Extended Learner Program
The Advanced Learning Program has been initiated for the academic year 2022-2023 with the aim of providing open school and experiential learning environments for Hisar High School students and expanding learning opportunities.
Aim:
The purpose of the “Hisar School Extended Learner Program”, which started to be implemented in the 2022 – 2023 Academic Year, is designed to take our students to a higher level academically and socially, in line with the vision and mission of Hisar Schools to reveal the potential and make meaningful contributions to the world. This program aims for our students to discover their talents and improve themselves, develop a sense of social responsibility and take part in projects that will benefit society, take an active part in the process of finding solutions to social problems, manage their own learning processes, set goals and learn through real-life experience.
The Extended Learner Program consists of the following modules:
- Hisar & Coursera MOOC (Open, distance online course) System
- Social Responsibility Projects
- Professional Observation and Experience System
Students who complete the Outstanding Extended Learner Program as shown in the “Hisar High School School Profile” document are awarded an Outstanding Learner Certificate, and program information about the distance courses they have completed, social responsibility projects and professional experience are included in their transcripts.
Coursera, the world’s largest provider of massive open online courses, was founded in 2012 by Stanford University Computer Science Professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller. This global platform offers courses in collaboration with leading universities and top organizations in their respective fields. Through these courses, students can specialize in their areas of interest and acquire skills that will be valuable in their academic and professional lives.
Hisar & Coursera MOOC
As of the 2022 – 2023 Academic Year, a protocol was signed between Hisar Schools and the distance open education platform Coursera, and 300 courses selected by our academic staff were offered to our students.
Purposes of Hisar & Coursera MOOC System
- Accessibility: Providing a high level of academic access to our students by being accessible at any place, time and device.
- Course Diversity: Our students can choose courses that suit their personal interests and needs in line with their goals.
- Individuality: Enabling our students to progress at their own pace by offering a variety of customization opportunities to meet their individual learning needs.
- Interactive Learning: By offering an interactive learning opportunity through various learning materials and tools, it enables our students to participate in different learning environments with tools such as video lessons, interactive quizzes, final assignments, forums and discussion groups.
- Quality Education and Certification: Hisar & Coursera MOOC’ System courses consist of high quality courses offered by world-renowned universities. Our students have the opportunity to take courses from international educational institutions and instructors who are experts in their fields. In addition, all of the courses in the system have been selected from certified courses approved by the teachers of our school.
Social Responsibility Projects
At Hisar School, we adopt the education philosophy of social learning (service learning) and enrich our academic programs with social responsibility studies and community services projects. With the philosophy of social learning, our students use the knowledge and skills they acquire in the classroom in a practical way and produce projects to strengthen the local and global societies of which they are a part. Integration of social responsibility awareness with learning objectives; It enables our students to take initiative to add value to society by becoming questioning, critical thinking, productive world citizens.
Professional Experience Program:
Professional Experience Program is a way of working that allows turning the theoretical knowledge learned during the education period into experience, experiencing the basic principles of business life, understanding the structure and functioning of institutions, and getting to know the professions planned to be chosen in the future. On-site observation activity, which is the most important decision-making mechanism in career choice, is one of the important building blocks of career orientation.
Occupational Observation Distributions
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9. Grades |
10. Grades |
11. Grades |
12. Grades |
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Sales Representative |
Digital Marketing |
Archeology |
Cinema |
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Workshop Management |
Medicine |
Information systems |
Management organization |
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Banking |
Law |
Jewelry design |
Architecture-interior architecture |
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Architecture-interior architecture |
Medicine |
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Design |
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Stock market – economy |
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Marketing/ Psychology |