CLASP - Report seven Portugal

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CLASP - Report sevenPortugal

• Mª Odete Valente
• Department of Education - School of Science
  University of Lisbon
• movalente_at_fc.ul.pt
• Lucilia Campos
• Secondary school - Emidio Navarro
• Luciliacampos_at_netcabo.pt

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National Policy

• Curriculum Structure
• - Área de Projecto- (AP)-Project work
• Every year 90 minutes each week
• System of Evaluation no national
• examinations at Basic Education untill today
• (And for this reason more freedom in class
  activities)

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Área de Projecto (AP)

• The objective of this area is the
• conceptualization, realization and evaluation,
  trough the articulation of knowledge of different
  curriculum areas, around problems and teams for
  research or intervention, according with the
  students needs and interests.

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The Problem

• To understand how the AP context promote or
  increase the potencial of opportunities of
  creative expression of the students and the
  development of their multiple intelligences
• to understand how it promotes the organization
  of students own processes of learning, a way of
  promoting the development of creativity.

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Context

• Three classes
• 7th(1) and 8th grades(2)
• in a 7 12th grade school (1500 students)
• 15 Km out from Lisbon

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Project Work

• 1 Solidarity Masks Environment power points
• 2 - Class book corner Drama (Romeo and Juliet)
  Film
• 3 Population Study Renascentist market
  culture and sports in the City

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School project

• Renascentist market
• ( all the classes were involved
  during 2º term preparing a renascence fair to
  take place during a school week for which each
  class prepared some activities for the fair)

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Teacher Strategies

• Attempt to interact with every student in order
  to establish an affective relationship that is
  productive for the work itself
• Establisment of a class dynamic that suits the
  students needs
• Knowledge of each student in terms of beginning
  to understand his/her potencial and difficulties

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Teacher Strategies - Cont.

• Selection of projects based on the interests
  indicated by the student
• Organization of working groups according to
  projects or activities
• Discussion of the work to be undertaken with the
  definition os strategies in order to reach
  objectives

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Teacher Strategies - Cont.

• Definition of the steps to take by writing the
  various necessary phases
• Discussions about the way the activity is going
  on
• Discussions about sharing

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Teacher Strategies - Cont.

• Organization of means
• Presentation of the final product, if it is the
  case
• Accompanying each student according to his/her
  individual needs

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Characteristics of creative learning

• Inventing a route in response to an idea
• Creating a route to reach the imagined product,
  step by step
• Evaluating consequences of different
  alternatives
• Capacity to evaluate to reach results

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Characteristics of creative learning Cont.

• Critical analysis of the products
• Taking into account past experiences to avoid
  inconsequent activities
• Using mistakes as a way of achieving the right
• Inventing unexpected and new results

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Characteristics of creative learning Cont.

• Using different intelligences
• Having the used abilities recognesed
• Feeling of belonging to the environment where one
  works
• Feeling there is space, time,colleagues and
  teachers that allow a constructive manifestation

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Students perspectives

• They do not feel as if they are doing work, as
  it is not imposed on them, rather they project it
• Working in group is a positive experience they
  can work with colleagues in a harmony that is
  constantly being reconstructed
• It is much more interesting to work on an idea
  with which they agree

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Students perspectives - Cont.

• Working with organization is less boring
• Learning different things
• Its closer to personal interests
• Having a more active participation
• Being more open to the school and to the
  community

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Students perspectives - Cont.

• Feeling they have the teacher support, when they
  need it
• Creating an affective relationship with the
  teacher whereby the latter is a friend whose
  authority is consented

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