Enseigner la Grande Guerre, Eduquer à la paix ERASMUS + Learning and teaching contexts A teacher’s reflection Enseigner la Grande Guerre, Eduquer à la paix ERASMUS + ISIS della Bassa Friulana Marilena Beltramini Cervignano del Friuli Bordeaux 6 -11 November 2016

THE REPORT. AIMS Sharing Reflection  WHAT ? the added value of the Project learning and teaching strategies WHY ? to foster active and meaningful learning to promote Peace Education

DIDACTIC ASSUMPTIONS Tragic nature of event to be investigated Intergenerational perceptions and multicultural dialogue Non isolated experience Integrated in ordinary school practices Curriculum integrated Adoption and promotion of a scientific method Bottom up and top down methodologies Implying formal and formative assessment Target profile

PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK Constructivist and humanistic approach Inter-subjective learning contexts Listening attitude and skills Analytical skills Interpretative skills Negotiation skills Critical thinking Dialogical attitude Life-long learning framework Metacognition Assessment and self-assessment European competences Soft skills

THE LEARNING PROCESS. STEPS Data collection (through interviews) Textual analysis of war poetry, fiction and diary, about war Sharing of data Choice of model for comparison of perceptions and texts analysed (word frequency = key words) Interpretation of data Documentation Assessment (formal and informal) Metacognition and self assessment Reflection on war as a topic of study and as a means to foster Peace Education  transformation of data into relevant information MEANINGFUL LEARNING

ACTIVITIES AND TASKS SURVEY ON THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION the war and the role of women Students’ perceptions Students’ parents perceptions Students’grandparents’ perceptions COMPARISON with Images English literay texts of the war period (poetry and fiction) Contemporary literary texts (poetry and fiction) Other texts in view of a learning process rooted in active and collaborative study experience

LEARNING CONTEXT MANAGEMENT PRODUCT  RESEARCH REPORT Individual activities Cooperative and collaborative activities/practices Peer tutoring Public speaking Flipped classroom Using foreign language for oral and written tasks and communication Teacher as encourager, mediator, tutor, interlocutor, offering guidance and feedback PRODUCT  RESEARCH REPORT Writing textual analysis and argumentative texts Generating visual presentations Generating pie charts, histograms Oral presentation (public speaking)

LEARNING ADDED VALUE  students are committed in Student-centred practice versus trasmissive mode Constructed learning versus ready-made content Listening attitude versus stereotyped/conventional attutude/s Multiplicity: viewpoints versus self - referential reference Emotional involvement versus detached attitude Problematising versus passive acceptance of data  students are committed in identifying significant links adopting shared opinions developing critical thinking transforming data into meaningful information developing an attitudinal and methodological pluralism arguing point of view and judgement

LEARNING AND LEARNING HOW TO TEACH Learning and studying with SS  Action Research Education to mutual respect Collaborative attitude and behaviour reinforcement Monitoring the learning-teaching process Definition and re-definition of process and practices  The teacher as a reflective practitioner

OBSERVED OUTCOMES Active and collaborative attitudes Competence-based learning Make informed decisions Emotional involvement Situated learning (content – contex – community – paricipation) Interacting with technological environments Empowerment Improved social and communicative skills Rethinking education in the age of technology Enhenced motivation Use foreign language in real communicative contexts Occasions for SS to

OPEN QUESTIONS Project work and the school system Project work and the school as a learning community Ready-made books and Ss’ produced studying materials Project work dissemination Colleagues’ active involvment Organisation problems .......

THANK YOU FOR THE ATTENTION www.marilenabeltramini.it marilenabeltramini@alice.it