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Final Brochure Dorsten
1. A summary of the Comenius REGIO-project between
Dorsten & Rybnik 2013 - 2015
comeniusregioimaginativeteachers.blogspot.de
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0. Overview
This summary tries to bundle both
background information of our theoretical thoughts before and during the project
as well as
impressions of realized projects during Comenius REGIO
Find an abstract of the project on page 3
Concrete objectives are described on page 5
A list of planned activities is detailed on page 6
Necessary background information by a survey on page 8
Impressions…
of teachers workshops on page 25
of workshops with students on page 31
of the different mobilities on page 41
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1. Abstract of the project
The Comenius Regio Partnerships consists of two partner regions
The partner 1 (coordinating region) will be represented by the Miasto Rybnik
(the City of Rybnik, Poland).
The Stadt Dorsten (the city of Dorsten, Germany) will be the coordianator of the partner region 2.
Other organisations will be: the Von-Ketteler Schule and the Dorstener Arbeit organization from
Germany as well as the SOS-W and the Razem organization from Poland.
The main goal: find the most effective leadership strategies to motivate and activate
students with special needs.
two partner regions.
1 (coordinating region) will be represented by the Miasto Rybnik
Dorsten (the city of Dorsten, Germany) will be the coordianator of the partner region 2.
Ketteler Schule and the Dorstener Arbeit organization from
W and the Razem organization from Poland.
: find the most effective leadership strategies to motivate and activate
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Furthermore, teachers will take a lot of methodological seminars and conferences to
deepen their theoretical knowledge on new effective motivational methods and techniques
in teaching disabled students. Another major goal of the project will be to enrich education offer
to students. After completion of courses, teachers are going to offer a wide range of workshops
(after-school activities) to students. Students will also take part in interesting mini-projects,
contests and school events.
Publication and dissemination of the project results and products will be the matter of great
importance in the project.
One of the important events in the project will be the Comenius
Opening Day held in two partner regions for all project partners as well as other institutions and
organizations aimed at supporting and educating disabled people.
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2. Concrete objectives of the partnership
…to exchange experiences, best practice in educating students with special needs in order to find
out most effective motivation and activation methods and techniques,
…to deepen teachers’ and organization workers’ theoretical knowledge of motivating and
activating students with SEN as well as raise their qualifications and competences,
…to raise teaching standards both in formal and non-formal special education,
…to enrich education offer to students,
…to collect, publish data on new effective methods and techniques in motivating and activating
students with special needs and share interesting project findings with other special schools and
organisations which cater to disabled people,
…to raise parents’ awareness of the important role of motivation and help them find best
ways of motivating and activating their children to positive actions,
…to develop long-term co-operation among authorities, schools and organizations which address
the issues of handicapped people.
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3. Planned activities during the project
Name of
organization
Time Activity
1. Stadt Dorsten
September
2013
Organisation of qualification courses for teachers
2. von Ketteler-Schule
September
2013
E-twinning account creation
3. von Ketteler-Schule
September
2013
Research: questionnaire with students and parents;
publication/evaluation of results
4. von Ketteler-Schule October 2013 Teaching series: motivation
5. Stadt Dorsten October 2013 Organisation of English courses for teachers
October 2013 1. project meeting
6.
Dorstener Arbeit &
von Ketteler-Schule
Dec. 2013/
Jan 2014
Introduction of planned offers / choice of offers by pupils
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Stadt Dorsten & von
Ketteler-Schule
February
2014
Beginning of qualification courses for teachers
8. von Ketteler-Schule April 2014 Organisation of offers during school trip to Wangerooge
9.
Stadt Dorsten & von
Ketteler-Schule &
Dorstener Arbeit
May 2014
„Motivate yourself – learning is more that Maths and
German“: different offers, maybe a workshop-week
10.
von Ketteler-Schule &
Dorstener Arbeit
May 2014
„Motivate yourself – Join the team“: organisation and
implementation of a school feast at the end of the
workshops weeks with students’/parents’ involvement
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May 2014 2. project meeting
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Stadt Dorsten & von
Ketteler-Schule
June 2014
„We present ourselves”: publication of project results in
local newspaper
12. von Ketteler-Schule June 2014
„Motivate yourself – learning in a social context outside
school“: a school trip to the island Wangerooge in the
North Sea
13. Stadt Dorsten
September
2014
Organisation of exhibition of project results / students
work at local locations (RP, Tillbeck, Kreishaus)
November
2014
3. project meeting
14. von Ketteler-Schule
December
2014
Christmas fair: presentation & sale of produced works
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von Ketteler-Schule &
Stadt Dorsten
February
2015
Publication of effective methods/ techniques for motivated
learning; teaching material, project results, …
16. von Ketteler-Schule April 2015
„We present ourselves”: publication on school website /
website of Dorsten
returning questionnaire for students and parents,
evaluation and presentation/ publication of results
April 2015 4. project meeting
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Stadt Dorsten & von
Ketteler-Schule &
Dorstener Arbeit
June 2015
„We present ourselves”: Organisation of Comenius Regio
opening day with all participants, presentation of materials,
results for other schools, parents, students, teachers…
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4. Searching for background information
