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With a lot of projects and activities that we organized

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With a lot of projects and activities that we organized

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At my Centre, Stevenage Education Support Centre , we do have "Student Voice" . Giving an opportunity to a delegated group to meet with Senior Leaders once every two weeks. That is the formal way of active involvement . The lateral way is the Social Development Lessons , every week where they can bring things up in a safe environment. Also we have individualised Mentoring sessions each week with all students.
We need to take into consideration that our school is very small and specialised . Is what the UK system denominate P.R.U. Pupils referral unit .

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On my school, students have formal class leaders (each class elects a delegate) who attends class delegates meetings whenever the schools’ management team summons them. This however does not happen very often in the school and that is not an established practice, mostly because teachers tend to take all the decision power to them and avoid relying on student’s feedback and participation. There is clearly the conviction that students wouldn´t have interesting, worth listening to ideas, and if they were called to take part, the teachers and management team mostly already knows what they think and want, without the need to ask them.

There is also a students association that is elected every year by direct vote from all the students, but their more visible actions tend to be championships, tournaments, parties and things that aren´t the center of the teaching and learning activities of the school.

Also, in the most important structure of the school, The School’s Assembly, there is student representation, but since the actions and discussions of that structure is not too visible in the school for the most part of the year, exception made to the moment where the direction board is elected,  the finances are analyzed and the school project is prepared, there is not way to assess how much students do take part in discussions and decisions, and how do their inputs are taken into account.

The bottom line is, in my school students do have several leadership roles and do have the means to take part on the discussions and decision, but in most cases don´t actively use those opportunities. There needs to be some empowerment of students, so that they actually take more active role on those structures, and a drastic change of teachers’ attitude towards them, giving them more opportunity to manifest themselves, feel heard and taken into consideration. Teachers need to trust the ability of students to do that effectively and students need to feel trusted and taken into account.

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students have to be involved in a lot of activities. hey study , learn and act.

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In our school students are involved only in some practical decisions: making after school activities, games... Firstly, students have to be taught and trainred to express their view and take decisions. Also, teachers and administrators should learn strategies how to involve students and how students can shape a leadership approach.

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I think students have difficulties to organise themselves and they have to learn how to do it! At the beginning they could train in their initiatives

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In my school the students` councils take decisions, are very innovative.

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Italy

Our children are involved by activating creative workshops, such as painting, theater, psychomotor activity, involving also external experts

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In Greece, there are students' councils which respect democratic ideas.

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Student in my school are very innovatives They are very well work by computer in WEB 02   Students in my school are  very innovative .they are very vell üorks

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We have student's council that expresses their will

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Student's councils exist and in high school there are even youth NGOs on school level. The important thing is that during the regular external evaluations (every four years) they are an inevitable source of information for the Educational Inspectorate. Therefore, the schools have no other choice but to include the students in different initiatives, decision making process and transparently share all kind of information.

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Students in my school are being asked to make suggestions for educational activities that we want to run under the Otherwise School program. Also, I choose with the parents the optional courses they want to go through, they vote for the best course, and depending on the number of votes, that course can be implemented in school, or not.

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Unfortunately there is not much substance in students' participation in Greece. They can not have  a real impact on school life but most of the times their representativew don't seem disposed to function that way.

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I nostri bambini vengono coinvolti attivando laboratori creativi, come attività di pittura, teatrali, psicomotorie, coinvolgendo anche esperti esterni

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Nel liceo dove insegno gli studenti svolgono attività curricolari, extracurricolari. Negli ultimi tre anni della scuola superiore esperienza per 200 ore di alternanza scuola lavoro.

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There is a Students Council that has its ow activity and involvement in the school agenda. They are also consulted regarding extracurricular activities and optional classes.

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Although there are structures for school participation, students are not asked to meaningfully participate in school management. The is an elected group of students but they do not have a say in major school issues.

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Our students elect their representatives and communicate through them with the teachers. They usually do not take any decisions, they just express their view and we consult them. Unfortunately, the school is working in a very strict, law driven and complicated environment so students can not participate actively.

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Whether informal or formal, assessment should always involve the students in decision-making about as many aspects of the assessment as possible.

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The students are mainly involved in classroom based activities that support active leadership. Based on Ferre’s suggestion they need resources: time, space and financial support in order to get properly organized. Unfortunately I do not see those resources being available in the near future… Unless…

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The students are mainly involved in classroom based activities that support active leadership. Based on Ferre’s suggestion they need resources: time, space and financial support in order to get properly organized. Unfortunately I do not see those resources being available in the near future… Unless…

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Portugal
Involvement of students is always a good idea, but there are differences depending on the age of the students and other factors. If they do not get involved they can not really learn, but the national education system
And little demanding of this involvement today. The current government will introduce some modifications.

