Coordinator's visit to Valkeakoski

On Monday December 6th and Tuesday December 7th, Irène was in Tietola school.

- programme of the visit

- Structural cooperative structure Jigsaw: general procedure - specific description

- Structural cooperative structure Three-step interview

- Content Jigsaw structure: comparison educational system in Finland and Flanders-Belgium: worksheet

Source: Key data on education

PROJECT MEETING in Madrid, Spain from Nov 12 till Nov 16th 2009

-> PARTICIPANTS AND FORMAL PROGRAMME



-> STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES: DESCRIPTION

1. Find someone who

2. Rally table

3. Pairs Compare

4. On Tour/Poster Carousel

5. Carousel Feedback

6. Line-Up

7. Academic Controversy

-> STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES: WORKSHEETS for concrete project activities during the meeting

1. Introduction of the participants: Find someone who: chart

2. Processing information:




2.1. T-chart: Info about the Cooperative school (prep reading text)

2.2. Pairs Compare: blank template

2.3. SWOT-analysis: Info about the Italian cooperative learning experience

3. Presenting information/outcomes:

3.1. Cooperative learning slogan:

- Belgium



- Finland



- Italy



- Latvia



- Norway + Turkey




3.2. Cooperative learning - conceptualization:

- group 1 - group 2 - group 3 - group 4

3.3. Project development in the schools: T-chart

4. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: MONITORING

4.1. Application form: objectives - activity planning - active involvement of staff

4.2. Support documents for evaluation - Source: MICE-T:

- School policy

- Whole school involvement

- Project visibility and products

4.3. Project development in the participating schools: state of affairs

- Belgium: overview of initiatives for embedding the project in the school
- concrete example of using SCL on staff level - photos of this 'staff' learning experience



- Finland Järvenpää - Finland Valkeakoski - Italy -

Latvia - Norway - Spain - Turkey

5. CONCRETE PLANS FOR STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES

5.1. Coordinating school Belgium: DRAFT Pedagogical staff training day: aims and content / SCL-procedures

5.2. partnerschools: Finland Järvenpää - Finland Valkeakoski - Italy - Latvia - Norway - Spain - Turkey

6. EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT MEETING
6.1. Method Bullseye: (blank template) - activities on Friday




6.2. Learning story: T-chart - Belgium - Finland Järvenpää - Finland Valkeakoski - Italy - Latvia - Norway - Spain - Turkey

Dissemination activity Comenius project - coordinating school

EPOS Vlaanderen organized a monitoring day for Comenius schools in Alden Biesen on October 21st. We presented the procedures of our multilateral project CoNetCom thus far.

Prep reflections: How does the school organization enhance working in a cooperative way?

Organizational charts of the participating schools: Italy - Turkey - Spain - Latvia - Finland Järvenpään Lukio - Finland Tietola School - Norway

Prep work Comenius seminar in Spain - November 2009

- Example Communication plan 2009-2010 Coordinating school
- Example Organizational chart Coordinating school
- Information about 'The Cooperative School' by Johnson D.W. & Johnson R.T.

Prep visit in Italian partnerschool - Istituto de Fillippo - Villanova di Guidonia in October 2008

You can find the following documents used during the prep visit
- here: the participants and the programme of the visit
- here: the description of the structural cooperative method 'JIGSAW' or 'CLIM'
- here: the QaS-website materials we used to get informed about procedures for a successful project
- Here are the presentations of the partnerschools' contexts: Belgium - Spain - Italy - Turkey - Latvia - Finland Järvenpään Lukio - Finland Tietola School - Norway

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