Promoting teacher competence to develop a learning atmosphere in school classes that are heterogeneous especially in terms of language, culture and achievement following the principles and practice of Gestalt-pedagogy
further contents Module 1 | Module 2 | Module 3 | Module 4
1. Goals:
The goal of this project in continuing education is to further develop the personal, didactic and social competences of teachers and thereby to promote the individual learning prerequisites and the learning atmosphere in school classes where language, culture and achievement are heterogeneous.
This project is directed to teachers of all grades and types of schools who experience a classroom situation in which learning is becoming increasingly difficult due to a growing number of individual learning disorders, collective refusals to learn, conflicts and other instructional disturbances.
In a guided situation teachers of all grades and from different countries will be able to experience a group's heterogeneity just as directly and immediately as otherwise their pupils do.
In order to participate in such a situation--which is not only unusual and interesting, but may also be disturbing--it is necessary for the participants to have had sufficient experience in job-oriented awareness training (see Offer 5).
topModul 1:
The first module serves as an introduction to Gestalt pedagogy. Starting from personal, social and professional skills this module provides an opportunity to experience the basic presuppositions and methodical approaches of Gestalt pedagogy combined with meeting people from other cultures. This may be associated with the following topics:
pupil interaction;
Modul 2:
In Module 2 participants will deepen their experience and cognizance of Gestalt pedagogy as well as utilize the skills and competences acquired in Module 1 to devote themselves to the following topics with more differentiated self-awareness and reflection:
Modul 3:
In this module we deal with the main emphasis of the didactic dimension of Gestalt pedagogy.
The participating teachers will broaden their newly acquired skills and also critically appraise the possibilities of using Gestalt-pedagogy in instruction. This may include:
Modul 4:
This module provides an opportunity to critically examine prejudices, exclusions and ethno-centered perspectives. The competences acquired in the previous modules will be tested and consolidated while dealing with issues of the following sort: