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I mainly prefer non formal learning, for example, projects that we can do at home.

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Reflecting on my own learning, I think different settings can be better linked by designing tasks that connect classroom work with real-life and digital experiences. As the videos suggest, learning should not be fragmented but meaningful and transferable. For my students, this could involve projects that continue beyond the classroom and include collaboration and reflection. I also value my colleagues’ ideas, especially practical ones, and would suggest adding more focus on reflection to help students connect their learning across contexts.

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Differentiation is the key to successful instruction in my EFL context.

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Nas minhas aulas utilizo um ensino formal, porque o sistema assim o exige. Porque os alunos são submetidos a um exame final de ciclo à disciplina de matemática. Mas tento sempre utilizar as novas tecnologias e atividades da vida real dades da vida rela. No entanto, neste momento estou a tentar adequar o meu método de ensino ao que aprendi no curso.

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formal and nonformal shuld be used in leaarning process. Prıjects and authentic materials should be used . This makes formal education long lasting with the help of nonformal education.

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Using real problems for students to solve has been very challenging, they get involved on the tasks with a greater sense of responsability. Sharing conclusions and expose themselves to peers critics allows to have a better performence since students are the central part of the learning process. Since learning is not encloused to class, they have experienced learning all their lives and the scenarios were always diferent.

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It changes according to the content of the subject,non-formal is always best,yet it depends on the facilities and the opportunities your instutition offers.I try to connect the formal with non-formal,try to involve Ss in projects and whwnever I think is suitable,have contact them out of school time whether for assignments or share something interesting.

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I prefer projects, therefore, non formal learning prevales.

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I think work on projects is a great opportunity to connect different learning settings, and this should
be integrated in the project plan.

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I mainly use formal education  because we have to respect the plan and program. But lately I involve children in different projects  through which formal education is linked to the informal  which indirectly introduces us to non-formal education.

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As a Portuguese teacher, I have always present in my day to day the three concepts of Education: Formal, non-formal and informal.

I seek to vary the activities within the classroom, using the chosen book, as well as the audiovisual support provided to me by the publisher, but also others that I seek. Complement the teaching of my students, whenever possible, with classes outside the room (libraries, museums, theater). I often resort to sharing activities: colleagues from other disciplines that complement the acquisition of learning in a given theme, family members moving to school to do activities with the classes.

Students learn better if they see the practical side of this learning and how this learning will be at the service of their growth.

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As a school counselor, I work with students to help them increase their motivation. Also work with teachers to help them to find diferent teaching methods. Movement, autonomy, group work, buildind knowlege through experience and real life are vey important strategies.

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The school at the moment is not adapted to the development of society.

It is necessary to change practices, transforming formal learning into non-formal learning. Students are more active, more curious, more energetic, have many activities outside of school. We must take advantage of these experiences, their experiences to build their learning and make them a more active and participatory citizens in society.

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In fact, I think that learning only has real meaning for students when they take an active part in the whole learning process. As such, it is important to diversify and bring the proposed tasks closer to the students' expectations.

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I teach English and I always try to have my lessons autside the classrom depending on the topic I will teach. I believe that the students are more enthhusiastic when they fel more comfortable about their learning and when they feel they are noot learning at all :)

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One of the subjects I teach is Economics. An assignment I often give is for students to create their own business which revolves around their interests and other abilities they have, things they often learn outside school.  In my school we also try to combine field-trips with interests of the students, so when we visit a small enterprise in our city or an exhibition we try to make it a learning experience for the kids. They then present their ideas concerning the field trip in the class.

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I use TET-SAT tools for pre-evaluation, process evaluation and evaluation of results. I also prefer to evaluate the results with open ended questions starting with performance evaluation forms and evaluating the results. With PBL, I provide guidance on how to create the methods that can be used to solve the problems they may face in their daily lives. An excellent work blending original and marginal ideas based on group work associated with real life. I use formal informal and non-formal with science learning

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As a teacher of informatics and maths, I always want to interest children to make a lesson interesting, very often in lessons we use different methods of studying mathematical formulas.

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I work lot of project with other teacher from school.We use different games, competitions, exhibitions to motivate students on learning.

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I teach part of my subject in English. My subject is Health data validation and we learn with eTwinning projects. We combine English and Statistics learning by working with colleagues and students from different countries. It is challenging!
They are the main figures in their own learning process.

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I teach science in primary education.Every time I face the challenge to teach abstract concepts I use play-based methods.

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Sometimes it is very easy to connect the two settings, especially with younger students who learn while playing.

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Sometimes it is very easy to connect the two settings, especially with younger students who learn while playing.

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Although the main focus in my school is getting the students to an academic level that enables them to face national competitions, we often do non-formal connections with real life phenomena during class work and homework, and we organize informal activities and projects, sometimes with students from other countries, via European ERASMUS+ projects, where students can collaborate, as well as manifest their creativity.

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I already work in a PBL system. The problem is that the governmental organizations are not prepare to evaluate and understand tyhis kind of work. At this moment, we live in a school that is changing but not everyone accept that change and some people with high importance positions are trying to stop this motion, just because they are not prepare and are afraid.
Since my degree in Elementary School Teaching that I believe that the student is the main focus on the learning process and that only happens when they have an active voice on planning, preparing and developing the process. But the way that we do things is what we are here to talk about so, I shall explain it. We always begin our work by asking our students what they want to learn, from there we create work groups with similar interests and start from there. Usually the students find many informations that need to be sorted and treated, as well as understanded in their own context, so we helped them relate different themes. For example, two weeks ago a group of children wanted to find out if there could be life on Mars. In that project, they needed to work on Maths (because of the distance between the two planets), Science (this one is obvious), Portuguese and English (to understand and translate some informations, and also Art (they made a Mars mockup). After that project, others kids wanted to find out what happened to Mars's atmosphere and now they are working on that. So there it is, PBL is my choice!

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As a teacher of portuguese language and literature, I try to link formal, non-formal and informal approaches to the programme items, showing them our society, our social types and our knowledge, so that students can, on one hand, learn from the past and, on the other hand, envisage the future. I try to show them literature is meaningful, is highly instructive. I try also to show them that it’s important to speak correctly our own language, it’s a key to open many doors in the future and to  give us confidence to face additional challenges.
I try to use different weapons to motivate my students such as films, documentaries, powerpoint, vídeo and/or audio registrations, theatre, museums, churches… so that they can see, in loco/alive. I have also my  school moodle to send material to my students but also Kahoot or movie maker or trailers are very interesting.

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Okulda öğretilenin yaşamın neresinde veya nasıl yer alacağını bilmesi öğrenci için çok önemli motivasyon kaynağı bence.

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I think, collaborative and cooperative learning is so important. games,some enjoyable activities are enable to learn fun. They pay attention to student's interest.

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To connect the practical with the theory involves real-life aspects of engagement. For example learning about animals can be followed by an excursion to the zoo or farm. Then a project could be developed by the students to develop their critical thinking and collaborating skills.
Technology applications are great for specialist Maths and English where students can create and keep track of their own personal learning environment.
I teach English in a non-formal volunteer setting and Textiles in a formal setting. Above all learning should be fun, interactive and child led. Every child and person learns differently, identifying these differences is the challenge so the learning can be engaging for the least interested student.

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I work with students with intellectual disabilities and I think learning in real life situations is the best for them. They have difficulties to develop the concept of critical thinking. They need help and support from the teacher.

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The knowledge is not static, it evolves. The information is accessible to much more people than never. Consequently, the teacher should develop and update constantly his knowledge, to adapt to the new reality of students, who has access to technology and information which did not have a few years ago.
My experience, as a Mathematics teacher in Portugal, show how hard is the use of any type of learning apart from the formal. The curriculum is very extensive, to available teaching hours, the classes have too many students and the material and human resources and conditions are bellow of what is expected. However, I seek to diversify my own informal and non-formal knowledge to motivate students and adapt the curriculum to reality.
How many times the students ask me, “What is it for? What can I do with this knowledge, in the future?”. The answer to these questions is not always easy, but if we are properly prepared, informed and refreshed is always possible to discuss with the students. Sometimes, they are quite right, as the curriculum is outdated and inadequate, although, recently it was changed.
When we answer these questions, we are using our own informal and non-formal learning, and link it with the formal learning which is used in the schools.
Unfortunately, the live experiences of our students are more and more conditioned, limiting the use of connections between informal and formal learning.
To develop spaces in the school, linked to any theme, as book, sportive or artistic clubs, for example, well promoted and organized, will add value to go against student needs at different levels. In these spaces, projects, study visits and other activities could be developed, which would lead students to test, to experiment, to analyze and to debated situations which they would be familiar with, so adapting the acquired learning to teaching subjects.
The static and traditional classroom used in de XXI century, must give way to a classroom more and more dynamic and interactive, to answer the students needs, and to involve them in their own knowledge.

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We work on projects in the class and pupils are organised into groups. our best project so far has been creating a school vegetable garden together. Pupils have interviewed family members for advice and information about the best plants to grow in our region. We have conducted different experiments to link with Science topics, and created art project in the garden too.

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PBL is a formidable tool that could link different learning settings. One of the key dimension of PBL is that it fosters a quality that kids normally  lack: persistence that is the possibility to fail and then to fix.  Giving our learners the ownership of their learning provide them with that amount of motivation that allow them to become life-long learners. Initiative and self-direction are the skills that our learners need to cope with an ever changing world. And PBL, by making the teacher almost invisible, by turning them into facilitators of processes, offers room for these skills to grow. Finding collaboration partners outside the classroom is an exciting opportunity offered by  PBL: the need to connect to real world takes the shape of a collaboration among classes from different schools and even from different countries

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I think STEM approach that is new for us supports these kind of linked teaching and learning experiences. For me, I try to use all places of school like garden, laboratories, classrooms, corridors etc. But taking kids outside of school requires too much responsibility for us as private school teachers. We can link all of places by creativity in teaching but it requires time and good planning, also teachers’ collaboration is needed for that.

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Project-based learning (PBL) is the best way to help students create synergy between learning in different learning environments. It is one of the best strategies to encourage competence development and improvement. But I don't have enough time to use it.

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I would like to have more time with each class. I believe that a PBL approach is the best methodology to learn. With PBL we can better provide differentiated teaching and thus better learning opportunities.

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ı think that the best way is differente learning for student.There are very motivation.

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I like to start with formal part of my subject in start (at the beginning of school year) and then when we put traces to where we are going and what we want to achieve I start with PBL specially designed for group works, differentiated and focused on what they already know and how can they make a progress in my subject (web design/databases)

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Using different strategies and methodologies, for example, working with tablets (plickers, padlet, kahoot, qr codes…), collaborative learning is working very good in my lessons, because they change their roles, everybody is essential to resolve the tasks and because of that, everybody is involved. They also learn very important things that are not strictly related with the school subjects as: respect different opinions, help each other, listen to the others, and they meet their classmates in small groups which helps them to make new friends.

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I find the project-based learning method effective with small groups. I also use the games and puzzle I prepared with web tools. eTwinning project work is very good.

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They would be better linked if they worked on complementary content or to reinforce the contents and skills in which the student needs to improve.

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I agree with  Silvia  Martines
during the activities not all the students participate actively. It is necessary to give different tasks to everyone!

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I think that the best way is differente learning for student. There are very motivation. My experience is with my collegue: we are sperimentead the activity about healty food.

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 I think that using different methods, formal and informal, is the best way to engage students.
Together with my religious colleague, we are experimenting an  activity on healthy food for students.

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With the groups of students I work with directly (youngers over 18 years old and adults) it works very well to do out of the classrooms. With this target audience we work with the goal to reach the transfer from their skills get on a non-formal context to school skills formal on a formal learning context. It´s amazing to watch the amount of learning that we can get through experiences outside the school (this is, outside a formal learning concept). We can observe that the knowledge from the outdoor and from hobbies or others are straightly connected to concepts we work at school. For example, an adult student whom I work with works in construction since an early age. He has the skills to calculate areas and volumes (Math skills) even without realizing that he spent all this years working with mathematical knowledge. During the courses we have some activities that allow us to share experiences outside the school context together visit museums, the municipal library, business points, etc.

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PBL is a great way to learn, but we have to be sure that everyone works in the same way, otherwise some students do the work and the others just let them do it.

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I try (always) to link formal and informal learning but it is hard when not all students have same support at home.But we do our best...

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I think it is the best way to combine different learning environments in project work. But our classes are very crowded.

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I provide to my students opportunities for all types of learning, given the fact that I am very close to them, I know them very well and I know their passions and interests. Teaching in a modern way, using modern methods and means give you the upper hand in linking different learning settings.

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I think that the best option for their learning is the TPR in primary education and Task based project in secondary education. Learning languages wshould be more practical woth different indicvidual exchanges with different school oal over euroipe. Building a network of individual exchanges where students could excahnge woth othewr students for weeks, moths, or smetrester. It would be interesting to have a sort of european curriculum so that exchanges could be done easily, aand individually so to make learning more fixed.

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I tend to framework their learning. I chunk the contents into small portions. Use different methods - explain + practice; flip; solve sheet + explain. And then, at the end, i use cooperative methods to integrate different components of their learning and to consolidate it. For example: studied narrative texts and then poetry; now I'm asking them to explain new texts to their peers, to devise questions to guide their peer's reasoning or to present the texts creatively.

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Project-based learning (PBL) is most likely the best methodology for helping students to create synergies between their learning in different learning settings and one of the best strategies to motivate them to learn and to development  multiple Competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes). However, in my daily work as a teacher, I choose PBL less often than I would like to.

Last year, Portuguese Ministry of Education chose to reduce curricula, making them less encyclopedic. However, the amount of content still continues to condition teachers' choices regarding strategies and methodologies.

In spite of all this, I think the option for PBL (and for group work or peer work) provides more meaningful learning. Because it develops inquiry process, creativity, critical thinking, autonomy and collaborative work, I believe this is the solution to the 21st Century school and the best way to empower the students

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First of all we should know interests and passions of our students. Take time to learn from them, talk to them and find out what they like. It is not so easy with a class of 25 but we try to do our best.
We use PBL in everyday classses. We always try to link the content of the programme (curriculum) with the interest of the kids. Eg: in class we have 3 kids that like reading Fantasy books. We are studying Egypt using Rick Riordan activities. Students work in groups each group has to deepen a theme (religion, way fo living, architecture, etc...). At the end they have to present their project and share with the class.

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I am a professor and I have many years but I love informal and neformal learning. I'm learning all my life. I love manual work, research, experiment, application of knowledge and I encourage it with my students. I do not like students learning memorable. Let's learn with practical examples. Informal and neformal interwoven.

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i am high  level physics teacher, i use formal education and project bsed learning, because of my subject and level.

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I use PBL (Project Based Learning) in my everyday classes. Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by developing a public product or presentation for a real audience. As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, creativity, and communication skills in the context of doing an authentic, meaningful project. PBL approach lets me link formal, non-formal and informal learning with my students’ interests and needs.

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I think that project work is the best way of connecting different learning settings, but is difficult to apply in the school and satisfy at the same time the national curriculum. There´s no time enough in a school year to do both.

My students refuse working in teams, because some students don´t have the level of engagement required and the most work fall in others shoulders. In this case assessment is more difficult. They don´t take collaborative learning seriously because they aren´t used to it.

Perhaps the most difficult thing is to select the project that´s best fit for students´ interests.

Currently, I´m about to try some non-formal learning in maths in Secondary School, but I´m not still sure about what to do and how to do it. Maybe this is the real reason for doing this course.

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ı try to combine formal and informal . ı think ıt needs a balance

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I agree with most of my colleagues answering here saying that a better way to create links between different learning settings is project based learning. I can say here that learning topics at their requests and answering to their curiosity is another way to improve their engagement in learning. I can remember here a situation this year when one of my students asked me why the moon changes his shape. We were talking about Solar System, but this topic wasn't in our attention. I asked all my students then if they wanted to have a special lesson just about moon to answer to this student's curiosity. They were so engaged in that activity and what they learned then remained during the months. I was happy, my students were happy. So, WIN-WIN situation.

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As a teacher of physics a
 As a teacher of physics and chemistry there are contents in which it is relatively easy to bridge the gap between formal, informal and nom-formal learning.
In the specific case of changes in physical condition, the kitchen is an excellent place to carry out this learning, the water comes out in the liquid state of the faucet, if we put a pan, with water inside it, the stove, the water heats up and at a certain moment boils, boils, flows from the liquid state to the gaseous state.
I usually refer to these examples when I teach this content.
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Naile Topbaş-Turkey
Naile Topbaş-Turkey
 I am using non formal education mostly but I want to try non formal education . I used to make Comenius and scientific projects with my syudents as an informal education. I am project coordinator of my s
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When using film in the cl
 When using film in the classroom, informal learning naturally occurring conversations stimulate the opinions and satisfies curiosity is generally, little systematic ...
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José Machado, Braga, PT
José Machado, Braga, PT
In a work project situation it is possible to articulate these learning configurations well, formal and non-formal or informal, for example:
Imagine a work on life stories of elderly people present in a particular Home: the students have informal knowledge about the elderly, have personal experiences in the family, know cases. When interviewing people at home students have to formalize a questionnaire, order questions in order of knowledge: identities, ages, family of belonging, time in the home, activities, tastes, preference, repairs, etc.
When they are in the classroom, students need to learn how to handle the data collected in the interviews, they need to create a database and even register them on a computer, and then elaborate hypotheses about understanding or treating them ...
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Cristina, Romania
Cristina, Romania
I think every teacher is trying to combine these learning modes. I believe that through projects made by pupils at school, we stimulate both formal and informal learning, but these take place at school, using the new technologies.

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Maria,Italia
Maria,Italia
I combine diferent learning formal non formal
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Florentina, Romania
Florentina, Romania
I really like nonformal education , my students also. We try to use it as much as we can in all school activities.
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cristina08ichim 1d
Yes, students prefer activities involving non-formal learning. Although there is no emotion in their area, and success is ensured.
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Edith, Romania
Edith, Romania
We all know that school provide a formal learning. In my daily activity I try to combine formal and informal learning. In different activities pupils can give examples of things learned outside the school.
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sevilay_can_48 2d
combining is very effective, how do you combine them and which lessons can be combined from you? Çağlayan ÖZKAYA
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Lina Tetradi, Greece
Lina Tetradi, Greece
So far, the most effective way for me to combine different learning settings has been eTwinning. Participating in an eTwinning project has given my students the opportunity to work on various tasks in class following our national curriculum (formal learning), but at the same time, they could co-operate with children from other countries, and gain and share knowledge with them (informal learning).

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cristina08ichim 1d
Interesting. Congratulations!
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Florentina, Romania
Florentina, Romania
I also combine formal and non formal education, but always my students prefere the last one. My best students were those who learned theatre as an optional discipline, for example. They were most creative, more motivated to come to school, more powerful.
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İsmail Çağlayan ÖZKAYA
İsmail Çağlayan ÖZKAYA
schools provide formal education that's important for certification in their future life. I see students are learning with mobile technologies faster than other stra 
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Camelia Zaharia 16h
I agree perfectly, but we have to give them the opportunity to plant a tree, to paint mixing colors.
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RABIA SHAH, PAKISTAN
RABIA SHAH, PAKISTAN
now a days preparing my students for  PAKISTAN YOUNG PHYSISTS TOURANAMENT  the project based ;learning is done by combining formal, non formal and even informal learning. they learn better in non formal and informal ways. first they were given a formal lecture on the given problem and then on youtube or internet they were asked to search for videos and than in group of two or three they search out the relation and dependence of different parameters of the problems. in this fast changing world of technology the whole world is at the touch of a button. to make any activity successfull the teacher needs to combine the knowledge, skills and competency in an informal or non formal environment.
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Cátia, Portugal
Cátia, Portugal
I'm a music and drama teacher and I try to use the "3 whales" of education. Besides the formal process (which I consider creative,  active and motivating) I promote various concerts and shows (as performers and as spectators) and I ask students to prepare artistic performs with their families (if they need I share materials (scores and plays).

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Anonymous 2d
I like it! " the 3 whales". A very good idea to involve families in their performs!

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woww, it is nice!
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Luana, Ital
Luana, Ital
Tomorrow morning, in 2B we will analyze the acidity of food that students will bring from their homes, at the end of the unit "acids and bases". I would like to be able to move the reflection on the acidity of their diets, but I don't know if I can do it, I will see what they will present and what kind of evaluations they will be able to do in the laboratory.
All laboratory lessons are practical, they are played on the dimension of doing, usually in problem solving mode and using materials chosen by the students or for everyday use. With the older students instead, we are facing the study of the water chemical parameters analyzing samples taken along the river, in the area of ​​an ancient salt. This matrix is very complex to analyze, but stimulating and full of surprises .... an adventure! I proposed to the regional laboratory for environmental analyzes to host us on their boat to assist during the sea monitoring withdrawals, but unfortunately they refused. I am very sorry. I believe in this way of doing teaching, closely related to the territory and with environmental needs, but when I can not collaborate with other institutions I am saddened.

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Nina, Romania
Nina, Romania
I have an English optional course where my students play the guitar ( more than half of the class can play this instrument) and learn english through songs. I encourage my students to participate to extracurricular activities and we use english language instead of our modern tongue. We have a school contest which promotes ecology and local tourism.
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sevilay_can_48 2d
music is universal for all people so i like it , maybe you can use this with other lectures Çağlayan ÖZKAYA
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Nagehan Baykan Afşar/Turkey
Nagehan Baykan Afşar/Turkey
I try to combine history and physical education courses to improve students' learning skills. Students are often asked to make small presentations (show and explain) about their interests and school. These tasks usually involve families and friends and are always willing to offer their work. This is long-term and lasting about a positive attitude and learning processes
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Jasminka, Croatia
Jasminka, Croatia
Students mostly think that school and learning are very boring. Learning is hard and learning is process. It is totally unnecessary if we learn without understanding or motivation. So how can we motivate our students? We have to combine various methods and tools, involve them to participate, to be active all the time, answer the questions, solve the problems, put them in different situation, create situation etc. As a teachers we have to be wise and use all possibilities. 
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Anonymous 2d
RABIA SHAH true being a teacher means a great responsibility and students always learn better in an informal sitting
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Ana Romania
Ana Romania
I’ve never liked formal ways of teaching. I am always on the lookout for new ways of driving the point home. Last spring I started taking my English class outdoors. I used the benches and the ground for surfaces to write on and even though we covered the same content that we could have covered in class, now we did it on the ground, roleplaying it and using our bodies to spell things.  A grammar lesson became a hip pop dance. Creative writing is done on a forest walk. A unit on animals ends with a school pet show where they bring their pets to school. Madness but fun. A unit on American culture ends up with a potluck, a unit on English culture with a Pub quiz. I enjoy learning from their interests and often end up talking on what interests them rather than what I had planned for the day. Whenever emotions I related to their learning is also remembered. So I choose to have them remember rather than just plow through it. I also teach Cambridge exams preparation and run a Ted ed club. I am blessed to have the freedom to teach intensive classes with a small number of students. 

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Mirjana, Croatia
Mirjana, Croatia
 
All three ways of learning are best when they are associated. When I began to teach, most of my time was devoted to formal learning. New ways of teaching  also fit with the students and me. 
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paduraruflorentina@yahoo.com 1d
What kind of learning do you use more, formal, informal or nonformal?
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Carla Barros Prtugal
Carla Barros Prtugal
 
I try to combine the tree types of learning in order to improve the students learning skills. Students are often asked to do small presentations (show and tell) about their interests, family, home life outsider school. These “small” tasks usually involve their families and friends and they are always eager to present their work. This creates a positive attitude, and long-lasting memories about their learning process. 


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Anonymous 2d
Hello, Carla. I perfectly agree with your statement. It is very important to communicate and show the others new discoveries made outside school.

Anonymous 2d
Great idea to involve friends in theit tasks!

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good job!
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Adina Marcu
Adina Marcu
Students have to feel free twhen they learn in a form of education.The results of teaching work will show which is the best way,for every generation.
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Rukiye, Turkey
Rukiye, Turkey
ı see that combination of learning is one of the most effective method of learning. while teching we ll do three ways of learning. ı use workbook and also we prepare a project about our subject voluntariy and also support their communicaiton. they also learn each other.
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Nicoleta Ro
Nicoleta Ro 
of course that be an amazing combination between different learning settings because these can involve many students from a class in the process of learning in class not outside  . The logo below  bring to my students the fist place at an international  robotics competition 




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Mariaiulia
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The three forms of education contribute to the development of the personality of the young people and can contribute to the sustainable development of the society through interconditioning. Thus, formal education has gained if it succeeds in integrating the creator, many of the influences specific to non-formal and informal education. On the other hand, the accumulation of formal education can contribute to the development and effectiveness of the other two ways: nonformal and informal. Concluding, between the three types of education there must be continuous and perpendicular relationships of interdependence.

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I try to combine other activities they love to do
I try to combine other activities they love to do
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Maria, Portugal
Maria, Portugal
 As we know there’s a contrast between teaching and learning with “ just-in-case “ - Formal learning which occurs in a structured curriculum, intentional and organized environment leading to certifications and degrees and teaching and learning “ just-in-time”- Informal learning which goes on in our daily life experiences like peer groups, family or media or learning projects undertaken by us to teach ourselves. During the classes we have to engage content to maintain learners motivated but whenever learning occurs in the context of and simultaneous with authentic activities that require knowledge, skills and collaborative work, learners get a better understanding of the theme under discussion and are more self-motivated to learn more. Teachers and students should work in projects. Emphasis should be on the knowledge needed to achieve success at tasks and evaluation could be conducted collectively and constantly as reflection on work done together. 
That's why we implement extracurricular activities at school and carry on Erasmus + projects and many other activities for the students and with them.

