18th-19th of October 2007, 4th Final partner meeting - Dublin, Ireland EU Project Socrates Grundtvig...

18th-19th of October 2007, 4th Final partner meeting - Dublin, Ireland

EU Project Socrates Grundtvig 1 VisuaLearning

QUALIFICATION CONCEPT


Project Socrates Grundtvig 1 VisuaLearning

3 qualification workshops carried out in Poland:• 1st workshops – 24.05.2007, 7 participants

Total:• 2nd workshops – 20.06.2007, 4 participants 18• 3rd (additional) workshops – 21.06.2007,

7 participants

Target Group – teachers, tutors, lecturers and instructors

of foreign languages…



What did you change in comparison to the qualification workshops in Bonn? Why?

- shorter theoretical part - more practical aspects instead of a very long theoretical part.

- focusing on exercises, practical aspects of visual methods concerning needs of our target group.

- more material which could be used by teachers with their students (examples to all of presented visual methods to be used in the classroom – worked out and handed out in a paper form to all participants)



Changes after the first workshop? New content? New methods? Why?All of the three qualification workshops were carried out in thesame way with no changes after the first one.

The only one difference was the duration which we were forced toadopt dependently on the organizational conditions andagreements between ITeE and the hosting institutions.



Choice of methods: which ones? why? Which were very successful?

The most popular and effective methods (according to the

national report):• Mind mapping• Clustering• Mnemotechniques (practical examples of different techniques)• Visualization



Workshops were organized in 2 sessions including some main subjects:1. Theoretical part- introduction into Socrates Grundtvig VisuaLearning project - role and importance of visual thinking (last findings concerning the subject, scientifically proved

knowledge, specialist terminology)2. Practical part- visual methods (examples of selected methods and practical exercises how to use these

methods in the classroom in general and particularly when teaching of foreign languages): mind mapping, clustering, mnemotechniques, visualization

- power of images- learning styles (test for participants)- support of new media (slightly)- final discussion at the end of workshops - feedback, opinions, reflections, useful links and

literature.During the sessions there were three short relaxing exercises with a relaxing music (2-3 min.) based

on the educational material approved by The National Ministry of Health.



How did the participants evaluate the methods? What did theysay or what do you mean concerning the possibility of transferin the classroom?Workshops were assessed positively according to evaluationquestionnaires. Participants found all methods as a veryinteresting and useful activity worthy to disseminate and continue.Teachers declared to transfer selected methods to the classroom.



Results: What kind of support do the trainers need? What are

the core findings and recommendations regarding the common

concept?

Teachers wish to have a kind of compendium on visual methods and

their practical use.

Our guidebook – very welcome!



What can we do to get further materials from the trainers for the project (for the gallery/website/guide): good practice examples, reports, pictures?

Some suggestions and proposals:-to use the most interesting photoes from the national

workshops from each partner country-To use the examples of good practices placed in the

national reports or gathered in partner countries-To select some images from the free source given by Dirk in

the last Newsletter

-To ask the national network for the contribution to our

guide…



Recommendations for the final concept

Some elements which were used during the workshops in POLAND:

-the relaxation music between sessions-presentation with examples of selected methods – e.g.

mnemotechniques, mind mapping, clustering, visualization (not only the theory but first of all – practical presentation)

-learning styles – test

Remark: practical exercises are a good method to mobilize and establish a contact with participants (e.g. we used the exercise with selecting pictures carried out during the workshops in Bonn).



Thank you for attention

Małgorzata Kacprzak

Institute for Sustainable Technologies – National Research Institute

ITeE – PIB, Radom

[email protected]

www.itee.radom.pl

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