ERASMUS + SCHOOL ONLY STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, KEY ACTION KA2
2014–1–IT02-KA201-003491_5
EUROPE FOR INCLUSION
Second teaching – learning – training event
Leszno, Poland
SHAPING MEMORY, ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION
Dissemination material prepared by the Romanian teachers participanting at the event:
Diana – Elena Chițu, Alina – Elena Barcan, Daniela Petruț, Codruț Filip Ioan Macovei, Daniel
– Vasile Miron Atanasiu
The second teaching – learning – training event took part
between 25th – 29th of May 2015 and it was organised by the Polish
partner in Leszno, Poland. The Romanian school was represented by
five teachers: Alina – Elena Barcan, Daniela Petruț, Codruț - Filip –
Ioan Macovei, Daniel – Vasile Miron - Atanasiu and Diana Elena Chițu.
The course was “Shaping memory, attention and concentration”.
We were welcomed at school, we visited classes, we talked to
the students, teachers and caretakers, we had the chance to see how
the
Polish
partners
work
with
the
students.
We participated at teaching – learning – training sessions led by the
super expert, Beata Mrosek (completed studies – ICT, Biology, Early School
Education, Administration and Management, educational course of New
School programme gaining rights to support changes in school didactic
programme, pedagogical therapy course and course of preparing teachers
concerning the development of visual memory at the same time gaining the
certificate of Moscow School Ejdetyka & Ekolog Inwest), the principal of
Primary School number 7 since 2012, a methodological councellor for early
school education teachers in the Teachers Centre in Leszno, fore-councellor
for early school education teachers in Warsaw (National Teachers Centre),
the author of early school education programme which was appoved by the
Ministry of Education in June 1999, the author and director of 117 forms of
teaching in the fields of didactics, methodology, ICT, working with students
with special needs, measuring the quality of schools, promotion of teachers,
the author of 8 publications and a set of 22 methodological materials,
appointed by the Ministry of Education as an expert in exams for teachers
who wish to get promoted and a teacher working with children with special
needs.
The training activity proposed has been thought in a
integrated way and it is articulated as it follows:
- 4 hours of methodological support for 34 European teachers plus the
Polish ones
- 1 hour of sperimentation of activities elaborated by the Polish Scientific
Committee in classes were children with lack of memory, attention and
concentration are present. The children will play the role of tutor with the
European teachers.
- 1 hour of feedback in cooperative learning modalities
-2 hours for working at the elaboration of a common grid to be used in the
third year of the project in order to elaborate the Inclusive Learning Unit.
Particularly, the methodological modalities adopted by the
teacher trainers were be based on a training action – professional advise
phase as regards the contents and the tools prepared- together with
coaching moments – accompanying and supporting actions, both
pedagogical and organizative, during the all sperimentation long.
The objective of the courses and activities chaired by Beata
Mrosek was to expand teachers’ knowledge and skills concerning shaping
memory, attention and concentration. The aim of the lecture was to get
teachers acquainted with different techniques and memorizing methods.
The activities enriched teachers’ skills through different exercises shaping
long-term memory as well as games shaping memory and concentration.
The teaching – learning – training activities were structured on
courses: ”You memory, attention and concentration can be trained, too”,
lectures on memory raining, presentations of documents concerning
students with special needs who attend the Polish school and observations
and activities in classrooms with the use of different strategies related to
memory, attention and concentration trainings and teaching
individualisation.
The Romanian trainees were motivated to attend the
training course. They were interested in taking part at the
activities at classes, to observe the relation between the
teachers and the students, the methods and techniques used
with the students in general and with the students with special
needs in particular. They were eager to gain new didactic
competences, to improve their methods and skills. They found
out information about how to develop memory, concentration
and attention. The meetings were very well organised, the
materials were full of information that can be used by the
trainees in their future activity. The pace was adapted to the
trainees’ needs. The trainers explained all the information
from the course and they used practical materials to sustain
the theory presented.
Apart from the theoretical meetings, there were developed
practical sessions, in which the European teachers had to observe and
participate in activities conducted by the Polish teachers. The activities
focussed on shaping memory, attention and concetration, in order to show
how the Polish teachers cope with students in their daily routines.
European teachers were divided into 5 groups – they were grouped
according to a chosen colour (white, yellow, orange, red, blue and green)
and in mixed groups attended 5 lessons. The lessons were: a Math lesson
in the 1st class, an extra Math lesson in the 3rd class (for weaker students),
an English lesson in the 6th class, a Math lesson in the 5th class and therapy
session with students from the 3rd class. The main subject of the European
meeting focused on shaping memory, attention and concentration and the
lessons were aimed at practicing these aspects. Despite the fact that there
were 3 Math lessons each of them was different – as every teacher applied
different methods and techniques appropriate to the age of her students.
Afterwards the European teachers discussed their teaching and learning
experiences in a plenary session.
This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission. This publication (communication) reflects the view only of
the author and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use
which may be made of the information contained therein.