16 Amendments of Joanna Katarzyna SKRZYDLEWSKA related to 2011/2088(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that the percentage of early school leavers in the EU currently stands at 14.4% and that 17.4% of these have only completed primary school; points out that these children are most often from low- education backgrounds or socio- economically disadvantaged backgrounds and are more often boys than girls;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
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2a. Stresses the need to adapt education systems to meet the requirements of the labour market; points out that in a situation where it will be rare, in future, to spend one’s entire working life in a single sector, pupils need to acquire a broad range of abilities, such as creativity, creative thinking, general skills and the ability to adapt quickly and flexibly to changing conditions and requirements;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
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1. Highlights that the foundations for a child’s future educational career are laid in the early years of childhood, and can help to develop the idea of life-long learning; reiterates the call contained in its resolution on Early Years Learning in the EU for the development of a European framework for early childhood education and care services;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
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2a. Proposes that linguistic support should be provided for students from a migrant background;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Underlines that ESL is more common among boys than girls, because boys have more trouble adjusting to the school environment than girls do;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
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5. Recalls that ESL cannot only haves a detrimental effect on access to high-quality lifelong learningthe individual situation of young people, but also on the future prosperity of the European Union as a whole;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
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4a. Calls on the Member States to organise programmes to tackle addictions and social pathologies and prevention programmes to deal with the correlation between family situation and early school leaving;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
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5a. Encourages the Member States to provide extracurricular and out-of-school activities for pupils with learning difficulties to develop key skills in view of the clear need for these skills in the labour market;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
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9. Encourages a more hands-on learning approachn early response to emerging learning difficulties, and suggests that efficient early- warning mechanisms and follow-up procedures be put in place to prevent problems from escalating; points out that, in order to achieve this, two-way communication and closer cooperation between schools and parents are crucial, as are local support networks;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
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9a. Stresses that a frequent reason for failure among children and young people is the fact that school curricula are ill- suited to the needs of children’s lives and their socially-conditioned interests; an excessively rigid and uniform education system makes it hard to individualise school work and difficult to link education with everyday needs;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Encourages better career guidance and work experience schemes at school, in order to demystify the world of work for pupils and motivate them to set realistic goals, taking account of labour market needs;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
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13. Suggests that other redistributive measures be introduced, such as the provision of free school meals and, school books and essential sports equipment for disadvantaged groups, to reduce the impact of social inequality and to minimise ESL;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
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15a. Considers that many of the reasons for children’s educational problems lie in the fact that they are required to memorise ready-made knowledge and piecemeal information, together with the use of stereotyped teaching methods, one- sided intellectualism in secondary schools or a narrow practical approach in vocational schools;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
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17a. Points to the need to use educational interaction therapy in order to address the causes and symptoms of children’s learning difficulties, with the help of educational and teaching resources, with the aim of eliminating educational failure and its consequences;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
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19a. Points out also that frequent changes in class teachers, use of a two-shift school system and poor timetabling also have an adverse effect on students’ ability to learn effectively and in encouraging a negative attitude to compulsory schooling;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
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