Monday, September 29, 2014
An interview about Global Citizenship
Here are interview questions that we asked several on our facebook page.
1 - What do you do to make the world a better place?
2 - Do you have contact with other countries?
3 - What would you do if you had an opportunity to change the communication between countries?
4 - What do you know about global citizenship?
5 - What could make it easier for you to be a global citizen?
6 - When can you call yourself a global citizen?
7 - Globally, what do we have in common?
Here is an answer from one of our students friend, Theresa Sørensen.
What do you do to make the World a better place?
- Well, it is hard to say that you try to make the world a better place during every day. You may pick up the garbage lying on the floor and put it in the trash can and you don't do criminal stuff but you can never really make the world a better place just being one person. Do you have contact with other countries?
- Well I have traveled a lot as a kid and still do - so I have contacts in most of the European countries and I plan on expanding my contact to out of Europe.
What would you do if you had an opportunity to change the communication between countries?
- Well I don't think you can change the contact between other countries. With the internet today it is much easier to get in contact with people on a long distance and you get to know other cultures. People just need to be open minded at all ages because we have to work together.
What do you know about global citizenship?
- Well I am guessing the whole world coming together as a nation could be defines as a global citizenship
What could make it easier for you to be a global Citizen?
- Well i think the question is if you want to be a global citizen - we want to keep the DKK, but still want to be a part of EU. We still want to be Danish even though we want to internationalize.
Globally, what do we have in common?
- Oh I could make a long list here. We are all human beings who need a roof over our heads and food to eat every day to survive - and we need to help each other for this to happen. When wars start we become one big nation fighting for each other to prevent anything bad to happen.
Thanks, Theresa!
1 - What do you do to make the world a better place?
2 - Do you have contact with other countries?
3 - What would you do if you had an opportunity to change the communication between countries?
4 - What do you know about global citizenship?
5 - What could make it easier for you to be a global citizen?
6 - When can you call yourself a global citizen?
7 - Globally, what do we have in common?
Here is an answer from one of our students friend, Theresa Sørensen.
What do you do to make the World a better place?
- Well, it is hard to say that you try to make the world a better place during every day. You may pick up the garbage lying on the floor and put it in the trash can and you don't do criminal stuff but you can never really make the world a better place just being one person. Do you have contact with other countries?
- Well I have traveled a lot as a kid and still do - so I have contacts in most of the European countries and I plan on expanding my contact to out of Europe.
What would you do if you had an opportunity to change the communication between countries?
- Well I don't think you can change the contact between other countries. With the internet today it is much easier to get in contact with people on a long distance and you get to know other cultures. People just need to be open minded at all ages because we have to work together.
What do you know about global citizenship?
- Well I am guessing the whole world coming together as a nation could be defines as a global citizenship
What could make it easier for you to be a global Citizen?
- Well i think the question is if you want to be a global citizen - we want to keep the DKK, but still want to be a part of EU. We still want to be Danish even though we want to internationalize.
Globally, what do we have in common?
- Oh I could make a long list here. We are all human beings who need a roof over our heads and food to eat every day to survive - and we need to help each other for this to happen. When wars start we become one big nation fighting for each other to prevent anything bad to happen.
Thanks, Theresa!
Friday, September 26, 2014
Content and Influence
By Hannah and Marie
Do
the students have influence at your school?
In Denmark, the teachers focus a lot on the
students’ well being. In a lot of schools (especially public schools) that
means having a student council, where one or two students get elected by their
classmates, and take some of the wishes from their classmates, to one of the
authorities.
Do the teachers listen to you?
Yeah, mostly they listen, but it’s not always
they agree. Sometimes our class teacher uses a lesson for questions and wishes
about how the school is, and how it could be in the future. So, yeah, I would
say, that they listen.
Do
the teachers accept suggestions and proposals from you?
Like I said before,
they accept it, but it’s not always they’re able to fulfill them. Also when we
disagree, they do what they can for it get better.
Do they respect you and do you respect the teachers?
I
would say that we respect our teachers much more, than public schools do.
– Like the teachers listens to us, and
opposite.
Can you take part in decision-making concerning the
content of the teaching and the working methods ?– how you are taught.
Yeah. Mostly we talk about it. Especially when
we’re getting bad at the subjects, the teacher often finds others methods of
teaching. They also ask the students.
