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Inspiring Studies - what is it?
We would like our students to be interested in what is happening in the world. We want them to be engaged in their own learning and to take ownership of their education. We are happy when they collaborate to solve problems and think about their future career etc. How to achieve it?
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widening the learning environment - read more... (study visits, workshops, lessons out of classroom...)
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good support system, individual approach
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project work and cooperation
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science weeks. STEM Discovery weeks April -May 2016
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“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” —Plutarch
„Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.” —Confucius
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” —William Arthur Ward
“If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his life.” —Albert Einstein
“Learning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without learning is perilous.” —Confucius
“Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that a son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a nation.” —Nelson Mandela