Hosted by OSOS , contributed by sandrarodrigues on 8 April 2019
The project 'The world goes on' teaches students more about the world and shows them the differences and comparisons between countries and with their own country.
Students are going to explore the world in an entrepreneurial way. They choose a country, deepen in their chosen country and related chosen themes such as Healthcare and Education. Students will compare the country outcomes to their own country and this provides more understanding of why situations in other countries can be different. When students' groups have studied their country, they present their work to other students, teachers and people from outside. Afterwards, they are instructed to process all information in a movie. The form of the movie can be chosen based on students' interests, so it can be a documentary, talk show or play. The movies are presented at a film festival which invites all interested parties. Students ensure of the organization of the Film Festival, so they also arrange the drinks and country specific snacks for the public.
During the whole project, external people will support students through workshops about worldwide continents, as well as workshops about making movies and organizing an event. The goal of this project is to develop students' entrepreneurial skills as well as their 21st century skills. This project also gives students the possibility to learn in practice.
Learning objectives
- Interdisciplinary: Connects subjects like geography, social studies, ethics, philosoph, politics and lanuage studies.
- Participation and Citizen Science: Students learn about another country and learn about many countries throught their peers.
- Responsible use of new technologies: Students learn how to bring structure to information and use video and video maker software to accomplish that.
- Promoting inclusion: Presence, participation and learning. Educational and Social Inclusion: support needs. In addition, through methods such as “put yourself in my place”, each participant receives and shares the experience from other points of view.
- Empowerment and Engagement: Teenagers learn about a self-chosen country in a different part of the world, and choose themselves what they want to learn about.
RRI principles
One of the key aspects of OSOS is the inclusion of RRI — Responsible Research and Innovation — principles (more information at RRI-Tools.eu). This is how this Accelerator fits into the RRI model:
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Governance |
Students will be able to explain certain policies in a different country an compare that to their own country. I.e.: students can research legislation of their own country vs. another country and evaluatie the cause of the differences. They try to unravel the social, cultural, economic and environmental issues that make that other countries make differen decisions. |
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Public Engagement |
Students could involve different type of stakeholders, especially people from the countries they are researching, local and foreign organisations, search for actualities on their subjects and try to engage with people from different cultures I.e.: students will be in contact with the public administration to know the current legislation , and with organizations of people from their chosen countries to know their feedback about which places can be improved. |
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Gender equality |
Students could work in gender-balanced teams to present their movie about their chosen country. I.e.: students should consider gender equality when making their video. In the case the show people, they should be encouraged to at least think about the possible gender balance and how they want to reflect that in their videos. |
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Science Education |
Strudents will have to do research on a country by nthemselves: ask questions, search for information, discuss information an report and present information. I.e.: students formulate a major and some minor research questions on the topic they have chosen. |
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Ethics |
This accelerator proposes to achieve more global awareness and insight on how culture, history, economics, politics and environment makes why different countries make different choices. They will learn to see things from someone elses point of view, in this case a whole country. I.e.: students will compare topics in their own country to the same topic in another country and compare that. |
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Open Access |
Students will use online platforms, open and free, to disseminate their findings during the project. They make a video abou teir outcomes.
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ORGANIZATION IN CHARGE:
European School Heads Association
ESHA Herenstraat 35
3512 KB Utrecht, Netherlands
http://www.esha.org/
CONTACT PEOPLE:
Suzanne de Kroon
suzannedekroon@gmail.com