How can we involve pupils and communities in EE projects?

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How can we involve pupils
and communities in EE
projects?
By Johannes Tschapka / AUSTRIA
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Christian, third grade:
“Since we have painted that, really
nobody has seen that coloured wall!”
Johannes Tschapka
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120 pupils in Australian, Austrian and
Norwegian schools developed small
reflective papers using photos, mappings
and recorded group discussions.
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Sometimes teachers and principals who are
willing to involve children tend to overrule
their pupils.
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Silje and her schoolmates in the icy fjords –
fish is as well part of their menu card as part
of their local curriculum.
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”situated learning” means that communities
accept their pupils as young people who
participate in community life.
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Julia: “We pupils have only few places to sit
because the teachers occupy all benches for
their material!”
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Julia confronted her teachers and the
principal with ideas of change and
improvement
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Innovation for the whole school:
* links to the curricula
* initial step into new forms of teaching and learning
* school – community co-operation .
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FIN
Johannes Tschapka