconditions of the pupils arriving at the Higher Technical College are decisive factors, there are actions planned and set to support pupils especially during the first year. To move on further to Industry 4.0 students competences in Information Technology are evaluated and simulation as well as data management is integrated in lecturing.