Sunday, March 22, 2009

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Weekly Review II

My experiences at the school:
• 80% of colleagues not have a car and come by bus or train to work. Even if they have a car, they come with public transport to school. The few Finns, who I met outside of school college had, in most cases, no car. If you live in Helsinki or neighboring town, you just need a car. The infrastructure of public transport is excellent! Generally the train and bus connections to the interior of Finland are very good (only very very expensive ...).
• The teacher makes himself to the defense of their hours if they know in advance that they will miss now and then. It may their siblings, friends, acquaintances, interns ( ;-)) Etc. ask to do so. Lack of a sudden illness, then governs the school. Most will jump a special and social pedagogues.
• This school does not have the principle "The teacher is attending the classes," but "The classes go to the teacher! That is, the German lessons of each class is always done in the classroom, my mentor, the space is designed according to learning and promote learning stimulating. What would open itself to me as an English and history teacher there for options! I could make my room at my discretion and not in every classroom, where I teach English or history, there have been individual hang posters or as a poster to be unrelated. I could create an interesting learning environment and provide books and materials available to arouse the motivation of the students ...
• I had already often described the timidity of the Finnish children. In conversation with some colleagues came to light now that they wonder about themselves and have difficulty in school because the children do not come out and do not report. Particularly in language teaching that is of course a problem. In my small group work with two or three students I have in turn made it very different experience and I can be wonderful with children and young people talk and work!
• Most Finns prefer to keep to himself. This is also noticeable in the college. You can indeed all teachers at least English, but depending on their experience abroad, they do not come voluntarily to one. It is clearly evident that those who themselves have lived abroad or already have contacts outside Finland, open and interested in people from abroad. All others are talking better with their peers. But if you also to those colleagues approaching or has questions, they do respond very friendly and help and what is in their power. A strange mix ...
• This is the link of cosmopolitanism and international contacts can be felt in the classroom. Purely Finnish classes without immigrant children are very quiet, shy and introverted. Pure migrant groups (eg the Finnish education for migrant children) are very lively, loud, open and communicative with strangers. Mixed classes (the control) with children with immigrant background are in my view, so far an asset to the classroom. This is the way I believe in Germany! It is an enrichment for all concerned if people come together from different cultures and there is a tolerant and open exchange of different views, traditions and experiences!

In this sense, a nice Sunday!

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