cooperation among schools
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Best practice from schools (at local level). Cooperation among schools. Realized by Maria Pia Coceano and Graziella Mocellin ITI Malignani 2000 – Cervignano del Friuli (Italy). AMBIENTE E QUALITA’. A LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONAL NETWORK ISIS MALIGNANI - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Cooperation among schools
Best practice from schools
(at local level)
Realized by Maria Pia Coceano and Graziella MocellinITI Malignani 2000 – Cervignano del Friuli (Italy)
AMBIENTE E QUALITA’
A LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL
EDUCATIONAL NETWORK
ISIS MALIGNANI ITI MALIGNANI 2000 Cervignano del Friuli Italy
Leading School: ITI“Malignani 2000” part of ISIS“Malignani”- Cervignano del
Friuli - Italy
Department of Chemistry
Spring 1994: first experience with other local schools in environmental educational topics (water quality)
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Spring 1997: creation of network of six local schools, in relation to lichens as bioindicators (“Bioindicatori - i Licheni”)
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1998: the network expanded its activities under the umbrella-project “Ambiente e Qualità” which included two international projects related to the monitoring of environmental quality, G.R.E.E.N. and GLOBE
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“MONUMENTI” PROJECTeffects of air pollution on the conservation of monuments
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The “Ambiente e Qualità” project has the following macro-objectives:
• The trial of project activities on common themes involving different types of schools in a network
• The definition of structured rules to organise, test and document the work accomplished
• The development of a modularly structured educational system to be used in projects
Educational Laboratory
Created to teach, up-date/train, and develop educational materials, not to waste the experience and knowledge acquired by teachers and to make it available to the network
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The following goals are expected:
• To build up a structure to provide services for schools and the local area
• To allow an exchange of information between students and teachers in different schools
• To promote connections and to create relationships between research, teaching and local work training centres
• To issue and circulate the work accomplished now and in the future
Some services
• Co-ordination in the use of labs, libraries, data banks and other materials and tools
• Organisation of training courses on specific themes• Organisation of meetings between network teachers• Participation in conferences and exhibits on works already performed by the network• Editing of works performed by the schools
KEY POINTS FOR WORKING IN A NETWORK
• Overall goals according to “Ambiente e Qualità” project planning, but specific objectives and targets for each school,
• Synergy obtained thanks to people involved, tools and knowledge shared, feedback obtained
• Mutual support from planning the work with others (condition of financial resources, too)
SOME ISSUES• Gaps in communication
• Misunderstanding of roles
• Mixing-up of co-ordination and executive roles
• People overloaded, because involved in many activities
• Nodes with different resources
• Difficulty to obtain acknowledgment of work done
Outputs of our local networkCommon conferences and annual training for teachers on environmental themes
Tagliamento river - "The emergencies and the prospects" conference Tolmezzo (UD) 07.03.2007 (on captations, human usage). Prof. Enrico
Marquardi from “River Tagliamento Committee”
Outputs of our local network
Annual event with local schools and public authorities on a selected river-basin
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Ten editions – 2000/2009
2000-2007 Tagliamento river/basin
2001 Natisone river
22002 Barcis
2003 Stella river
2005 Rosandra river
2006 Isonzo river
2008 Grado lagoon
2009 Aussa-Corno basin
2004 Fusine lakes
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Cooperation among schools
Best practice from schools
(at international level)
Kogeka
SPLASH (2003)
3rd European Youth Congress for Water
22-29 March 2003, Geel (Belgium)
KOGEKA, City of Geel, GREEN Belgium and 5 students of the Youth Water Representatives (YWR), partners from different countries (Belgium, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Greece, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA, Japan, South Africa)
Search for partners
Through the KOGEKA and GREEN Belgium networks
The communication By e-mail, mail, phone
No web based communication platforms like Moodle (not common or not known back then)
Most important objectives
Environmental awareness
Sustainable development
To promote democratic values among European youth
Young people can work with their peers
making new contacts and friends in other countries
Grants
The help of a lot of peoplefriendly host families, pupils and teachers
A lot of subsidies were donated bythe city of Geelthe province of Antwerpthe Flemish Communitythe Belgian Office at the European Parliamentthe European Commissionsome large companies (BP, Janssen
Pharmaceutica, Grohe, KBC) and other companies and service clubs
Workshops
Water workshopsStudents were divided between the workshops
according to their age and interestsActivities
last +/- 1.30 hours (advance-system)at the different KOGEKA schools (PEP,
SDC, SAG, SJG, SMG and SMK)prepared by KOGEKA-collegues together
with their studentsprepared by the delegations of the different
countriesoutdoor activities on location lasted half a
day
Water-workshops
• Water & food– Students of the
