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Motivating students through project work

Adam Stępiński


A few words about myself …

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What do we need to bear in mind?

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Rule 1- Accept your students as they are and make them believe in their potential. Rule 2 - Show them the way to success.Rule 3 - Make your students feel good and safe during your classes.Rule 4 - Negotiate solutions to occuring problems.Rule 5 - Ensure effective discipline and responibility in the classroom.

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Try to make your project different

from students’ school daily routine ☺


Boosting students’ engagement


Developing learners’ autonomy


Autonomous student

motivated 29% responsible 19%

self-confident 16%open-minded 13%

creative 7%


Autonomous teacher

supporting 29%flexible 23%

innovative 21%enthusiastic 10%

reflective 8%


• What does learner’s autonomy mean for teachers?


• What does it mean for students?


- How can we promote and develop student’s autonomy in our projects?


• What can it be limited by?


Inter-disciplinary

projects


●Unfinished sentences

The big number of learning areas / school subjects in an interdisciplinary project will result in ...



An autonomous environment will lead to ...



Forming specialised teams (groups of students) working on specified fields and acting as experts in that particular area will benefit because ...


●Unfinished sentences If we link school /

subject matters with ethic issues and students’ everyday experiences, this will ...


●Unfinished sentences Feeling the freedom

from the constraints of the curriculum will lead to ...


●Unfinished sentences When students face a

challenge and they will successfully cope with it, they will ...



A greater possibility of modification of the instructional methodologies incorporated in the project (including visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic) will result in …


New subjects/project ideas in the future school

Which would be useful to learn about?


I would like to become after graduation a person...


What sort of skills and competencies do students want for themselves?

Are they really important?


Structure of an interdisciplinary

project




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Balancing between the educational and enteraining

dimensions of the activity


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Use of media resources

and attractive means of

communication


'Living Darfur' by Mattafix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQwCCm-H-sU

'Zombie' by the Cranberries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ejga4kJUts







IRIN Films http://www.irinnews.org/filmtv.aspx

'Facing History and Ourselves'

http://www.facinghistory.org/

http://www.irinnews.org/filmtv.aspx

http://www.irinnews.org/filmtv.aspx




http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/

www.missioneurope.eu





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Some e- tools to motivate

students


http://dfilm.com http://voicethread.com

http://dfilm.com/

http://dfilm.com/

http://voicethread.com/

http://voicethread.com/


http://prezi.com/ http://edu.glogster.com

http://sunrise651.edu.glogster.com/what-do-they-like/

http://prezi.com/

http://prezi.com/

http://edu.glogster.com/

http://edu.glogster.com/






www.myebook.com

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www.surveymonkey.com/

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We need to ‘pump up’ students’

motivation all the time ☺


My beloved ice breakers


Unfinished statements

Would you rather…or…

TV interview


Some ideas for motivating projects incorporating History, Social Studies

and Geography

http://www.spicynodes.org/a/4ec51a9da2dd98004d7325c39639c525




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http://www.spicynodes.org/


Where can we look for inspiration?

Tim Rylands - www.timrylands.com

http://www.timrylands.com


www.teachertrainingvideos.com/

Russell Stannard

http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/






Some clues to consider while working on an interdisciplinary project:

● 1. when you decide on the topic, make sure that the project will stimulate your students to act creatively,

- What matters in your life?- Two neighbours - one perspective.- Together - in search of the future.- European class. Can we learn new things from each other?- Historia magistra vitae est. Can history be a teacher of life?- Music, dance and fashion. Are you into them?- World War II : Keep it a History.


● 2. (in my opinion) it’s better when a project refers to different subjects and fields of learning,

● 3. make sure that the topic, activities, ways of communication are interesting for your students,



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● 4. while formulating the topic and deciding on the content:

● -try to make them simple and catchy,● -try to refer them to your students’ life and experiences,● -don’t concentrate too much on the educational aspects

(the project should attract, not scary off)● 5. give your students as much autonomy as possible,● 6. your project should make a change (ways of work,

ways of thinking, gaining new skills and abilities, establishing new relations),


● 7. allow them to decide on the electronic media and technology they would like to use in the project,

● 8. make sure that the project will let your students brainstorm ideas and discover solutions by original thinking processes,

● 9. try to match all the things you do within your project with students’ interests,



● 10. vary activities balancing carefully between the educational and the enjoyable ones,


● 11. divide your work into smaller chunks (stages),

● 12. try to follow some order: from specifics to more general matters or the other way round,

● 13. try to incorporate songs, documentaries, movies (the participants belong to ‘the media generation’),


● 14. let them use various computer applications (your students are also called ‘the Google generation’),

● 15. make sure that all the participants work on/create something together (not just add their materials),

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● 16. you can appoint your students as experts in their national issues (social matters, history etc.) while your partners will have a similar role in case of the issues of their countries,


● 17. evalute your activities (e.g. on a special forum on the project site),

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● 18. make sure your students create something of value,

● 19. inform parents about the project and see how to involve them,


● 20. mix pupils from partner schools in pairs or in mixed groups to ensure that each pupil has at least one partner,

● 21. integrate the project into the curriculum by doing the work during teaching hours so that it is a natural contribution from pupils (and not perceived as extra work).


May your projects be motivational,

inspirational, engagiging,

creative and funny!

Thank you for your attention☺

Adam [email protected]

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