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Celeste, Portugal
Celeste, Portugal
It is very difficult to combine all three "Whales", specially because I teach a foreign language. Nevertheless I always try to provide my students with the three.
I show them English- speaking series without subtitles, I take them to Oporto Cellars with a guided tour in English, or even to the English factory so as to show them how global this world is and that they should learn how to speak English well. The eTwinning and Erasmus+  projects are also good ways to develop the language trying and coming out of the box, that is the classroom.
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Niculina Gaina 3d
I use eTwinnig and Erasmus project, too.
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THOME GREECE
THOME  GREECE
I usually  combine in my teaching art, theatrical education, music, dance, digital narration,and other learning activities  they love to do...
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Anonymous 2d
Hi, Thome!! What a great way to motivate our kids; I do it myself and I can prove that it really works! That is significative learning. Congratulations!!
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Alina,Timisoara
Alina,Timisoara
Romania
I try to combine the three types of learning for my studens at scool, library, museum,theatre, trips.
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Niculina Gaina 3d
Great settings for learning
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Dana, România
Dana, România
I offer my students both formal and non-formal learning activities.
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GABRIELA SITARU-HIGH SCHOOL BUZAU,ROMANIA
GABRIELA SITARU-HIGH SCHOOL BUZAU,ROMANIA
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MIHAELA DIACONU-ARTS HIGHT SCHOOL BUZAU ROMANIA
MIHAELA DIACONU-ARTS HIGHT SCHOOL BUZAU ROMANIA
 In my opinion, formal, informal and non-formal learning are complementary, because the student learns formally in school. Completes their learning with extracurricular activities. 
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Maria Luisa, Genova, Italy
Maria Luisa, Genova, Italy
I am a teacher of Literary Subjects and after reading a song or an author I use the tablets or mobile phones to find out more about the topics covered: those that are most liked by them, and bring them back to the notebook. determined topic.

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floaresdana 4d
Very good. They might even like to sing the song.
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Hugo Rebelo
Hugo Rebelo
In science teaching, the bridges with everyday life in terms of examples and the effective use of scientific knowledge are, in our opinion, decisive for a true appropriation of knowledge, which is why it is a resource used almost daily.
In the previous school year, in order to mark the National Day of Scientific Culture, November 24, I asked the students of the 11th year of the Science and Technology Course to research contemporary Portuguese scientists, in which areas of study they were working, and produced in any media a presentation to share in Edmodo with colleagues. In this way the students could, according to their interests, get to know what is currently done in terms of scientific work in Portugal, develop information and communication skills using multimedia tools in order to share knowledge and recognition of the constant evolution of science. 
The use of the Edmodo platform also aimed at the possibility of mutual aid between students and the use of the teacher if necessary.
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No ensino das ciências as pontes com o quotidiano em termos de exemplos e de utilização efetiva do conhecimento científico são determinantes, em nosso entender, para uma verdadeira apropriação do conhecimento, pelo que é um recurso utilizado quase diariamente.
No ano letivo anterior, no sentido de assinalar o Dia Nacional da Cultura Científica, 24 de novembro, solicitei aos alunos do 11 ano do Curso de Ciências e Tecnologias que pesquisassem sobre cientistas portugueses contemporâneos, em que áreas de estudo estavam a trabalhar, e que produzissem num qualquer suporte multimédia uma apresentação a partilhar no Edmodo com os colegas. Assim os alunos puderam, de acordo com os seus interesses, ficar a conhecer o que se faz atualmente em termos de trabalho científico em Portugal, desenvolver competências tratamento de informação e de comunicação com recurso a ferramentas multimédia com vista à partilha de conhecimento e ao reconhecimento da evolução constante da ciência. O recurso à plataforma Edmodo visou ainda a possibilidade de entreajuda entre alunos e o recurso ao professor se houvesse necessidade. 
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Luana Milani 3d
I've just done an account on edmodo. I didn't know before and I hope it will be usefull with the first class. Thank you!
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Ayla Akhan
Ayla Akhan
I think it's easier to tell kids where they can use what they've learned, to relate to real life. Sometimes peer teaching is very important.
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Making connections
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Generally speaking we all learn better if there exists an interest on the student's part. That's why teachers should connect with students real world and their needs. My pupils love playing with Plickers in class, individually but even more in cooperative groups. When we make them play, they learn better.
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Sadık- turkey
Sadık- turkey
Our activities are in group work and cooperation.

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betul-turkey
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formal, informal and non-formal learning are complementary. because the student learns formally in school. Completes their learning with extracurricular activities. for example; transfer school learning in science and nature camps. learn to play the violin from the web environment.
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Laura
Laura
I am a literature teacher, and, after the children observe some texts and find the specific features of them, we make a contest of creation (writing a short-story, or a picture linked of the text we studied!)
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Ana Teresa Gonçalves 5d
Yes, this is foral education. Going to a theatre could be informal?
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Dana, Bacau, Romania. I'm sure that different learning settings could be successfully linked. As a French teacher, I propose to students projects related to real life. Example> Students work in teams of 5-6 as "journalists" in the newspaper heading”The messenger of the heart”. They get the message of someone who has a soul problem and offers suggestions and advice in French. The product of their work is edited and presented in front of the class. Such a project helps students to develop their digital and oral and written skills in French, another foreign language or their native language.
Dana, Bacau, Romania. I'm sure that different learning settings could be successfully linked. As a French teacher, I propose to students projects related to real life. Example> Students work in teams of 5-6 as "journalists" in the newspaper heading”The messenger of the heart”. They get the message of someone who has a soul problem and offers suggestions and advice in French. The product of their work is edited and presented in front of the class. Such a project helps students to develop their digital and oral and written skills in French, another foreign language or their native language.
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Stefania Altieri Italy
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ana 5d
Useful!!! Thanks!!! :)

Ana Teresa Gonçalves 5d
I think those activities are informal if they are about something that they don't learn inschool.

floaresdana 4d
Useful, endeed!

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thanks :)
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Burcin, Turkey
Burcin, Turkey
It is obvious that connections between informal and formal learning create the lifes. but the non formal learning is new for me. it fulfills the gab between informal an formal learning. 

in my teaching, i will use these three learnings but how can i? it is the biggest question for me before this MOOC. 

Maybe, students can get playing intelligent games course(NF), they are asked whose parents or friends know playing the games and they are wanted to play together(IF). After all this, in an intelligent game, the process identifying that whose possibilities is higher than the other or who can win the game and which move can be the fist move, can do in the classroom(F). 
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Ronel, Philippines
Ronel, Philippines
It is important to know the disconnectedness of formal, non-formal and informal learning so that our learners will have a holistic development
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rukiye çabalar 3d
ı agree you, too. holistic development is important learning. we also need to know Gardner 's learning ways.
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Anamaria Ghiban, Romania
Anamaria Ghiban, Romania
I am teaching Romanian language and literature and I try to combine the three types of learning as much as I can. I use frequently the team projects for my literature lessons, for example I demand to students to create trailers inspired from the books we study in the classroom . Once I had a nice project, I asked them to create Facebook profiles of the characters form a story we studied. I try also to create connections between formal and informal learning, especially when I teach language, I frequently ask students to reflect about different contexts in their lives in which they use different functions of the language for example.
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laura 5d
Good idea - trailers!
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Maria Blanco - Spain
Maria Blanco  - Spain
Teachers should be making connections all the time about the different learning settings, to make the students aware that the classroom setting is not the only space to learn. They should mention all the different activities and locations that students can utilise in their own time to learn. Teachers should also get out of their classrooms to show students these spaces: e.g. Local library, museums, etc.. 

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Maria Irene Tiago 4d
I do agree. Learning in context is great although difficult to quantify.
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Sonia Bras
Sonia Bras
The different learning settings could be linked better if the teacher is close to the students, be a friend, is friendly, is dynamic, share experiences and listening the children
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Andreia, Portugal
Andreia, Portugal
For me, the best way to interconnect the various types of learning is when you can start from situations that students identify as problematic and for which they want to find a solution. Thus, starting from an informal learning environment, they can carry out non-formal learning such as research and exploitation of resources provided by teachers within the suggested topic and then carry out formal learning by studying and performing exercises that allow them to understand the necessary subjects and acquire the theoretical knowledge that allows them to find creative solutions to the initial problem.
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Luísa Nogueira 15h
Give a pratical exemple to us, please. How do you do in your classes?
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Rosário Sá Pinto
Rosário Sá Pinto
let me give you an example:
Two weeks ago I needed my students to learn about entrepeneurship. Explaining what it is, would be rather boring for them, so I agreed with another teacher and we decided to take them to a small bakery which started as an individual project of one single person and is now aknowledge as cosy, innovative and with lots of tasty cookies, teas ...
My students with really interested and attentive to the explanation and all the environment of that special place. 
I forgot to mention that while we were there we all had the special breakfast of the week (scones, yoghurt with berries and muesly and milk). I must say that some of them had never tried natural yoghurt before. 
At the end I think that it was a good class: students talked to us about new experiences and at the same time they contacted with a real example of the theme we wanted them to study.
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Susana Peixo
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I think a project-based learning can be a wonderful opportunity for students to combine formal and informal learning as they have the chance to be active in the of learning and learn aboprocess ut real life issues. Nevertheless it's very important we allow them to choose a theme they like or feel curious about . I also like to participate in Erasmus projects since they allow students to get to know different cultures and perspectives about daily life issues. Students develop not only scientific and cultural knowledge but also social skills.
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Anonymous 8d
Hi Susana! I totally agree with you when you say students should choose the theme of the projects. This way they feel more envolved in the process of learning, they feel that they are an active part of their learning. By watching previous videos, I noticed that learners complain about feeling outsiders, so by having the opportunity to choose a theme, they won´t feel "strangers" anymore. Paula Pereira, Portugal

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Thank you Paula for your comment! :-) Susana 
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Maria Irene Tiago 4d
You're right. They really enjoy when they're given Choice and Voice.

Niculina Gaina 3d
I agree with you both! My students love to choose their own themes or topics, too.
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Engin, Turkey.
Engin, Turkey.
Learning activities offered to students should make them feel free. Students should be inspired by their own lives, out of school environments, daily life, politics, etc. during the event. I believe that the best model to provide this will be the project-based learning model or the problem-based learning model.
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Stefania, Italia
Stefania, Italia
To become a musician, one must have learned to connect formal learning with an enormous amount of non-formal and informal learning, especially through listening and through imitation. 
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Ana Nunes, Portugal
Ana Nunes, Portugal
We all know that we feel more motivated when we are engaged and working on something we are interested in or passionate about. That is why children or teenagers who practice a sport, for example, don’t mind practice every day for 2 or 3 hours, or more, sometimes even twice a day. We also know that young children love to bring into the classroom their own experiences and quite cleverly teachers who work with very young learners build their classroom work on that. They encourage the children to speak about their experience; they listen to their ideas and explore their interests and their natural curiosity. I am currently working with two pre-school classes on a bilingual project and I see this happening the whole time.

Unfortunately, while this is true during the first school years, it tends to gradually disappear as children advance in their studies. The learning environment becomes more formal as informal and non-formal settings are relegated to a minor position or even almost forgotten.

The school library is a place where informal and non-formal learning occur all the time. The school library promotes different skills using a whole range of activities, some more formal when we support teachers and their classes in the planning of structured learning activities, but most of them are non-formal (for example, workshops, reading clubs…) and informal. For example, when a student comes to the school library to look for a book about a particular topic he is interested in or when we show a child a book by an author she doesn’t know and she takes the book home or even when they are working at the computer and we show them a new digital tool or how to improve their search skills. So, in my opinion, the school library can link different learning settings and, as a teacher librarian I try to do it in my daily practice.

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Maria Celeste Ramos 4d
Right.
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Ana Estremoz, Portugal
Ana Estremoz, Portugal
It is not easy to combine all three types of learning in the classroom but we can try!!

I will give an example: last week I wanted my students to remenber about some syntactic functions (grammar) and I wanted to evaluate them; 
so, I decided to creat a QR Code on this matter. The students loved the idea of searching for the QR codes through all the school!! 
This allowed them to be out of the classroom (and out of the box!) while learning curriculum contents and at the same time sharing what they knew with  each other.
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A N 6d
Hello Sandra! I really like your idea. It's so simple and yet it illustrates what we were discussing in this module. Sometimes it is enough to add an different activity and to "think out of the box" (more exercises, textbook and so on) to make a difference. And technology is a great way to get it. (Ana Nunes, Portugal)

A N 6d
Sorry, it's, Ana, not Sandra :)

Anamaria Ghiban 5d
Wow, nice idea with the QR codes, it seems like a modern treasure hunt. :) I think I will try it too.

laura 5d
Great idea! And the children can be divided in 2 groups: the first to make the questions, and the second to find the answers! :)

Anonymous 3d
Very interesting, indeed
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Sandra Gomes, Portugal
Sandra Gomes, Portugal
There's no question about the importance of these three different learning settings in the development/education of each individual.
It's almost inevitable that formal education is equal to all since it's based on a national curriculum. The other two - non-formal and informal - vary according to personal experiences, backgrounds, interests and so on.
Linking these three learning settings is not as easy task!... but it's something that we as teachers should try to implement if we want to motivate our students and make learning something meaningful.
Activities that allow students to share their interests, experiences... with each other are probably a way of bridging the gap between the different learning settings. And if you add a pinch of technology that will be even better!
Project work, voluntary programmes, Erasmus+, debates on current issues and field trips are just some examples of activities that can be carried out at school.
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Sandra Gomes, Portugal
Sandra Gomes, Portugal
There's no question about the importance of these three different learning settings in the development/education of each individual.
It's almost inevitable that formal education is equal to all since it's based on a national curriculum. The other two - non-formal and informal - vary according to personal experiences, backgrounds, interests and so on.
Linking these three learning settings is not as easy task!... but it's something that we as teachers should try to implement if we want to motivate our students and make learning something meaningful.
Activities that allow students to share their interests, experiences... with each other are probably a way of bridging the gap between the different learning settings. And if you add a pinch of technology that will be even better!
Project work, voluntary programmes, Erasmus+, debates on current issues and field trips are just some examples of activities that can be carried out at school.
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Niculina Gaina 3d
I totally agree with you! european projects are great opportunities for students to learn new things or to improve their skills!
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Elsa M. 3h
"Out of the box"!! That´s exactly the way we all need to think in Education, Ana Estremoz! Good job!

Dulcinea Almeida 13m
I agree with you teaching and learning must be a process of sharing. We must change the way we work if we want students to learn
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  the data & prepare the presentation. Another positive aspects of working with projects is that you include cross-curricular topics and this way students develop different competences
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Beatriz, Spain
Beatriz, Spain
Departing from students’ interests should be the first step. This can be carried out by means of , for example, a KWL chart with the title of the unit at the top. This chart consists in three columns. The first one is based on what students already know about the topic (so that the teacher can start from students’ prior knowledge), the second column refers to the things that they want to learn about the given topic (so that the teacher can make adjustments in designing the lesson plan by taking students’ interests into account, and provide meaningful learning). Based on the information gathered, the teacher can propose various related- project, so that students working in teams search for the data & prepare the presentation. Another positive aspects of working with projects is that you include cross-curricular topics and this way students develop different competences. 


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Andreia Bento 6d
I really liked this idea! I agree that the methodology of project-based work is one of the most motivating for students, but it is not always easy to involve mathematics in projects that make sense to my students. Within this idea, I suggest that students, if that be the case, should present the results of their project to their parents, school administration, or other relevant individuals in the school community.
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Liene, Latvia
Liene, Latvia
More should be promoted to projects and practical works and encouraged to go on training tours.
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Ana Estremoz, Portugal
Ana Estremoz, Portugal
It is not easy to combine all three types of learning in the classroom but we can try!!

I will give an example: last week I wanted my students to remenber about some syntactic functions (grammar) and I wanted to evaluate them; 
so, I decided to creat a QR Code on this matter. The students loved the idea of searching for the QR codes through all the school!! 
This allowed them to be out of the classroom (and out of the box!) while learning curriculum contents and at the same time sharing what they knew with  each other.
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Elsa M. 6d
"Out of the box"!! That´s exactly the way we all need to think in Education, Ana Estremoz! Good job!

Dulcinea Almeida 6d
I agree with you teaching and learning must be a process of sharing. We must change the way we work if we want students to learn

Anamaria Ghiban 5d
Wow, nice idea with the QR codes, it seems like a modern treasure hunt. :) I think I will try it too.

Bascau Cori 4d
Hi! Nice idea!

rukiye çabalar 3d
great.
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E. Mouzinho, Portugal
E. Mouzinho, Portugal
It's not an easy task... It demands reflection and creativity!

My students love the weekly chanlanges in Portuguese subject: using digital tools like kahoot or quizizz, they're invited by me to chalange themselfs or other collegues.

Through collaborative work, in small groups, they created the challenges to be thrown at the other "islands" of colleagues!

Combining one of their main areas of interest - technology - in the Literary Education area, using mainly Kahoot, my students applied the acquired knowledge in the context of the study of Anne Frank's Diary.
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Maria S, Italia
Maria S, Italia
Normally, at school, the method of learning is formal. At my school, extracurricular projects are organised that allow pupils to acquire skills even in a non-formal way. Unfortunately, the school in general does very little for informal learning.
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Engin 6d
Hello Maria. In-school projects are very important in terms of combining three types of learning. But I see you desperate. You can start doing things on behalf of the school to achieve this.
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Marta Curto, Portugal
Marta Curto, Portugal
I teach English and in my classes I use mostly the formallearning setting and sometimes the non-formal learning setting when I use the project approach or when I answer to my students' eager questions about some part of the British or American cultures that they find interesting. Usualy my students collaborate in a reading project and some of them have other projects about vocabulary and culture. Generaly speaking Imy school tries to balance the formal and non-formal learning settings promoting events and field trips that will be both engaging and rich in learning environments. 
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 Formal, informal and non-formal education are all equal important, that is how we all learn throughout our lives.
I teach English and field trips are always present in each unit. It's important that students learn outside the classroom, so they see learning is connected to the real world.
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Alessandra Amideo
Alessandra Amideo
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In my school we try to balance formal, non-formal, and informal learning, trying to find the right balance.
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Elsa M. 6d
I believe the biggest challange of all is to find that "balance", Alessandra!
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Hale Şenbaş, Turkey
Hale Şenbaş, Turkey
Classes should be well structured but also flexible and responsive to student needs. Learning should take place in a student centered environment. Topics should be real life related or somehow linked to real situations.  Besides, I think sudents get more motivated by project based activities and group work.
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Anonymous 6d
Marta Curto, Portugal - I also think that the project approach may be a better way for students to learn. However, because I teach a specific subject that is sometimes hard to do. Nevertheless I try and the students love it.

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Dulcinea Almeida 6d
I agree whit the idea of teaching in interests of the students. They have to participate in the process
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Seher,Ankara
Seher,Ankara
My students very eager to learn European culture.

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Ayla Yeğnidemir 5d
how nice to encourage your students on this subject teacher
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Eduardo, Portugal
Eduardo, Portugal
The interests of the students in English vary greatly. I have students who like the Anglo-Saxon culture in general and like everything they can hear about it and I have a large slice of students who are not so much interested in the context of the language but more in operating it and being able to communicate.
The discipline of English in the 1st cycle has an advantage in the field of interests, since I can easily bring themes, characters, stories that interest them for the lesson, if the language is used. I try to do this, from time to time, and the levels of participation and interest in classes go up immensely when this happens. As I mentioned at the outset, my knowledge about them is a process still in progress but I also know that teachers do not always think it necessary to know the students to plan the classes and activities. Unfortunately, the idea of ​​a recipe for all classes is still very popular in the teaching class.
With the actual implementation of the concept of inclusive school the “formula for all” tend to end and more and more we seek individual responses to individual cases. For this it is necessary to know the students better and earlier. I have always been a bit confused by those schools that ask teachers in the previous school year to plan the next school year without even knowing which students they will have. How can a plan fit the individual and the group if we do not know who they are? I think that in order to get to know my students better, I could apply questionnaires earlier this year where they can talk about their likes, interests and motivations in addition to answer about their English proficiency.
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Lidija, Croatia
Lidija, Croatia
I like balans between formal and non-formal learning. In my classroom we learning in a formal way but all what we can we conect with real life and go out or learning through games and projects in doubles and teams.
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Carla Nascimento
Carla Nascimento

I like to work on the methodology of the Co-Lab Project. Students learn by themselves and by themselves. The teacher only guides.

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In our school, we provide our students many programmes such as IB, BTEC, BIY (Academic Science Programme) etc. For instance, in the programme BTEC, they don't take any exams; they generally have projects to be completed in a non-formal learning way (i.e. by having an interview with smn they want) Then according to the fulfillment of the criteria they get their certificate. I like this way of teaching. No exams but evaluation and development in a constructive way.
In our school, we provide our students many programmes such as IB, BTEC, BIY (Academic Science Programme) etc. For instance, in the programme BTEC, they don't take any exams; they generally have projects to be completed in a non-formal learning way (i.e. by having an interview with smn they want) Then according to the fulfillment of the criteria they get their certificate. I like this way of teaching. No exams but evaluation and development in a constructive way.
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Harun CEYLAN/TURKEY
Harun CEYLAN/TURKEY
Geometric shapes on the smart board and then do the studies of transformation into perspective studies.
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Mehmet
I agree that informal leran
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Döndü,T
Döndü,T
I think that while doing new activities, I have to rethink the students by teaching them using visual and small steps and I should give importance to the use of web 2.0 tools 
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Maro, Cypru
Maro, Cypru
Getting to know your students and their interests gives you a starting point to build bridges to knowledge. Research based projects, on line group work promotes collaboration, communication, critical thinking and creativity; the 4Cs.
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Beatriz, Spain
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Departing from students’ interests should be the first step. This can be carried out by means of , for example, a KWL chart with the title of the unit at the top. This chart consists in three columns. The first one is based on what students already know about the topic (so that the teacher can start from students’ prior knowledge), the second column refers to the things that they want to learn about the given topic (so that the teacher can make adjustments in designing the lesson plan by taking students’ interests into account, and provide meaningful learning). Based on the information gathered, the teacher can propose various related- project, so that students working in teams search for the data & prepare the presentation. Another positive aspects of working with projects is that you include cross-curricular topics and this way students develop different competences. 


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Gülseren CEYLAN 7d
Thank you for your sharing this method with us; this has reminded me the technique - test/teach/test. I generally try to usi this method in my classes to have an idea about what they already know. Then I teach. And as last step I again check what they have learned. Thank you.

Dulcinea Almeida 6d
Thank's for sharing this method it give me ideas for planing my classes.

A N 6d
Hello, Beatriz. Thank you for your example. I like KWL charts but sometimes we forget how useful they are. You explain their use very well. other advantage of using them is that they are a great way to help students organize their ideas and plan their work.(Ana Nunes, Portugal)

Andreia Bento 6d
What a good idea! I already do something similar: first I do the evaluation of diagnosis, then activities that lead to learning and finally formative evaluation.

Andreia Bento 6d
What a good idea! I already do something similar: first I do the evaluation of diagnosis, then activities that lead to learning and finally formative evaluation.
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Sérgio Barroso
Sérgio Barroso
Most of my classes are project based. Non Formal Education is always present because they need to collaborate with local institutions to do the research and to work with them on the solutions for their project challenges.
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Anonymous 6d
I also use the project approach in some of my classes. I can't do it with all of them, but it gets good results. Students like projects and I thunk they learn more and better.
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Özlem,TURKEY
Özlem,TURKEY
I don't think that it will be fruitful if the students have knowledge about the subjects that they are not interested in. They have to make great efforts to pass these exams and to overcome the prejudices of their families or others about success. We should listen to what they want and offer more collaborative, social and fun educational environments. I think perception (four walls = school = learning) should be change.
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Okan
Okan
We'r not hunter-gatherers but we need to apply some main functions of it in education. Do and learn, touch and learn, smell and learn etc
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Gülseren CEYLAN 7d
I like the idea; but this has reminded me to apply the differentiation in classes. Especially, as teachers, we nee to find out that our students learn better by seeing, hearing, smelling etc. Thank you.

Engin 6d
A very good summary, "We're not hunters."
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Rebeca, Spain
Rebeca, Spain
Doing experiments with my pupils you can use a formal setting linking with an  informal activity outside the class.
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Anamaria Ghiban 5d
I think it is an easy way for the phisics and chemistry teachers to do this...and maybe for the biology teachers. :)
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 The different learning settings could be linked better if I had more time to prepare for my lessons. Unfortunatly, I need to deal with a lot of burocracy and I end up not having as much time as I would like to prepare for my lessons.

My students would benefit if I could incorporate their own experiences and background on the lessons because I believe that if they can relate to a topic, then they will learn better and become better global citizens.
Project based lessons seem the most appropriate to achieve this however, there is not enough time to implement them.
 
