Creation of a working group with all public and private stakeholders to improve and expand the curriculum of Jewelry education and training in Galicia.
The working group began by analysing the current regulations on jewellery education as well as the needs and demands of the jewellery sector. The aim was to revise, update, and renew the training, transforming it into an itinerary within Higher Education in Product Design.
This raised the need to review and define the disciplines and academic contents to be taught in the new itinerary of the specialty, as well as the implementation of new disciplines.
A pilot project was developed at the Mestre Mateo School of Art and Design. Supervised by the working group new equipment necessary to teach innovative processes was used and evaluated by trial and error.
The educational authorities have been asked to include into the teaching stuff professionals of recognized prestige in the sector to train students as well as inhouse trainers with the aim of expanding and improving the knowledge of key content disciplines for the jewellery trade.
In the curricular design, an equivalence with the Dual Vocational Training in Galicia has also been sought in terms of the format of internships in companies in order to improve the employability possibilities of the students. Increasing the number of hours from 105 to 300 hours.
A draft decree of the Product Design itinerary: Jewelry and accessories was developed to be able to convert it into a degree within the European Higher Education Area (EQF6) with a level equal to the university degree in Spain (MECES2).
Resources needed
Involvement of the:
- professional jewellery sector in Galicia
- Mestre Mateo School of Art and Design Superior (Santiago)
- educational authorities of the Special Regime Teachings - Ministry of Education (Galicia)
Material and financial resources for the implementation of the itinerary.
Evidence of success
The draft of the decree that modifies Decree 172/2105 which contains the Product Design itinerary: Jewelry and accessories is available to the Department of Education of the autonomous community of Galicia. It is waiting to be published in the Official Journal of Galicia, in view of its teaching being implemented by the Ministry of Education of the Autonomous Community of Galicia in the academic year 2022-23.
Difficulties encountered
To address the training needs posed by the professional jewellery sector in the regulatory framework since many of the sector's proposals could not be considered.
Obtaining material and economic resources by the Ministry of Education for the implementation of the itinerary.
Potential for learning or transfer
Gathering together the companies of the sector, the educational centres, and the public administration in a working group, should be the way to develop and design every curricula that aims to train future professionals in any productive sector.
Adding up the different points of view of all the parties involved, as well as listening to the current needs of the jewellery production sector, made it possible to pose the necessary challenges in order to find the most effective solutions.
It is necessary to continue this interaction with companies in order to face renewals and updates of the contents, techniques and procedures, since research and innovation in the sector can be born in a propitious context such as the one presented here.
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