Master newsletter 1

MASTER​ ​newsletter​ ​1st​ ​issue​ ​2017 Fässbergsskolan​ ​is​ ​leading​ ​an​ ​Erasmus+​ ​school-to-school​ ​project​ ​in​ ​which​ ​pupils​ ​and teachers​ ​will​ ​learn​ ​about​ ​how​ ​to​ ​use​ ​research​ ​about​ ​the​ ​development​ ​of​ ​the​ ​adolescent brain​ ​to​ ​improve​ ​teaching​ ​and​ ​learning.

Finally​ ​-​ ​the​ ​first meeting I​ ​know​ ​that​ ​I​ ​speak​ ​for everyone​ ​in​ ​the​ ​project when​ ​I​ ​say​ ​that​ ​we​ ​all​ ​very much​ ​looked​ ​forward​ ​to our​ ​first​ ​meeting.

We​ ​had​ ​so​ ​much​ ​to​ ​do and​ ​decide​ ​that​ ​when​ ​we finally​ ​met​ ​I​ ​forgot​ ​to​ ​let everyone​ ​introduce ourselves(!).​ ​Some​ ​of​ ​us had​ ​worked​ ​in​ ​previous EU​ ​projects​ ​and​ ​some​ ​of us​ ​were​ ​new acquaintances.

We​ ​came​ ​from​ ​five​ ​different​ ​schools​ ​in​ ​five​ ​European​ ​countries;​ ​ ​Denmark,​ ​Finland,​ ​Greece, Spain​ ​and​ ​Sweden.

First​ ​task​ ​-​ ​reviewing​ ​our​ ​application,​ ​making​ ​decisions​ ​and​ ​dividing​ ​tasks.

An​ ​Erasmus​ ​application​ ​is​ ​more​ ​or​ ​less​ ​a​ ​book​ ​in​ ​which​ ​the​ ​project​ ​is​ ​described​ ​in​ ​great detail,​ ​including; ● What​ ​we​ ​want​ ​to​ ​do ● Why​ ​we​ ​want​ ​to​ ​do​ ​it ● How​ ​we​ ​should​ ​work​ ​to​ ​reach​ ​our​ ​aims ● How​ ​we​ ​will​ ​spread​ ​our​ ​results​ ​and​ ​how​ ​this​ ​will​ ​change​ ​education​ ​as​ ​we​ ​know​ ​it.

We​ ​spent​ ​most​ ​of​ ​our​ ​first​ ​meeting​ ​discussing​ ​details​ ​around​ ​the​ ​application.

Great​ ​teachers​ ​are​ ​made​ ​-​ ​not​ ​born

Our​ ​project​ ​is​ ​not​ ​only​ ​for​ ​students​ ​but​ ​also​ ​for teachers.​ ​We​ ​will​ ​organise​ ​workshops​ ​where​ ​teachers learn​ ​to​ ​and​ ​from​ ​each​ ​other.

During​ ​the​ ​meeting​ ​in​ ​Mölndal​ ​we​ ​organized​ ​a​ ​workshop for​ ​teachers​ ​on​ ​the​ ​ ​topic​ ​“Metacognitive​ ​methods”.

During​ ​this​ ​workshop​ ​our​ ​visiting​ ​teachers​ ​met​ ​all​ ​local teachers​ ​in​ ​grade​ ​8.

The​ ​next​ ​steps The​ ​next​ ​step​ ​is​ ​to​ ​find​ ​students​ ​in every​ ​school​ ​to​ ​form​ ​project​ ​group who​ ​will​ ​work​ ​together​ ​with​ ​students from​ ​ ​the​ ​other​ ​schools.​ ​Their​ ​first​ ​task is​ ​for​ ​students​ ​to​ ​write​ ​a​ ​presentation about​ ​themselves.​ ​After​ ​that​ ​preparations​ ​will​ ​be​ ​made​ ​for​ ​first​ ​meeting​ ​with​ ​students​ ​in Denmark​ ​that​ ​will​ ​take​ ​place​ ​ ​between​ ​the​ ​2nd​ ​to​ ​the​ ​8th​ ​of​ ​February.

Rose-Marie​ ​Conway Project​ ​Coordinator