Do
you have a student council? If yes what influence has it got? What can the
student council decide?
In our school we don’t have a student council, so the teachers often
evaluate the lessons, and ask for our feedback and suggestions. That also creates a more equal relationship
between student and teacher, though it’s not always possible for the teachers
to fulfill the students’ wishes. It can be everything from wanting a basketball
to play with in the recess, to suggesting a trip to another country.
Content
How old are you?
- 14 and 15.
What grade are you in?
- 8’th grade, and 9’th grade
Which subject do you have?
- International and com.
What knowledge, which skills and which competences do you learn at your school?
- History: Old times and war…
- English: The languages, the writing and the english culture…
- Germany: The language, and the culture, and the writing…
- Christianity: The faith and example: Islam and Jerusalem…
- International: The communication whit other countries.
How is the teaching organized?
How much time during a normal day do you:
1. Listen to the teacher?
2. Answer questions from the teacher?
3. Have to copy what the teacher writes at the blackboard?
4. Work individually?
Answers:
1. We listen to the teachers quite a lot. Even though it will get boring in the end, listening is a great way to learn stuff.
If a class is about 45-50 minutes, we listen to the teacher for about 15-20 minutes.
2. This is very dependent on which class we have. But if we chose a specific one, for example “Danish”, a lot of questions will be asked. This will take about 5-10 minutes.
3. Writing from the whiteboard is quite common in our class. When there is something important about the subject, we will have to write it down. For this, we mostly use our computers, since its much easier than writing on paper. It also spares a lot of time.
4.It’s quite minimal. We work alone
for about 2 – 5 minutes per lection. For example when we need to find an answer
for something in physics, we need to read in our books alone. Then note the
answer in our notes. We love making individual work though
Equipment, payment and Influence
Equipment and payment
What equipment do you
have to facilitate your learning?
Books, computers, projector, internet, movies, whiteboards, blackboards, pencils and all that stuff
How much do you have
to pay to go to school?
0th – 3th grade
|
4th – 9th
grade
|
Afterschool
|
|
1. Child
|
144$
|
238$
|
98$
|
2. Child
|
91,5$
|
137$
|
98$
|
3. Child
|
62$
|
87,5$
|
98$
|
4. Child
|
62$
|
62$
|
98$
|
These amounts shall
get paid by 12 rates on 1 year.
How much do you have
to pay for books etc.?
-
Our school
books gets paid by the amount of money the parents pay every month
How much do you have
to pay for uniforms?
We do not
wear uniforms, but it is different how many money people use on their clothes
How much do you pay
for your transport to and from school?
Some
people use their bicycles, some people drives to school and the rest are using
public transport. Bus card/train card can cost less or more depending on how
far away you live from your school, fx. Under 5 km then it costs about 35$ every
month. If you live more than 5 km away, then the school gives you a special
bus/train card, and then the parents should only pay some of the every month.
How much do you have
to pay to go on school trips?
-
It is depending on where you are going and how
long the trip is. It can be one-day excursion, for example to the capital
Copenhagen to see museums and then you should only for your lunch. If it is a
3-day trip to Jutland, then it costs about 90$.
-
Then there
is 2 different types of big trips. The one is a bicycle-tour which last 1 week
on the Danish Iceland Bornholm and that costs also about 90$, and there you
should bring your own bike, and sleeping equipment. The ferry ticket and the
food is in the price for the whole trip.
Then there are our foreign travel, which you go on in the 8th grade and the 9th grade. The one of them is to Berlin, and the other one is fx. London, Paris or Edinburgh. It costs a total price of 180$, and then the food, the hotel/hostel, the transport (fly ticket), the attractions, is included. Then you should pay extra if you want to buy things/clothing. During the school years, every class has a “class-fund”. On that way they are saving op to their foreign travels, so it does not cost over 180$.
Influence
Do you and your friends feel well at your school and in your class?
- Personally i feel well when i am at the school. I don´t have a problem coming there and there is a nice fellowship between the students in not only they’re own class but also the others. Of course everybody doesn't like each other but i think in general, people feel well at this school.
Is there a nice, including atmosphere? - I think so, but i know in our class, we are almost separated in two groups, and its not everybody who talks to each other. But i think it´s okay.
Is everybody accepted? - In every school there is someone doesn’t talk so much with others, so maybe they can feel less accepted, but i think in general, everybody is
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