Vittra was founded in 1993 and has since developed a unique educational model with individual action plans based on Knowledge, Personal Development and Learning. We know from experience that if you, the student, shall obtain full value in your time at school we need to work with these three elements. For us it is important that you feel after your time at school that you have with you the knowledge and skills that will benefit you when you step out in to the world.
We know through contacts and collaboration with universities and industry that our teaching idea is in line with current educational research and social changes in skills requirements. The guidelines that steer schools need to be brought a fresh perspective to keep pace with the rest of social development. In line with this we have chosen to use the EU's eight key competences for lifelong learning in the development of our educational work. Read more about the eight key competences and discover striking similarities with Vittra pedagogical idea and how we work about building each student's individual development.
Our flexible approach and our view of education is in line with current educational research and new social demands on the skills of a future society. Until now, however, we underestimated the technologies used to enhance learning so we are now undertaking a digital venture with modern technology to rectify this.
An initiative started in five of our schools in August 2010 means that we now have "one-to-one" (one computer per one student) for students from grades 4 and up. (Included in the project is also a pre-school where the structure looks a bit different due to the younger ages.) Much is happening today in many of our schools but we need to increase access to digital tools to develop and transform teaching and learning.
The purpose of this initiative is primarily to maximize the quality of the time spent in school. To have more effective time for learning and teaching opportunities and to clarify the students' development through increased transparency and interaction between students, parents and the outside world.
As part of this project we started in August 2010, a year long research project in collaboration with Professor Thomas Kroksmark, professor at the School of Education and Communication in Jönköping.
Through collaboration with researchers, universities and industry, we are convinced that the national curriculum largely lacks the perspective needed for schools to keep pace with the rest of socities development. This is something that we of course want to rectify.