Presentation of Free Learning at Offene Schule Waldau school in Kassel, Germany

1. Offene Schule Waldau Kassel
Free Learning
at
Versuchsschule des Landes Hessen
at
Waldau Open School

2. A first glance
Our structure
Our aims
Our principles
Our results
Examples

3. Our aims
Why do we do it?
individualize students‘ learning processes
support students‘ responsibility for
their own learning
Enable students to structure their
learning processes autonomously

4. Our aims
What is individual in FL lessons?
Guided choice of
• project/topic/subject
• speed
• partners / support
• media/methods/material
• intellectual level

5. Our structure
Where do we place it?
during the week‘s timetable
6 lessons per week in years 5 / 6
4 lessons per week in years 7 / 8
3 lessons per week in years 9 / 10
We invest lessons from other subjects.
MO DI MI DO FR
1. 8.45
2. 9.30
3. 10.45
4. 11.30
5. 13.15.
6. 13.55

6. Our principles
own curriculum: systematic training
structuring learning processes
providing methods and media
Every product is presented.
Every presentation gets a feedback.
reflection of process in a portfolio
(student – teacher – parents)

7. Our results
high numbers of students attending
High School / 6th form
rich benefit in other subjects
high numbers of students attending
High School / 6th form
Successful careers in High
School / 6th form
convincing basis for vocational
training

8. Examples 5/6
small projects
mini reports in class
My pet, My family, My hobby
folders as a ressource
book: Germany, Europe
book reports
free writing
workshops: wood,
metal, IT

9. Examples 7/8
guided projects
extended time
pre-structuring mind mapspre-structuring mind maps
typical topics: chocolate, jeans,
scents, bread, bridges, …
workshops: open laboratory,
wood, metal, textile, ceramics,
kitchen

10. Examples 9/10
free projects
three periods in a year
experts from outside school
wide range of topics: black
holes, timber frame,
buddhism, poetry writing,
upcycling, …
workshops as before
presentations part of final exams

11. Offene Schule Waldau
Free learning in an open school:
step by step to
open doors, open ways, open minds.
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