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

PREP WORK Comenius seminar in Turkey - February 2010

- programme meeting Turkey

- for the activity 'Getting to know each other': writing personal answers to the questions of the Proust questionnaire

- for the exchange of ideas and expertise in 4 thematic groups (Foreign Languages - Religion and Spiritual culture at school - Arts and Creative work at school - International dimension at school) concerning school activities and classroom practices: some suggestions

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.