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In my school students are involved in all levels and aspects of their educational process even if they are only from 11 to 14 years old. They are engaged in didactic activities in the class but also in informal activities such as the student's council and even in self assessment process.

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Because they are minors, the students in our school do not have the right to vote. But attends some meetings of the Teacher's Council when the subject concerns them. Otherwise, they have the freedom to get involved in different school activities, but they are not used to doing so. Their activity was a shallow, formal one.

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In my school,students are really involved. During the year they are enployed in the stage: "scuola-lavoro

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Our students are really active. This might be due to them being senior ones. We have students parliament, who are given space and time to work. However, being financed is a problematic thing. What I liked about Ferre's suggestions is devoting lesson time to discussing student participation and involvement in decision taking. Speaking about teacher work evaluation, we have questionnaires at the end of a school year for students to assess their experience with different teachers.

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As a teacher I have already taken the small steps described in the video, providing more ownership of the lesson. This worked well one year but not another since the second time there was very little interest in deciding the what and how of the teaching/learning process. However, the main problem with what is described in the video is time, especially within a system where syllabus accountability is very strong.

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The involvement of the pupils in my school is not there, being my primary school.

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The students in my school are not involved into school work .Ferre Windey identifies some general strategies of how to involve students and how students can shape a schools leadership approach. I think it gives us opportunity to overcome common challenges, challenges of teachers and students .

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In my school
the headteacher, teachers and parents believe in student democratic forms.

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Students are elected as a representative of his/her class.  sometimes they have meetings with the principal... but they miss most of them because they aren't obliged to go. The problem is exactly this... they don't feel that participate is an important democratic and social issue...

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In my school students are too young to create unions (I teach in a lower secundary school, students are aged between 11 and 13). However, in each class there are parents elected as representatives which are invited to meetings. Besides, all parents (and students) are invited to join projects and events at school.

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In our school, students elect a class representative who becomes a member of the student council. The student council is mostly involved in fund raising, event coordination, etc. but does not have any real say at decision making level. Furthermore the student council is rather passive and does not take ownership of what they put in place. Students need to be given a real voice and more dialogue is required. Our school need to offer a wider platform to students’ involvement and it is something possible bearing in mind our school’s philosophy.

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In my school (my pupils are 11-13 years old) each class elects a representative and the representatives meet regularly to discuss the issues of the school, first of all about values and rules. They are called upon to express their opinion by online survey about organization, about lessons, about journey. But, because they are too much young, also the parents are called to express their opinion

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At my school students are involved on developing opinion about cultural issues such as ideas about the summer school celebration. Students councils are functional at the older students with more responsibilities.

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I think students can take part in making decision about the way of working. They can also suggest topics and themes. In my experience this makes them more responsible and motivated. I also ask them to help with the peer assessment by using some rubrics and give their evaluation

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I am working in primary school we don't have students council

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I work at a preprimary school and it could be supposed that students at the age of 5 or 6 cannot contribute a lot in the school practice. We usually involve our students in decision making step by step even though we know that when they will enter primary school all this will not count. For example, last year we wanted to change the playground in our school. With the children help we designed a playground that would fit to their play needs and expectations. It was a great opportunity for us to see the playground through their eyes and listen to some details about their outdoor play and their needs.  It was a very interesting activity with a very interesting outcome.

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In Portugal, apart from University, students do not have an active voice. It's interesting to analyse the suggestions of creating formal institutions for them, giving them voting rights, or allowing a sustainable students' representation body.
Im my school students have two meetings with the director throughout the year but giving them power to take part in important decisions...not yet....

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As for my school students participate in shaping the whole organisation through students councils which are crucial when they  feel the need to ask for changes or simply they state their rights to be listened to. I agree with Ferre Windey that students should always evaluate their teachers and this is a reality in my school, but when it comes to have a say in the election of the Principal they do not have any power to it. Students gather evey month to discuss problems and new ideas about how to improve school strategies, they also are in contact with the management staff to propose their views and their interventions are always welcome by head teachers and management staff in general.

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I think we all should give a chance to school students to participate in school management. I from my side i talk with my students about the lesson, the aims we should make and the results we have to come to. It is rather a good approach to make school students to perticipate in the process of learning, to become members and part of decission making.

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I teach in Primary school, we don't t have a oformal student Council or something like that at this level of education. IN my school there aren't t any type of school groups organization. We try to enhance participation of students in school development, by involve them in discussion about we should do. I for example discuss with them the activities and how we should organize them. Sometimes I propose the topic and then we discuss the better organization for the activities and students give their opinion.

