Transferring knowledge from short term to long term (Individual research, SOL, classical and virtual library)

February 2014

„Repetitio est mater

studiorum.“

(= “Repetition is the mother of

studies.“)

Roman saying,

but

still very helpful for memorizing

things.

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Proportion of memorized items

Listen See Listen Repeat Active Use

+See +Explain

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Educational aims have changed: Students should not just know certain facts and be able to reproduce them,

but moreover they should be qualified to work and live happily in very quickly changing world.

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Educational aims have changed: So students should be able to

•gain relevant information from different sources,•act and react adequately in private and professional situations,•show communicative and social skills,•learn how to learn.

Social competence,

Methodical competence,

Media competence

besides the knowledge of important facts

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Educational aims have changed:

We changed our way of teaching

Introduction of

SOL

Self-Organized Learning

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Teaching Method: Group Puzzle

Kick-off expert groups home groups Information one group for one expert for each subjectAdvance Organizer each subject each student informs others

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Morning meeting – morning meeeting – morning meeting – morning meeting1.: 08:00 - 08:45 SOL:

Kick Off Workshop Accounting

WorkshopPolitics

WorkshopSports/P.E.

SOL:IndividualTraining Period

2.: 08:45 - 09:30

SOL:Expertgroups

3.: 09:45 - 10:30

SOL:Home groups

SOL:IndividualTraining Period

SOL:IndividualTraining Period

4.: 10:30 - 11:15

5.: 11:30 - 12:15SOL: Feedback, Reflexion6.: 12:15 - 13:00 Workshop

Health, nutrition,education

WorkshopEconomics

Workshop Religion7.: 13:15 - 14:00

Lunch

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SOL: Advance Organizer

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English

MathsBusinessAdmin.

Learning situation 1: I‘m customer at …

SOL: Target Planning ComeniusFebruary 2014

Students‘ target planning:

S pecific, clear aimsM easurable aimsA ctivities leading to aimR elevance / importanceT ermination: fixed end

Knowledge/Skills: I can…

evidence intendedLevel

reachedlevel

... explain the term ‚legal capacity‘ and differenciate it from the ‚capacity to contract‘. Note pad

... define the three steps of the capacity to contract and form own examples.

Note pad, exercises

... decide, which of the two terms apply to given examples and explain the legal consequences. Task sheet

.... design two own relevant examples and cases. Note pad

...die Begriffe „juristische“ und „natürliche Personen“ mit eigenen Worten erklären. Notierhilfe

...Beispiele für „natürliche“ und „juristische Personen“ nennen. Notierhilfe, Übungsaufgabe

Summe 12 x ........ x

SOL: List of Competence / Can-do-list

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SOL: Credit AccountsComeniusFebruary 2014

Credit accounts:

•Weekly reflection of learning activities

•Points not for success, but for efforts and sticking to the rules

•Results become part of final mark (25%), besides proper class tests (50%) and short tests (25%)

Students Teacher Companies/Parents

• High commitment• Teamplayers• Relaxed atmosphere• Less problems with difficult

students (discipline)

• Very positive feedbackfrom various local companies

• Positive effects on the private life

• Higher personal competences• More students gained

professional competence• Less students left school without

qualification• Relaxed atmosphere

First Feedback: Students learn for life

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Thank you for your attention!

Invitation: have look at SOL with Mr Kura!

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