politeia project. teaching methods and testing student’s presentations

POLITEIA PROJECT

TEACHING METHODS AND TESTING

STUDENT’S PRESENTATIONS

• In my class we discussed the 8 topics and we decided that: we sometimes do students’ presentations.

TEACHER’S PRESENTATIONS

•Theachers’ presentations on blackboards/whiteboards always take place.

TEST

•We have about 2 WRITTEN TESTS a week.

• My class produces essays less than once a week, we do question-answer tests twice a week, we never do mutiple choice tests.

• My class has oral testing every day.

GROUP WORKS & PROJECTS

• We do group-works less than once a week (some teachers let us get involved in project works for example the English teacher).• Apart from European projects, we

don’t usually use podcasts,vodcasts and blogs.

STUDYING METHODS• MEMORIZATION

• 4 students say they never do memorization

• 4 say they do it twice a week

• 3 say they do it less than once a week

• 3 say they do it once a week

• Others 3 say they do it more than three times a week

CLASS DISCUSSIONS

• 3 teachers let us have class discussions.

INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKS

• All teachers do interdisciplinary work every day.

EXCURSIONS

• All classes go on excursions once every two/three months.

EXTERNAL LECTURES

• 2/3 teachers sometimes bring external lecturers into our class.

EXPERIMENTAL WORK

• We go to labs with the English, Science, Maths and Phisycs teachers.

• WHICH TEACHING METHODS DO YOU LEARN THE MOST FROM?

• My class thinks we learn the most from: watching videos, using the blackboard/whiteboard and LIM, memorizing, technology-based works, students’ presentations, group works and class discussion.

• WHICH TEACHING METHODS DO YOU ENJOY THE MOST?

• My class thinks we enjoy the most from: class discussions, technology based works, experimental works, group works and watching videos.

• HOW MUCH INFLUENCE DO YOU HAVE ON THE TOPICS THAT ARE TAUGHT IN CLASS AND THE TEACHING METHODS?

• On this answer there were different opinions:1 group thinks we usually have influence on the topics that are taught in class and the teaching methods, 3 groups think we don’t have so much influence, and another group thinks we have a lot of influence.

• IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT THE WAY TOPICS ARE TAUGHT AT YOUR SCHOOL, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

• My class would like to do more experimental works, interactive methods(es. whatching videos or using the Lim), group-works and class discussion.

• HOW MUCH INFLUENCE DO YOU HAVE ON TESTING ?(DATES AND FORM OF TESTING)

• My class can have influence on testing, concerning the dates of it or the time to do it,but we haven’t any influence on the form of it.

• MY SCHOOL DOES A STANDARDIZED TEST ONCE A SCHOOL YEAR.

• THIS IS OUR SCHOOL!!!!

• POLITEIA PROJECT 2014