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I work in a primary school: what opportunities are there for student participation in decision-making aspects of the school? we have SRCs which are (Student Representative Council) whereby two students are delegated the task of represebting their class (voting takes place in the classroom by the students themselves) then we have Senior Student leadership roles (like student Ambassadors, ICt student leaders, library student leaders etc) and each student form the senior class Year 6 has an opportunity to prepare a speech and present it to the school to be elected. I do like the idea of Student Learning Communities whereby senior students meet once a week and discuss issues and ideas to be brought to the school Principal.

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At my school, students participate in the class council through representatives. Periodically, the principal meets with class delegates and members of the student association.

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In my school students have a board and make proposal for extracurricular activities

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In my school,we have a Student Council who make decisions just for extracurricular activities

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Romania

in my school there is no student board.every class chooses a representant at the beginning of the year without any participation of the others and it's always the teacher who decides

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Students are not involved at my school. Each class has a delegate, but the way the participation is promoted does not make students participate, because it´s done without the aim of a real participation of students in school matters. The class delegates just meet once a trimester. There is no general school assembly. The students in Portugal, even in higher levers are not aware of their potentials as stakeholders. That´s an primordial aspect that schools leadership should start working right now. Ferre’s suggestions in order to engage and involve students would work on my school. If students realized that the engagement is really genuine, they will surprise us, as usual. That would be a great start.

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Involvement of pupils in school life in my school is also not because mine is a primary school.

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Students are not very involved at my school, they just meet once a month for the general school assembly, but they are not aware of their potentials as stakeholders. I think one of Ferre’s suggestions could work atm y school in order to engage and involve students: part of thedaily lessons could be dedicated to explain how demoratic participation works at school.

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Our students have regular meetings and they have voting rights in important meetings. But teachers always have the majority of votes. I'd like to have more students knowing their rights and contributing to our school life. Most students are not very interested in school generally.

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In my school there is a pupil council, consisting of one representative of each class, who sends a representative every time the teacher council needs the pupils' opinion.

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This is the first year we have a stong student community and I'm 100 percent sure it depends on the choice of the right leader who loves his work, is responsible, demanding, enthusiastic- on other words -a true leader.

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Because working in kindergarten, there is no children's committee. However, I think that involving students in school-based decision-making is very important for them as well as for the good performance of school activity.

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At the institutional level in the primary school, it is not officially required the active participation of students, but at local level, in the school of autonomy, one could create a door or a forum or blog open to students where they can post their thoughts and make them Participate in the learning process with a view to opening them to the world of active citizenship

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In Greece involvent of students in decision making does not hold an official background. They do participate in many projects but they don't have a special council of their own. It's mainly the teacher who urges them to share their opinion and get 'ignited'.

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Germany
Teachers handle class councils in their classes and year groups differently. Some have a sharing circle where thinks are being discussed and decided daily, others don't do it at all. We also have a whole school student council in which we have student reps of each year group starting from first grade up to year six. The secondary school has their own student council. It can be quite challenging in the primary council as interests and needs vary between grade levels. We possibly have to rethink this structure or have an extra council with older kids. Another challenge is that kids do not always vote for the most reasonable kids to present their class but for the most popular one. I believe students should be definitely involved in making decisions at school but should also speak up for why to vote for them just like at real elections in a democracy to make sure they take their role seriously.

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In my school, students are involved in 70% school development. The rest either are indifferent or simply do not want to get involved for different reasons. The students of our school are involved in choosing the option they want to attend during the following school year, they are asked about the activities they want to do in the week School Otherwise "Know more, be better" etc. I think the students would Should be encouraged to become more involved in school life.

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In my school students participate various levels. In class councils they participate to the choice of books and tell their problems. In the assemblies they can decide the agenda according to the head teacher. In the school board they have some rapresentatives to decide, with parents, teachers and head teacher, about school calendar, class schedule, extracurricular activities and so on. There are some higher level official bodies, provincial, national having coordination and control tasks. Some of these roles are accessible only by adults.

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It is important to note that the role of the school counselor in increasing student involvement in school development is essential. On the one hand, the school counselor provides methodological advice and advice to teachers and the management team about the activities they might undertake in an curricular and extracurricular context to stimulate student involvement in school life. On the other hand, the school counselor has as one of its objectives the support of personal development of pupils, including the development of the ability to engage in the life of the school, to decide and to undertake their own decision-making on school.

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Nobody doubts that students’ participation is essential to the school best practices. The Portuguese education low predict that, thats why secondary students can participate in the pedagogical council. But the low ages are more problematic, because sometimes they are too young to know what is best for them. In my country every teacher, when doing is self evaluation, ask to the students what they like and dislike. But this is almost nothing comparing to what we could expect from the students.

