up in the morning and off to school

8/8/2019 Up in the Morning and Off to School

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Up in the morning

and off to school

Hindija Vedad

Kurbegovi Dino


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Most people in industrialised countries spend a

large part of their childhood and

adolescence and even the beginning of

their adult life in some form of formal

education. Spending on education

constitutes a large part of mostgovernments

budgets. Qualifications gained in education are

often the key to careers and success.

There is no doubting the huge influence formal

education has on the lives of those who

go through it.


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Activity I: Role PlayGroup I: Subject centered VS

Learner centered

Some systems concern themselves entirely withthe subject, the material to be taught. They do

not take the learners starting-points, needs,

and personalities into account. Lectures tend to

fall into this category. Others, as in many

primary schools, focus on the needs of

individual learners or groups of learners,

and encourage them to learn.


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Group II: Teacher as contorlerVS teacher as facilitator

Teachers can take up different

roles along the continuumfrom controlling everything that

goes on in the classroom to just

facilitating the process oflearning.


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Group III: Reaction on testcheating VS No reaction on test

cheating

A student is taking his exam atsecondary school and is caught

by copying from a text book.

How does the teacher react?


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Group IV: Learning for contentknowledge VS Learning to learn

Learning the dates of battles or how

to solve equations as opposed tolearning study

skills (namely, how to skim and

scan a text, how to take notes,

where to look things

up, etc.).


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Activity II: Pair workRead the story about teachers in

Hungary and then with the help

of questions that you havereceived, draw a picture that

shows your oppinion about the

situations in question, in BiH.


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People working in education have not been well paid at all in

Hungary. Teachers inthe lower grades of primary schools earn less than

secretaries, semi-skilled workers

or taxi drivers. On the other hand, they are usually in

charge of about thirty

childrens educational and personal development forseveral years. These teachers teach about twenty-two

lessons a week, substitute for other teachers quite

frequently, are on corridor duty from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. at

least once a week, do a lot of administrative tasks and

take their classes to educational places like the zoo, a

museum, or a theatre performance in their free time. Youreally have to love children and be devoted to your

profession to be a teacher in primary school.


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Group I: Are teachers appreciated financiallyand otherwise?

Group II: What is it like to be a teacher in yourculture?

Group III: What tasks does a teacher inprimary or secondary school have to fulfil?

Group IV: Do students and/or parentscomplain if they do not agree with theteaching methods?


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Activity IV: Individual workWrite a leaflet giving advice to someone from another culture

who is comming to study in your school. Here are some

areas which you might like to think about (try to help the

foregin students as much as you can)

Relations with teachers Deadliness and punctuality

Attendance, requirements

Subjects and what they cover

Homework

Types of tests


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Activity V: DebateRead the story and come up with maximum

three (3) arguments that support the point of

view that you are defending. After you have

read your arguments, each team will havethree (3) minutes to try and attack the

arguments of the other team.

A Dutch school teacher tries to explain to a

Turkish immigrant mother that it is in her

childs best interest to start school at 4. Themother is aware of the law, but is very

reluctant to give away her child at that age.

up in the morning and off to school

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