society and cultures a nemed working group (wg3)
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Society and Cultures
A NEMED Working Group
(WG3)
Partners involved in Working Group 3
Partners Roles
Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece
Coordination, design and development, implementation
University of Lecce, Italy
Design and development, implementation
Univ. Politehnica of Bucharest,Romania
Design and development, implementation
Institute of Education, UK
Pedagogic support (new technologies in distance education)
Society and cultures WG’s aim
To investigate ways in which multigrade
education is interweaved with issues
relating to the societal and cultural
characteristics of the local communities in
which multigrade schools operate
To propose relevant teacher training and
student learning activities for multigrade
schools in Europe.
Two major strands of work:1st strand (mainly 2006)
The multiple roles which multigrade
school teachers can play within the
small rural communities:
their role as change agents for the
development of a new digital culture
among local people and the exploitation of
opportunities for local development
offered within today’s information society.
Two major strands of work: 2nd strand (mainly 2007)
The new conditions faced by
multigrade schools due to the
increased mobility of populations and
the rich mixture of cultures
characterising today’s Europe, not least
in rural areas.
Work methodology for 1st strand
Propose to the teachers to experiment with ideas that will help them expand their work at
school so as to address the needs and aspirations of the whole local community.
Based mainly on ideas collected from the literature.
Provide teachers with opportunities to use existing educational applications, which will involve students and the wider local communities in activities demonstrating the possibilities offered by the information society:
e.g. an agricultural e-shop, a web-based local TV channel
Coordination with other projects
An effort is made to coordinate with other projects with a similar aim (e.g. the
international Integrated Project RURAL WINGS):To achieve a critical mass of ideas and resources.
Using existing broadband school infrastructure, to demonstrate how a rural multigrade school can act as a ‘learning hub’ for the whole community.
An exemplary application scenario
The AGROWEB learning application: a web tool realising an agricultural e-shop
Allows students to buy and sell agricultural products of their area over the Internet, and monitor the financial activities of the e-shop.
Why in NEMED? To demonstrate the creation of horizontal links between the school and the local community.
An exemplary application scenario
The WebTV platform: providing the educational community with great opportunities for learning through entertainment.
Multigrade school students can work in teams, select an aspect of their culture to promote, write the scenario, collect the content, shoot the film, add music and subtitles and upload it onto the WebTV platform.
Why in NEMED?Acting as stimulus for intercultural dialogue between schools.Providing teachers, students, parents and members of the local communities with a resource for processing and communicating their own audiovisual content.
Sites of implementation
First stage (2006): schools in Greece (5), Romania (5), Italy (?), and possible contacts in the UK.
Following stage (2007): experiences gained utilized for designing a wider application, involving schools from other network countries, too, such as Spain.
Timetable
01/06 04/06 07/06 10/06 01/07 04/07 07/07
Training design
1st cycle of implementation
Evaluation and Re-design
2nd cycle of implementation
Conclusions – contribution to final report
Activities in Spring/Summer 2006
Training in Greece and RomaniaWhen: end March – June 2006
(Romania: May – June 2006)
Number of schools involved: 5 + 5Mode:
Provision to teachers of materials through the portal, and of guidelines through the portal, via email, over the phone, etc.Visits to the schools to provide support locally, to observe activity and interview users (teachers, and maybe students and local citizens)
Evaluation activities: April-August 2006
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