January 2014
Bereich I: Behaviour concerning school
1. How long does your child learn for school (daily)?
2. Does your child like going to school?
3. Are your child´s hobbies appropriately taken in consideration at school?
4. What are your child´s favourite subjects?
_____________________________________________________________________
0 hours 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours more than 3hours
no partially/sometimes yes
no partially yes
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Bereich II: Leisure behaviour of your child
5. What are your child´s hobbies (You can mark more than one!)?
dancing music cooking climbing sports
handicrafts computer miscellaneous:______________________
6. How long does your child watch TV a day?
7. How long does your child play with the computer (XBOX/Playstation/…) a day?
8. How long does your child play outside a day?
0 hours 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours more than 3 hours
0 hours 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours more than 3 hours
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Bereich III: Social relationships
9. How often does your child meet friends in a week?
10. How big is your child´s circle of friends?
General information
11. How old is your child? _____
12. Sex: female male
0 hours 1 hour 2 hours 3 hours more than 3 hours
never once twice 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x
no friends small (1-2 friends) average (3-5 friends) big (more than 5)
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Our goal
Include the student´s hobbies into our
Comenius REGIO work and focus on
sports arts computer
music technical workshops
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5. Realised projects
5.1 Workshops for teachers
School dog training, March 2015, Dorsten
After being introduced to the school dog of our partner school in Rybnik during the last visit, three
of von Ketteler-teachers took their private dogs and visited a further training about educating dogs
to school dogs. They learned details about the practical use in school, requirements of both
teachers and dogs, as well as methods to introduce the school in class.
A school dog is especially useful for students of our school, as it can both risen the student´s
motivation by relaxing the atmosphere in class, as well as encouraging them to care for others.
See next page for pictures.
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Whiteboard Introduction – Dorsten
With means out of the Comenius REGIO budget the von Ketteler-school could afford a digital
whiteboard. Connected to the internet several interactive teaching methods are possible.
In order to handle all possibilities of the board an employee of the whiteboard-company
introduced the teachers to the board.
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March 2015 – Münster, Germany
On a conference about mathematics, several games were introduced to teach maths within a
playful context. Afterwards, the students in von Ketteler-Schule had a lot of fun testing them.
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December 2014
Comenius REGIO yearly conference in Bonn, Germany
Once a year members of Comenius REGIO and ERASMUS+ projects meet. This time a conference in
Bonn was held to bring together interested organizations (such as universities, cities and schools)
and those involved in a project right now. We presented our project and got many insights into
other projects. Also, we as teachers, have to be motivated once in a while – and discussing project
issues with others from all over Germany was incredibly interesting.
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November 2014 - Dorsten
Handicrafts is a good way to motivate students. To get to know different tools, teachers of von
Ketteler-Schule did a machinery course on the 7th& 8th of November 2014. With the support of a
carpenter it was the task to build slats for breakfast and a picture frame within these two days. The
work with tools like a circular saw was a new experience to most of the participating teachers and
helped a lot to appraise the possibilities within handicrafts lessons.
Have a look for yourself…
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5.2 Workshops with students
February 2015 – Dorsten
With the help of Comenius REGIO and Johanniter Unfallhilfe students of 10
First Aid.
With the help of Comenius REGIO and Johanniter Unfallhilfe students of 10th grade were taught
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December 2014 - Dorsten
Our Christmas breakfast and fair has arrived. The pupils liked watching photos, handicraft work or
just a good breakfast.
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October 2014 - Dorsten
Toys, toys, toys – where to put them?
Thanks to our partner, Dorstener Arbeit, students of class 9 built boxes for balls, rackets & other
games. Simultaneously they experienced work in an external environment, under supervision of
others than their teachers. It was motivating to work with tools towards a goal and, as you can see,
the results are brilliant.
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Fall 2014 – Dorsten
Class 5 played the recorder – with all new equipment
Students of class 6b learn to play the recorder in order to find out about notes, music, rhythm and
different songs. Playing the instrument stimulates the finding of their own identity and the creation
of their self. The recorder is just an introduction, maybe some of the students are interested in
more and different instruments.
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Fall 2014 – Dorsten
Newly equipped with table tennis rackets our students won a local tournament. Hurray!
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June 2014 -Dorsten
School journey to Wangerooge
One of our highlights during Comenius REGIO was the realisation of a school journey to the island
of Wangerooge. Packed with all of our students and teachers we spent a whole week there and
experienced a lot. A for many of our students it was the first holiday experience of their life. Our
pictures give a pretty good impression of the actions done and precisely show that the students
were stuffed with a lot of motivation.
