{"id":1781,"date":"2016-05-29T11:50:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T09:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smc.zabbarb.skola.edu.mt\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2016-05-29T11:52:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-29T09:52:46","slug":"the-pestalozzi-programme-at-zabbar-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smc.zabbarb.skola.edu.mt\/?p=1781","title":{"rendered":"The Pestalozzi Programme at Zabbar B"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pestalozzi Programme is the\u00a0Council of Europe’s programme for the\u00a0professional development\u00a0of teachers and\u00a0education actors. \u00a0At the core of the Pestalozzi Programme is the person with a focus on democracy, respect for human rights and the rule of law.\u00a0The programme aims to put these values into the practice of education and to support member states in the move from education policy to education practice in line with these values.\u00a0The programme promotes a learner-centred methodology that supports collaborative work on issues of common concern.<\/p>\n

Our school has a long standing link to the Programme.\u00a0In July 2015, all our teachers\u00a0participated in a Pestalozzi Programme training event organised within the in-service professional development programme for teachers in Malta and a number of teachers have also participated in training offered by the Programme abroad. Over the last few days, Malta hosted a training event focusing on the\u00a0Evaluation and Assessment of Transversal Attitudes, Skills and Knowledge.\u00a0During such\u00a0training events,\u00a0participants are invited to\u00a0create training material which can be used in different contexts. The participants, including Ms Maria Mc Namara, our College Principal, were invited to pilot their activities at our school.<\/p>\n

So, on Thursday 26 May, our school was “invaded” by some 30\u00a0educators coming from all over Europe. Our Year 4 and Year 5 pupils\u00a0had the opportunity to participate in an activity facilitated by one of the participants and to then provide feedback on the activity.\u00a0The whole experience was incredibly rewarding on so many levels. It gave our students an opportunity to meet\u00a0people hailing from all\u00a0over, from Portugal to Belarus, Greece, Cyprus, Norway, Denmark, Georgia and many other countries. It was also an opportunity for us, as an educational community, to open\u00a0ourselves to a much wider audience than we could possibly hope for under normal circumstance.\u00a0It was extremely encouraging and rewarding\u00a0to see this happening, to actually feel the cross-fertilization of minds opening up to such opportunities.<\/p>\n

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What was even more encouraging, were the comments from the foreign participants who thoroughly enjoyed the experience.<\/p>\n

The experience of piloting my activity with students was very gratifying,\u00a0for me and for the students. This is the conclusion I have, after finishing this enriching experience. The students liked to collaborate, cooperate and were in constant teamwork. There was an empathy with the students. –\u00a0Jacinta Maria Anuncia\u00e7\u00e3o Santos, Portugal, Participant<\/p>\n

I was one of the lucky ones to have the opportunity to pilot an activity with your 5th grade. It was a great experience. The willingness of your students to actively participate, the helpfulness of teachers and yourself… and the excitement of all of us there. Visnja Rajic, Croatia, Training Co-Ordinator<\/p>\n

It was really very inspiring and also challenging for participants. It is enriching when we have a module in a host country to visit a school and see how education for democracy \u00a0is lived in situ. Participants had to adapt activities designed for adults to students of age 8 to 10; this was a learning experience in itself. The activities worked, students ‘got the point’ \u00a0and this is another motivational result. Pascale Mompoint-Gaillard, Director of Studies, Pestalozzi Programme<\/p>\n

Thank you for the opportunity you gave us! It was such an important and useful experience for us!\u00a0It was an honor, yesterday, to be in your school! I felt like I was at home there! \u00a0Kids were so nice and willing to help, to work with us, to cooperate! Cristina Anton, Romania, Participant<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Special thanks to all who in some way or another helped to make\u00a0this wonderful opportunity and experience possible – the Ministry for Education and Employment in Malta,\u00a0the Pestalozzi Programme,\u00a0the trainers, the participants, our teachers and students and the many individuals who support our efforts\u00a0throughout!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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