Filipa Daniela Duarte, PT
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Aysel YILDIZ, Turkey
Aysel YILDIZ, Turkey
In fact, I think that if we formalize informal learning, we will succeed. Fully discerned abstracts can remove students from school. In fact, if we can remove the walls in learning environments, informal environments in formal trainings, I think our students learn happy.
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MERVE KAPCI/TURKEY
MERVE KAPCI/TURKEY
I think formal learning is necessary but it has some  obstacles.Educater is centered and students isnt interested in topic and they arent  enthusiastic. So ,we should motivate students . I use technology in my lessons.I use web 2tools .Students want to apply this new techniques and they learn mostly by using own experiences
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Līga, Latvia
Līga, Latvia
Like other colleagues I think that there should be balance between formal and non formal learning. I usually teach my pupils in a formal way and use examples from real life . For example, we learnt how to count calories and then made healthy breakfast.   It gives them a purpose to learn and makes it useful.
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Maro 7d
Very good idea to use such examples to connect learning with daily life. Students enjoy learning sothing useful.
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Letizia, Italy
Letizia, Italy
I think that a teacher have to stimulate her students to find answer and to solve problem. So students can experiment different solution.
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Anonymous 5d
Dear Letitia, I absolutely agree! Nevertheless, in musical practice, this is exactly what my students start doing before I enter the classroom. Unfortunately, chaos is created when everyone plays their instrument to experiment with personalized learning solutions. I can organize a lesson with spaces of choice for students, only in oral theoretical subjects.
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Filiz Bilici/TURKEY
Filiz Bilici/TURKEY
I think that the teaching method is one of the most effective methods for primary school students.
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Anonymous 7d
I agree
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Birsen, Turkey
Birsen, Turkey
To me, ICT is a must in todat’sworld. Whatever we teach, we should integrate our topic with the use of web 2 tools and 21st. Century skills. By doing so, we can create both a personal learning environment and an effective learning setting which include formal, non-formal and informal learning.
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Anonymous 7d
I agree. Moreover, I find that using technology in the classroom also enales the teacher to reduce the workload and paper load, ergo we are being environment friendly. Filipa Daniela Duarte, PT
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havva
havva
When I was a student, I only listened my teacher. We can't be part of learning. We were only listeners. And now I don't remember most of things about school. So I think if we be part of learning, it will be more permanent. For example, we made a project in geography class with my friends and this topic is the best learned topic for me. So now I usually try to use peer learning in my class.
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Fernando Fdez
Fernando Fdez
The real and natural way of learning is by gaming. All creatures of this world get skills by playing with same age individuals, playing in groups and investigating alone or in groups. Often I think that we want to make everything formal learning when next thing is true:you learn something everyday, no matter if you want to learn it or if you are aware of the learning; that's the way life works.
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Maria Antónia Brandão PT
Maria Antónia Brandão PT
I think that the best way to link differents knowledges is give to student a lot of examples that are connected to their experiences. Students must accomplish significative learnings and team work along with researche techniques are very importants
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Maro 7d
collaborative learning, critical thinking, communication and creativity are the keys to enhance students learning
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Menada,Albania
Menada,Albania
In my opinion ,students are able to think by themselves, to question and even to give their own experience. In they age we learned with"the voice of teacher",but today the student is in center.They give decision ,but I think that they ought to be good learner too.Of course , formal education has one of the most important impacts,it can't put in the corner.

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Yasemin, Turkey;
Yasemin, Turkey;
From my pespective, Everybody agrees on almost the same subject; Learning should be in the natural way or learning come alive for students. I teach English tofirst graders.  I try to stimulate the natural learning environment (while arriving at school, using the bathroom, eating meals etc.) It is a bit difficult for teachers but it can be very helpful for students. Furthermore, When they get older PBL  is the best way for their achievements. We are guiding rather than classic teaching.
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Özlem YILMAZKOÇLAR 8d
I'm agree with you. Learning should be a natural way and it's in real life for students.
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Cláudia Meirinhos, Portugal
Cláudia Meirinhos, Portugal

In my opinion, the best way to interconnect the different types of learning is to make it meaningful to students by linking them to their day-to-day lives. As we have seen in the videos, children learn in different ways but they have difficulty linking school learning to reality and giving meaning to them. The major problem of the present school is that it is based on theory. We have to make classes more practical, solve real-life projects based on transdisciplinarity. Involve all educational agents and develop projects in which students can apply the contents of the school but in a way that they perceive its usefulness. In Portugal we have new legislation in education,  as a result of current school trends. It is even necessary to work collaboratively and in a project-based methodology because it is these learning and experiences that students will remember and evoke whenever they need it.
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Catarina Isabel Brito
Catarina Isabel Brito
Times have changed a lot since we were students. By that time the teacher was the " only voice" that was heard in the classroom. There were no projects, only books and what the teacher taught us. Today, we are facing a new era, where technology plays an important role. Then we were not distracted by mobile phones because we didn’t have them! Today, students cannot leave without this device that sometimes can do a teacher’s life very difficult. 

However, there are some positive changes:  students are able to think by themselves, to question and even to give their own experience. And they have experienced much more than we had, when we were their age. Today, they are also our “teachers”. The teacher becomes the student and the student becomes the teacher in some daily situations. They are used to deal with plenty of social networks and apps that are not so comfortable for us. So, our learning was very different from our students’ learning. We cannot leave new technologies aside. 

From my point of view, students must be involved in the learning process, not only be a passive element as we were once. They must be motivated and develop some skills not only academic but also social. 

If we raise students’ awareness for the importance of their role in the learning process, if we let them know how important are skills, such as critical thinking, we will all find the success that we all want to achieve 
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Ignacio, Burgos
Ignacio, Burgos

Taking real life topics and interest to the classroom, letting students guide their own projects.
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Anonymous 8d
Agree this. Live and learn should be the main thing in education
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Hatice YAZIMCI
Hatice YAZIMCI 
I think that an important thing is the contribution of our students to teaching. teachers has to project learning settings where children are allowed to use their own personal experiences.
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Antonietta Guida, Italy
Antonietta Guida, Italy
Connection is very important for students. It provides collaboration and motivation.
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Anonymous 9d
I agree with you connection is very important for students. In our school we have connection lessons for instance; we share the maths lesson with maths teacher so students learn the knowledge very easily.
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paola,italy
paola,italy
I think it's important to create connections between the topics studied and real life for example, using technology

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liigak 8d
Absolutely agree with you. Key words are connections with real life and not only using technologies but also solve real life problems. For example, measure the school park and recognise trees...

Özlem YILMAZKOÇLAR 8d
I agree with Liiga. Technology should be used, but collaboration and communication should be more important
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Kavita
Kavita
Technology is one of the most powerful tool we possess and we should use it to connect classrooms across the world so that students learn through collaboration and communication. 
Also, taking students on educational excursion supports learning. 
Assignments and home work should be research based and project based to promote all types of learning. 
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Maro 7d
I agree with you. Also, the 4CS encourage students' learning. Creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication.
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Olívia
Olívia
We live in a fast-changing world and our students are very fond of technologies, so we can design activities where they are asked to be autonomous learners, find and select the information they need to understand and transform it into the knowledge they are required to complete their project. Using project-based learning allows teachers to combine formal and non-formal  and even informal learning settings. To make it a successful activity for 10-12 years olds, teachers must plan it carefully, asking the right questions and guiding them through the huge amount of information that it is available on the Internet. 

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Anonymous 9d
I appreciate the point of having teachers ask right questions because that promotes deep learning.
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sylvie
sylvie
We live in a time when new technologies are constantly changing. Young people have at their disposal a whole world of information at the touch of a button. Students come to school with many skills. This knowledge, skills and competences are acquired in an informal or non-formal environment. They learn when they are playing, surfing, in internet. It’s possible learn almost everything with tutorials. 

The teacher task is nowadays huge and strategic, I must say. The teacher must be a mediator and establish a link between the formal learning  and non-formal/informal learning. First, the teacher must know in detail his students, the way they learn, their expectations, their interests, their potentialities. Then, from theses personal experience the teacher must link with the formal learning. the best way for a student to learn is through motivating and challenging teaching with innovative pedagogical strategies

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Anonymous 8d
I agree with you. A teacher should be versatile. She know tegnology well if she wants to create a more effectional learning atmosphere.
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Silvia, Italy
Silvia, Italy
I think that an important thing is the contribute of our students to teaching. teachers has to project learning settings where children are allowed to use theit own personal experiences.
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Menada 9d
Yes Silvia,I m agre with you.Today the most important is to contribute in the teaching.

Anonymous 8d
And thus problem solving mechanism can be launced and students own learning can be much better
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Rachel
Rachel
Working with five year olds necessarily means that the formal learning process is not an option. Nevertheless, I do not dismiss the fact that I am confined by the rules of the educational institution where I teach. I let my students tell me what they want, I let them share ideas in and mostly outside the classroom. Sometimes, we can be found in the hallway. But at the end of the day, there are boundaries I cannot cross. I think it is easier when dealing with this age grade. 

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AYŞİN KAHRAMANTEKİN
AYŞİN KAHRAMANTEKİN
I'm doing daily life-related learning by planning events such as a house game.
I'm using technological innovations 21st century skills they need to learn

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The projects with topics chosen by students themselves rather than the ones with a given theme are always better made. It would be ideal to determine the speed of water on site, to collaborate with a biology teacher so that students learn about the eye, to use non-formal and informal education more.
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True. Educators (because
 True. Educators (because we are learners too!) and students need to go outside the walls of their classroom, school and even country. Learning from and together is an enriching learning experience  
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Menada 9d
I think that learning outside the walls is grade but not very easy.
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Maria Pace
Maria Pace
Linking material learned at school with the outside world is important. Let's take science lessons as an example. Introducing the topic, say Plant Life, at school falls under the formal learning umbrella since it's part of a syllabus and children will have an assessment at a later stage. Yet moving to non-formal learning is key to make this topic meaningful and engaging to students. Children can carry out investigations in groups, look up for information at home and share it with the class, use their creative side and delve deep to investigate and learn about the topic at hand. They can play games, observe, ask, take notes and take pictures when they are outside school in everyday situations.

I believe that a crucial step in learning in this day and age is to actually move beyond the formal learning setting and to help children focus on the process and on the emotions that learning instills. This helps to motivate students. Motivational students will want to learn beyond what is expected of them, they will want to question, to research, to collaborate with each other, to share ideas and to delve deep into the topic and not only stop on the value of the subject. This is why I believe that non-formal and informal learning are crucial in developing life-long learners.  
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Conceição Rodrigues, Portugal
Conceição Rodrigues, Portugal
In the society of the century. XXI, our role as teachers, passes more as a guide in the process of meaningful learning than as a mere transmitter of content.Meaningful learning will only be meaningful if students become involved in the teaching and learning process. Therefore, in my opinion, when the process reflects the various forms of learning, formal, non-formal and informal, significant learning for our young people will result. Thus, whenever the work to be developed in the classroom is contextualized in everyday life, whenever there is use of examples of the local reality of the students, whenever the resources (physical, natural, institutions) in the community are explored, students can perceive the importance of the curricular contents, since they can fit them in their reality.The school should seek to develop the skills of language, communication, critical thinking, scientific knowledge, among others, to train our active, responsible and conscientious young people in their actions and their consequences.
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Vlatka Čus, Croatia
Vlatka Čus, Croatia
Since I have students who are mostly interested in technique, we solve very often some technical problems using mathematic knowledge. For example, they are using quadratic function to compute some dimensions of objects like bridges, arcs or similar. I like to use pictures of actual objects with geographic location, history and other interesting data. Then they are setting up coordinate system into a picture in order to solve a problem. I noticed that students who were not interested in this subject were interested in solving the specific problem. 

I`m planning to include my final grade students into a short online course which includes a part of the teaching material. I think that experiencing such a way of learning can be useful for them in the future.

Project based teaching is one of the ways to connect formal – nonformal – informal learning. In my school (which is Engineering end Traffic school) these can be projects which bond Maths with practical training. It definitively must be something that is interesting to our students in order to make them wish to put some effort in solving a problem.  

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Burcu, Turkey
Burcu, Turkey
In my opinion, specifically speaking, we could relate formal and non-formal learning more. We could do relatively field trips more and provide unconscious and meaningful learning that will stay in children's long-term memory more easily. We could do our lessons in different environments and have our students relate the subjects or only let them have more fun.
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Anonymous 10d
I totally agree with you. this way, they learn faster without even noticing that they are confined within the walls of "school". This would actually work best when dealing with small groups.
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Mónica Valadão, Portugal
Mónica Valadão, Portugal
The school today cannot ignore the rich experience gained by students in their leisure time spent outside of school. Naturally, formal education has one of the most important impacts, its process takes place in special institutions, which benefits from the other forms of education. All three are the product of our times and respond to the real needs of education.

Whether learning takes place in a formal setting such as a school, a non-formal setting such as a community or cultural centre or the informal setting of the home, all learning is good and learning is valuable. All learning contributes to an individual’s growth, not only cognitively, but emotionally and socially.

In a non-formal or informal environment students may learn different things from what they learn in a formal environment and vice-versa. All the three forms of education complete each other and work towards the student’s benefit.

To link the three forms of education, students could determine the pace of learning and are totally free to move around in classrooms, searching for the best place to stay and learn, even if it is outside the school premises and, to make use of available means to dominate the subjects that catch their interest.

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Anonymous 9d
Students in charge of their own learning is a powerful tool to help them assess themselves.
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F. Gulcin/Turkey
F. Gulcin/Turkey
In fact, the most important issue is to make children aware of the areas of interest and talent. this can only be done in different environments. It is very necessary to use different settings and methods to address children's different abilities and temperament.

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Anonymous 7d
I agree. It is necessary to learning in different environments, use different settings and methods.
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In the changing education
 In the changing educational landscape, second-order skills become
all the more relevant. These skills include, for example, being able to
access information, evaluate the reliability of sources, evaluate one’s
own convictions and be critical. These are not automatic capacities.
The perspective of learning as acquisition should be coupled with
learning as participation (Wenger, 1998) — of taking part in a communal
process. The perspective of meta-skills requires engaging with
the life world, and communities are part of this. It is an argument in
favour of combining school and leisure time, education and entertainment
and formal and non-formal ways of promoting learning.
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Gizem Serter
Gizem Serter

Project work for my students is fun.
each one creates and multiplies the learning environment by itself.
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Lília, Portugal
Lília, Portugal
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ehan arslan Turkey
ehan arslan Turkey
I encourage my students to use their knowledge in social life. We organise a teaching and learning group work. We play games and listening to each other.

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Mariam, Portugal
Mariam, Portugal 
Students need to be involved in their learning process, not only engaging on what is being presented to them, but also having a say on what will be presented to them. Students curiosity is a must  and starting from the curricula but using their own ideas and interests as a method for learning will sure lead to success. A Hands -on approach work well for most of the students, and providing different formats of assessment too. If we can manage to find the time to listen to the students' interests more often ( show and tell time for eg) we can plan according to that.
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Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey
Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey
Hello, everyone! Learning can be  permanent if the curiosity is aroused among students. Also, enabling students to think, brainstorm, search and participate the learning process actively play a significant role. 
This will help students to have a lifelong learning experience. "Learning to learn" is the key factor for students. There is a good saying that summarize this situation: "Give a man a fish, and you feed him a day. 
Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for  a lifetime."
Specifically, my units includes everyday topics like daily routines, health, occupations, wild animals,  tv programmes etc.  That's why, It is easier for me to start with their background knowledge and establish a connection with their informal learning.
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Angela, Italy
Angela,  Italy 
Hi everybody!  I think  that  CLIL method is useful. To study some subjects in a foreign language can allow you to practice the different types of learning. 
Bye!
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Anonymous 7d
Hello Angela, I am a CLIL fan as well. It makes wonderful learning opportunities for our students. Filipa Daniela Duarte, PT
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Koray Bozkurt
Koray Bozkurt
This year, In one of our units, our students are required to learn about wild animals, their problems and how to make suggestions to their problems. At the end of the unit, they need to pass the exam. This is a formal learning setting. I can give them different tasks to be done in groups. They study on their tasks with their friends after school. this is a non-formal learning setting. In my experience, Students love animals and try to learn more about them.so, they watch documentaries or read books about wildlife. and that is an informal learning setting.
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Mustafa ERKOÇ-TURKEY
Mustafa ERKOÇ-TURKEY
playing games.students should learn by doing, not by listening
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Jasna
Jasna
We should create projects  that will make us able to connect the informal and formal learning. We should help the students to become more aware of the learning that happens unintentionally and to connect that with the formal learning that happens at school.
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I think different learning settings could be linked better if we try to join personal interests to the subject we are studying. For example, if I am interested in learning how to play an instrument and I watch videos to do that, I can watch those videos in the language I am learning. I also use ads that you can see in your every day life to make my students learn new vocabulary. When they learn new vocabulary I try to make them think about situations where they have seen those words before because a lot of products have their names in English and it can be a good way to remember the new words.
I think different learning settings could be linked better if we try to join personal interests to the subject we are studying. For example, if I am interested in learning how to play an instrument and I watch videos to do that, I can watch those videos in the language I am learning. I also use ads that you can see in your every day life to make my students learn new vocabulary. When they learn new vocabulary I try to make them think about situations where they have seen those words before because a lot of products have their names in English and it can be a good way to remember the new words.
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Irem,Turkey
Irem,Turkey
The  more active kids are, the better they learn and they rarely forget what they have done.
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Conchi C. , Spain
Conchi C. , Spain
The way I connect this ways of formal and informal learning is watching videos and practicing real life situations. This practice promote connections that are more motivating for the students in their learning process.
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Anonymous 10d
I agree. By watching videos children see different worlds and compare them to theirs sometimes.
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combining
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I had class project
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Milena M
Milena M
Class projects are precious for insuring functional learning. Example - last year my students made two SF movies, combining what they have learned in science classes with what they have seen, read or discussed about on this topic, and using their knowledge on how to write script, how to direct and how to film it.
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Ayla Yeğnidemir 5d
congratulations, teacher. you should use web2 tools more with your students
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Salva. Spain
Salva. Spain
I think that project work is very close to the interests and motivations of my students. Working in an interdisciplinary way, combining all the subjects is more attractive for our students. We must forget to teach each subject separately.
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Adriana, Romania
Adriana, Romania
I think interdisciplinary teaching is more attractive to students. Also, real life problems motivate learning better than pure theory.
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Heidi, Germany
Heidi, Germany
Doing project work with eTwinning is a combination of formal and informal learning. Students often don't realize that they are learning a new language when using it in a videoconference of a project or in writing comments in the foreign language with their project partners. In my learning settings I need to give space for what my students like to know, what questions they have and need to be answered. I need to link the learning environment with the outside world of our classroom, invite historians or other persons who can teach from the "real world".
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Adriana 11d
I am an eTwinning fan as well!
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Barbara, Italy
Barbara, Italy
The different learning settings can be better linked by an integrated approach (different methods and strategies, different way of experience) and stimulating students curiosity and interests in any possible way.
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Angela, Italy

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Angela, Italy Hi, Barbara, how are you? Do you think it is possible to stimulate the curiosity of students in literature, for example, by making a comparison between opera and the film version? Have a good day!
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Adela Gabriela
Adela Gabriela
It is very important for me, as a teacher, to value the learning experience of my students, to share ideas, attitudes, to learn each other. 
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Paula, Portugal
Paula, Portugal
As a kindergarden teacher
, I work a lot with non-formal and informal learning. Children choose themes they like to work on, and I just point them in the direction I want them to go. We have extra curricular activities such as music and yoga and we make many trips abroad to make visits according to the theme that we are dealing with. So I do not have to change almost anything. My students are privileged.

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hello paula, I'm a kindergarten teacher. I agree with you. Different environments and methods should be used to develop children's different abilities and temperament. Being with children more in nature and different settings also improve them physically and mentally.
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Mafalda Lapa, Portugal
Mafalda Lapa, Portugal
I think this needs to be done in a regular basis. We shoud encourage students to share what they know and the school didn't taught them. But I find it difficult whan I am running to be able to teach the whole big curricula.
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Marina Molla, Greece
Marina Molla, Greece
I teach in a Minority Primary School and in order to enhance my students and motivate them I implement projects that are inquiry and interdisciplinary  based .
My students love eTwinning
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Anonymous 11d
I agree with you. Perhaps if they could choose new extracurricular activities, they would become more interested and engaged in their daily tasks. I think it is very important that students enjoy what they are learning and how they are taught is critical to learning successfully.
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Ceyda,
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Štefica, Croatia
Štefica, Croatia
Students of the 21st century want to be active participants in the teaching process, to participate in it in a fun and entertaining way. Learning through the game, practical work, teamwork in which communication and cooperation is expressed. Today, students are seeking the explanation of why specific content should be taught and what the purpose of that learning is for their progress. I am a teacher of technical culture and in my teaching I often use non-formal and informal learning through practical work that students love very much.

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mia
mia
i use formal and informal teaching all the time in my class. I think that sudents are more motivated in that kind of learning.

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Think again about the examples of your own learning that you provided. How do you think different learning settings could be linked better, generally speaking and specifically for your students? Write your answer here, and comment on the ideas of at least two of your colleagues: tell them what you like about their idea, and suggest an additional aspect they might not have thought about yet
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Alina, Romania
Alina, Romania
By differentiating activity is meant the knowledge and use of individual peculiarities in order to help the pupil to develop to the level that his possibilities allow by progressive efforts.

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Isabel, Portugal
Isabel, Portugal
When we use exemples from the real life of our students, we are linking formal with informal settings.
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António Branco 11d
António, Portugal More and mote that is the only way...

Anonymous 11d
yes, i like use examples from real life, too. (Mia)
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Ana, Croatia
Ana, Croatia
I believe that teaching is all about making connections with real life. It' s difficult for our pupils to understand what we are talking about if they can't see that or connect it with real life. I'm a big fan of learning by doing. As an Italian teacher, in my class there is always some singing, role plays, sports, different internet platforms... I always aim to connect with my pupils and to hear their thoughts so that I could prepare lessons that will be interesting, meaningful and interesting to them. They make projects, work in a group or in paires, solving problems by helping each other.

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Anonymous 11d
I like your way of work. I do so myself to the satisfaction of my students.

Anonymous 11d
That is very important, great job!

Anonymous 11d
Congratulations. It was good that all teachers were like you.
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Tayfun / Türkiye
Tayfun / Türkiye
Students are always learning better when they are listening to songs, playing games.students should learn by doing, not by listening
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Anonymous 11d
yes, creativity is very important for teaching and learning. (Mia)
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HALİL SÜNBÜL TURKEY/OSMANİYE
HALİL SÜNBÜL TURKEY/OSMANİYE

I'll try to combine formal and informal learning because it can bring the subject closer to the students and involve students in the real life in school. contains students.
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Bianca, Romania
Bianca, Romania 
Interdisciplinary lessons held in class, laboratory or putside of school are a good idea
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Rosa Barros, Portugal
Rosa Barros, Portugal
Linking formal, non-formal and informal learning is not an easy task as it requires time, creativity and knowing your students’ interests. 
As a warm-up, I try to choose an activity students can relate to, recall their knowledge and express their first idea/impressions on the topic. Then if the coursebook contains some useful information I encourage students to explore it. Then I ask them what they would like to learn more about that topic and I make groups according to their questions. Students are challenged to engage in a project work to answer their questions using their mobiles to help them. Conclusions and works are presented and discussed in class. Sometimes they prepare a school exhibition or share their works on the digital table with touch screen at the school entrance. 
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Melanie Fernandes, PT
Melanie Fernandes, PT
Motivation is my main goal when I teach. As a teacher, I try to motivate my students in order to make them believe that "knowledge" is a precious tool. In fact, how we educate them will have a strong impact on their lives. Linking formal, non-formal and informal learning, is the best way to achieve success.
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Anonymous 11d
Yes, I think when you motivate students to be more successful. Alina, Romania

vlatka_cus 10d
In order to awake curiosity in our students, we must know them well enough. So, we need to approach them in a proper way, to find out how they think and what really interests them. This can be complicated, especially in a class with lots of students.
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Raquel Antunes, Portugal
Raquel Antunes, Portugal
Linking formal, informal and non-formal learning is a an essencial task in the construction of a student learning skills and knowledge  "capital". Not only can informal and non-formal learning help to position and make sense of formal learning, but also it can help to mobilize formal learnig contents. Encouraging and incorporating  active learning methodologies such as Inquiry Based Learning in formal education, taking advantage of the resources made available by museums and science centers, could be a great way to link formal, non-formal and informal learning
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Ana Rita Silva, Portugal
Ana Rita Silva, Portugal
I am of the opinion that linking formal education with non-formal education is important. It translates into meaningful knowledge, but it is no easy task. It can be achieved when we want more interdisciplinary learning. We work with meaningful skills in a more direct and even more appealing way to the student. I think it is more involved and will translate into more sustained results.

But surely the good articulation of the three forms of learning, formal, non-formal and informal, translates into success.

As a teacher of Physics and Chemistry the connection with everyday situations is quite common. I promote the family's weekend articulation so that some chemistry challenges (such as chemical transformations and Newton's laws, for example) may turn out to be non-formal learning, and thus become more meaningful to students.
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melanieviolin 11d
I completely share your vision,
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Teresa Lacerda, Portugal
Teresa Lacerda, Portugal
 
- Non-formal and informal learning can be enhanced to learn the contents of different disciplines; 

- Learning using a project work methodology greatly facilitates students' motivation, establishing bridges with everyday life, and conducting meaningful learning that goes beyond what one needs to know in order to respond correctly in the test or in the exam; 

- International projects - Erasmus + and eTwinning (referred to in the video that has student testimonials) - help a lot in achieving lasting learning. 

- Travel and study visits help to broaden horizons and learn much more than using a traditional teaching format. 

