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A B O U T T H
E P R O J E C T
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Project Summary | Background |
Objectives
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Objectives
Based on up-to-date scientific investigations on
learning and on the working of the human brain the partners
in this project wanted to ...
... get to know and to share best practice in the
partner countries by systematic scientifically based
observation of classroom teaching and interviews of
teachers, pupils, and parents, ... compare and reflect upon the results and to evaluate
them taking into account the specific situation in
each country, ... especially find out and describe the factors, which
influence individualised learning in mixed ability
groups positively or negatively, ... evaluate the effect of individualised learning on
the acquisition of curricular and social
competences.
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The objectives of the project were essentially attached to the target group of teachers and
headmasters in schools, as well as their trainers at
universities, seminaries and institutes for in-service
training.
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Observations Observations were supposed to concentrate on such
questions as:
What kind of school culture supports individualised
learning
best? Is there a repercussion of results of performance
tests
on classroom teaching? What kind of self-concept dominates the interaction
between school
authorities: teachers, parents and
students?
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A comparative analysis was supposed to become the basis
for developing qualifications of teachers in such areas
as: diagnostic competence, knowledge about reliable ways
to self-guided learning, appropriate teaching methods for
individualised learning, support for migrant students,
process-oriented assessment.
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Steps
For this purpose the following steps
were taken by
the partners in this project:
... to develop, to test and to evaluate courses/modules
(plus material) on individualised learning on the
basis of the mentioned investigation, ... to produce, test and evaluate a video documentation
on individualised learning in each of the partner
countries, ... to disseminate the results in various ways
(internet, courses, conferences, scientific magazines,
film and book publication), to contribute to the
political effort of strengthening the aims of
inclusion, autonomy of the learning individual and
social cohesion in a multicultural Europe, ... to make politicians, parents and other important
target groups in society aware of the educational and
learning potential of mixed-ability groups. ... to make politicians, parents and other important
target groups in society aware of the educational and
learning potential of mixed-ability groups.
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