KOGEKA school ‘t Peperstraatje (PEP)
– A session of making snacks
– Aged 12-14
Water-workshops
Water & musicStudents of the KOGEKA school Sint-
Aloysiusinstituut (SAG)
A session of making music and singing ‘water songs’
Aged 12-14
Water-workshops
Water & agricultureStudents of the agricultural department of SAG
Examples of the importance of water in agriculture at the experimental farm Hooibeekhoeve
Aged 14-18
Water-workshops• Water experiments– Students of the
scientific department of the KOGEKA school Sint-Dimpnacollege (SDC)
– A series of experiments with water playing the leading part
– Aged 17-18
Water-workshops
Water & danceSocial sciences students of SDC
A modern ‘water dance’ for which they composed the choreography themselves
Aged 17-18
Water-workshops
Water & techniqueStudents of the chemistry department of the
KOGEKA technical school Sint Jozef-Instituut (SJG)
A session of microscopic research, determination of the level of dissolved oxygen and of the nitrate and phosphate content of the water
Aged 16-18
Water-workshops
Rain danceStudents of the KOGEKA Sint Maria-Instituut
(SMG)
A lesson on the history and the music of rain dances
Learning a rain dance
Aged 14-18
Water-workshops
Water sculpturesStudents of the KOGEKA school Sancta Maria
Instituut (SMK)
Making permanent sculptures with several kinds of material, thus creating fountains, waterfalls etc…
Aged 12-18
Water-workshops
Water, source of lifeStudents of SMK
Session on water pollution, water purification and water in the circle of life, including simple experiments
Aged 16-18
Water-workshops
Water, religion, myths & legendsStudents of the social department of the
polytechnic KHK
Water as a symbol in the world’s most important religions
Water related myths and legends from different countries
The final goal was to make a SPLASH myth
Waterworkshops
Water & energyThe Norvegian delegation
Presentation of their project on water as an energy resource and the ecological importance of pure water
Aged 16-18
Waterworkshops
The Romanian delegation Presentation of their project on the integration
of water patterns into teen-fashion to draw people’s attention to the importance of water in life
Interactive workshop
Aged 14-18
Waterworkshops
Water quality assessmentDetermination of the biological and chemical
water quality of a local river
Aged 14-16
Water-workshops
Water & artThe Belgian visual artist Ben Cloots, one of the creators
of the ‘Aqua’ exhibition leads this workshop
The participants of this workshop take the challenge to create a piece of ‘water art’
Water-workshops
Water & healthVisit to the production plant of the pharmaceutical
company Janssen Pharmaceutica in Geel
The use of water in the production process and water treatment
Presentation of the efforts of the company in the field of sustainable development
Poetic water walk
Water poems were presented along a walk in the city of Geel
MokatlonA triathlon fully dedicated to ‘water’: kayak, biking and running a relay
race with water in containersFor charity!
donations to each participating teamthe profit to DRD, the township in Johannesburg
Evaluation
The questionnaire approach
The quick evaluation exercise
Daily interviews with teachers, students and organisers
Personal observations of events, workshops and procedures
Cooperation among schools
Best practice from schools
(at international level)
Realized by: Mihai Madalina – Teacher at School N°.4 – Ramnicu Valcea
Marandici Tatiana – Teacher at “Colegiul National “ Mircea Cel Batran”- Ramnicu Valcea
SCHOOL NR.4 RM. VALCEA COLLEGE “JOSEPH DELTEIL” ROMANIA LIMOUX - FRANCE
SOCRATES – COMENIUS 1“Water-The gold of tomorrow”
2004-2006This project was achieved with the help of
A.N.P.C.D.E.F.P. - Bucharest
The target group
Students from 13 to 14 years old;
Teachers of secondary school;
The local community members;
Parents;
Languages used – French and English
Objectives of the partnership
To increase the motivation of the target group concerning the importance of water resources in our life and for the future;
To develop students’ capacity to use IT – tools and to synthesize the information;
To make cross-curricular connections among other subjects (Biology, Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics);
To promote foreign languages and cultures for developing the civic attitude in the European context.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
Pupils had to make a comparison between two rivers:
the Olt river (Romania) and the Aude river (France).
These rivers are used differently
The Aude river
– for sport activities, for hydroelectricity and tourist activities.
The Olt river
- for hydroelectricity and hydrotherapy.
The results and products of the Partneship
WEB-SITE – http://echangeroumanie.free.fr
2 exhibitions with posters done by the Romanian and French students;
a model with the cycle of water (the French students);
a model with the hydroelectric power stations that are in Valcea district (the Romanian students);
questionnaires about water consumption.
Cross-curricular approach examples of the tasks
The presentation of the cycle of water and its importance for life (Geography, Biology, Chemistry);
the presentation of the exhibition at the local level (Geography, Biology, Art);
the presentation of the project at local and national level (the National Geography Symposium in Bucharest – 2007, different scientific symposiums)
The Olt river Calimanesti – the hydroelectric power station
The purifying station The Stan valley
The chemistry laboratory
The Lotru valley Ciunget power station
Inside the hydroelectric power station- Ciunget
The Aude river
The Aude lock
The lock filled with water
The park of Limoux
“Searching for the beasts”
Preparing the exhibition
Preparing the exhibition
The brochure
Romania-France
The dancing evening
“All’s well that ends well”