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Cláudia Meirinhos 9d
Hello Teresa! I agree, eTwinning is a great example of a projet based learning.
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Isabel, Portugal
Isabel, Portugal
Combining different approaches in content exploration ensures that more students understand the message. Thus, I consider that it is in the articulation between the three - formal, informal and non-formal learning - that the success of learning in my students lies. In my specific context, each of the content covered is explored, initially, starting from the knowledge of each one or in some situations, through a challenging situation that they have to explore at home along with the family. From there, we construct a concept map according to what the group group knows about a certain theme. It may also happen that students are challenged to search different sources (digital or otherwise) for information about the topic to be addressed in class. After this work of first approach / contact with the content and explored in a large group, I resort to exploratory videos or even to their daily situations, so that they can operate the learning in concrete situations. There is also a part of the class where the students perform training exercises according to the proposals of the manuals adopted, during which they can consult the various materials available. In addition, group work is carried out on the topic addressed and then shared with the other colleagues. In the end, often as a way of verifying students' knowledge, I turn to questionnaires or digital applications that allow the mobilization of developed skills and the operationalization of the lessons learned. This verification also happens in individual and / or group presentations.
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Magdalena Brzezinska, Polan
Magdalena Brzezinska, Polan
As a new Montessori teacher of grades 7 and 8 (14-15 year-old), I try to connect formal and informal teaching all the time. At the moment I'm taking another course here, one devoted to the Europeana collection. I have come up with an idea to combine my English class with a physics class and talk about the physics of baking :). My students will also have to bake a cake at home and discuss the processes that took place during baking.
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attila_goren 12d
Very nice idea in promoting an interdisciplinar ativity: Formal (learning physics/chemistry and english) and informal (baking).

Leda Avramova 10d
Physics of baking sounds great! :) You can have a public presentation of the cakes and processes that took place while baking them and thus train also some presentation skills :)
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Attila Gören , Portugal
Attila  Gören ,  Portugal
In my opinion it is very important to link the informal learning to the formal learning to promote what we call “meaningful learning” and to improve the motivation of our students. Fortunately I´m teaching physics and chemistry and normally the students have already ideas about the different topics. For exemple, establishing a link between the topic of combustion (formal learning) reaction with the daily activities (informal learning) of our students is very easy because many of them use gas oven or burn firewood etc… . 

Generally speaking, the examples that are used to promote meaningful learning should be careful choosen and properly introduced  in order to promote the clarification of the concepts and to help providing a structured learning sequence for the students. 

It is also very valuable using certified internet learning platform to show vídeos, animations etc. In Portugal we have at least two high quality education learning platforms with a many educational resources. The experimental activities of Physics and Chemistry also provide linking formal to informal learning settings (Almost everybody likes football (informal)ó Cinematics and Dynamics of physics (formal))

My experience with game-based learning platform, as like Kahoot is also very positive. The students enjoy it a lot!! 

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Vítor Silva - Portugal
Vítor Silva - Portugal
As a teacher I try to combine formal and informal learning because they can bring the subject closer to students and include students in real life at school. Informal learning helps to achieve and consolidate the more formal and theoretical learning that takes place in the classroom. We want our students to develop lifelong learning skills, we do not want them to be ready for tests and exams. I think we should approach school subjects with some flexibility, introducing interactive activities; I think that project-based learning can be useful: it starts with a real, engaging problem and involves groups of students who work together, share their daily experiences, make decisions, make a product. 
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Anonymous 11d
Dear Victor, I completely share your opinion, especially that we want to and have to prepare our students for life and lifelong learning, not just learning for tests and grades and than forgetting everything.

Anonymous 11d
It's a good idea.

Anonymous 11d
Well said.

Bascau Cori 4d
Good idea
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Clotilde Moro - Italia
Clotilde Moro - Italia
The different learning settings could be linked better if the teacher knows fascinations of his students. Moreover teacher could suggest topics of the real life, such as graphs and  tables in Math about interesting events.
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Anonymous 11d
It's a good idea. And I'm sure that all the students are different and they like different things. So, the learnings would be richer
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Hümeyra,TURKEY
Hümeyra,TURKEY
I begin my lesson usually with video, interactive metarials, simulations, asked intelligent questions or give an example of daily life to my students can focused to subjects. And also I think project-based learning is the best for non-formal learning.
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Adriana 11d
Great idea! Congratulations!
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Ivo Cruz, Portugal
Ivo Cruz, Portugal
How do I take advantage of different learning settings? As a physics teacher, when I have a content (formal) that can be related with some of everyday experiences of students (informal) and then I try to make learning more solid by means of research task related (non-formal).
This kind of approach is not always possible, due to complexity of some contents, by the well-defined curricular tasks and the time available. 
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Maria Pinto, Potugal
Maria Pinto, Potugal
I find it a challenge to 
try different situations and get different experiences, some more formal, not informal, even informal. For example: the use of: mobile technology and digital resources for the development of interests at the moment; remote communication situations, using virtual communication; conducting projects of personal interest and communicating them to an audience; organization of small interest groups for studies and / or projects; school outings for outings and personal experiences to be integrated into school work; exits to the theater, exhibitions and others; organization of events at school; organization of a dance, painting and music club
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Maria P., Greece
Maria P., Greece
As an IT teacher I often use internet in my lesson. The students find the images and information they need. I also cooperate with the other teachers…for example, we play online geography games as a good practice to learn geography, we visit online a museum and make a presentation about it…
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melanieviolin 11d
I completely share your vision. Maybe you could also try the project E-Twinning to exchange some real experiences with students fromother countries.
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Maria Anversa Grasso, Italy
 Maria Anversa Grasso, Italy
 
Implementing Erasmus+ projects at school, I use formal and non formal education. Activites both inside the classroom and during the mobilities abroad provide a great variety of knowledge and transversal skills in our students who are very happy of “learning by doing”. 
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attila_goren 12d
Hello Maria Anversa,

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I enjoy the idea of "learning by doing". Congratulations for implementing Erasmus projects because beside of promoting many transversal skills in our students, this projects also promotes open mind europeans and peace. Best regards, Attila
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Luisa Lopes, Portugal
Luisa Lopes, Portugal
 
Establishing a balance between the 3 learning settings has always been possible but it requires some investment and time from the teachers – previous preparation and so on, and so on … 

On the other hand, we know it is difficult to implement this synergy to our classroom because most of the time we are pressured to comply the established curriculum by the ministry. 

Still I think that teachers can take the most of those settings if they are really into it. 

How do I take advantage of non-formal and informal learning settings? When I have a content related to the British culture to go through, before I deal with it in class, I plan/organize a study visit to Porto, so that the students can learn and get information about the route/the presence of the Bristish in this city in the past and nowadays. Its undeniable and very visible the link and presence of the British in Portugal. 

The visit is prepared in advance. Groups of work are organized. I always leave that to the students. Each group gets a research guide with different tasks. In the ICT room, students surf for the requested information. Once this stage is ready, teacher and whole class prepare the final route / guide. Then it’s time to go on the study visit. During the visit students have tasks to accomplish. Whenever they stop at a place, they have to bring something to show they have been there. 

On the next lesson all the info is dealt with and students prepare an exhibition (for instance) for the whole school. 

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TeresaLacerda 12d
Dear Luísa, Do you know eTwinning project? (www.etwinning.net). Here you can found a good way to engage your students in learning process and combine your ideas, in this post, with teachers from other part of Europe :)

Anonymous 11d
I agree with you.
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Teresa, Lisboa
Teresa, Lisboa
I use formal and non-formal education with the real life as much as possible. I develope projects with other teachers attended the curriculum. The students  work in groups using computer and search information.   
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Maria Anversa Grasso 12d
To work in group and to cooperate is one of the most important key competences. Students like working in group in the lab and share information. I use laboratorial activities as well above all implementing eTwinning projects
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Süheyla,Turkey
Süheyla,Turkey
I'm applying the eTwinning project in my class.It includes project based learning.Learning is more effective when you do drama,play,and singing in my class.
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Maria Anversa Grasso 12d
I agree with you. It is also important to develop artistic skills of our students. In particular drama can have a great role in education

Anonymous 11d
I agree with you. The more active kids are,the better they learn.
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Hanife Küçük
 Hanife Küçükgüldal, Manisa/Turkey
I try to use nonformal learning in my class for example eTwinning. It includes project based learning. I also give assingment to my class to create a project at the end of each unit.

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Elif Buyukuysal/ Turkey
Elif Buyukuysal/ Turkey
I believe that if we arise the curiosity of students and make them aware of why they should learn this subject depends on the activity we do at the beginnig of the lesosn so we should use realias and prepare for the lesson and use the technology in our class as much as we do.
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Paulo Almeida, Portugal & Belgiumm
Paulo Almeida, Portugal & Belgiumm
Throughout the school year, I try to create contexts of non-formal education. The laboratory work that I propose to the students is usually done in groups. After the practical realization of the work, the students have to build in computer support, a presentation to be discussed with the class. During the course of this work, students are taken to search information at home, using the internet, or to consult books that are available in the library of the school or the place where they live. One of the important points in these presentations is that the students establish relationships between the laboratory work performed and their daily life (where provided).
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Klaudija/Croatia
Klaudija/Croatia
I teach informatics and it is difficult to change the whole learning setting because  often times we need computers to use our tools. But we use interesting tools in order to connect our IT learning with other subjects like history, biology, Arts etc.

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Simona Mona/Romania
Simona Mona/Romania
I try to make my students understand the notions taught in the classroom by asking them to do projects by group, which requires the use of the other two forms of education: non-formal and informal. But I have noticed that some students do not get involved enough in the projects, thanks to finding notions, copying them and pasting them, without passing them through the filter of thought and logic , so that the material they have is lacking of a personal, original touch that I would like ...
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Mª de Jesus Pinto Fernandes 12d
Hi, Simona. What if you could start the studies with the studentes interests?
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Teresa Moreira, Portugal
Teresa Moreira, Portugal

The proposal of group work, with work inside and outside the classroom, may be an opportunity for students to obtain meaningful learning. The sharing of ideas between group members and extra-class research make formal and informal knowledge complete, translating into enrichment for students.
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Ana Rita Silva 12d
Totally agree. This is currently the strategy I use in the classroom.

Antonia Brandao 6d
Excellent statement!
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Science Projects
For each Science unit I tell my 6 Graders to create a project. I give them freedom to choose how to do it and what do they want to research deeply, in this way they can bring in different skills and informal learning. 
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Paulo Almeida 12d
It is nice to see them involved in research and bring the day-to-day life to school!
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Andrea, POrtugal
Andrea, POrtugal
I teach trying to use different strategies based on what students like or on what it can help them improve their taste for science. I work with a project called Science club where students can l
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Sandrina Martins, Portugal
Sandrina Martins, Portugal
I try to see how my discipline can have connections with other people (English, geography or history, for example) and plan activities that can make that connection - serves to show students that knowledge is universal and has applicability in everyday life. I try to motivate my students to participate in projects at school or outside, such as science olympiads, science competitions, etc. Three years ago I started to use some digital tools for education.
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Ana, Croatia - Dear Sandrina, I completely agree with your opinion and your teaching methods. it's very important to always have in mind that our students can applicate what we learn them in everyday life. Also, that facilitates the teaching and learning.

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Anonymous 10d
Agree with you. Children can learn so much more by sharing. And using different spaces can have positive effects on learning.
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António Gomes, Portugal
António Gomes, Portugal
I try to teach using projects where students can learn at their own pace. In these projects it should be possible to integrate formal, non-formal and informal learning. To do this you should always have some motivational freedom to choose themes, work with different times, integrate technologies, promote collaboration and sharing, ...
But above all, I think that a possible solution lies in the teacher being able to stimulate the student's curiosity. Then, the student will be able to bring all the learning to the classroom.
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Andrea Ferreira 12d
Andrea,
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Lucrezia, Italy
Lucrezia, Italy
I usually teach English using eTwinning projects a lot. 
It's so exciting for my students to get to know other boys and girls in Europe and work with them on some topics of their interest. 
In such a way they understand how it is important to learn English for communication and they can practice the language in real contexts. 
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Andrea Ferreira 12d
Andrea,

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Angela, ItalyHi, Lucrezia! Great idea!

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Angela, ItalyHi, Lucrezia

Antonia Brandao 6d
etwinning projects arean excellent tool to make formal and non-formal learning. Students are involved and they can open their horizons
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Marouaa
Marouaa
when introducing a lesson, I always draw on my students background knowledge generally learned in non formal or informal setting. Students share their experiences outside school when sharing their ideas about a topic. I always try to ue authentic materials and life like situations to make them link between formal, non formal and informal situations. I also encourage them to use technologies  
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A N 6d
Hello. You mention authentic materials and I think that is very important. Sometimes I feel that in our schools in Portugal some teachers just "stuck" to the textbook. Then lessons become too abstract, with little or no connection to the students' daily life and their interests. We should make that effort of bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world. Thank you for sharing. (Ana Nunes, Portugal)
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Nina, Crotia
Nina, Crotia
Considering that I teach informatics, it's slightly more difficult to change the whole learning setting because we often times we need computers to use our tools. But in order to give my students a change in the setting that we work in, we sometimes go outside with tablets and then do different measurements and use interesting tools in order to connect our IT learning with other subjects like geography, physics, etc.







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Anonymous 12d
I agree with you because I have this problem alone.

TeresaLacerda 12d
Dear Nina, If you try found partners in eTwinning project you can make interesting projects for you and for your students. You have a National Support Service in Croatia to help you (www.etwinning.net)
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Banu Güven, Konya/Türkiye
Banu Güven, Konya/Türkiye
I usually begin to teaching with a video or  interactive teaching materials  therefor my students can easily focused to subject. Then if ıt's suits I perefer using dinamic programs for teaching, for example, geogebra, Cabri 3D, e.t.c. But more instance our FATİH project is e very effective for non-formal learning. We can teach from everywhere with this resource.

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Jolanta
Jolanta
I think that project-based learning is a great opportunity for non-formal learning, it involving information from different subjects and skills.
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João Teixeira, Portugal
João Teixeira, Portugal
To teach poetry, I select the poems with my students. First, we work one or two of the poems together and we discuss ideas; then, they work others in groups and present the results. 
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Ana, Portugal
Ana, Portugal
In my school, we use a project methodology, which means that the approach of all contents follows the interests expressed by  children. For example, if a child or a group of children reveals an interest in the solar system, we try to move from that theme to all other areas, also allowing children to guide the direction of these projects. 



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Sandrina Martins 12d
That's nice! They learn a lot more when they get involved. Also do the presentation to other classes? It is highly motivating for them.
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Tomislav, Croatia
Tomislav, Croatia
Depending on the subject, I try to use different teaching methods and thus make it easier for students to master the material or make them at least more interesting.
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Berkant Şahin
Berkant Şahin
give an example of daily life and tell them where the topic will work.draw their attention and use a humorous language.
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Helena Portugal
Helena Portugal
When I find that a content in science is too complex for my students, I always begin with a short film or a slide presntation or even a mind map that they have to build with the vocabulary that they already know. This prepares them for formal learning in their text books.  Then I move on to project work in small groups using the new technologies  and the contents they have learnt. Sometimes I ask Ss to bring a parent to talk about a content that may be related to his/her field and this makes learning more meaningful for them. To end a unit content I play a team game or quiz to reinforce the contents. This way formal and non-formal learning are interacted to make learning more meaningful and purposeful for the students.
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Banu Güven 12d
That s a very professinal way of teaching congratulations
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Maria Letizia Zozi,Italy I teach History of Art, so visiting a museum is a a great opportunity for non formal learning: looking, feeling, sharing, making relations, taking pictures...all this foster critical thinking.
Maria Letizia Zozi,Italy I teach History of Art, so visiting a museum is a a great opportunity for non formal learning: looking,  feeling, sharing, making relations, taking pictures...all this foster critical thinking.


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zekiyealan 10d
Hello, Maria! It is very nice to get your students to be involved in this kind of activitiy. Congs!
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Margarita Krasteva
Margarita Krasteva
I am an English teacher and for more than 5 I actively include using laptops and tablets in my lessons. Students use them with different purpose: to find the meaning of an unfamiliar word, to find some more information on the subject we work on, to check and correct themselves if they are wrong, etc. They are also engaged in many projects involving information from different subjects and creativity.

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Anonymous 12d
using technology will make the learninig process very interesting to students.

Anonymous 11d
thats a good idea
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Monic, Romania
Monic, Romania 
I also integrate non-formal methodes in teaching history, energyzing ganes. I use 
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Feruze from Turkey
Feruze from Turkey 
I try to connect English lessons with Etwinning projects, games ,songs and web2.0 tools.
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Manuela, Romania
Manuela, Romania
I teach in a theoretical high school and formal education is predominant. I would like to be able to offer my students several practical examples and to integrate non-formal learning and informal learning in my teaching
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Eduardo López. Spain.
Eduardo López. Spain.
I have problems when some topics provided by the course book are too difficult or boring for them, I have to adjust them to their likes and experiences, link to previous concepts or add different activities in order to get them motivated.
I really like when they bring songs, games (vocabulary from videogames) or youtube videos to practise conversation in class.

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Anonymous 12d
I love how you use a student centred approach in which you draw mostly on the interestes of the students.

Rosa Barros 12d
Hi, Eduardo. Sometimes I face the same problem and I try to give them the opportunity to bring their own material/interests to the class and talk about it/them. It is so rewarding to realize that everybody, me included, (for I get updated when the issues are new apps, songs, games... ) gets engaged and learns enthusiastically.
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Sandra Viana, Portugal
Sandra Viana, Portugal
Students need to see the purpose of what they are learning in real life situations. We are so used to teaching in a classroom that students can't transfer what they are learning to the real world. As an English teacher, my main goal is having students who can communicate in English and everything is possible in my classes, as long as it is in English. I want students to speak naturally and experience the language on their own. Not just when I ask them to "answer". I realized a couple of years ago that they learn language chunks through music, one of their main interests, so I use a lot of songs depending on the content I'm covering.  I have students who are fantastic at writing, at singing or even rapping, at music... Sometimes I put them in groups (randomly) and they have to come up with a story, or a song... They love these activities because they can express themselves and present their work at the end. It's a collaborative task and everybody is engaged. I'm a music lover and try to use music in all my lessons. There are a lot of activities we can do with just a song. I've seen amazing work from my students using sentences or chunks of words from a lot of different songs.
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Otília Jorge 12d
I think it's a great idea

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Anonymous 12d
Providing enjoyable learning settings eould be the success

Paulo Almeida 12d
Nice idea indeed!

Anonymous 10d
I agree. I think it's important that they manage to communicate in the foreign language, no matter what the topic is.
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Roberta, Italy
Roberta, Italy
What I am trying to learn by myself is how to involve students in the teaching using their interest. Let’s make an example: I’ve a child who’s really not interested in geography and since he loves to bikes I offered him, in a class project, to study a bike tour in an Italian city, where he’s to provide everything. Great would be to deal or simulate his trip, but already now his attitude about geography is changing

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Anonymous 12d
It is very nice

Banu Güven 12d
I think ıt's a little bit dangeros but different.
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Engaging learner ski
 Engaging learner skills with real life tasks around their interests 
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Anonymous 12d
I agree eith you.
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Serge from Belgium
Serge from Belgium
I like the Dutch Agora learning method:
At Agora you can start working with your interests in search of your talents and ambitions from day one. You can use everything that is researching, developing or making in the world as a starting point and getting started under the guidance of your teacher. Boxes, tests, class schedules and homework exchanged for challenges, collaboration and coaching by teachers.
Therefor I hope to become one of the new coaches at the new innovatie school in Leuven "De Met" www.demetleuven.be (only in dutch)
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Josip, Croatia
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Josip, Croatia
Josip, Croatia
At my school, we have a whole week around our school day that we call "Talented students week". All of our students are included - we have STEM competitions, musical acts, photo exhibitions, small project where students become teachers and teacher student. They learn so much and work together on different tasks: organizing, planning events and working together to accomplish new goals and to learn from their colleagues.
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Otília Jorge 12d
In my school that week is called week " Out of the box".

sandra viana 12d
I think those activities are fantastic as students have the chance to really express themselves.

João Teixeira 12d
In my school, we do that with the "Professional Courses". It's so good to see them interested with the work they do.

Marina Molla 11d
What a great idea to boost students motivation and engagemend in the learning procedure and in school life!
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Aslı
Aslı
While teaching we should take mixed ability into consideration. It is important to consider each student's interest so we should choose different tasks for our lessons to make our students to use the language actively.
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Süheyla Yüksel 12d
I think it's agreat idea.
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Ivana, Croatia
Ivana, Croatia
My students like to show skills gained outside of classroom. At the end of each term, we organize a talent day where students present their skills and teach the rest of us things like origami, new dance moves, juggling, card tricks...
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Simona Mona 12d
Very interesting!

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Irena Peček, Croatia I find this really interesting. What a superb way to show one’s hidden talent!
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Edurne Andrés, Spain
Edurne Andrés, Spain
In English, every unit of the book is related to a topic: music, TV, etc. There are usually topics that draw our students´attention. Thanks to this, our students can become the protagonists if we take advantage of their knowledge about the topic and their own personal interests. That way, they will cooperate and they will feel important for us. Besides, debates about trending topics are always welcome. 
On the other hand, Project-Based Learning is also a good idea if we choose projects that connect well with our students. 

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Anonymous 12d
Totally agree with you.
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Nils / Germany
Nils / Germany
I'd like to do more eTwinning projects with my students where they have clear aims but the but the way to it should be open. 
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Elisabete Pires
Elisabete Pires
The Profile of Students for the 21st Century intents to clarifying the skills that young people who complete compulsory schooling should possess and presumes a correlation between formal and informal education. The development of this areas goes beyond the transmission of knowledge because they are connected with knowledge, skills and attitudes. 
Every day I try to develop projects and teach by the discovery that allow the student's full development in collaborative and cooperative work with his peers and teacher.
I have a few examples of teaching methods I prefer because I think students can learn more and better by using them:
e-Twinning due to the project-based learning and the exchange with other students in other countries. There are a lot of unexpected discoveries, but students learn a lot from these projects

ERASMUS+ because the trainees are able to perform activities in a informal way (drama, music, reading poetry sessions, danse,...)
SELF (based on CLIL) because I work in a cooperative and collaborative way with non linguistic subjects (science, history, geography, …) teachers
when olders students who are in high level teach their younger peers in low level. 
activities which the youngers students work with the olders to organize a common project. 
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sandra viana 12d
All you wrote is totally true and I really like how you work with your students.

MARIA LETIZIA ZOZI 12d
Letizia ZoziI agree with you

MARIA LETIZIA ZOZI 12d
Maria Letizia Zozi I experienced PBL method with great results. I think that non formal approach fosters self-driving skills in students
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Irena Peček, Croatia
Irena Peček, Croatia
Project-based learning is a great opportunity for students to expend and enhance their knowledge. They choose to create something that interests them, hopefully with the real-life value.
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Anonymous 12d
Sounds great!

Anonymous 12d
It is really good. I like it.
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Adina Geczi, Romania
Adina Geczi, Romania
My students love to learn in class but they have so much energy and their curiosity is so inspirational that I have to do something for them. Every week I give them projects with easy subjects so they can study at home and once a week we make sharing nature activities, by learning and playing outside.
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zekiyealan 10d
Hello, Adina! Nature is our precious teacher. When the students realize the power of the nature, they will learn a lot by exploring it indeed. I appreciate your nature activities.
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LAlitha India
LAlitha India
 I always preferred collaborative learning, where students involve themselves in a task, discuss, share their meaningful views and solve a problem or complete a task. This also brings about a radical change or shift from the teacher or topic centric to student centric and their skills are utilised. After completing the task asking them to involve in peer assessment and see if their goal is achieved. Thus we have a formal goal, and a non formal set up too. Since their informal skills like cooperation, team working is improved.
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Susana Carneiro, Portugal
Susana Carneiro, Portugal

In the discipline of Natural Science a connection to reality is an imperative. I do this mainly through the use of project based learning and a strong effort to deal with authentic challenges .Interdisciplinary work seems to me fundamental in this area. Through the evaluation by portfolio (digital in the seventh year) I look for the students to be part of their assessment and to celebrate conquers in their learnings and skills. I am now trying to build stronger differentiation and autonomy in the classroom, in which I hope the MOOC can help.
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Ana Santos, Portugal
Ana Santos, Portugal
I think it is very important to  link our subject with the real life, so the students become more engaged with their learning. 
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Dunja, Croatia
Dunja, Croatia
As primary school teacher I belive that different learning settings can really impact on my pupils and their better achievements in aquiring knowledge because
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Lucica, Romania
Lucica, Romania
Non-formal learning is very important because students want to learn more information and offer the flexibility and freedom to explore their interests.
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Anonymous 12d
I agree!
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Ivona, Croatia
Ivona, Croatia
I teach Maths at two schools where agriculture is something that my students are involved every day. They like animals, tractors and anything that include land. So, formal learning is not something that  it's working for them. We include lots of non-formal learning.  We go outside to measure some land, we calculate how much of some seeds do we need to sow etc. 
Teachers should include more non-formal learning because they could bring closer their subject to students and include students real life in school. They learn, but do not feel like learning but doing something useful and applicable in the everyday situation.
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dunja_matkovic 12d
Dear Ivona, I like your ideas and also agree with your opinion.

Susana Carneiro 12d
Maths really changes for the students when they find meaning in the numbers :)

hanife küçükgüldal 12d
It is a great idea!

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Irena Peček, Croatia Yes, I completely agree. I think we need to emphasize that learning can happen outside of classroom.

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Teresa, lisboa

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Teresa, Lisboa Its good
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How to include non-formal and informal learning
How to include non-formal and informal learning
I believe it's easier to include non-formal and informal learning in certain subjects. For example, in foreign languages classes units tend to focus on a topic: music, environment, sports, technology, advertising... Therefore, we can easily link students' interests and previous knowledge into the units. 

