Creating young leaders and team workers

Creating young leaders and team workers

Say who?

IntroductionWhy is it important?• core competence for students and workers• easier to adjust to society and market

requirements

Is everyone a natural-born leader?

And a team worker?but everyone should at least try

Why?• easier to get along with people.• learn individual and shared

responsibility• better organization• boost their self-confidence• learn respecting others• c’est la vie

How to teach it?

Group work• pick a boss• ‘talk to

your boss’

Project method• pupil-led

approach• every child

has a unique role in the group

Individual presentations• child preparing alone• assistants are crucial• examples: art class,

favourite book, being a teacher

How did it work in Spain?Kids’ project

Failure

Why?

Lack of organization

How did it work in Spain?

Individual presentations

art lessonassistants!

being a teacher

How did it work in Spain?Choosing bosses

Problems:• the boss doesn’t know what their role is• not everyone in the group is working • the boss is distributing the materials or

delegating tasks only to their friends in the group, leaving some kids aside

• children are copying from each other• quarrels

Teacher: Look, Edu is not working, why?Curro: He doesn’t want to.T: Did he say why?C: No.T: Did you ask him?C: No.T: Do you think you could do it? Go and ask him, maybe he has a problem you can help him with.C: Ok.

How did it work in Poland?

Choosing bosses A thrilling success!

Teacher: Look, Ania is not working. Why is she not working?Filip: I don´t know.T: Did you tell her what to do?F: Yes.T: What did you say?F: To work.T: Maybe she doesn´t know what to do. What do you want her to do exactly? Draw? Cut?  F: Draw.T: What do you want her to draw?

How did it work in Poland?

Project method

Not as thrilling…

• the topic was too broad• questions were handed too late• parents didn’t follow the directions

How did it work in Poland?Individual presentations

your favourite book

vocabulary box

a very serious teacher with laptop

Any questions?

Thank you and good luck!!!