Jun.-Prof. Dr. Bernd Wagner
M.F.A. Ulrike Prib
Universität Siegen
Departement Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie
Sachunterrichtsdidaktik
Kontakt: [email protected]
http://www.uni-siegen.de/fb2/mitarbeiter/wagner/index.html
Intercultural and non-formal
learning processes of children in
primary school exchange programs
in France and Germany
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Exchange
Project
of
the
Franco-German
Youth
between
the
Lindtal-Schule
Freudenberg
(primary
‘‘Werkrealschule“) and the primary school St. Arnoult
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The Study
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Comparative international German/French research
team (from Universität Siegen and Paris XII)
Two research groups accompany German and French
primary school classes on commission from the FrancoGerman Youth Office
Intercultural education in primary school instruction is
a cross-cutting task (KMK 1996)
Based on current research in educational sciences and
early education:
- Children are societal actors
- Group and bodily movement practices are in focus
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1) International Exchange as a Beneficial Learning
Situation
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Intercultural education through international encounter
is thematised and examined in videoethnography.
The framework of social science instruction offers
pedagogical entry ways to learning processes in
international encounters.
To build upon children‘s experiences of heterogeneity,
the already-present focus on „Inclusion“ in social
science instruction can be expanded.
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Learning from Each Other through Exchange
(Photos: Class teacher of the Lindtal-Schule Freudenberg, Mrs. Wörner, 2011)
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Self-portrayals in Groups of Children
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2. Self-portrayals in Contact Situations
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Self-portryals are individual or collective action-processes
through which children can usurp social realities or
appropriate them.
Children explore and test their abilities in playful selfportrayals. They formulate greetings, disguise, or quieting
rituals that appropriate performative social realities and
spaces.
In the framework of these self-portrayals, children‘s group
belonging, bodily expressions, and affirmations are created.
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Mimetic Appropriations in Intercultural Contact Situations
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Mimetic Learning
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The videoethnographic research supports the description of
mimetic learning processes.
Mimation is the ability to express oneself bodily in a
replication of a form of cultural expression. The subjective
perceptions of others are transformed into self-portrayal.
Mimetic processes represent a movement-practice in which
children set themselves actively in relation to other things in
order to draw nearer to a likeness.
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The Research Process
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The 12 participating researchers follow participating school
classes over an extended period of time.
Video ethnographic material from 4 seperate 1-week
meetings of participating exchange groups are singled out
here.
This presentation represents a preliminary open encoding or
evaluation of this video material.
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Two Sequences from the Material
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1. Finding crabs
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2. Breakdance on a Farewell Party
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Exploring and Getting to Know Each Other
More information about the project at: http://www.dfjw.org/aktuelle-forschungsprojekte
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Mobility Exercises and Getting to Know Each Other
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Play-actions in Contact Situations
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3. Perspectives for Intercultural Learning
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School exchange programs enable primary school
students to reflect on cultural diversity and plurality,
building their world orientation.
Views into the experience horizons of children in
intercultural learning and the sensibility of moments of
informal learning further the professionalisation of
teaching.
In student exchange situations, intercultural
communication is very concretely experienced and is no
longer an abstract, more general societal goal.
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Professionalisation of Teachers
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The video material gathered in the study will be used to
further develop educational materials for teaching staff and
will be tested in cooperating schools.
This material can be used for further teacher training
regarding the intercultural learning processes of children.
The gathered insights into the experience horizons of
children in intercultural learning situations will enable
students and teachers to align classwork with real-life
experiences and examples.
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Intercultural Education in Primary School
Social Science Instruction
Summary :
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A) Primary school social science instruction (Sachunterricht)
fits well into the preparation for and review of student
exchange programs and offers a didactic reflection about
intercultural education.
B) This creates the groundwork to anchor intercultural
education longterm in the school day and in the social
science curriculum.
C) Primary school social science and its didactics strengthen
the participation of children in institutions and broadens
pedagogical entry points with heterogeneous groups of
children.
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End of the School Exchange
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