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I think it is necces
 I think it is neccessary that we somehow blur the sharp lines between these three types of learning. Formal learning mustn't be so strongly divided from informal and non-formal learning. With a lot of understanding and encouragement we teachers can work wonders.
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mehmet erçakır TR
mehmet erçakır TR
in primary education, students want to learn by the way of tangible learning especially math subjects. Also they question where they can use informations and how they can use them in their daily life. and they ask "why do we learn this?" so we organize curriculum to show students how and where they use informations that they learn at schools. curriculum must include real life scenarios . for exp; to teach money value, we can go to fruit and vegetable  bazaar for shopping with students. after that we can make fruit party. :)
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Anonymous 12d
good idea :)

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Anonymous 12d
I'm agree with you, real life adaptation is very logical
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José Teixeira, PT
José Teixeira, PT
Nowadays, students have access to lots of information through new technologies and social networks, it allows them to learn in different contexts. Students are feeling very bored inside classes, so it is urgent that schools create different learning environments where formal, non-formal and informal learning must be naturally linked in order to motivate students and engage them in school activities. 
I strongly believe that teachers have to invest more in non-formal situations to allow students to cooperate, enhance creativity and develop their soft skills. Engage them in projects and activities outside school are a good strategy to improve and empower student learning.


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Anonymous 12d
I totally agree. I'm interested. What activities do you use?

Sara, Spain 12d
I share your view. I think we all NEED to change the way we teach and include non-formal learning as an essential part of the formal learning environment.

Anonymous 12d
I like it. I use for teach trips with some questions. The students take pictures and after do works in classroom.
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Ana
Ana
I think that non-formal education is beneficial in a number of ways. Teachers should educate students to choose their own programme and projects that are important because they offer the youth the flexibility and freedom to explore their emerging interests. Involvement of our students in volunteering and eTwinnig is good way of incorporating formal, informal and non-formal learning.
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Vicky Gkrana 12d
Hi Ana!!!I find interesting your ideas!!!Students learn from their hobbies and interests...So teachers have to give them a chance to choose their projects, because this thing gives freedom and a motive to go on!!!
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Cinzia G. Fontanive
Cinzia G. Fontanive
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It is important to link the school activities with students'  everyday life , they need to understand that what we are doing at school can be used by them outside of it, it must be relevant to their life, so it is more motivating for them.
I try to choose real life tasks in teaching.
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Anonymous 12d
Hi, dear Cinzia! I find interesting your final suggestion. I would like to understand better what you mean for "choose real life tasks". Have a good day!

Anonymous 12d
I'm not Anonimo, but Angela, Italy.
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Angela, Italy
Angela, Italy

In the Italian school this fitting is, for example, in this aspect: activities performed outside, of educational  value,  give a school credit.
Now I can think of no other link types. 
Hi everybody!
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Gabi, Czech Republic
Gabi, Czech Republic
I am a Math teacher. I’d like to improve my lessons to use more technologies but the classical classroom is not enough. I do with my students games, quizzes and other activities and I’d like to take a part in a projects with my students. I'd like to provide my subject more interesting for students.
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zelia_nunes 12d
Mª Zelia NunesI agree. Bring non-formal learning like technologies, to the classroom, is a very good way to motivate the students.
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Maria Zélia Nunes - Portugal
Maria Zélia Nunes - Portugal
Learning by linking the different configurations requires rethinking teaching and, more than that, finding strategies and resources that amplify the results. A most students-centered teaching (group work/choreography production), the promotion and development of learning in autonomy, by choice of students' interests (some examples: swimming group;  gymnastics; games` referee) and the teachers` proximity to students will motivate and enable them to interconnect learning and life. 
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Ankica,Zagreb,Croatia
Ankica,Zagreb,Croatia
- The major advantage of these learning methods is to support the personal development of students, whether it is project days or other forms of learning
-The students develop social skills

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Anonymous 12d
CARLA: I agree. Open classes are a great chance to foster motivation and learning
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Sandra Mendes-Portugal
Sandra Mendes-Portugal
I think that the different learning settings could be more linked by dropping the traditional school model that we are used to follow. 
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Anonymous 12d
I agree with you. I think schools should incorporate inquiry learning strategies

Anonymous 12d
I agree with you. I think schools should incorporate inquiry learning strategies

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I agree with you.
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Maria Afonso, Portugal
Maria Afonso, Portugal
We are always learning!
Our knowledge grows with the interactions that we are constantly making with our formal, non-formal and informal learnings.
Nowadays, I think that we teachers are "softly killing" the meaning (and joy) of the word SCHOOL with our tradicional and formal education.
Today, knowledge is everywhere and it is really fast (a click away). I can search for any subject/ topic in my comfortable couch or my bed.
Students are feeling very bored inside classes.
It is urgent that there must be evolution in the concept of SCHOOL and TEACHER.
We are living a global word and society has changed, our students are changed. So, therefore, we must hurry up and create a new concept of school where formal, non-formal and informal learning must be naturally linked.

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Vicky Gkrana 12d
I agree

Vicky Gkrana 12d
I agree with you Maria!!!Teachers should be more energetic!!!We provide to students only formal education....Knowledge and knowledge again....They need motives, interests and involvement with the society in order to love school

Vicky Gkrana 12d
to learn with enthusiasm and an easily way!!!Also they need safety!!!

Susana Carneiro 12d
I strongly agree ! The problem we face is the hundred of topics to teach (not to learn, to teach!) and external evaluation builded to the standart, the general, the "googleable" memoristic knowledge and not the ability to solve complex problems
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I am a physical education teacher. I want my students to be more independent so in most of my classes they work in small groups where they can: choose what they want to practice or help their peers or evaluate and give feed-back. This is possible with images and lists support. They learn cooperatively and learn to practice the activities and games out of the class during recess. The playground is very important and can be used to practice and learn more physical activities.
I am a physical education teacher. I want my students to be more independent so in most of my classes they work in small groups where they can: choose what they want to practice or help their peers or evaluate and give feed-back. This is possible with images and lists support. They learn cooperatively and learn to practice the activities and games out of the class during recess. The playground is very important and can be used to practice and learn more physical activities.
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Anonymous 12d
I agree with you and think that this helps in building the confidence and abilities among the youth of today.
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Aleksandra
Aleksandra
Involvement of our students in eTwinning projects is a good way of linking all types of learning to our students as well as to us, teachers.
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Maria Afonso 12d
I do agree with you Aleksandra. Our learnings must be linked because knowledge is global.

Anonymous 12d
I agree with you.
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Tina, Croatia
Tina, Croatia

In teaching, I try to connect as often as possible all three types of learning. I start with  interests of children and then incorporate them into new content. In music it is sometimes possible because it moves from their personal musical preferences and then spreads to some other types of music that they are unfamiliar with. We do a presentation of the music that children play in front of other students and the presentation of musical bands or types of music. Unfortunately in the curriculum there is not much space for such an action. Even the new one is not inspirational becouse it was not thought broadly and wide. There are some afterclass activities where we can develop childrens interests but onli one hour a week. Sometimes we take students in the theaters, museums but that activities have to pay parents and it is difficult. We are trying to connest all three learning trails through project (musicals, history , geographic projects..)
That requires lot of energy from teachers and students. That bring lot of financial and "no time" problems. 
I am sorry about my bad English

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zelia_nunes 12d
I agree with you. These projects are very important for the learning process, but it means lots of work for the teachers, which, sometimes, is not recognized.

Anonymous 12d
You are doing great. You are trying hard for your pupils and I admire that. Good ideas. You also pointed out some of the problems that are occuring.
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Maria Giuseppina Giammetti ITALY
Maria Giuseppina Giammetti ITALY
Gamification, problem solving or PBL, to involve and to make children active is important but, at the first to use technologies in a targeted way. ICT s are not just tools but are the "bridge" that connects the formal learning world with the informal or non formal learning world. To use technologies to create situation only apparently informal is the better strategy. I often do digital activities and insert the link in a telegram channel for my students and their parents, so my pupils learn by gaming. Involving parents in  is important too...promoting challenge days and competitions between or with parents make learning teaching effective.
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Anonymous 12d
I agree with you and think it also helps in development of personal relationships not only among the youth but also among the adults.
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Cristina Santos
Cristina Santos
I'm a geography teacher and I try to link formal and non formal education with field work, students reality, new technologies and gamification because they fill more involved with knowledge and usually they go further than just with traditional methodologies. They love to see their reality as a start for new knowledge and how the non formal education can help them to understand the world. I think that formal education should be always a challenge, otherwise students don't feel motivated to learn and they should be able to see the connection of the knowledge to their reality, that's where non formal education is very important,also.
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Birlea Lucica 12d
I agree with you. It is very important informal and non-informal education because students like interactive lesson.
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Cândida Tavares, Portugal
Cândida Tavares, Portugal
I am a teacher of Portuguese Language and Literature. The truth is that most of the texts and literary works that we read and explored with students in class, even those of earlier literary periods, may be related in some way to current realities or to issues related to human nature ... Beginning by relate current realities to those dealt with in the studied texts,  make appeal to students' experiences and ask them to express their opinions on the topics dealt with, or to express their feelings, are always good ways to motivate them and make them  more able to make bridges between the literary universe and the true life. 

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Ana Teresa Gonçalves
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One way to learn English, for example, is to get students to take part in projects that allow them to speak their language with other colleagues abroad.

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Cristina Santos 13d
Hello Ana Teresa

Anonymous 13d
Maria Giuseppina Giammetti..I agree ...the student is active in the task of reality

sandrabn_13 12d
Hi Ana, I agree with you because students get to see that they learn and can use what they know to communicate with other students in english. Great example you gave. Sandra Mendes

Anonymous 10d
True. Educators (because we are learners too!) and students need to go outside the walls of their classroom, school and even country. Learning together and from each other is an enriching learning experience for all.
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Ayşegül POLAT/Turkey
Ayşegül POLAT/Turkey
Indeed i believe that all of the learning settings could be linked to each other. Each setting support one another.
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Anonymous 12d
I agree
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Yıldız Kara
Yıldız Kara
I think one of the way to integrate the formal and informal learning is to let students sometimes share their daily life experience in the classroom, in speaking activities , thus the teacher may find out the pupils way of learning style individually.

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sandrabn_13 12d
Sandra Mendes-Portugal Hi Yildiz. I agree with you on that, first because students feel they are being heard, also because it develops a positive relationship between us and the students and also students/students once others might connect with something that is being share. Sometimes what I do is: at the end of the class I save the last 10 minutes and allow students to share something negative and something positive about their week, they love it and we can find out what or how they will work better too in the classroom.
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Carla M, Portugal
Carla M, Portugal
Different learning  – formal, non-formal and informal settings- can be linked better if we base our teaching on projects and not to confine teaching and learning to the classroom. Educational systems promote formal learning, which follows syllabus that is measured by tests and exams, but we have to do more than that. Whenever I can, I provide my students the opportunity to participate in different projects like Erasmus, PEJ – European Youth Parliament), Volunteering and different activities like Field Trips, visiting museums… helping the students to be more active in his learning process, creating knowledge and developing learning skills.

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Sandra Gomes 13d
I agree with you...we should present students different activities outside the classroom where they can also learn without even realizing it at first

Sara, Spain 12d
I totally agree with you. However, I believe Educational Policies should be revised and include non-formal and informal learning. We do our best, but sometimes the curriculum doesn't allow us to include all the activities we would like.
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he three examples I prese
 he three examples I present were related to learning english as a foreign language. I searched i
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Rute Vieira, Portugal
Rute Vieira, Portugal

As I said earlier, it is more important than anything to foster interest and a taste for discovery among students. It is important to feed their curiosity and give them access to find the answers. Encourage them to discover, allow them to use, for example, the new technologies because nowadays they can find all the answers. During class, whenever possible, I make study visits so that they can see and compare all possible realities
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Anonymous 12d
Nice...I think it is very important to teach students how to find their own answers.
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Erkan ERDEN, Simav/TURKEY
Erkan ERDEN, Simav/TURKEY
I think hunger is very important. Your hunger begins with your search. Every quest develops the human to achieve the goal. He teaches things he doesn't know. If students are hungry for information, they find the information everywhere.
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Mara Machado, Portugal
Mara Machado, Portugal
Nowadays our students have access to more information mainly through new technologies, we live in a completely different era from the one where I was a student. But as a teacher I know that there is a need to change, and that the learning process must be student-centered, informal learning, create situations / activities that allow formal and informal learning to "merge" and endow the student who can put them into practice at the non-formal level.
So I think that study visits, exchanges, projects, problem solving is fundamental.
For my students, as I mentioned earlier, I carry out study visits related to the contents of the course, promote participation in national competitions in which there is a need to work as a team and with students of other years, and participate in activities of the school at the experimental / laboratory level on Science day.
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Anunciação Rocha 13d
Science day is an excellent opportunity to develop different skills in students, especially the socialization and communication skills!

rute_sofia 13d
Rute Vieira, Portugal In addition to having access to more ways to get to know (technologies, for example), today's students are also different from what we were ... they are much more curious and have "hunger" to know more! I also think that the design works are quite important because they allow us to go further.

vlatka_cus 10d
In order to awake curiosity in our students, we must know them well enough. So, we need to approach them in a proper way, to find out how they think and what really interests them. This can be complicated, especially in a class with lots of students.
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Fátima Ribeiro Portugal
Fátima Ribeiro Portugal
Students are more interested in technologies. That's why they like to see digital animations related to math. The classical classroom is not enough. At school there is a Club of which I am a part where students for example use board games, respond to challenges, do magic tricks do origami and other activities. This is a fun way to learn math.
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Anonymous 12d
Gabi: I am also a Math teacher and I agree that using technologies are very helpful for us and our students. However it’s the true that the classical classroom is not enough. I try also use games, quiz and other activities and I hope that it’s better for everyone. Good luck :-)
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Suncezgb, Croatia
Suncezgb, Croatia
Non-formal/ informal/ formal learning should be combined. ICT helps, but with exact purpose. 
Learning process shoud be interactive, dynamic,
include PBL, critical thinking, lifelong learning and training.  
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Ayşegül Polat That is the point, great :)

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it requires additional engagement of teachers
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ÖZDEN ARAR MERSİN TÜRKİYE
ÖZDEN ARAR MERSİN TÜRKİYE
It is very difficult for students to learn by listening only. They want to be more active. They want to use technology.
I care about my students' project-based learning. I encourage technology to use it correctly.
I encourage you to do research.
I'm interested in FCL. To prepare different learning environments within the classroom.
I think it's important to wonder. If a person is curious, he will know. This is indispensable for a child. If the student is directed to wonder something, he / she will learn the information. We, as teachers, should make our students wonder.
If the student is curious, formal informal or non-formal will definitely find a way and learn. My only goal is to train children who are curious.
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Anonymous 12d
ı agree..

Anonymous 12d
I'm agree with you, its hard to learn by listening only
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Reyhan, TURKEY
Reyhan, TURKEY
Different learning settings can be linked through tecnology and Project based Learning method. The topics of the projects should be sellected according to the experiences and interests of the students. 
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Anonymous 13d
Ayşegül POLAT I agree with you, it is inevitable to use technology in our classes.
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Yeşim, Anamur, Turkey
Yeşim, Anamur, Turkey
 
Ict is essential.Nowadays they are more intersted in technologies. They also read online books. So the classic classroom is not enough.They can find more resources on net.They can watch lesson videos at home and learn. Subject are all about life .Thus we need them to reach the real situations.Virtual reality may be used .My students like being out of class and games, songs, funny videos.I try to bring more joy in to my class.I want them to leave the class in happiness and of course with knowledge. 
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MARIA LETIZIA ZOZI 12d
Maria Letizia Zozi Great! I am searching for teaching/learning practices linked with desire. Our students could love learning!
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Clara Vitorino - Portugal
Clara Vitorino - Portugal
The three examples I present were related to learning english as a foreign language. I searched in real life, moovies and radio programs, the means to improve my capacity of understanding oral english, and of course, to perfectionate my pronounciation – this was a non formal way of learning in the place and time I chose. 
I teach portuguese as maternal language, literature and grammar. I think that it is possible to establish a relation between “theory” (literary texts) and students’ lifes. First of all many books have a movie adaptation and students may have already seen it or be interested in doing so. Then we can approach the literary work by asking them if they like the book or not and way and we can be flexible and give them the opportunity of bringing to class a book they read because they chose to. The most important thing is not devaluate this book even if it can’t be considered a good literary book. It doesn’t matter: the important thing is that the student shared it in class.
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Anonymous 13d
Hi, Clara! I agree with you. There is too much imposition in school in the teaching of Portuguese language and literature: lists of books, chosen by those who make the curricula, even when it is intended to encourage reading and increase the taste for reading. Letting a student choose the book they are going to present to the class is always more motivating. Even we, teachers, are hindered by curricula and goals, to choose, from time to time, the texts we most appreciate.
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Hayriye Senturk Turkey
Hayriye Senturk  Turkey
We add parents to learning, as parents take part in activities, including non-literate parents, who apply it at home.

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cmvitorino2 13d
Clara Vitorino - Portugal.Very interesting idea and suggestion.
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Antonija, Croatia
Antonija, Croatia
 We need to link formal and informal learning because it is the only way to motivate our students, and the lack of their motivation is the main problem in our education. We need to use a variety of activities where students have tasks that they need to complete, but also give them opportunities to have fun and in the same time, learn something new that can be relevant to their own life.
 

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Anonymous 13d
Hi Antonija! I agree with you. Establishing a link between the content of a course and the interests and prior knowledge of the students seems to be a good starting point for learning!

Cinzia 12d
I agree with you . It is important to link the school activities with students' everyday life , they need to understand that what we are doing at school can be used by them outside of it, it must be relevant to their life, so it is more motivating for them.
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Raquel Santiago, Portugal
Raquel Santiago, Portugal
I believe the best way students learn is if teachers connect the different types of learning as far as possible. I try to evoke their informal learning and interests - for example, students tell me the songs/videos they like and I choose an adequate one at home, and use it to consolidate what I'm teaching - for example - simple past - they retell the story they saw in the video clip; or If a student has travelled to London, for example, I ask them to speak about what they saw and learnt to the whole class.
I really think teachers have to invest in more non-formal situations, which lead students to cooperate with each other, resort to their creativity and develop their soft skills while still learning the syllabus. Working on projects, playing games and activities that go out of the normal school concept are ideal. This is the way to improve and empower student learning.This is what we are trying to do in Citizenship classes as well as English classes, using different resources and tools, like Padlet Blogs, Podcasts, and resorting to local institutions for collaboration. Still, classes are usually very big and the resources scarce, so we have to be inventive too.
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ÖZDEN ARAR 13d
I agree with you

yesim 13d
You are definitely right .When learning at school is combined with real life , the results will be more effective.

rute_sofia 13d
exactly, and we can still explore the songs they hear at home, in the car ... and from there work the vocabulary ... I usually explore the lyrics to develop the interpretation ...
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Celeste Simões, Portugal
Celeste Simões, Portugal
All aspects of live are interlinked, so there is no way learning can be restricted to one or another environment or setting. We, and our students, learn through all our actions, experiences, readings, interactions, trips, etc. If you pay attention to the world around you, you notice it is a direct gate to knowledge and learning. This is what I try to incorporate in my lessons, as much as I can: I take examples from real life to explain contents or grammar structures, I create projects to take my students outside the classroom – taking photos outside and creating photo stories, for example, taking them to study visits related to my subject, English, - developing national or international projects with other students… This way, students can combine all forms of learning and become more informed and autonomous.
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Elsa Ramos, Portugal
Elsa Ramos, Portugal
I try to link formal and non formal education .I developed several projects attending the curriculum, but at the same time I try to explore new skills, using new web tools. When I can, I dynamize field trips around the school, always in articulation with subjects and projects. 
I dynamize some European projects, like eTwinning, so my students are always learning in formal and non formal way. They met new cultures, they made their work, sharing knowlege
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Letizia Cherri 13d
I really love your way! I think it is the right way but I know it can be very hard and energy- and time-consuming. Great job, Elsa! Letizia

Anonymous 13d
This is definitely the right way to link formal and informal learning. It takes a lot of time, but I am sure that your students are very happy! Antonija

Sandrina Martins 12d
Students must be citizens of the world. Involvement with other students, other cultures and other perspectives is very enriching.
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Marialena,Greece
Marialena,Greece
To make chlildren feel connected to the material they learn we have to find a way of bringing kwoledge close to reality. 
To make this happen we should schedule inventory activities,  find opportunities to go outside of school,  arrange special events where kids can contribute their unique skills and preferences,  plan activities that dive kids the opportunity to express thmselves .   
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Raquel Santiago 13d
I like and agree with your ideas. Is it easy for you to put them to practise?
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Flora, Italy
Flora, Italy 
I try to give my pupils enough time and opportunities to just ask, try to guess, take their our life into the lesson. Some of them like to speak all the time, others prefer to take objects to school, to draw pictures  or to just wait for the teacher to involve them into a game or an activity. 
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Anonymous 13d
I agree with you. Every student is different so we often have to find the best way how to include them in the learning process.

Yıldız Kara 13d
it’s a good idea to make student feel himsef/ herself valued.I usually try it and always have a goid feedback
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Gulum, Izmir
Gulum, Izmir
Gamification is a great idea for children because through games the knowledge turns to life.
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yesim 13d
I agree with you .It doesn't matter how old are they like playing games.I tried Kahoot in class and learning was really fun. By the way my students are 17 years old.:)

Cristina Santos 13d
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Anita, Croatia
Anita, Croatia
All forms of learning have their own advantages, and I consider that formal learning can also improve the personal development of students. Because learning through the game is fun, but learning is not just a game. I find it very important to teach students how to acquire knowledge and competences in any form of learning.

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Jelena, Croatia
Jelena, Croatia
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Jelena, Cr
Jelena, Cr
 My students like to learn with the help of ICT technology. It is important to link formal and non-formal teaching. Students work on projects that are related to school themes but can also be used in life-long life. 
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Anonymous 12d
My students too, in spite they are primary students every activity is more attractive to them if I use the smartboard and different apps.
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Rui, Portugal
Rui, Portugal
I think that we, teachers, can provide some links with the day to day students life. For example, in History, we can talk about Human Rights, MIgrations, and they can share knowledges and experiences. In other way we can build some projects with I.C.T., Robotics, Programming, Music, Dance, Design and so ... 
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Laura, Italia
Laura, Italia
My 6 y.o. students learn better if you do a lot of connections between knowledges and subjects. Sometimes it’s difficult to know what are they informal and non formal ways of learning, so my collegues and I have to talk with them and their parents and then project the formal setting.
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FátimaM, Portugal
FátimaM, Portugal
 
We can provide students with meaningful knowledge if we know what their interests are and if we guide them through the process of finding meaningful answers. PBL is a good way to link formal and informal learning, allowing students to bring into the classroom their experiences and sharing them with others. 

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Raquel Santiago 13d
PBL is really a great solution. Still, I find that many of our schools are not well-equipped for this type of method. My school is quite old and we even have problems with internet connection.

reyhangndodu 13d
So true. PBL is a great method to link formal and informal learning if we choose the topics according to students interests. Students are more involved into the learning process. Besides, when they are presenting their projects, they improve their public speaking skills.
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Sandra V.
Sandra V.
I believe that the only combination of formal and non-formal education is the only key to success. There is a great deal of gamification in the educational process, but more and more I believe that learning does not have to be fun at all costs. It must make sense and be connected with real life situations. And as the great Socrates said - I know I do not know anything!
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Anonymous 13d
Sandra, I totally agree with you, learning have to be fun and educational and usable in real life.

Yıldız Kara 13d
Gamification always works in education
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Tena, Croatia
Tena, Croatia
I think that if we, as teachers, connect formal and non-formal, our students will be more interested in learning. We can  give them freedom to choose  some subjects to make a projects with theirs friends. That subjects do not have to be directly connected with school and they do not have to result with a grade. The question is whether they would be interested if  there is no rating.


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Anonymous 12d
Hello Tena! You can solve the assessment problem through formative gradeing. Self-assessment and peer-review would be ideal in your case.
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Eugénia Abreu - Portugal
Eugénia Abreu - Portugal
We never stop learning!
All of us learn different things in different moments and spaces of our lives. We learn when we’re at school, however we can’t forget all the learning opportunities that arise to learn outside the school’s context. All these experiences contribute to self-development.
Formal learning takes place at school, whereas non-formal learning happens according to organized initiatives that occur away from school and informal learning is everything that happens throughout life. There is a place for every learning opportunity and what is really important is the value of knowledge and not specifically where it comes from.
As teachers, we should provide students with different opportunities to learn and different paths to take so as to achieve success. Success depends not only from what is learnt inside a classroom but also from what is learnt from daily situations such as from chats with friends and family members and in all of these the mistakes we do are also fundamental in this complex process. Every time students try to make their dreams come true or achieve their goals, learning is taking place.
As teachers we ought to relate as much as possible what is taught to real life situations for that motivates students and stimulates passion in them, fundamental factors for learning effectively.
We have to help our students develop their critical thinking for every student is unique and there is no such thing as one form of learning.
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ÖZDEN ARAR 13d
congratulations I really like. we never stop learning.
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Đurđiuca, Croatia
Đurđiuca, Croatia
My students like learning with technology. They like problem solving and discussing. Formal and non-formal education prepare students for real life. According to students only formal learning is boring. My students often ask me how I would solve the problem. In our curiculum we plan projects for students  , but not enough. Students participate in projects because they like something new and different. They think education is important and prepares them for college and life. 