But what we do to make the students be more active in the school. I would like to learn because is very difficult to make them participate. Of course in cultural activities is easy, but the others????

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I agree with Jurgita and Tatiana because the same thing is in my school too. I liked some of Ferre's suggestions especially about talking to students at the lessons or after them to discuss some problems they are related to. Students have their own opinion towards each of the school teachers, but they can't choose the teacher they like to teach them. Everything is solved by the Principal or by the teachers themselves. In general students have no vote at all. But I'm confident that some of them could help with their new views and ideas in school life

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Our students have their council. they take many decisions for life in school. They organize students festivals, planing life in school. But they can''t take action on school management in general, like choose headmaster, or deputy

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Nella mia scuola ci sono i consigli di classe e interclasse che si tengono con scadenze programmate dall'istituto .

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In my school there is no student board that can make decisions. At the class level, students can choose their options, the weekly activities "School differently" involve students in sports, cultural, volunteer activities. Student involvement in classroom or school management is a desideratum.

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In my country students of primary education are basically involved in role taking situations in a cross-curricular way but not in any active decision making and planning. It's only via a techer's initiative that students can talk about some of their routines and can express their opinion on some issues such as when to sit a test or if there's a learning-how-to-learn strategy adopted then express their opinions on their learning styles.

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Here in Portugal, at least in my School, Students can give their ideas/opinions but they don't make decisions.
In my modest opinion, Students should indeed - as Ferre Windey says - participate in the Evaluation of their Teachers, in the Election of their/our School's Principal/Director but, in fact, they are not allowed to do it.
And I think it's a shame because, for example, there is no one better than the Pupils to Evaluate their own Teachers...
As I already said: they may have their opinions but they have no decision-making power.

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On one hand, in my school Students have the right to vote their School Representatives (1 for the school) and Class representatives(2 representatives for each class)  who are going to interface with the Head Master and other teachers. They can meet regularly  (once a month ) to discuss about problems and or promote  and organise meetings and activities.
On the other hand, teachers in my school try to involve students into different projects and initiatives. Sometimes older students support the youngest during some afternoon activites and they can get credits (Crediti formativi) to increase their final evaluation

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At my school there are no formal ways to involve students in the school's development. They can choose destinations for some school trips or decide colours and drawings for next year school diary's cover, but don't have any say in decisions that have more serious implications, such as school curriculum, policy, etc. I think Ferre is right when he says that we should sometimes stop teaching and listen to our students' opinions.

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By the school law teachers in Sweden must let students be a part of forming the school work. If the regulations in some topic says you must work with research the teacher invite the students to give their voice on how they should work with research. Another example could be the official space area at a school. If the students want to change this environment it´s up to them to organize and suggest and work for that change directly to the school leaders and/or local politicians. At some point it usually ends up with some agreement on what changes should be done. Students must have a voice at their job otherwise the school organizations falls apart and that´s tragic.

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Following the ideas of John Dewey:

·         All students should have validating, sustainable, opportunities that they are interested in to make decisions about their own learning and education as a whole.

·         Decision-making opportunities should engage students in solving genuine problems and making substantial decisions that will promote critical thinking skills.

·         Students should possess the knowledge and ability needed to make informed decisions.

·         Students and educators should be responsible and accountable for developing responsible, creative action plans to implement decisions.

·         Students should apply these plans, reflect on the decisions and outcomes, and be charged with continually examining, applying, and challenging this learning.

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Unfortunately we don't have any students '  organization where they can lead their own free but under the control of teachers and director  work . 

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Unfortunately we don't have any students '  organization where they can lead their own free but under the control of teachers and director  work . 

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Nella mia scuola c'è per ogni sezione,una rappresentante di classe.
Nell'arco dell'anno ci riuniamo circa tre/quattro volte,per prendere determinate decisioni,inerenti alle sezioni di appartenenza.
Sembra che sia positivo l'intervento di queste rappresentanti,le quali oltre a decidere,proporre,acconsentire alle varie proposte,si fanno carico di informare i genitori delle proprie sezioni delle decisioni prese.
I bambini sono suddivisi per eta', e appartengono a un colore specifico,i 3 anni sono chiamati "rossi",i 4 anni sono chiamati "gialli" e i 5 anni sono chiamati "blu".
Ogni sezione ha un colore specifico,c'è la sezione verde delle farfalle,c'è la sezione rossa delle coccinelle,c'è la sezione blu dei pesciolini,e la sezione gialla dei girasoli.
Tutte le sezioni sono eterogenee.
Nel corso dell'anno scolastico,i bambini blu(i 5 anni),si fanno carico dei più piccoli,durante le attività scolastiche.

