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Visser ‘t Hooft Lyceum. Secondary General Education ELOS School City of Leiden The Netherlands 2007-2008. Europe as a Learning Opportunity for Schools. Our school: - uses tools of the Information Age - is part of a collaborative learning environment
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Visser ‘t Hooft Lyceum Secondary General Education ELOS School City of Leiden The Netherlands 2007-2008
Europe as a Learning Opportunity for Schools Our school: - uses tools of the Information Age - is part of a collaborative learning environment - embeds European and Global contexts into the Dutch curriculum - works within a network of schools in Europe to develop European citizenship education: framework of key competencies and portfolio / Europass / Certilingua
ELOS: knowledge! CHECKLIST EUROPEAN / INTERNATIONAL COM 2nd grade I KNOW: • how many countries are member of EU • of the EU member states the capitals, population sizes, main geographical facts, languages spoken • the general outline of history of EU: who is Monnet, 9th May and the Schumann declaration, 25th March Treaty of Rome, Treaty of Maastricht 2001, 6 founding member states of EU, 9 new EU member states between 1957 and 2007, 10 new EU member states in 2004, 2 new EU members of 2007 and which are the candidate countries, which EU countries have euro and which haven’t • what UNESCO is • articles 1-6 of Charter of Human Rights • what we celebrate 21st of September • what LLLP is • 8 Millenium Development Goals by heart, • what Fair Trade and a business plan is • what sustainable development is • what Dutch Chambres of Commerce do
ELOS: skills! I CAN: • Collect, organize and present information on European and International affairs • participate in European and International projects • share knowledge on the Netherlands in relation to Europe + the rest of the world • use internet for chats, forums, searches • write and speak English at A2 level • write and speak another language than Dutch or English at A1 level (German / French / Spanish / …) • make an effort to learn basic language chunks of the partnerschool (Nepal / Turkey / Portugal / …) • take part in mooting and do a short public speech in English
Elos: attitude! I UNDERSTAND • that persons from a different culture might act differently, because they have different norms and values • that I need to respect, verbally and non-verbally, the opinion and behaviour of people from a different cultural background • that my identity depends on others • that in order to work together well in a group I have to take responsibility for my share in the group • that to know the other well, means I will have to listen and ask questions in order to understand the other better
HOW? • Project-based teaching • Cross-curricular + collaborative learning • 3 teachers for 60 pupils • 90 minutes a week for pupils ages 12-15 • Pupils 16-18: no clear structures yet: debating • Every week: different groups / tasks • Flexibility and Creativity
Themes of VHL • Personal angle: ME, YOU (my choices, my culture) • School <--> Local Community • The Netherlands part of EU: ‘unity in diversity’ • The Netherlands part of UN: One World/Global awareness/action on Environment/Global Peace Agenda • Active/Interactive/Practical/Real:shared end product • Collaborative angle: WE
Ongoing projects • Comenius MobilID: jointly building the moodle website on eCitizenship in 6 age levels (eScience, eCulture, eSports, eVocation) • ENO Project: Environment Online - Tree Planting Event 21st September • Springday Europe 9th May / EU Language Day 26th September • BEST Project: iEarn - Chambres of Commerce City of Leiden: pupils creating their own virtual companies by manufacturing recycled products or rendering social services. Teams of 2 classes of 2 different continents: digital divide / fair trade / sustainable development. Participants still welcome!
Evaluation and Learning Objectives • New collaborative workforms in the classroom: eMagazine, Digidebate, blogging, podcasting, wiki’s • New evaluation methods --> portfolio: which/how and who (pupils + teachers) --> checklists: based on EIO-Framework / key competencies --> tests: experimenting • Exchanging good practices: in our own school, with other European schools, within the national bilingual and European Elos-networks: meetings, meetings, meetings…learning, learning, learning… “Pupils learn and so do teachers, Life Long Learning Programme”
Contact Details: Mrs. Marleen Spierings--> sg@vhl.nl • www.vreemdetaal.nl/moodle • www.e-citizenship.org