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Motivating students through project work
A few words about myself …
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What do we need to bear in mind?
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Rule 1- Accept your students as they are and make them believe in their potential. Rule 2 - Show them the way to success.Rule 3 - Make your students feel good and safe during your classes.Rule 4 - Negotiate solutions to occuring problems.Rule 5 - Ensure effective discipline and responibility in the classroom.
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Try to make your project different
from students’ school daily routine ☺
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Autonomous student
motivated 29% responsible 19%
self-confident 16%open-minded 13%
creative 7%
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Autonomous teacher
supporting 29%flexible 23%
innovative 21%enthusiastic 10%
reflective 8%
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- How can we promote and develop student’s autonomy in our projects?
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The big number of learning areas / school subjects in an interdisciplinary project will result in ...
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An autonomous environment will lead to ...
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Forming specialised teams (groups of students) working on specified fields and acting as experts in that particular area will benefit because ...
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subject matters with ethic issues and students’ everyday experiences, this will ...
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from the constraints of the curriculum will lead to ...
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challenge and they will successfully cope with it, they will ...
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A greater possibility of modification of the instructional methodologies incorporated in the project (including visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic) will result in …
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New subjects/project ideas in the future school
Which would be useful to learn about?
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What sort of skills and competencies do students want for themselves?
Are they really important?
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Balancing between the educational and enteraining
dimensions of the activity
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Use of media resources
and attractive means of
communication
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'Living Darfur' by Mattafix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQwCCm-H-sU
'Zombie' by the Cranberries
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts
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IRIN Films http://www.irinnews.org/filmtv.aspx
'Facing History and Ourselves'
http://www.facinghistory.org/
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http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
www.missioneurope.eu
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http://dfilm.com http://voicethread.com
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http://prezi.com/ http://edu.glogster.com
http://sunrise651.edu.glogster.com/what-do-they-like/
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Some ideas for motivating projects incorporating History, Social Studies
and Geography
http://www.spicynodes.org/a/4ec51a9da2dd98004d7325c39639c525
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Where can we look for inspiration?
Tim Rylands - www.timrylands.com
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Russell Stannard
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Some clues to consider while working on an interdisciplinary project:
● 1. when you decide on the topic, make sure that the project will stimulate your students to act creatively,
- What matters in your life?- Two neighbours - one perspective.- Together - in search of the future.- European class. Can we learn new things from each other?- Historia magistra vitae est. Can history be a teacher of life?- Music, dance and fashion. Are you into them?- World War II : Keep it a History.
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● 2. (in my opinion) it’s better when a project refers to different subjects and fields of learning,
● 3. make sure that the topic, activities, ways of communication are interesting for your students,
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● 4. while formulating the topic and deciding on the content:
● -try to make them simple and catchy,● -try to refer them to your students’ life and experiences,● -don’t concentrate too much on the educational aspects
(the project should attract, not scary off)● 5. give your students as much autonomy as possible,● 6. your project should make a change (ways of work,
ways of thinking, gaining new skills and abilities, establishing new relations),
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● 7. allow them to decide on the electronic media and technology they would like to use in the project,
● 8. make sure that the project will let your students brainstorm ideas and discover solutions by original thinking processes,
● 9. try to match all the things you do within your project with students’ interests,
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● 10. vary activities balancing carefully between the educational and the enjoyable ones,
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● 11. divide your work into smaller chunks (stages),
● 12. try to follow some order: from specifics to more general matters or the other way round,
● 13. try to incorporate songs, documentaries, movies (the participants belong to ‘the media generation’),
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● 14. let them use various computer applications (your students are also called ‘the Google generation’),
● 15. make sure that all the participants work on/create something together (not just add their materials),
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● 16. you can appoint your students as experts in their national issues (social matters, history etc.) while your partners will have a similar role in case of the issues of their countries,
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● 17. evalute your activities (e.g. on a special forum on the project site),
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● 18. make sure your students create something of value,
● 19. inform parents about the project and see how to involve them,
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● 20. mix pupils from partner schools in pairs or in mixed groups to ensure that each pupil has at least one partner,
● 21. integrate the project into the curriculum by doing the work during teaching hours so that it is a natural contribution from pupils (and not perceived as extra work).
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May your projects be motivational,
inspirational, engagiging,
creative and funny!
Thank you for your attention☺
Adam [email protected]