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… Section Européenne in English : our experience
Main steps :
- What is Section Européenne ?
- English language
- 3 weeks in an English secondary school (Manchester)
- Writing a short essay
Our subjects :
History & Geography, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry,Life and earth
sciences, Physical Education
… 3 weeks in Manchester
Observations :
- classes
- school
- staff room
- “local” trainees
Teaching :
Individual explanations during the classFew minutesFull class
Climate for learning
… The clash of civilizations !
You are fun!
Celebrate your achievement !
Smashing!
Well done!
Expect more from yourself!
Flabbergasting!
You brighten
my day!
… The clash of civilizations !
Climate for learning
The background :
Advice, tools given to teachers :- 101 ways to praise a child
- 101 ways to show kids you care- Rewards
Many benefits but also… many drawbacks!
… The clash of civilizations !
Streaming students by abilities
… New methods for us to discover !
Organizing a lesson
Starter (Games / quiz)
Main activity (diary / report / songs / poems)
Plenary(Games / quiz)
… Examples
Physics
French system
Insists on the scientific and research aspects
English system
Presents the economicalAnd industrial aspects of
the topic
A different content
… Examples
Physics
French system
«Démarche d’investigation»
« Sommative » assessment
English system
Not as crucial
Formative assessment
A different approach
… Examples
Maths
French system
Activity
Formal presentation
Assessment
DefinitionsProoves
Theorems
English system
Problem
Right and efficient methods
Success
GCSE
… Examples
Maths
French system
Focused on a formal approach
English system
Focused on methods and competences, « know how »
… Exit
Linguistic aspects of the training gradually vanish into the background
We became much more interested in professional exchanges, teaching practises
IT HAS OPENED OUR MINDS !
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