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There is a formal structure of pupil participation with 2 representatives from each class. 3 pupils of the Pupil Council are elected to form the Board of the Pupil Council. They prepare the monthly meetings and they are coached by the Pupil Counsellors.

At the end of each school year, the members of the Pupil Council, prepare a ‘photo evaluation report about school life’. Before developing the photo collage, visualising ‘warm’ and ‘cold’ aspects of life at our middle school, they lead a class group discussion and collect information of their classmates about opportunities/pitfalls that enhance/constrain their learning & well-being at school. In the meeting of the Pupil Council, the members decide on which issues will be visualised so that they can be orally presented to the staff members during the last staff meeting of the school year. The management team considers the info from the photo collage to define a number of priorities for the next school year.

All the pupils also individually complete an evaluation questionnaire about their classtutors’ competences. The classtutor analyses the results of his/her pupils’ answers. He/she discusses this analysis with the Headteacher during his/her yearly appraisal conversation. They decide together which in-service training/internal learning group would be appropriate to participate in so as to improve eventual working points from the teacher.

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Students in Primary schools in Greece do not have much power. We, as teachers, ask their opinion in some subjects but usually headmasters do what they believe is more proper. Younger students (age 8 and below ) I don't think that are asked about anything. It is believed that younger students can't express a practical opinion. Do I believe that should be change. Yes, in some ways students must be asked but in all problems.

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In my school there is a "student club" which consists of two members from each class. This club meets with the management representatives frequently, they are heard in the decision-making process, and so on.

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The Ministry of Education determines in the National Curriculum Parameters that students are capable of: "understanding citizenship as social and political participation, as well as the exercise of political, civil and social rights and duties, adopting everyday attitudes of Solidarity, cooperation and repudiation of injustices, respecting each other and demanding respect for themselves. " Thus, achieving this goal is only possible if the student can participate effectively in at least part of the school's decisions.

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In the high school I work for, students are at the core of any decision and activity. Many activities are held in the afternoon so that they can all take part in them.

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in primary school does not exist something official for student involvement in school reality. in a previous padlet i wrote about ethical involvement , i think there is what we should opt about. the sense of belonging, the sense of commitment, the sense that this is my school, this is my education.... i should care for.

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In secondary schools there are official students' councils, one per class (5 members) and one (15members) for the whole school. The class councils meet once a month with or without the presence of their own "class responsible teacher" and discuss different topics, usually the school excursions, the party etc. There is not genuine interest in these councils because the educational system is heavily centralized, so neither the teachers or the students can have a real say on school's function

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I don't think that in Greece students are involved in school matters in elementary and kindergarten schools. There is some involvement in high school but restricted to some sectors of education.

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There is a Students' Council in our school with elected representative from each year group. They meet weekly with a designated teacher wo acts as facilitator. They also meet with formal leaders occasionally. Their duties are mailnly to act as ambassadors for the school on formal occasions but their involvement in the development of the school is limited. I think the concept of shaping school development by student decision making is relatively new and certailnly there is a lack of trust about the students' capacity to effectively do so. A willingness  by formal leaders and teachers to explore authentic involvement by students is needed. This can only be done by educating the teachers!

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Students are not seriously involved at my school. There is a board of students that participate if asked in decision making, however the power of students and their contribution to the school life is very limited.

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In our school we try to involve students in appreciating their own school progress. We also train them in various social, cultural and sports campaigns. It is difficult to motivate them.

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In our school (an elementary - middle school) students do not really have the power to truly shape the school's development. There is a week designed for extracurricular activities, where they might have a say, but that is not much. Most of the school's life is already planned ahead by the educational system, teachers, policy makers. I think Ferre's opinion to start with little steps at clas (take a break from teaching from time to time and discuss with students what they really want) could work wonders...

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I work in a primary school and of course the students are involved only in practical decisions:
making groups,games...

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Students are involved in some decisions- I teach higher secondary school  students in my country. The  teachers and the  Principal are open to them and listen to them. The level of involvement is  formal but they cannot  shape the schools' development.
I must say that it would be difficult to accept the students' choices as regards the Principal choices when appointing teachers. I have seen good teachers lose their job while the ones who are less popular among students never left the schools where they faced difficulties. Personally I think that we should work together with our students and also make some choices together. We might have more activities which are related to our syllabus where they are more involved. PBL or more communicative tasks and activities in the afternoon for students who love doing what they are doing.

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students asked their opinion for subjects of the high school.