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Cristina Raposo, Portugal
Cristina Raposo, Portugal
I think it is fantastic to be able to reflect upon things that I have done/am doing and recognise that I am actually able to recognise these three different types of learning in my life and within my profession and of my practices.  
One of the things i had to deal with for the past ten years was the 90 minute length classes for pupils aged 12 to 15 years old. Impossible if you try to do it with formal learning only... so I learnt that to keep them interested and learning I would have to change my classes. I have introduced non formal learning "breaks" to my 90min formal class. Also sometimes I asked them to bring in (as homework) examples/answers/samples that they came across during their free time/weekends and also asked them to get their families and friends to help them with such tasks. The change in my pupils is proof that somewhat it has worked. They were always looking forward to my class, even though it was 90 min, at 17h40m on a thursday, after they had another 3x90min classes!!! 
For me it was quite a learning experience as I proved to myself that non-formal learning is as valid as formal, was able to deal with the lack of motivation/interest and tiredeness of my pupils and at the same time keep up with the curriculum. I was also looking forward to these classes!
So I think listening and watching the signs pupils give us, working in cooperation with them towards solving problems, give all of them the chance to say something, mixing the unexpected/different pupils may give us some answers on how, where and when we should look for the different learning settings. It might be in or out of school, in or out of class. But definitely any day of the week.
One quick word for the use of technologies and for the benefit of having pupils engaged in transnational and transdisciplinar projects, such as eTwinning and ERASMUS+ which are facilitators of such settings
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Madalena Figueiredo 13d
Congratulations. You make a very good work!

Rosa Barros 12d
Hi, Cristina! I love your strategies. I think I will try some in my future classes. Congratulations and keep up with the excellent work.
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Ezgi K.
Ezgi K. 
Children tend to learn when they wonder, when they need. I think formal education is killing this enthusiasm. As teachers we should use more informal and nonformal education learning settings. Nowadays the knowledge is in everywhere. Everybody can reach lessons that they want,they need.(MIT math lessons etc.) We should use more creative ways to keep students attention. I think we should change our syllabus like Norway. Students' needs are changing but teachers and slllabus are not. We can use STEAM more in our lessons. Maybe small groups help to find out their needs. New generation wants to learn by doing, by having fun.
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Anonymous 13d
FátimaM I agree with the need for students to wonder in order to learn more effectively. With the right question or challenge, we can make them “want” to learn.

Anonymous 13d
Flora I fully agree with your statement. We only need to listen to the children to know what they want to know and/or to experience.

cmvitorino2 13d
Clara Vitorino – Portugal I totally agree with Ezgi, wonder and experiencing new things is the best way to get the attention of students and make them want to learn. Teachers must develop their imagination and shouldn’t repeat or do only the activities the text book presents.

Ana Cristina Santos 12d
I agree with you. By doing the learning becomes more effective.

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Ecem, İzmir
Ecem, İzmir
 There is no doubt that students learn through both role modelling our actions, and listening to what we've said in the classroom. Learning takes place eveywhere in our lives. It is in our hands that make it fun or not. As teachers, our primary goal is not teach just school subjects to our students but prepare them in real life. So we should adopt real life situations in our classroom or make them watch videos or do experiments about real life. This way they know that tschool is not just for maths, hisory or other subjects. They start to think that they should learn something in order to keep pace with life and they start to motivate themselves. 
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Sanja E, Croatia
Sanja E, Croatia
I belive that combination of formal and nonformal learning increases interest and final results in my students. For me, for now, that is team work, projects in nature, quizes and games. I have notice that students like this and thus their knowledge is more lasting.
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Elsa Ramos 13d
Games are always a challenge for the students..and a nonformal way to learn..I use a lot..well done
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Olinda Martins, Portugal
Olinda Martins, Portugal
Different learning contexts create moments which enable students to relate what they learn with different areas. Formal education must develop students  autonomy and social skills too. Students should be more often involved in projects which give them  the opportunity of linking different subject areas with each other in order to complete the project they all need to relate the topic in a real life context and become a good example of nonformal learning. 
The Portuguese school system is mostly based on formal learning and we tend to organize our work and practice in order to achieve the best results in the tests and national exams. I think that sometimes teachers forget the essential: to engage our students and involve them in their own learning process. I consider that we must involve students in their learning process and so I give them the stage, i.e., I approach the subjects starting from their own experiences or views on the topic. I also use the web resources and the news and trends (famous people, music, shows, etc) to involve them in what´s going on around the world and in their own country/region. This way I can mingle the formal, nonformal and informal knowledge and achieve the goals. The 2.0 web tools are also very useful as they usually get more involved and feel proud of the final product. However, the number of students per class really affects the dynamic of the learning and projects development because some students are less active and need to be more monitored. 
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Sandra Gomes, Portugal
Sandra Gomes, Portugal
There's no question about the importance of these three different learning settings in the development/education of each individual.
It's almost inevitable that formal education is equal to all since it's based on a national curriculum. The other two - non-formal and informal - vary according to personal experiences, backgrounds, interests and so on.
Linking these three learning settings is not as easy task!... but it's something that we as teachers should try to implement if we want to motivate our students and make learning something meaningful.
Activities that allow students to share their interests, experiences... with each other are probably a way of bridging the gap between the different learning settings. And if you add a pinch of technology that will be even better!
Project work, voluntary programmes, Erasmus+, debates on current issues and field trips are just some examples of activities that can be carried out at school.
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Rosalba D'Amico 13d
I agree with you

Carla Marinho Lima 13d
I agree with you. Those projects are examples of how to motivate our students. The studentss loved the experience and learned a lot. They will never forget it and as a student said, "You increase your knowledge and most importantly, you grow as a person!”.
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Elena Quiles
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In my opinion, after this first module, I have realised that it is vital to connect formal, non-formal and informal learning to achieve real effective learning and to motivate our students to learn. Generally speaking, teachers only focus on formal learning environments, but students can also learn in contact with nature, in computer labs, in libraries, visiting museums, among others. We should take advantage of these learning spaces and use them to motivate our students and make learning more enjoyable and fruitful. Additionally, students should learn practical activities to solve real problems. It is extremely important that they see the use of what they are learning. 

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Ecem Akıntı 13d
Hi Elena, I like your point of view most! I agree with you that unfortunately we are in the classroom and give instructions about how they should do things, instead of that, we should show them and allow them to use their knowledge and do it. Maybe if possible, we can adopt real life situations in our classroom for example if we are in cooking unit, we can cook something in the classroom! This way, it will be easy for them to learn. Thank you.
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María Jesús Walías Spain
María Jesús Walías  Spain
I think flexible settings contribute to meet my students'requirements.
Therefore I get them engaged in project work, using 2.0 web tools and taking advantage of new methodologies like flipped learning. As I see it is a way to foster their curiosity and overcome time and place limits. 
Besides I work with blog to support all explanations given and for the same reason.They can have a glance at home and many times they have to check a tool to carry out their homework.
Finally I also recur to Ted discussions,  other videos and infographi
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Sandra Gomes 13d
Hi, María

Sandra Gomes 13d
María, I also use Ted Talks videos in my classes and students find them quite interesting. After reading your post I got curious to understand what a flipped classroom was and I think it can be something to consider doing with my students later on!
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Gonca Esendemir
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Different learning settings create a conext which enables students to relate what they learn with different area, like real life examples or other subjects. Gourp four projects of IB can be a good examples. To complete the project all of the settings must be designed by the students himself/herself in a group work which also teach autonomy, social skills and self dependency. Moreover the same project provide the opportunity of linking different subject areas with each other-,physics, biology and chemistry. since in order to complete the project they all need to relate the topic in a real life context, within a two months period, I guess group 4 project become a good example of nonformal learning. ın order to complete the project they need to be educated in a formal way, and most of the time they make chats about the progress in their project with their families and peers, so that combines informal education with the other two as well.
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Cláudia S. , Portugal
Cláudia S. , Portugal
The combination of these three types of learrning are necessary to empower our students learning and to make the learning significant for them. I think that we need to reflect the way we teach. Our school system is mostly based on formal learning and our practise reflects that. I think we (teachers) are too much worried about tests, exams, marks and to fulfill National Curriculum. And sometimes we forget the essential: to provide enjoyment and engagement to our students. So, we must "renew" or refresh" the way we convey knowledge in order to make learning more eficient and to help our students to develop lifelong learning skills. Our role as teachers is to prepare them to face life: to think, to be critical, to feel, to investigate... to be criative, be themselves and not only to prepare them for a test or an exam. So, we must keep in mind that informal learning and non-foraml learninga are also essential in the learning process of our students. Gradually, things are changing and we tend to view more flexibility and more projects in our schools. It's a really positive situation because our students get involved in the projects and it's a challenge for us and for them. But we are sure that the more they are involved and motivated, the more they learn and keep this learning. In my classes, I try to give space to informal and non-formal learning.  Last week I used the song happier to teach grammar and my students liked it. I tried to provide an enjoyable experience (listening to music) and made them  learn a key struture of the comparative and we also reviewed some irregular verbs in the simple past. 

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Rosalba D'Amico 13d
I'm glad to discover that teachers share the same challenges in every part of Europe. Society is changing but some teachers seem not to take these changes into account.

Ecem Akıntı 13d
Hello Claudia, I am strongly agree with you in every part of your reading. Additionally, we can also play educational games in the school garden! It will help them discover and learn permanently because they have fun! Thank you.

Sandra Gomes 13d
I totally agree with you... nowadays we should be worrying about developing the so-called soft skills in our students instead of only focusing on contents to be tested in national exams!

Anonymous 12d
In Croatia the national curriculum does not give me too much space for making changes. Englich teacher in my school make same small projects in classs like class songs ( they sing karaoke, and talk obout meaning , grammar...), writing small booklets for tourists about our city and its great history,...
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Students learn the things to get prepared for life.  If they don’t apply the learnin into their real life, they forget very soon. So do we. We  are supposed to create a context outside school in which  the pupils could use the knowledge  to do something or to produce an outcome. As the quote says ‘’ use or lose it’’  Conducting  projects and  creating  games ,establishing relatedness to  student life is crucially important. 


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Anonymous 13d
I completely agree with you

Josip Strija 12d
I couldn't agree more. But there is always a problem with teachers who don't think like this and just try to go through curriculum not thinking about the students' future.

Ayla Yeğnidemir 5d
I heartily agree
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Maria Rosaria Buono Italy
Maria Rosaria Buono Italy
I think that different learning settings give variety, choice and flexibility  to the students  and learning more interesting. My students, in my lessons , have formal and informal learning with  different activities  like debates and TED-ed club.
With these activities they develop life skill, critical reasoning and learn  peer work.
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Anonymous 13d
Hacer Turan TURKEY Group work and peer teaching is important in classrooms. For weak student students, it is chance to establish strong ties with friends. Students learn alot and feel resposible from one another . I would reccomend .. .

Maria Afonso 12d
I agree with you Maria Rosaria. Those activities are very good to prepare our students for life.
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Marco, Italy
Marco, Italy
Every day in my lesson I see that when I’m able to combine a typical formal learning with a non-formal learning, my students can be more reactive and pay more attention to the lesson.
Often I use project works and work simulations to improve the contribution and cooperative between students
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Anonymous 13d
Gonca Esendemir: It is always effective to make students active in the classroom environment. I am curious about one of your suggestions that enhance activeness of students which is work simulations. How do you use them?

Anonymous 13d
Games. I prepare a game for almost every subject I teach.
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Paula Cotter Cabral
Paula Cotter Cabral
Connecting all these ways of learning  are essential to complete the educational process. Besides that as the students interact with their own interests more they really learn through life.

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Maria Rosaria Buono 13d
These three ways of combined learning are the basis of their educational process.

Anonymous 13d
Gonca Esendemir: the more you increase the interest of students the more you reinforce their motivation, which enhances effectiveness of their learning. So I agree with the comment of yours that emphasize the importance of students to be in a context that lead them to interact with their interests.
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Sunčica, Croatia
Sunčica, Croatia
I think that with the collaboration of schools and other institutions and organizations we could make good links between formal/nonformal and informal learning. School projects or subject projects are a good media for making those links. For example, volunteering in an organization that is somehow connected to a school subject, or making a research in a technical or science museum... Or school/teacher organizing events with successful actors, engineers, salesperson, archeologist etc.
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Anonymous 13d
It's a matter of collaborating with entities
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Jasminka, Croatia
Jasminka, Croatia
It is important to work on the development of different skills and competencies, and not just knowledge. It is also important to guide the students towards lifelong learning. When designing activities for students, consideration should be given to current experience and competences. It is important to link formal and informal learning.
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paula 14d
Paula Cotter Cabral.I agree with the idea of giving students the tools to their lifelong learning. Skills and also knowledge and attitudes can play an important role in the development of students's identity and progress in life.
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Rute Vieira, Portugal
Rute Vieira, Portugal
The combination between the formal, informal and non-formal learning is very important because students can be more creative, autonomous and gain more skills.

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paula 13d
Paula Cotter Cabral - Creativity and autonomy are really important in the process of learning. So all these ways give students a different perspective of the purposes of learning.

Olinda Martins 13d
I totally agree with you. When students feel that what they´re learning connects to their real life or future prospects they feel more enthusiastic as it will be useful.
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Emília Baptista
Emília Baptista
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Motivation is very important in a learning process. In my example of formal learnig process, it was an option of mine to learn italian language. My motivation could be vanished for some reasons, but I kept having good results and I committed myself to develop what I learned. I read books and newspapers in Italian, looking forward for other ways to learn. 
I started to learn yoga by necessity and lack of other options in Díli. The lack of flexibility  and some health problems have led me to begin these classes. Formerly, I didn’t like yoga, it was too calm. Today, I like it and I keep practicing it and learning the technique by seeing the teacher and trying it myself.  I´m involved in a theater group. I appreciate this group, because I learn by seeing how others represent their roles and practicising myself. Once in a while, there's a correction or another on the part of the director. Of course it's an amateur group! 
It seems to me I prefer to learn informally: I like to put my hand in the dough. I love reading historical novels to learn history. I like to learn how to cook, asking people how to do it and then I try it. Suddenly, I want to make a sweater or a dress and I investigate everything that is magazine or Web page, or I want to build a blog or a page on the Internet and here I go to find out how it is done. Of course, sometimes it's important to have some help, but enough. I like to try and figure out how to do it. 
I can say that bringing to formal learning other ways of learning is very important. The teacher must present active and significant activities for students make their own experiences and discover how they can learn and collaborate among them. This is important for motivation to turn into commitment and for the student to develop skills and capacities that will help him throughout his life. Besides project work and technologies teachers can improve some work/projects in students community also. 


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Adeviye Alcıl Turkey
Adeviye Alcıl Turkey
technology is in every aspect of learning, so it should be taught to be a conscious user With twinning projects, children are able to learn both technology consciously and unintentionally with activities
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reyhangndodu 13d
I guess we can use tecnology as a linking device between formal and informal learning. We can use ELT games, e-books, and e-mail friends, online- activities and e-twinning projects for this purpose.
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HALİT DUYURUCU/TURKEY
HALİT DUYURUCU/TURKEY
we must always renew ourselves.use technology in our lessons

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Olinda Martins 13d
Technololy is definitely a big help making a bridge between formal learning and students´life outside school.
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Marta Martins, Portugal
Marta Martins, Portugal
The teacher must recognize that learning does not occur only in the classroom, but at all times, it must value and integrate non-formal and informal learning in the teaching-learning process. It has to abandon the model of industrial education to adopt the social model (multidisciplinary, differentiating, ...), that starts from the needs and interests of the students and that implies and involves them in an active way.
In this sense, as a teacher I should:
• to resort to student-centered pedagogic-didactic activities;
• using more active methodologies, such as Project Pedagogy (PBL) - starting from a problem situation and through the confluence of various disciplines and the articulation of different knowledge, implying the student to be the active and constructive subject of his own knowledge ;
• foster group work and peer work - collaborative learning;
• contextualize the contents to be taught, starting from situations, practical examples of their daily life, from a field trip; of a study visit, of a trip to a museum, ...;
• use day-to-day, manipulative material for the discovery and acquisition of concepts;
• use web 2.0 tools, use ICT, mobile technology;
• hold student assemblies that encourage problem analysis and presentation of resolution strategies;
• involve students in national and international projects such as Erasmus +.

This allows the students to be involved in a more motivating way, providing more meaningful learning and providing a greater sense to the student about what is learned.
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Jasminka Ostrički 14d
Jasminka, Croatia I agree totally with you, Marta. Students have to be motivated for learning using different ways and methods, not only in the school
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It is very important
 It is very important to link these three forms of learning.My students are 7-8 years old. They learn better if you do a lot of connections between knowledges (received from formal, non-formal or informal way.)
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Maria Rosaria Buono 13d
I thing it is necessary in particular at their age.
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João Nunes, Portugal
João Nunes, Portugal
I believe more and more students need to related what they learn at school / in class to the world that surrounds them. Simply listening to a teacher is not appealing, they want to understand how useful this knowledge may be in real life and they want to be able to build their own learning, preferably by using the technology that they have at their disposal nowadays. It is very important to bring this technology to the classroom, by showing videos, songs and other aspects of the real world, of the world they can identify as their own. Mobile technology can also be a strong asset in learning if it is used, for example, to research for data which is needed for the class. Also, projects can be a way for students to "leave" the classroom walls and connect to the surrounding community. Students will probably be more engaged and committed to their learning process. I think school should be a mixture of different learning environments that would lead to the different types of learning - formal, informal and nonformal. 
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Letizia Cherri 13d
Hi Joao, I totally agree with you that we need to update our schools, in Italy is exactly the same, and consider non-formal education a great asset to motivate our students. Good point!
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In my opinion the best results students will get by combining formal and informal learning. I teach geography, so if I want better learning outcomes students need to learn from they own experience. They need to see and think about changes which are going on in the world around them.

They need to be able answer the questions WHY, WHEN AND HOW... it is not possible only through formal learning. Students need to experienced things and then they can discuss or explain what is going on.

I encourage them to read newspapers, watch TV, search topics on internet related to lessons, make presentations, movies...

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Anonymous 14d
I agree with you, Ann. It´s important here giving some exemples of what we are already doing. Thank you.

Rute Vieira 14d
I agree. Students need to experiencie / see so that can understand the "WHY, WHEN, AND HOW".
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Ana Pereira, Portugal
Ana Pereira, Portugal
It's very important to combine formal and informal learning. We want our students to develop lifelong learning skills, we do not want them to be prepared to tests and exams. I think we must aproach the school subjects with some flexibility, introducing interactive activities, researches and pratical work. 

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Ana Perak 14d
I agree with you, we need to prepare children for life not for tests. In future they have to be able make decisions

Nicoleta Serban 14d
I agree with you.

Rute Vieira 14d
I agree! Nowadays is very that students develop “lifelong learning skills”.

Anonymous 14d
Sunčica, Croatia: I also agree with the concept of interactive activities helping combine different ways of learning.

Anonymous 13d
I agree that we best learn by doing
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Neslihan, İstanbul Although the education system in my country differs in various ways, I know that all children in the world are similar. Even if they grow up in different cultures and even show different forms of behavior. They want the same thing. To keep up with their time. And I think they're right. I will always try to do better for this. I would like to give a little more distance from formal education and give priority to non-formal education.
Neslihan, İstanbul Although the education system in my country differs in various ways, I know that all children in the world are similar. Even if they grow up in different cultures and even show different forms of behavior. They want the same thing. To keep up with their time. And I think they're right. I will always try to do better for this. I would like to give a little more distance from formal education and give priority to non-formal education.
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Anonymous 14d
I agree with you, Neslihan. All over the world children want to be happy and to learn. Motivation is very important in a learning process. It´s a very good way to improve projets and tecnologies in the classroom.
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Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy
Angelamaria Galderisi, Italy
In my opinion, in order to get a better learning outcome for students, teachers should melt the three ways of learning here studied: formal, non formal and informal learning. The starting point should be students' interests and preferences in order to link them to the official school topics and scheduling. Teaching methods and practices should be adapted to the project based learning because it is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge.

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Anonymous 12d
Hi AngeIamaria. I completely agree with you that teachrs should combine the 3 ways of learnig in order to prepare students for real life.

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 I have acquired knowledge in various types of learning. I think it is important for pupils to learn with pleasure combining formal and informal learning
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Anonymous 13d
I agree. When the students feel pleasure in a certain activity or task they learn more
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Nihan
Nihan
Combining different settings help ss to be more active and boost their creativity. I believe games and dramatization are essential in this case. 

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Anonymous 12d
Hi Nihan. I believe that wen teachers use the expressions to teach the children learn by doing and felling pleasure by doing.
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Paula Pereira, Portugal
Paula Pereira, Portugal
I love to combine formal and non-.formal learning, wheever it´s possible. Teaching and learning for me don´t make sense if students don´t feel envolved in what they are doing and leraning. I notice that they learn better if emottionally they are connected with what they are doing. Even their relationship with me is closer and pleasant. I like promoting project- based activities, Kahoot, quizzes, library activities,  activities with songs, penfriends and games. I also like to promote the activity "show and tell".
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Jasminka Ostrički 14d
Jasminka, Croatia You are right: Kids have to feel that they are important to you. We also can help them in a process of learning to go with them to different informal science institutions; zoo, nature centre, museum...
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TUĞBA DUYURUCU
TUĞBA DUYURUCU
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Students are always learning better when they are listening to songs, playing games.students should learn by doing, not by listening

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Tozzi Maria Elena 14d
I am agree with you

Anonymous 14d
Me too:)

Anonymous 14d
I agree

Anonymous 14d
Sunčica, Croatia: I also agree on that: we best learn by doing!

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Tena, Croatia: I totally agree with you!
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Maria Elena, Italy
Maria Elena, Italy
I teach my subjects in different way. In my own teaching experience  I use formal learning and informal learning for success at school. Infact my students learn fastly and easy educational objectives in our Curriculum. Very important are eTwinning projects.
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Anonymous 14d
I agree
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Inma, Spain
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Inma Negrete 14d
So far, my teaching experience have been based on formal learning rather then informal or non formal one..
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Rosalba - Ideas to better link the different learning settings
Rosalba - Ideas to better link the different learning settings 
In my own teaching experience but also focusing on my own learning experience, I've noticed that the more students are involved in real tasks, the better they learn. I've been  teaching English for 26 years and by the passing of time I've moved from a  curriculum-based approach to a student-based one, activating new digital Teaching strategies which are making classes more motivating not only by my students' point of view. It has not been easy, it requires a lot of time, but once you have experienced the positive feedback and your own enthusiasm , it's worth to go on, involve other collegues to create significative Teaching projects where students can learn by doing and teachers act as tutors and guides supporting the less skilled students. 'YES, I CAN" are the words I  continuously  repeat to myself!
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Marta Martins 14d
I agree.

Cláudia Santos 13d
Truly, to make our students empowerr their learning, it requires from us (teachers) a huge change in our school practise and as you write a lot of time. The model we are used to since ever is the model of formal learning but we can't forget the informal and the non-formal learning. The more the students get involved in their learning process the more they learn and they develop lifelong learning skills.

Đurđica Lucek 13d
I agree.
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Julijana.
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Sandra Vidovic 13d
Ou didn't say anything! :)
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Mine,Turkey
Mine,Turkey
I think, it is good to use  different strategies for different circumstances. etwinning and erasmus + projects 
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Anonymous 14d
Julijana, I share your opinion. eTwinning an Erasmus+ project change the direction of teaching That means a student become a center of education
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Esada Čirić-Delić
Esada Čirić-Delić
MY students have benefited most form mixing the formal and informal using the content and exploring it on various elearning platforms. Many kids have discovered passion for learning once they discovered fun in the process. 
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Anonymous 13d
FátimaM I also believe that fun must be a part of the process, games, quizzes or eLearning platforms are a great way to do it.
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Anabela Aguiar, Portugal
Anabela Aguiar, Portugal
In my opinion the best way to combine the different learning settings  ia through the participation in different kinds of projects on topics that meet the students' interests such as Bullying, Peer Pressure, Gender Equality, Sports and Environment Protection. 
These projects have better results if the students feel that they are involved in real communication and that their work will surpass the school's gates. Therefore Erasmus+ and Etwinning projects are an asset to motivate the students in the learning process.
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Anonymous 14d
especally erasmus+ projects combin all of them

Đurđica Lucek 13d
I agree.
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Mira, Croatia
Mira, Croatia
I think it is necessary to use all forms of learning. The best way to do this for me is the project teaching. I'm involved in different eTwinning projects where students learn using different sources of knowledge, research information and apply learned in everyday life. I often organize project activities for my class as I have noticed that such a way of learning is close and knowledge is more lasting.
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Ester Degennaro,Italy
Ester Degennaro,Italy
I firmly believe that the perfect combination of formal and non-formal learning can empower students' learning.  Students use web-based social technologies to obtain and share knowledge,   work in projects with their peers helps to strengthen their self-esteem, to confront themselves by getting involved personally.  Social networks,  if used productively and responsibly,  allow them to work collaboratively  and makes them more interactive .

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Mira Radović 14d
I agree with you. I do the same in a similar way.
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Laura, Romania
Laura, Romania
In the last 10 years, I have used in my teaching activities, one or another eLearning platform, both in and out of the classroom. Using this method, I can share content (text and video), distribute and evaluate quizzes and assignments.
The links between different types of learning has been acomplish, because when my students have to work on projects (based on day-by-day activity of our society), they have permanent learning support if need it, they can collaborate by working in small groups, can share oppinion, can receive feedback from the teacher and review the assignment on time.

