Study visit in Cracow
On 15 – 19 May 2017 we hosted the second study visit. The teachers from partner schools came to Cracow to visit our school. All the actions during this visit were coordinated by G. Mazurkiewicz and other members of the Institute of Public Affairs of the Jagiellonian University staff. The plan of the visit included:
- the discussion about the aims of the visit, reflections on teachers’ personal goals, what was going to be observed during the lessons?
- presenting the schools.
- lesson observation in our school and in the second partner school in Cracow (Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących Integracyjnych nr 7).
- meetings with teachers and students.
- discussions and teachers’ reflections on observed lessons and sharing experiences in this area.
- the visit overwiew, reflections on achieving personal goals and on the visit’s influence on participants’ personal developement.
It was agreed that emotions, motivation and cooperation during lessons should be the main areas that participants should focus on while observing the lessons. What are the students’ and teachers’ emotions during lessons? How are they expressed? What motivates students to be active during lessons? How do students work together with others? How do teachers organize it/encourage students to work with others?
The teachers’ meeting was a very important part of this study visit. During the meeting all the participants discussed their thoughts about the lessons they saw and they gave feedback to the teachers who prepared the lessons.They also shared their experiences and thoughts on emotions, motivation and students’ cooperation.
All the delegates declared their contentment and pointed out a lot of positive things from the visit which can help them deepen their understanding of the learning process.
