Fomos acompanhados pela simpática, teatral e conhecedora Maria, uma guia feliz que nos fez a legenda das fotografias dos principais monumentos e locais de Helsínquia e nos ensinou a história da origem da Finlândia. Levamos a inteligência, a persistência e a determinação na construção da identidade e independência dos Finlandeses.
6th day - 11th December, 2021
Tour in Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital of the German state of Brandenburg.
It directly borders the German capital, Berlin, and is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Kaiser until 1918. The city is over 1000 years old and is known for its palaces, lakes, and it overall historical and cultural significance. Worth mentioning: the parks and palaces of Sanssouci, (Germany's largest World Heritage Site),as well as other palaces, such as: the Orangery Palace, the New Palace the Cecilienhof Palace, or the Charlottenhof Palace.
Frederick II (1712-1786) was Prussia’s king from 1772 until his death. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled King in Prussia and declared himself King of Prussia after annexing Polish Prussia from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1772.
His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in
the Silesian wars, his re-organisation of the Prussian Army, the First
Partition of Poland, and his patronage of
the arts and the Enlightenment.
Prussia greatly increased its territories and became a major military power
in Europe under his rule. He became known as Frederick, the Great. Frederick was a supporter of enlightened
absolutism, stating that the ruler
should be the first servant of the state.
"Whoever improves the soil, cultivates land lying waste and drains swamps,is making conquests from barbarism". Frederick II
Frederick was keenly interested in land use, especially draining swamps and opening new farmland for colonists who would increase the kingdom's food supply. Frederick understood this project as the "taming" and "conquering" of nature, considering uncultivated land "useless", an attitude that reflected the enlightenment era way of thinking. He presided over the construction of canals for bringing crops to market, and introduced new crops, especially the potato and the turnip, to the country. For this, he was sometimes called Der Kartoffelkönig (the Potato King).
Frederick’s grave (with potatoes)
5th day - 10th December, 2021
Our last day of sessions: work oral presentation
4th day - 9th December, 2021
Waking up with snow...
3rd day - 8th December, 2021
MAKERSPACES IN EDUCATION
What is a Makerspace?
It is a collaborative work space inside a school, library or separate public/private facility for making, learning, exploring and sharing that uses high tech to no tech tools.
Maker Movement
"The Maker Movement encourages a growth mindset, which tolerates risk and failure and maybe even encourages it." (Laura Fleming)
So, to fail is completely ok.
"When you teach a child something, you take away forever his chance of discovering it himself." (Jean Piaget)
Thus, a similar theory to the STEAM plan in which students discover by themselves.
In the Maker Movement the teacher is a fundamental figure to coach students, to guide them; the teacher is a reference for them. Besides mentoring, openness, another feature of the Maker Movement, is not about the final product but the learning process. It is learning by doing!
Making should also be playful as play builds social-emotional competence in many domains:
- language skills,
- social skills,
- empathy,
- imagination (to apply the knowledge they acquire in the process),
- self-control,
- persistence (assess the engagement of the students not to give up trying to find the solution), and
- higher-order thinking (the use of critical thinking).
Who is a Maker?
Everyone is a Maker. It is important to foster this mindset.
The Maker Manifesto
How do we learn?
Second day: 7th December 2021
In the morning, during the Europass Berlin Tour...
STEAM Education:
Why should we apply this methodology?
The 21st century skills refers to a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits and character traits that are believed to be critically important to success in today`s world, particularly in school programs and contemporary careers and workplaces.
Through our study we can solve problems in real world