In some student groups, I used gamification, which gave them a fantastic impulse, because they did not want to be left behind by other colleagues who, after completing a task, had gone to a higher level. I also offered badges for different student / group achievements. This enjoys and encourages them to maintain their status.
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ester 14d
Gamification surely increases motivation and engagement of learners.

Angelamaria Galderisi 14d
I really like gamification activities. I often use Kahoot with my students.

Anonymous 13d
I'm complete agree with your opinion

Cláudia Santos 13d
The gamification of learning really motivates the students and increases their enjoyment and engagement in learning. Through games, we (teachers) can capt their interest and challenge them to continue learning.

Anonymous 13d
Gulum, TurkeyBy the help of games , it is more life.
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Alina Romania
Alina Romania 
Students will learn in formal and nonfomal ways.
In an nonformal way they will collect information and learn from concreat situation
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Dilek Erdağ Bek
Dilek Erdağ Bek
This year my students have their own blogs to create their e-portfolios. They shoot videos in pairs and groups. They prepare posters. They share their ideas using pad let. They create animations. At first they didn’t like the idea. But when we watched their videos in the class, I could see how they enjoyed what they did. My school is a boarding school and when I was on duty there I realized that they really loved shooting videos together. It was a pleasure for them.  They shoot their videos in different environments : at school, in the dorm, in the garden, etc. Project based learning and exchange programmes are  the best ways to link learning settings better. Curriculum should be flexible enough to create various learning environments. We have e-Twinning projects. My students are eager to communicate in English outside the class. But they don’t have many opportunities. 
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Angelamaria Galderisi 14d
I agree that students have few opportunities to communicate in a foreign language outside the school.

Angelamaria Galderisi 14d
A solution could be an e-twinning project or a pen-pal friend for each student.
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Arlete Leitão, Portugal
Arlete Leitão, Portugal

The best way to motivate students is to let them bring the knowledge they have from their real lives about the content that is being learned. I usually start with a brainstorming to elicit ideas and vocabulary on a topic and, like that, I can see, somehow, what interests them. They become really “chatty” when they have that possibility.
I frequently use new technologies in the classroom. To learn a foreign language and to allow the language input with formal learning activities, my students watch videos, role-play short dialogues, play online games like kahoot and sometimes go to the computer room to solve  Socrative quizzes or do research work. 
But learning the language in real situations is always much more appealing: my students got really involved in speaking English when they participated in an eTwinning project and talked to their European partners via Skype. 
I think that as students learn better if they are emotionally involved and what they are doing is meaningful to them, the development of a project work, combined with the use of resourceful tools like web based social technologies, is a successful blend. This will involve students sharing their views on things that interest them and collaborating to find the answers to their questions or even to help solve a problem in the community.  Moreover, this will imply non formal learning situations: interviewing people outside school, visiting places in the community, getting and sharing information and even pointing out a solution or deciding what they themselves are going to do to be part of that solution.  Like this, they will be learning not only the contents of the subject but also the skills they need to be resourceful and responsible 21st century citizens involved in their own communities. 
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Patrizia Italy
Patrizia Italy
I think that the best connection between the different ways of learning can be achieved within project activities as close as possible to the reality experienced daily by students who can give their best as
1) They understand that formal learning is not far from what their life is
2) Understand that informal learning can help them achieve academic success
A big effort on the part of the teachers must be directed towards projects as much as possible developed with the use of new technologies
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Mira Radović 14d
I agree with you. I think this way of learning is correct.

anabelaguiarprof 14d
You are absolutely right Patrizia! This year my studnets are involved in a project of letter exchange with schools around the world and they are loving it because it gives them a sense of usefulness and they have 2the chance to express their opinion on topics that are close to their interests.
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 To me, the easiest way to link different learning settings is in fact, 
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António, Portugal
António, Portugal
In order to link all learning settings I think the best way is through project based learning, with a pinch of technology and a lot of autonomy and using mobile devices and other
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Anna Rosa - Italy
Anna Rosa - Italy
 
I agree, 
in order to lick the three different learning settings, it is necessary to use the Project based learning, the approach to the STEAM, and the connection to the network by using technologies and mobile devices. This can help students to understand that the three learning settings are integrated every day. 
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ADEVİYE ALCIL, AMASYA MÜFTÜ MEHMED TEVFİK ORTAOKULU 14d
ı agree with you Anna
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Birgül Ç.- Turkey
Birgül Ç.- Turkey

I think that different learning settings could be linked better and improving my students. In my opinion, formal education should be integrated with the nonformal and informal learning process in order to make the students active learners. Teachers can use project based learning methods, STEM based teaching methods and also enhance their lessons via technological applications such as simulations, Kahoot quizzes. As a teacher, we need to accept that these children are different than us and their learning processes are much different than us. We need to collaborate with them to empower their learning. 

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Anonymous 14d
You are absolutely right, they spend everything in a enormous speed.

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vlatka_cus 10d
I agree that we must accept that our students are different from us, especially in a way of perceiving and processing information. New technologies make huge amounts of information and new ways of learning available. It is up to us to encourage them to use new possibilities to acquire knowledge, in accordance with their interest and the school curriculum…The well designed project teaching can help with that.
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fatma avcı, Turkey
fatma avcı, Turkey 
learning consists of a combination of these three learning types. formal learning is inadequate.

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Mira Radović 14d
I agree with you.
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Yasemin Tekbaş, Kahta, Turkey
Yasemin Tekbaş, Kahta, Turkey
I believe that project-based learning very usefull. But I also have difficulty in group work. ecause students cannot work in harmony with their students. We need time to get the yield from these studies.
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Lalitha India,
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Every PBL 
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Lalitha India,
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Every PBL , must include all the three types of learning, Formal, NF and inf
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Anonymous 14d
I agree
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Lalitha India,
Lalitha India,
Every PBL , must include all the three types of learning, Formal, NF and informal. This needs clever planning by the teachers to spin the projects around three areas. Alternately, we could team them in to three categories and split the project accordingly amidst the students. This may work better since some students have the typical non formal way of learning, so, in a team they make a good group.
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Cecília, Portugal
Cecília, Portugal
The different learning configurations can be better linked to the students if the school has autonomy, curriculum flexibility and supporting partners, providing resources (Library, museums, transport, ...), which allow them to practice innovative and motivating techniques (projects, experiments, workshops, stop motion, meetings ...); that meet the interests of the students and enable them to give true meaning to their learning.
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Claudya, Romania
Claudya, Romania
It better works a mixed lesson with both formal and non-formal materials. Kids are involved, they like it and participate.
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Anonymous 14d
Julijana, Kids need a teacher to direct them into the process of learning
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Marina Stanojlović Mirčić
Marina Stanojlović Mirčić
We can involve parents in our projects with students, eventually other stakeholders (local companies, institutes, assosiations, municipality etc.
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Anonymous 8d
you are right but it is not possible all the time. it has also different disadvantages.
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Oğuz YAVUZ, TURKEY
Oğuz YAVUZ, TURKEY
Students feel more motivated and eager to learn and try new things when they see or feel the sense of interest and curiosity in them. Otherwise, most of learning process may not go further than standard efforts or trials. Whether you get the best result from the combination of these three learning types is mainly dependent on how well and interchangeably related them with one another. Learning is a dynamic process and ths should be pursued during the combination of these three learning types.
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Marta, Portugal
Marta, Portugal
To me, the easiest way to link different learning settings is in fact, developing and being part of projects both in the local community as well as internationally. I do believe this is an excellent way to get students more engaged in their own learning process and connect the building of their knowledge with their own realities. The more interactive and the more diverse the activities, a more strong and close is the relationship created between teachers and students.
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Oğuz YAVUZ, TURKEYSocial projects should always be carried out voluntarily. If so, they yield the very best results.

L.C. 14d
I agree with you, Marta. An important role should be played by technology, as it greatly facilitates the learning process, no matter what its type.

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Lejla Hujdur, B&H
Lejla Hujdur, B&H
I use edmodo in my class since 2013. and eTwinning since 2015. These are great ways to engage students and to make different settings for their learning. Using these tools I grow proffesionally too and learn nonformal and informal, too.
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Demet ÇETİN ÇAĞRICI- Turkey
Demet ÇETİN ÇAĞRICI- Turkey
I participate in various projects with my students. We also enrich our learning with various activities.
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Remzo Destovic, Serbia
Remzo Destovic, Serbia
Since 2017, I have used blog (blogger) to provide my students with support for Maths. I have uploaded a lot of video tutorials and I have given them some advice on how to solve problems. Since 2015, I have used eTwinning network. We have done a lot of eTwinning projects. Also, I have used online quizes, for example: Kahoot, Socrative, Mentimeter.. In my opinion, using combinations of web 2.0 is a good way to  animate students.
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Lejla Hujdur 15d
I agree with you. Combination of web 2.0 and old fashined way of teaching give the best results.
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Carla Moreira, Arcos de valdevez, Portugal
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In my opinion and through my experience, one of the best ways to promote formal, informal and non-formal learning is using project based learning. This way, students can be in charge of their own learning, at their own pace and using different learning settings. 

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Anonymous 15d
I completely agree with you Carla. Students need to be in command of their own learning. Marta from Portugal!
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CARMEN;León, Spain
CARMEN;León, Spain
As a teacher of languages , I find it very easy to connect formal and non-formal learning: formal learning takes place in the classroom every day; however, whenever we go abroad, we organize a trip or an exchange, it is the non-formal learning which is put into practice.It is not always cheap, though, but it usually works brilliantly and students love it.
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Lurdes Jesus 15d
I also think that exchange programmes are really effective.
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Iva, Croatia
Iva, Croatia
I think that eTwinning projects are great examplee of connecting all 3 ways of learning and students love them. 
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Lejla Hujdur 15d
I totally agree with you, Iva!

Mira Radović 14d
I agree with you. I think this way of learning is correct.

ADEVİYE ALCIL, AMASYA MÜFTÜ MEHMED TEVFİK ORTAOKULU 14d
I use twinning projects
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Lurdes, Portugal
Lurdes, Portugal
 
I think that one of the best ways of linking formal, non-formal and informal learning is participating in international projects. Unfortunately, from my experience, many colleagues at my school think these projects are not that worthy. 

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Anonymous 15d
eTwinning projects are od great value for students.

Demet ÇETİN ÇAĞRICI 15d
you have to show that it's worth to many people in school
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Fabiola, Italy
Fabiola, Italy
Effective learning comes from engaging experiences that touch our students' interests and minds. My students want to be involved in projects, activities where they find something related to their everyday life ... possible answers or something that tickles their curiosity. Project works help them learn how to collaborate, but what I find difficult sometimes is to help them appreciate the contribution of each member of the team.
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Sílvia Teixeira 15d
I Fabiola! I totally agree with you... If the knowledge is related to the realities and experiences that they best know, then they could feel more engaged for the learning process.
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Gönül Ekşi,Turkey
Gönül Ekşi,Turkey
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Mirela, Croatia
Mirela, Croatia
 
To connect formal and non formal can be easy if a teacher can take students outside of school to some trip or short visit to some institution where they can learn about the region/institution they visited. This is great way because entire class group can and probably will participate and teacher can include some elements of syllabus in it so students will learn barely noticing that they do. Project work is excellent but still there is a problem of inclusion of all students in it. In my school it is not obligatory so not all students are involved, making it obligatory would surely impact the results so I do not think that it would be a great idea. One of the possible ways of connecting formal and non formal learning is to give students assignements that are based on the formal curriculum and allow them to solve them in non formal surroundings - in groups outside school, doing their own research in their own time and way. 
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Ana Perak 14d
I agree, the best way to learn is from own experience but it is not always possible go with students outside. If not, I try to bring the world in my classroom by using tehnology
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Diana Pádua, Portugal
Diana Pádua, Portugal
 There are many ways to combine formal, non-formal and informal learning, such as through project works, study trips, projects like eTwinning and Erasmus+… 
As for my students, the younger ones (8-10 Year-olds), I use different activities and strategies, which I think link different learning settings: when I teach vocabulary on the topic “Autumn”, I ask them to go to the park with their families and look for leaves (differnt colours), chestnuts, acorns and pay attention to trees and bring some of these things to school; other times I take them to the park (one of the schools is next to the park) and we explore it there; with the topic “Family”, I ask them to find out about their families and bring pictures of their family members and then we create a family tree in class, followed by a “show and tell” on the topic; I use role-plays and another activity is “English Tea!”, where students are invited to drink tea and eat scones. Festivities are always a good chance to combine the different learning settings: a Halloween parade or a pumpkin contest; exchanging Christmas Cards; organising na Easter egg hunt in the playground or a Pancake race. 
As for the older Ss, I use different strategies, I try to get to know them well and what their interests are and I try to connect the topics with their interests. I use songs a lot and we discuss their interests and attitudes towards music. I use technology and promote activities where they use their mobile phones (playing games like kahoot) and try to promote collaborative learning. This year, I asked my Ss to create a Padlet where they were supposed to share useful sites, links, APPS or resources to learn and practise English online. 

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Sílvia Teixeira 15d
Hi Diana! I think your ideas are absolutely brilliant. It´s a great way to engage students in the learning process.

Diana Padua 15d
Thanks for your feedback, Sílvia

ester 14d
Erasmus plus and eTwinning projects are perfect to create interesting learning environments.
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Benedetta, Italy
Benedetta, Italy
 
Working on projects: students work in group, at home, using different resourses, for example Internet platforms, to exchange opinions,… 
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Demet ÇETİN ÇAĞRICI 15d
nice idea if everyone has internet

Mira Radović 14d
I agree with you. The Internet is not always necessary, I work with younger children and I try to give them tasks of an age not always involving ICT.
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Žaklina,Croatia
Žaklina,Croatia
I thimk that students need to work in small group, support with Youtube videos.My students use technology and the Internet.
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Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil 
I always was very curious since I was a little girl and I always thought of different things, I built my toys because my family did not have conditions and I remember once having made a kitchen and the water spout and everyone was curious how I got and without knowing it was already using the lever system.
I try to make the student have a new look, that he can create and discover that he is able
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Montsse, Spain.
Montsse, Spain.
I think everybody who takes part in this project, we are teachers who involve in our job a lot. We worry about our students and our way of teaching.
This means that we are looking for different methods to reach our students achieve their goals. For it, we use new ways to teach using all resources that we can provide them. 
Then, we may use formal, no-formal or even informal learning. In my case, I try offer to my students everyday things relating to the unit of my subject. My main objective is to make them understand what they study in school is useful in real life and how they can learn in different ways.


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L.C. 14d
I share the same opinion. If students do not see the applicative part of what they learn, they will soon forget the theoretical part. I think it would be a great achievement for teachers to build a website that contains such examples for all the elements included in the curricula of our countries.
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İLKNUR GÖZERİ
İLKNUR GÖZERİ
According to my viewpoint,now that non-formal education is the corresponding point of formal and informal education,it is better to combine the three education types by International eTwinning and Erasmus Projects.Students can learn structured information from books and have certificates at school by  Formal Education.They can search for information from different resources as internet individually or in collobarative groups at flexible circumstances for Project intention with more motivation and active participation by Non-formal education.They can practise the information they searched from Non-formal Education and learned from Formal Education of school in theır every day lives.They can use the information they gained from books of Formal Education and web tools of Non-formal Education on theır daily lives by sharing theır social experiences.
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Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal
Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal
Help students to create synergies between their learning in different learning settings requires a reconsideration of schools and teachers’ roles.  We need to go out of a normal school concept. First of all, we should to empower children and young people by listening to them, looking for their opinions about their own learning processes. They need to feel engaged and being part of the all process. As experts, we should take advantage of student learning results from non-formal and informal learning. If the knowledge is related to the realities and experiences that they best know, then they could feel more engaged for the learning process. It is important to expand the curriculum to the local territory, promoting project work at school and the use of different school resources to meet students’ interests (laboratories, libraries, clubs, computer labs, radio, film…). Most of all, we need to encourage them to learning to learn, that is something that can help them map their skills and knowledge, help define themselves as a citizen.
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Birgul Celikler 14d
Birgül Çelikler Your post is the total reflection of my idea. I totally agree with u!

Sílvia Teixeira 14d
Thanks for your feedback 😉!
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Leticia Gil. Spain
Leticia Gil. Spain
 The learning by project based learning and the game by corners allows the students to be motivating and to learn in a playful way. Being able to relate and play with your classmates improves the teaching-learning process by feeling more motivated 
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sandrabn_13 12d
Sandra Mendes-Portugal Hi Leticia, I agree with your strategies, once I teach primary kids aged, they also love learning through games and project based themes, everything that can be practical and requires time for them to play and mingle among them towards some project is awesome, that way they are learning in a meaningful way and it is a great example of non formal learning. I usually take advantage of celebrations like halloween/christmas/er even at the end of units for them to work together and come up with projects that can go to the school exhibition in the library or somewhere else, they love it and see their work appreciated.
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Susana Peixoto
Susana Peixoto
I think a project-based learning can be a wonderful opportunity for students to combine formal and informal learning as they have the chance to be active in the process of learning and learn about real life issues. Nevertheless it's very important we allow them to choose a theme they like or feel curious about . I also like to participate in Erasmus projects since they allow students to get to know different cultures and perspectives about daily life issues. Students develop not only scientific and cultural knowledge but also social skills.
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Anonymous 14d
Hi Susana! I totally agree with you when you say students should choose the theme of the projects. This way they feel more envolved in the process of learning, they feel that they are an active part of their learning. By watching previous videos, I noticed that learners complain about feeling outsiders, so by having the opportunity to choose a theme, they won´t feel "strangers" anymore. Paula Pereira, Portugal

Anonymous 14d
Thank you Paula for your comment! :-) Susana Peixoto
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Hélia Henriques, Portugal
Hélia Henriques, Portugal
In English lessons the focus is always on communication (listening, speaking, reading, writing) and it is rather easy to start from topics or activities they enjoy. Most of them prefer images and sounds to books and pens. So it usually works well if they choose a favourite song to explore, or their favourite computer game to talk about. We can personalise the grammar presentations with students' names or favourite activities or even funny sentences. Board or card games, or even interactive games are also very motivating. Writing dialogues about daily situations and then having a role-play; or using their smartphones to produce small videos in English or to take pictures to build a story; these are catchy activities . But sometimes I still feel that I am not doing enough...
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Amelia De Chiara, Italy
Amelia De Chiara, Italy
I think that a Project based learning can be useful: it starts from an engaging real problem and it involves groups of students that work together on scaffolded materials, share their daily experiences, make decisions,  realize a product...
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Lurdes Jesus 15d
I totally agree with you, although project based learning always requires a lot of work from teachers

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Suncezgb, Croatia PBL engages students to solve problems, to think about the solutions...
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Emiliana Rufo, Italy
Emiliana Rufo, Italy
I try to use several methods in my lessons to engage students' attention and interests. Even if teenagers have knowledge in a pocket (on their smartphone) most of the times they don't use devices and new media to improve their education. That's a pity! I try to  improve my students' formal and non-formal learning at school by creating activities based on Collaborative Learning and Project-based approach, but I'm trying to encourage them to develop their informal learning outside school by using nowadays means of communication, too.
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Birgul Celikler 14d
Birgül Çelikler---I totally agree with u!

anabelaguiarprof 14d
You are so right Emiliana! This year we are exchanging letters with several countries around the worl and it is really amazing how involved they are because they are involved in real life communication and are able to talk about their interests and express their personal opinion on several topics,

Anonymous 14d
It's very important to make students aware of what they can do and how to use technology effectively.
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Fabiola
Fabiola
I think that students need to work in small groups where they can interac with their friends to overcome their difficulties.

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padame 15d
They can learn from each other

Anonymous 14d
Ana Pereira, Portugal I also believe in group work and in the benefits of collaborative work. In addition to the contents the students can learn from each other, I think we all like to give the best of ourselves when working with others.
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Raquel Martins
Raquel Martins
The best way to learn is to combine in a balanced way the three learning with activities, challenges and contextualized information.
Each student learns at their own pace and need and also learns from others anywhere, anytime, and with many different people.
But this has to be very timely because the curriculum we have for each discipline is very extensive. Unfortunately we are always running out of time and there is not much openness of the educational system to get out of the curriculum.
As for the students we have, over 100 students, with very different interests, inside classrooms, it becomes complicated to manage all learning. It would be necessary to create spaces so that they would, of their own free will, seek support for teachers, following their own interests.

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Emiliana Rufo 15d
I agree with you. I think schools and teachers must provide students support in their learning by giving examples and experiences on how to build their cultural history. Teachers must go out of the curriculum!
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Gülşen Korucu/Turkey
Gülşen Korucu/Turkey
I would rather run etwinning projects ,social and global projects , I always do cooperative and digital activities to creat a flexible and friendly classroom atmosphere.I try to empathy and behave both their teacher and their friend to share their feelings and adapt the tasks well.I love students and taking selfies and doing projects with them , when they feel your sincerity , everything is easier and perfect!
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eksigonul 15d
They can learn from each other
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rcarpinterob
rcarpinterob
I like going to linguistic immersion or exchange programs because students learn a lot and almost unconsciously when they interact with other students in a different language.
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Eduarda Sousa
Eduarda Sousa
I love interacting with my students and I often use social network to engage in a mixture of formal-informal teaching. I also believe that by taking part in school clubs (which are not compulsory) students can learn a lot specially when it comes to social skills. 
Projects are also a great tool for implementing a more flexible yet motivating learning.
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Anonymous 15d
I agree with you , projects are good alternatives to engage the students with the activities through learning process

Anonymous 15d
The projects are very good for student learning but there are no physical and mental spaces for this to happen in our educational system. Raquel Martins

Demet ÇETİN ÇAĞRICI 15d
I agree with you..

Raquel Santiago 13d
You have great ideas! You're probably connected to your students too!
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Snezhana, Bulgaria
Snezhana, Bulgaria
I think that there are quite a lot of ways in which teachers could link different learning settings together: by using project-based learning, doing research and report tasks /short-term taskss in which students are required to use their mobile devices/, web quests on topics expanding on the curricular contents, etc. But what I find really efficient are the  Erasmus +  and especially eTwinning projects. Both of these offer opportunities to choose a topic / subject which is interesting to part of the teachers and students.  Although, guidelines, deadlines and certain plans have to be followed, such projects provoke both types of participants to build up on the basic knowledge, broaden their knowledge and increase their motivation. And while Erasmus+ project needs to be approved in a rough competition, eTwinning projects require a few teachers' effort and willingness and some motivated students looking for challenges, extra  knowledge, new experience and skills.

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Anonymous 15d
yeah, etwinning is really nice to make our students collaborate &interact with their peers and also teach them be self disiplined and PBL in earlier years in education.

Anonymous 15d
Students love eTwinning projects and I think they a precious way od learning.

Margarida Magalhaes 15d
I like to say and think that it is projects like Erasmus + that help to avoid wars. The unknown fears, this type of projects shows that the unknown can be a person like us. It would be interesting to discuss with the students participating in the program how much they have learned about dealing with different people, how much they have learned to look at the world through the eyes of others.

Anonymous 15d
Excellent ideas!!!
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Olívia
Olívia
I like to take the students to the library and I sometimes prepare cooperative activities with other teachers.

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Kate, Croatia
Kate, Croatia
 
When I was teaching croatian language and literature in high school, a final exam was getting close and I wanted to repeat all we did regarding literature so I divided my class in two groups and moderated a discussion in which all students had to argument their statements as if they were the real characters from books. It was very fun and the kids were excited and even though the final exam wasn't briliant, I noticed a large number of them started reading literature for school more regularly which was also a big progress. 

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Anonymous 15d
I tink this idea is absolutely brilliant. It´s a great way to engage students in the learning process.

anabelaguiarprof 14d
What a great idea Kate! I'm a teacher librarian and am always looking for innovate ways to motivate students to read, thank you! Anabela Aguiar
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SandraDeSousa
SandraDeSousa
The formal education is characterized by being highly formatted, in schools, where the student must follow
a legally defined program.
Non-formal education, outside the formal school structure, is all the learning provided by other institutions (courses, museums, fairs, colloquiums, meetings, workshops, etc.), which are also organized as public teaching, sometimes less formal and more playful and motivating.
Informal education is the most spontaneous, resulting from our daily lives, from our experiences with others and from the daily situations that life provides and / or forces us to.
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Kate Mihaljević 15d
I also agree informal education is the most spontaneous and that the formal one highly formatted, but I must add that both of them, including nonformal learning are all relevant for proper students education.

