Creating young leaders and team workers

Say who?

IntroductionWhy is it important?• core competence for students and workers• easier to adjust to society and market

requirements

Is everyone a natural-born leader?

And a team worker?but everyone should at least try

Why?• easier to get along with people.• learn individual and shared

responsibility• better organization• boost their self-confidence• learn respecting others• c’est la vie

How to teach it?

Group work• pick a boss• ‘talk to

your boss’

Project method• pupil-led

approach• every child

has a unique role in the group

Individual presentations• child preparing alone• assistants are crucial• examples: art class,

favourite book, being a teacher

How did it work in Spain?Kids’ project

Failure

Why?

Lack of organization

How did it work in Spain?

Individual presentations

art lessonassistants!

being a teacher

How did it work in Spain?Choosing bosses

Problems:• the boss doesn’t know what their role is• not everyone in the group is working • the boss is distributing the materials or

delegating tasks only to their friends in the group, leaving some kids aside

• children are copying from each other• quarrels

Teacher: Look, Edu is not working, why?Curro: He doesn’t want to.T: Did he say why?C: No.T: Did you ask him?C: No.T: Do you think you could do it? Go and ask him, maybe he has a problem you can help him with.C: Ok.

How did it work in Poland?

Choosing bosses A thrilling success!

Teacher: Look, Ania is not working. Why is she not working?Filip: I don´t know.T: Did you tell her what to do?F: Yes.T: What did you say?F: To work.T: Maybe she doesn´t know what to do. What do you want her to do exactly? Draw? Cut?  F: Draw.T: What do you want her to draw?

How did it work in Poland?

Project method

Not as thrilling…

• the topic was too broad• questions were handed too late• parents didn’t follow the directions

How did it work in Poland?Individual presentations

your favourite book

vocabulary box

a very serious teacher with laptop

Any questions?

Thank you and good luck!!!