Summary of interesting ideas, activities, methods and tools that we can learn in job shadowings to share.

 

The participants highlight that it has been very enriching both educationally and culturally. The culture and the way of living are very different in each country and, therefore, so are the ways of teaching. So, many things that we can observe in others countries would be very difficult to apply in our context.

 

Bulgary:  Visit the school Zname Na Mira in Vratsa, Bulgary, to observe what methodologies they use in Kindergarden

• The social life of the city is very different from ours, it is a culture with very old aspects in epoch but at the same time very innovative in technology.
• The way of teaching with the basic learning approaches: constructive approach, research approaches and cooperative learning are very interesting and motivating for the little ones.
• We have verified that the way of teaching children of the same ages is not very different, we have the same methods, the same activities, the same songs, similar classroom organizations and similar resources.
• In this garden they have created an innovative form of pedagogical interaction: "kreatiniada", this is a way to carry out activities together with the other groups, working the same situation at the end of the week, on Fridays. The concrete theme of the week is worked

 

 

Denmark: visit the Hoejvangskolen school of Svenstrup J, Denmark to observe and assess the use they make of technological and check their results

 

The aspects that most attracted the attention of the mobility participants were:

• The first thing that caught the attention of our teachers was that the school has no fences and the doors are all open which is very different in our center, where the doors must always be closed
• At the school there was a class dedicated to technology where several 3D printers are located, surrounded by multiple figures of different projects. Another space that we do not usually have in our schools is a kitchen classroom, where there are several glass-ceramic plates and countertops for cooking classes, of course, where children learn.

 

• In some sessions as the students have absolute freedom to participate, get up, move ... we even see students who do it during the teacher's explanation, something almost unthinkable in our classes. However, there is never a high volume of noise, nor that prevents the teacher from being heard.
• Students have an iPad during the whole stage of Primary what they use in the lessons and also at home.
• They also have a room with an interactive screen where weekly different activities are carried out as well as digital screens in all classes that they use in many activities.
• They work with pupils with Special needs in separate classrooms, although always in a flexible way, they achieve greater efficiency in the early integration of these students in ordinary classes.
• Their tables are neat and all the backpacks are hanging from their chairs, there is no dirt on the floor and they work at the table with their materials always collected, situation that are very difficult to achieve in our classes.
• Regarding the organization of homework, they say they do not have, but that all students must read at home for at least 20 m. daily and that they usually coordinate works for house of no more than 60 m. weekly with content from the Danish or Mathematics areas.