Challenge 5

What is cultural identity and cultural hybridity? And how are these concepts important for professional pedagogical work?

PERSONAL DETAILS

First name, last name	Frederik Skovgaard-Sørensen
Address	Toggangen 14, 2 t.v
City, Province/State, Country	Herlev
Email	frederiknr10@hotmail.com
Phone number	26833360

KEY SKILLS/COMPETENCIES  indicate what you see as your five strongest transferable skills/key competencies and include a brief supporting paragraph for each skill providing evidence of your expertise.  Thorough knowledge and experience in physical education from 2 years of working as a football coach with relevant courses accompanied with working as an assistant in Slagelse Kaserne's physical education for recruits. Being around people with special needs, since i have a younger brother with diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome + volountary work at his school in Rødovre together with my mother from 2002-2004  From a total of 2.5 years in the Danish military (2007-2010) i feel like i have acquired a good amount of experience in adapting to new places, climates, hierakies + working successfully in stressful environments. An open mind when it comes to other cultures and human diversity in general.

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS

Indicate your completed post-secondary education starting with your most recent. Include any relevant formal trade, vocational qualifications, or workplace training. Please do not use abbrevations.

		Blaagaard/KDAS International Course 2010- Studying to become an english teacher, specific agegroup not yet decided.   Borupgaard Amtsgymnasium  2003-2006 Sproglig Linje

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Please tell us about your recent relevant work experience. This may be paid or unpaid and include voluntary or community work.

From-To (Month/Year e.g. Jul 00 – Aug 01)	Shell, gas station Part time, student job  2001 -2004 Managing the desk at the gas station + open/close the gas station at the beginning/end of each shift
From-To (Month/Year e.g. Jul 00 – Aug 01)	Værløse Boldklub  Part time  2002-2006
	Main coach for 3 different Junior boy teams, coaching the team 3 times per week + 1-2 matches. Organizing transport to away games, + materials needed for practice Danish Military Full time 2007-2010 "Konstabel" 2x 6 months in Helmand, Afghanistan in Armadillo mainly. Organizing practical work in the base + patrols with the platoon i was attached to in the nearby zones. Assisting in military excercises at slagelse and almegaard kaserne.

OTHER RELEVANT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Please give details of any additional skills gained outside your professional work that you feel may be important in a placement with CUSO-VSO

Laid out as bullet points:

E.g. voluntary work, in-service courses attended/led, mentoring work, publications, languages (state degree of proficiency), bookkeeping, computing (list software knowledge), driving & motorcycle licence.

LANGUAGES

Please tell us about your language abilities by indicating the language and self assessing your ability.

-I speak English and Danish fluently

-can speak Swedish to a moderate degree but understand it well.

I can understand, but not speak very well: German, Norwegian

INTERESTS

Laid out as bullet points:

Football

Running

Psychology

Reading

Travelling

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