Training seminar

Learn in Style: exploring learning strategies to promote social inclusion

Licei Sperimentali “L. Stefanini”

Friday 11 November 2005

 

 

§         9.00         Welcome by the principal, Dott.ssa Sandra Carraro

                      Presentation of the programme of the day  

                      Local authorities’ address:

- Carmela Palumbo (General Manager Ufficio Scolastico Regionale del

  Veneto)

                                      - Andrea Ferrazzi (assessore provinciale all’Educational)  

                                       - Anna Maria Giannuzzi Miraglia (assessore comunale al Welfare)

§                9.45            Presentation of the project Learn in Style (Comenius 1 – school partnerships):

                             An outline of the experience: from the contact seminar in Iceland (2002) to the

                             present

                               The partners:

WITCHFORD VILLAGE COLLEGE, WITCHFORD, UK

  FJOLBRAUTASKOLINN VID ARMULA, REYKJAVIK, ISLANDA

  ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA com 3° CICLO DO CERCO, PORTO, PORTOGALLO

  LICEI  LUIGI STEFANINI , MESTRE (VE), ITALIA

(type of school, geographical and socio-cultural context, specific problems with  learning styles)

 

§               11.00      coffee break

 

§               11.15      DEURE: the impact of international projects in schools

 

§               11.30     A training experience in the field: the Feuerstein method

 

§               11.45     Perceptive questionnaire: the participants evaluate the usability of the different

                       activities[A1] 

 

§               12.15        Lunch

 

 

§               14.30-16.30       Workshops

§                

1. Getting familiar with the tools used in the project:

- questionnaire on learning styles (student / teacher versions)

- personality tests in the multimedia lab etc.

   

     2. VAK: the UK experience

 

3. Promoting reflection in the class: using diaries - the Icelandic experience

 

4. Cooperative learning: a training activity promoted by the Province of Venice

 

§         16.30       Conclusions

 

Speakers: John Shield, Dave Smith (U.K.), Anabela Malheiro (P), Kristen Mary Swenson, Dora Osk Halldorsdottir (IS), Paola De Matteis (Liceo Cevolani, Cento, FE), Adriana Andreatta, Annalisa Fiorini, Piero Furlan, Alessandra Pozzi, (Licei Stefanini), Antonella Antonelli, Leonardo Mezzaroba (Liceo Foscarini, Venezia)

 

 

 [A1]???. Moving the questionnaire to the afternoon does not seem advisable (fewer people may be there...). The problem is the participants will just get a vague idea of the different activities in the morning presentations... Help!