Macedonian tim: Migulovska Andrijana Dimitrovski Robert, Laste Spasovski
Throught Comitment to school Democracy – model of student participation
Pestalozzi workshopEDUCATION for DEMOCRACY and REGIONAL COOPERATION:
Turning Challenges into OpportunitiesLjubljana, SLOVENIA, 27–29 June 2013
• States in education in the past globalization period
•Problems that have a same denominator almost everywhere – lack of real democracy
•What do we want to achieve?A higher level of education for democracy• How do we achieve it?Developing a model of student participation in school democracy
Who does that?All stakeholders + most direct subject for whom the edcation
exsist – the student
Promotes equality, respect
and acceptance of differences
Why we need a model?
Encourages cooperation and
common participation
Developes social skills and critical thinking
Creates a sence of responsibility and
sensitivity towards their own and other’s needs
VisionImplementing the model on state level
MissionAchieving a higher
level of democratization in the
work of the school
Goals
1. Democratization of teaching proces and extracurricular activities
2. Сreating climate of nonviolent school
3. Facing prejudices and stereotypes
4. Promoting multhiethnic values as a foundation for integration
Activity suggestions in school
goal 1. Democratization of teaching process- appropriately informed students- opportunities for expressing student’s views- involvment/ Participation in making decisions
goal 2. Creating climate of nonviolent school - making a team of teachers and students- promoting the activities through a website- experience exchange with partner school
Example activities in primary school St Kliment Ohridski - Bitola
www.nenasilnouciliste.weebly.com
Activity suggestions in school
goal 3. facing prejudices and stereotipes- Changes in teacher’s behavior- Changes in student’s behavior- Changes in the teaching materials
goal. 4- Cooperation with partner schools (monolingual schools)- Multicultural structure and functioning (multilingual schools)
Idea suggestions for activities with teams from other countries