Action Learning
Albertslund Denmark
New Steps
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538512-LLP-1-2013-1-NO-COMENIUS-CMP
Aim of Project RECIPE: To prevent dropouts
Focus:
The professional Teacher
The authentic Teacher
Method: Action Learning
Ref. Per Fibæk Lauersen, Tom Tiller and Helle Pauborg/Jytte Vinther Andersen/ Martin Bayer
Focus and practice
Didactic – the professional conversation among colleagues
Teaching - classroom management and focus on positive relation
Strategy
”Stilladsering” – Scaffolding
Headwind competences
Motivation
Reform with a varieted schoolday and supported teaching
Ref: Erling Lars Dale, EMU Learning, J.Bruner, Dorte Ågaard and Mette Pless
New Knowledge and background - DK
Analysis – what are we looking for?
The Danish teacher in a team with freedom of method
The Autentic teacher – seven skills or qualifications
The Students ratings when it comes to well-being
Ref. Politiken, Folkeskolen.dk, elevorg., ”Den autentiske lærer” Per Fibæk Laursen
Action Learning - steps
1. Make the problem clear
2. Start the action
3. Observation of action /actions
4. The didactic talk
5. Working on/evaluate on the experiences
The year’s in Albertslund with AL
What:
All teachers learned what Action Learning was – the method
When:
A periode of two years + the special focus / RECIPE on one school (HL)
Practise: Focus on what to do /what prevent students from dropping out.
The team of teachers work together to solve the problem.
Experience: The general focus on inclusion and how the schools look at the
general method AL
Results : Good method, usefull didactic method, time is essential
Cooperation/teamwork,
Efforts are related to good strategies and the teachers general education
Future
1. New initiativ for the next four year’s using AL as a general method
2. New facilitators with general knowledge on didactic and AL.
3. Important to link AL to the daily work in the classroom /the didactic work.
4. Focus on teaching, the childrens well-being in the classroom and of course results
of the teaching - but again looking at the teacher as the professional person.
5. Results:
Hopefully it will give everybody – teachers as well students a generel better result,
skills and qualifications.
We hope that this focus gives the students a better and more focused daily life at
the school. The project can give the teachers better ways to give students the
attention needed so they will choose to stay in the educational system.
Practice - an example
Theme
Aim
Professionel didatic talk
Tobias and Mikkel - teachers working with students from 6th - 9th grade.