CoNetCom: Cooperative learning networks for competence management @ school

The project is a school development project. The overall aim of the project is to enhance the potential of a school as a ‘learning organisation’ and to increase the number of ‘change agents’ in the school.
‘Good practices’ of co-operative learning techniques, which can be used at school during consultation meetings of collegial teaching and non-teaching teams, task forces and ad hoc decision-making groups will be demonstrated and/or experienced hands-on.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

PROJECT MEETING in Adana, Turkey from February 18th till February 20th




--> PARTICIPANTS AND FORMAL PROGRAM


--> STRUCTURAL COOPERATIVE LEARNING TECHNIQUES: description

1. Showdown
2. Teams-Games-Tournaments
3. Find the Fib
4. Inside/Outside circle
5. Corners

--> 4 PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING: PIES - prof Spencer Kagan - source


info documents, used during the CORNERS activity:

- Positive interdependence
- Individual accountability
- Equal participation
- Simultaneous interaction


--> PRESENTATIONS USED DURING THE MEETING


1. Presentation Turkey:

- educational system











- organizational chart











2. Information for subject-related subgroups:

2.1. Foreign Languages

- Belgium: programs of study and European Language Portfolio

2.2. Arts

- Latvia: Hobby presentation day

- Belgium:

* preparatory meeting Working party 'Day of the Middle School = CreActivity Day', using the SCL-method 'On Tour or Poster Carousel': PPT

* School newspaper - special edition (in Dutch) - with end products made by the pupils during the 'Dag van de Middenschool'


2.3. International dimension at school

- Latvia: International projects at school

- Belgium: eTwinning project in optional course 'European project work'

2.4. Religion

3. Procedures meeting



--> PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: MONITORING

1. Finland - Tietola school

2. Belgium: Pedagogical staff training day PPT in Dutch in the Middenschool H. Hart

- working process: SCL-method CLIM (Cooperative learning in multicultural groups)




- end products: visualization of school policies on

Equal opportunities




Languages




--> EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT MEETING

1. Method Placemat Emoticons











2. Method Individual Reflection:

- blank worksheet

- synthesis of the reflections

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