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Alina Romania
Alina Romania 
It is good to use formal and nonformal learn. We can involve students in a lot of nonformal activities: as plays, games, visits, trips, travel, learning in nature , museum 
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Anonymous 15d
I was thinking about these activities. I would also add taking part in school clubs

Eduarda Maria Sousa 15d
I believe theses to be a great ideas as well as school clubs.
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Alexandra - Germany
Alexandra - Germany
I like to work with my students in an creative way, using all rooms in school also like visiting different places outside. E.g. I introduced students in lyrics. For little students linguistic means ar e not easy to use ... so you have to introduce them in this but in the next step they have to do it by themselve. So they are e.g. painting linguistic phrases and connecting them to their daily life, e.g. producing a film ore fotostory with digital media
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Josip Strija 12d
Great ideas! It's always important to let them use their creativity.
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Sabine - Brussels- Belgium
Sabine - Brussels- Belgium
When I was a secondary school manager, I helped my team to teach through projects. For example, the students of 5th and 6th grades (17-18 years old) had to prepare the ceremony of the commemoration of the 1918 armistice: they had to organise the ceremony, to prepare the texts they would read, the music that would be played, the reception of the guests. Every year it was a wonderful moment for the whole school!
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Kate Mihaljević 15d
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Kate Mihaljević 15d
Kate, Croatia: Great! I like how you let them choose the songs and texts for the ceremony and in that way included their own interests for something that can often be dull for children their age.
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Nazmiye, Istanbul
Nazmiye, Istanbul 
I spend a lot of time with my students outside my school and I think they have contributed positively to their learning. Our daily conversations about different topics from planning also teach me and my students new things at any moment.
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Anonymous 15d
Spending time with our students make a great contribution in learning &teachinh process positely, If students have a contracrion with us , they feel happier and more motivated in our lesson

Eduarda Maria Sousa 15d
That is so great, spending time with students outside school. I truly believe that relationships become easier; their behaviour is far more controlled as they look at us as "normal" human beings with actual lives.
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Ceyda. Trabzon/Turkey
Ceyda. Trabzon/Turkey
I'm a pre-school teacher. I can do this with the best e-twinning projects. I teach the subject at school. We do various activities on the subject. (Formal)

Support with Youtube videos. We use technology and the Internet. (İnformal)

I want them to do a project with their parents after school. (Non-Formal)
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Anonymous 15d
Montsse, Spain. Thank you for your explanation. It is very clear, simple and useful. I love it!!
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Patrícia Campos, Portugal
Patrícia Campos, Portugal
I think some of the strategies I use in my classes can contribute to build bridges between formal, informal and non-formal learning, for example when:
- using materials they use daily to develop scientific concepts, such as spaghetti, cookies, rubber, pencil, gum and many others;
- using examples with whom they can relate to;
- asking them what they know about a subject and use that as a starting point;
- using quizzes or card games to asses their work;
-  planning projects that involve using of ICT and presentation;
- visiting places they already know (for example the school gardens) but asking them to relate what they see with what they learn in class.


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STANLEY
STANLEY
Outside the class pupils engage in small business transactions of  either buying or selling.In a lesson on profit and loss,practical sessions will be held for pupils to demonstrate the transactions the do on trading.A mini supermarket will be set up and pupils will take turns to bargain and sell at either a profit  or a loss.
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Ceyda DEMIR 15d
They will gain experience with life skills. Good idea. Congratulations.
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Anda Laura Silea, Romania
Anda Laura Silea, Romania
I teach Romanian Literature in middle and highschool level. I try to link the formal curriculam to the nonformal activities, like the elements of media literacy, debate or ITC technics. I like to make my students understand that literature and ITC make a good connection and that media literacy could help them to better understand the literary message.
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João Teixeira 12d
I think it's a very good idea to teach literature.
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Cristina Elena Voicu/Romania
Cristina Elena Voicu/Romania
I teach history and geography in middle school. I try to link the formal curriculum with informal and non-formal activities. For example, volcanoes - I explain them the theoretical part of an eruption but students also build volcanoes (with their parents or with their classmates outdoor, using various types of materials - paper, plastic bottles, baking soda etc.). Students use camera to record the experiments, take photos... 


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andasilea1980 15d
Interesting idea. Using STEM experiments helps better understanding the theoretical content.
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Marina, Croatia
Marina, Croatia
I'm a Math teacher and as most of you can assume a large number of students do not like my subject :) . 

Therefore, my work is increasingly challenging. Everyday I introduce new things to children. We start the lesson with the story, the concepts of real life, and apply them to the given lesson. Students are much more responsive to such things. Sometimes they get the job of looking at the next lesson (when I know they will understand the content) and present themselves at the next hour. Such a challenge is especially delicate.

Math is something that we use every day in almost every situation, so one student's happiness when he ralized something is better then none.
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Ceyda DEMIR 15d
Congratulations, good work. So mathematics is a difficult course in many parts of the world. I see on social media that there are many mathematics teachers doing eTwinning projects. They use technology, learn games and do project work.

Anonymous 15d
I think we need creative Mathematics teachers like you because you relate the information given from Formal Education of schools and digital information gained from flexible resources of Non-formal Education to practical information of Informal Education used at every day life situations.That's what motivates the students.(İlknur Gözeri)
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I can link the settings in many different ways. I teach different subjects using formal, non-formal and informal learnings. I teach maths at class and I also go shopping with my students at the supermarket nearby to use money by themselves. I teach Portuguese and they write a news to the local newsletter. Students use the radio school to read news and announcements written at the Portuguese class
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Anunciação, Portugal
Anunciação, Portugal
Any of these types of learning, viewed in isolation, is reductive in the construction of knowledge. Effective articulation between all strands is necessary so that the knowledge built can be meaningful. The formal learning carried out in the classroom should, whenever possible, meet the needs and interests of the student, his / her previous knowledge, in order to awaken the desire to know more, to research, to intervene.
To approach a particular concept / process, in addition to formal learning, my students like to play kahoot, field trips, watching films or documentaries.
As they are very active students, they like to get involved in the organization of this type of activities and their motivation is most significant.
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dilekerdag 14d
Agree with you. Students' being active is really important.
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Gülistan
Gülistan
ı am ateacher a primary school 4th grade. ı am willing to participate in all activities I provıde.But I think ı sholuld more effort inti linking formal learning and the informal ona, by using more ITC. project work and opportunities like e-twinning 
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Anonymous 15d
What a useful idea from you to combine the three types of Education by eTwinning Projects Dear Teacher! (İlknur Gözeri)
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Sylwia, Poland
Sylwia, Poland 
I and my students did the project about my local cultural heritage related to lesson about places around my town (English lesson) . we went by bikes around our local places, taking photos. In addition we had library lesson with the doctor of history who told us more about history of our local places. Different place(library, not school), different way of learning (bikes, photos, fun, making notes)- it makes sense of learning.
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Anonymous 14d
Hi! Sylwia!! It seems great!!! I would love to try a project like you describe. Paula Pereira, Portugal
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Seçil from Turkey
Seçil from Turkey
After nearly 15 years' teaching experience, I can say that the readiness of the group rather than the number of the group is much more important.Because      I thought it would be better to work with a small group while working with nearly 35 students. Now I am working with 15 students and it is worse.Because teaching them is like a nightmare as they don't have a background about English even if they are 13 years old.
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Teresa Paula Cândido 15d
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Teresa Paula Cândido 15d
Teresa Cândido.I agree with you. In fact teachers always complain about the number of students but when students want to learn it's possible to do a good job with big classes, eventhough I believe we could do even better if they were less. On the opposite when you have small classes but no interest at all activities rarely succeed and the results do not get better. Anyway I think the number of students per class should be around 20 so that we could do more speaking activities and interactive games.

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Sabine - Brussels

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As you have a small group, you could try to start an eTwinning project with them, with another classroom somewhere in Europe
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Marina
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As a geography teacher I  often combine formal and nonformal learning through different and interesting projects that includes, not only geography knowledge, also ICT, music, sport, history and children love them very much. But Kahoot is No.1! :)
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Anonymous 15d
I love using kahoot and students too but the internet in schools is very slow still. Raquel Martins

Anonymous 15d
Thank you very much; I had never heard about this Kahoot before but it looks fun; I'm going to try it!

ester 14d
Yes, I agree with you. Do you know Plickers
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Isabel Carioca
Isabel Carioca
Portugal
I can link the settings in many different ways. I teach different subjects using formal, non-formal and informal learnings. I teach maths at class and I also go shopping with my students at the supermarket nearby to use money by themselves. I teach Portuguese and they write a news to the local newsletter. Students use the radio school to read news and announcements written at the Portuguese class 
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Margarida Magalhaes 15d
I like your ideas because they relate what your students learn to their reality and that is extremely helpful and motivating. What I can suggest (and maybe you already do) is that in a second phase you can discuss with the students what they actually learned. Try to bring some conscious recognition to the students of the learning process through which they have passed.

Anonymous 15d
I really like the idea to go shoping with them or something like that. Thank you!
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Helen, GreeceWe
 Helen, Greece
We are inspired by the events that are experienced dialy in our daily life. 
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padame 15d
Good idea
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İSHAK KURT
İSHAK KURT
We are inspired by the events that are experienced daily in our daily life. You're going to link the problem with everyday life through concept maps or mind maps. For example, we look at air pollution outside of school by finding a material or air affected by air pollution.
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Anonymous 15d
Your idea of creating mind and concept maps for avoiding air pollution is very useful.
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Clara, Italy
Clara, Italy
I notice that my students are more proficient if the setting of the class is not the same everyday. They need to move themselves phisically. and above all, they want to be involved in the organization of the activities. That's why I'm starting to explore etwinning projects. I think that the opportunity to create specific projects for and with students is already a good method. Furthermore, if all of that is linked to the concrete opportunity to share ideas and work with partners from other schools is very motivating for students and creates effective and long lasting learning.
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Lucia Italy
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Non formal learning is very important for students in any schools.
Non formal learning is very important for students in any schools.
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Margarida, Portugal
Margarida, Portugal
Formal education is very focused on results and results evaluation. I believe that in addition to thinking about results, we should think about and value the learning process. And it is in this appreciation of the process that we can and should include strategies that fit into non-formal and informal education.

Approaching subjects to the interests and needs of students and the school community is a good strategy because it demonstrates the importance and usefulness of what they are learning. This can be done through research projects, intervention projects, field trips, can be a one-discipline work, can be a job complemented by various disciplines ...
 Another strategy that also seems interesting is to give students autonomy and responsability. Working alone or in groups, they come into contact with the themes autonomously and at their own pace, even using different resources from their colleagues. With this strategy we bring some informality to the learning process and work on issues as important as autonomy and responsibility.

In the case of my students and in particular this year, I am developing the second idea presented in two classes of the 7th year (with two colleagues). The students work autonomously in groups (groups that change depending on the complementarity and pace of work) and are carrying out the activities that we are proposing. It is a project that is starting and so our participation in the work of the students is still great, but we believe that if we keep it until the 9th year the students will be more and more autonomous and will be able to bring more and more ideas of their inside the class.
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ana 15d
I completely agree with this idea you share here: "we should think about and value the learning process. " Don't you believe that is the big issue right now? Some still don't get it, others avoid it, parents seem to get confused by the idea… Personally the biggest concern is this pressure to achieve: syllabus pressure, school pressure, peer pressure, parents pressure… seldom do I hear about letting kids take their time to make meaningful links...

Margarida Magalhaes 15d
I think one of the problems is that the evaluation process is very difficult to evaluate. Teachers are in the throes of quantifying everything and parents want (because they are so accustomed) to see everything quantified. It takes courage to give up and change old habits.
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Cláudia de Sousa
Cláudia de Sousa
Linking three "whales" of learning!
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Media Literacy (Cristiane Parente)
Media Literacy (Cristiane Parente)
I seek to encourage students on their formative path to be more critical, autonomous and creative in their relationship with the media, for example. I believe that today Media Literacy is urgent at all levels of education, in all countries and can be worked through by all disciplines, and in a formal, non-formal and informal way. Learning how to deal with the media, understandin that communication is a human right, better selecting information and knowing what to do with it is critical in a context with so many fake news and where social media and technologies influence our view of the world and change the relationship we have with others.

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Vera Lourenço - Portugal
Vera Lourenço - Portugal
I think it is important to attend to students’ ways of learning, since in a class we have different styles of learners, moreover they can learn from different situations.  In my opinion, students should have the power to make choices, so teachers have to provide an informal atmosphere during lessons, where they can suggest ways to teach so it will increase interest in learning. I consider that if students are motivated and interested, they will learn something so easy that they don’t realize that they are really learning. I think formal, non formal and informal learning settings should be connected, because only in that way students can learn. During a course of  Future classroom I did an activity about how students would like to learn and all said that they would like to do it by using games. So in group they first state the pros and cons of that way, they browsed on the Internet games that they could use to make quizzes and they started creating kahoots with the contents given for their colleagues to play. Nowadays, I use eTwinning projects to make them more involved in their learning, since they have to participate in the project. 

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Cristina Dias, Portugal
Cristina Dias, Portugal
For instance, when I teach how to make a project with all the formal steps, I can lead the students to imagine how they make a cake with thir mom, step by step and then they can search a recipe from the internet. After they can understand that there is a method to make things succeed...
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Anonymous 15d
I like your idea

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I like the connection between life stuff and teaching material
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Maria Helena, Portugal
Maria Helena, Portugal
 
I think that different learning settings could be linked by the choice of themes, resources and practical activities. For example, we could start by choosing themes that the students relate to, inquire about what they know about it (personal experiences) and how and where they got the information. Then enlarge their knowledge with different resources: some curriculum based, some internet resources, some personal resources (students´ information and knowledge) and finally give them a practical task as for example a problem based activity they have to solve in a group and present to the rest of the class. 
This week for example, I taught my students the difference between used to, be used to and get used – what is, of course, a boring subject. 
So to make it more interesting I started by showing them funny cartoons about Garfield with sentences about sporting activities. Then I elicited their personal experiences from the past and the present related to their favourite sports activities. This was then followed by a more formal moment in which the students tried to find out the rules used in the sentences and these rules where afterwards inscribed into a flowchart. Finally they had to put their knowledge to the test by competing in a game, in which the class was divided into 2 groups and each member of the two groups and to answer or complete sentences with used to, get used to and be used to. Right answers got 1 point, wrong answers 0 points. The group with the best results was awarded a prize: a bag of candy. 
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Teresa Cândido
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Whenever I can I try to teach grammar in a fun way. For example teaching the irregular verbs is always a big deal so I use different activities like playing a kahoot, doing a race game or other games and it is always a success among students no matter how old they are. At the begining of the lessons my students usually ask me if we are going to play a game. I try not to play the same game repeatedly because I want to keep their interest and motivation, but it's not easy to find and adapt new activities to every lesson. The group competition Jeopardy is also a successful activity. The most important thing is that all students are engaged. I need some some ideas to practice speaking skill. Have YOU got any?


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andasilea1980 15d
For the speaking skill I use short presentations of realities around them, or maybe short debate sessions. Amazing your idea with Jeopardy !
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-Anita,Croatia The season is flu, I ask students to sketch the mind map (virus causer, how to protect, what nutrition, activities .... possible consequences ....)- We play quizzes online or we work with a kahoot quiz- we have a school olive grove, so we produce skin soaps from the oil obtained and comparing it with the internet - data on human hygiene and washing of goods in the Middle Ages
-Anita,Croatia        The season is flu, I ask students to sketch the mind map (virus causer, how to protect, what nutrition, activities .... possible consequences ....)- We play quizzes online or we work with a kahoot quiz- we have a school olive grove, so we produce skin soaps from the oil obtained and comparing it with the internet - data on human hygiene and washing of goods in the Middle Ages
   
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Cristina Dias 16d
These ideas are very interesing and i've tried some of them in different situations, including school library activities, though we still have some limitations in what concerns digital disposals and we can't use them as often as we would like. Neverthless, there is no doubt student's love this kind of strategies...
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Michela, Italy
Michela, Italy
I think teachers should use more technology to help their students detect new ways to have access to information. 
Also frequent visits to museums, parks and libraries may link better different learning settings. 
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Anonymous 12d
Irena Peček, CroatiaYes, I completely agree. I think we need to emphasize that learning can happen outside of classroom.
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different learning settin
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Jasna, Croatia
Jasna, Croatia
 
As a history teacher, I try to point that there is connection between past events and things that happening every day. I try to explain that we learn history so we can better understand present. I like to explain to my students origin of various games that they are playing today and proverbs that they use practically every day. They find that amusing and interesting.

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Bibliotecas Escolares do Agrupamento de Escolas da Moita 16d
Hello Jasna, I liked your ideia about connecting past and present. It is so important to know where you come from and who you are in order to choose our future. What I also consider very important in history is that they know how to read historical documents, landmarks and/or objects. Have you considered for example choosing a place with historical importance , take the students there and give them a peddypaper with different tasks related to reading historical monuments ? Maria Helena

Cristiane Parente 15d
I loved it Jasna! This is so important!!! As a journalist, I am always encouraging students to think not only about current events, but about what brought us to the present moment. And this applies to cultural, social, political and economic issues. I think historians and journalists are incredible partners in mediating students and training to make them more critical and autonomous citizens.
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Sebahat Yalçın,İzmir Turkey
Sebahat Yalçın,İzmir Turkey
Different learning settings could be linked better whenever we,I mean the teachers, do our jobs by heart and improve our skills at using digital materials.
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Isabel Carioca 15d
I agree that teachers must be affective but

Isabel Carioca 15d
I think that using digital materials must be done but is not my priority because the world around students is not only digital
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Mine,Turkey
Mine,Turkey
I like interactive games,songs,puzzles and especially using Youtube videos to motivate and courage my students to practise English not only in the class but also at home or outside
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sebahat yalçın 16d
Dear Mine,I agree with you but the problem is that my students didn't have the chance to access the net on weekdays.

Anonymous 16d
Dear colleague, I find your ideas very interesting. I think that too much games can make students frivolous, but when teacher is competent (as you), result can be great.
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Ana Correia, Guarda, Portugal
Ana Correia, Guarda, Portugal
 Picture an English class at an elementary school, you’re working on the theme of sports… at the very moment you start class a bunch of voices start sharing ideas, experiences, knowledge they have about different sports (well, sometimes not so different - football is always a topic) and suddenly informal and non-formal learning blends with formal learning. As simple as that: paying attention to what they are willing to share and being flexible, creative and quick enough to help them make instant links to syllabus demands. A certain path is defined for class, and then we are doing it in a completely different way, but hopefully in a more meaningful one. 
Then learning becomes a unified concept again…well, except for the fact that we are taking advantage of this unity on a formal learning context… 😊
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Cristina Dias 16d
It's true. Using student's information to teach what we want is always a way to succeed, because they can link ideas and get more solid learnings.

Isabel Carioca 15d
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Isabel Carioca 15d
Isabel CariocaI agree with you. Our personal experiences are the best way to involve us in a process of learning
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Brauchle, Bulgaria
Brauchle, Bulgaria
As a math teacher I try to relate the new math models with situations from my student's everyday lifes. This makes a direct connection between a formal and an informal learning.
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Elena, Italy
Elena, Italy
The learning settings I tried to match are the formal and the informal. Transforming the traditional lecture into a Project Based Learning, means to give students VOICE and CHOICE.  These two elements are related to their informal learning. 21st century skills as communication, creation , collaboration and digital skills are essential elements of every PBL.  Talking about their personal experience or their interests also means developing their emotional intelligence. I’m sure this MOOC will be very helpful to find new strategies to match the two learning settings.  

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Cláudia Meirinhos 9d
Hello Elena, I agree with you, PBL is the way!
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Giorgia, Romania
Giorgia, Romania
 
Children can learn from different situations and environments.  A formal, informal and non-formal approach is possible through project-based learning. Even at school, teachers should provide an informal atmosphere during lessons, because motivation is the key of learning and makes it easier and atractive. They should have the possibility to talk about their wishes and challenges and they really can feel safe with talking freea and communicate free between them and with teachers. 

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Emiliana Rufo 15d
I think project-based learning is one of the ways to improve creativity and problem solving. Students have to learn how to face real-life problems.
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Jorge Estrela, Portugal
Jorge Estrela, Portugal
Sharing experiences among teachers and listening to students' suggestions and opinions are key to creating the conditions for inclusive learning.
In the heterogeneous classes, with students with diversified interests, the diversification of the different forms of learning will allow an increase in the interest in learning by a large number of students.
In the classes that I teach, in a school framed in a complex social context, it is necessary to meet the interests of each of the students. For this reason, it is important to take into account different tools in diverse contexts of learning (formal, informal and non-formal).
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Serenella Silenzi Macerata Italy
Serenella Silenzi Macerata Italy
Erasmus+ projects and professional stages are really loved by my pupils, They are perfect combinations of formal/non formal and informal learning. Both girls and boys say that these experiences are crucial factors in making real change in their life, no doubt!
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Clara Grosso 15d
I've never tried yet, but I'm starting to enter this world. So many teacher report very interesting and effective xperiences both for learners and for teachers. In my opinion, a good mix of formal and informal learning experiences is visit another country, another city, meet peers, compare what they do and what they think with what our own students do at school and out.
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Emilia A./Romania
Emilia A./Romania
I like to provide students different types of resources and use different approaches to motivate them and to avoid routine.I involve them in eTwinning projects , in exchanging letters to improve their writing and reading skills in English.From time to time I organize outdoors activity.I think combining formal with non-formal  learning is very useful.It's important to expose them to the outside world and show them how they can connect the formal knowledge with the world wide knowledge  in order to understand why they learn what they learn.

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giorgiagroza 16d
I agree with the idea that learning in open environment is motivated for students

Anonymous 16d
Inovations are needed to avoid the routine which keeps students interested and motivated. Also, giving them an opportunity to choose the activities sometimes links to informal learning.

Anonymous 16d
I agree that routine can be very demotivating, but too manny projects can couse losing interest for learning curriculum.

Anonymous 16d
Project-based work in class is always highly motivating, as well as outdoor experience.
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CROATIA, Suzana
CROATIA, Suzana
Informal learning is the easiest because students are not aware of the effords needed to accomplish the knowledge. Teachers should do as much as possible to provide the informal atmosphere while learning at school. Motivation is the key. If students find something interesting and challenging, learning will be much easier. I try to motivate my students by giving them an opportunity to choose the activities, talk about their interests and we often discuss our aims and the process we chose. We often watch movies, choose debate topics, make projects...but new ideas to improve the link between formal and informal learning are always needed.
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ana 16d
"giving them an opportunity to choose...talk…" - as for me that's one of the keys. We are made of different learning settings and we never set them apart until/unless we are compelled to. So when we are given a voice and when our voice is given contexts, we naturally link learning settings back again...
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Dan Sovan-Romania
Dan Sovan-Romania
 
A formal, informal, non-formal approach is possible through project-based learning.
On the basis of a topic set in the school curriculum, the pupils will connect the assimilated knowledge of the course hours with those collected from various computer resources and on the basis of collaboration both during the course hours and especially afterwards will give rise to a final product (the project) through which they will learn will form skills, attitudes and ethical values. 
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Luísa, Portugal
Luísa, Portugal
I believe the strategy for a more effective learning is a balance between the different learning settings. I teach my students in a formal way, using real life material as much as possible, and then provide them a setting to use what they have learned with a purpose. For example, I taught them how to describe people and places, how to ask questions, how to describe routines; then I organized a Skype session with a foreign class in which both groups of students talked about their hometowns, countries, schools and asked each other questions to find out more. It gives them a purpose to learn and makes it memorable.
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Dan Sovan- Romania Luisa is right in your approach to lessons, different aspects of real life, and putting students in collaborative situations with other students in other countries.

TeacherA 16d
Interesting, Luísa. That's a great idea for an eTwinning project, too.

Clara Grosso 15d
Hi luisa, create a link between what we say in class and reality is always effective. I use real life materials before the formal lessons. Obviously this is not possible if they have to chat, because they need the proper vcabulary. Skyoe for language teachers is a great tool.
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Renata, Zadar
Renata, Zadar
I encourage students to share their own experiences with the theory that they are currently learning, and to complement them with different sources of knowledge when learning some chemistry content. Eg. to connect knowledge of acids, and alkalies with their experience of cleaning the apartment (bathroom) and collecting information on the internet about cleaning with natural preparations. I believe, this involve formal, non-formal and informal learning
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Luisa Pires 16d
Hi - my students skyped with another class from Zadar just before X-mas.

Anonymous 16d
Great connection to real life situations. Also, they could sometimes explore the topic on their own using teachers advice and present their project.
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Semra YALMANCI YÜCEL, TURKEY
Semra YALMANCI YÜCEL, TURKEY
I use etwinning with my pupils.
they discover different learning methods through projects.
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Dumitru, Scumpia, Moldova
Dumitru, Scumpia, Moldova
Teaching English in the primary classes I try to difersify my lessons using Itc tools, flashcards, games and realia.In such away all types of learning are used.  So my students improve their knowledge of English. 

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Luisa Pires 16d
I think the strategies you mention are very important because they make learning meaningful.

Benedetta Roncarati 15d
...And they enjoy the lesson too! What about animation?
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Heval Durak Muğla-Turkey
Heval Durak Muğla-Turkey
 use eTwinning and I think that it includes all learning settings.
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Anonymous 16d
that's right
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Lídia Mota, Portugal
Lídia Mota, Portugal
I think it´s important use different strategies. With geography its important work with graphics, maps, and read different kinds of data. It´s important to look around. I use brainstorms for the students share their ideas about the theme they are studding. I try to linked their experience of informal learning with the formal learning. 
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Madalena Figueiredo, Portugal
Madalena Figueiredo,  Portugal
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Lídia Mota, Portugal
Lídia Mota, Portugal
In the class i always try to improve and developing Communication. The technology its a important tool to achieve that goal. Its also important to link the experiences of the students with what they are learning. I ´ve already use in my classes: kahoot, socrative, goconqr, i enjoy brainstormings and the building of concepts.
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Hélia Maria Casimiro Silva Henriques 15d
I agree with you. Creativity and the use of technology in class keep students motivated. The problem is lack of time to prepare these materials. Teachers should cooperate and share ideas more frequently
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Cândida Passos, Portugal
Cândida Passos, Portugal
I try diversify my lessons everyday. Everyday my students learn something in a formal, non formal,  and informal learning, for instance when we explain the maining of a unknown word,when we call attention about a specific behavior, when we explain experiences of life, when we speak about education.
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Madalena Figueiredo 16d
I agree with you. I think it's very important to show them the reason why some behavior is incorrect because, frequently, they don't know it.

Anonymous 15d
Montsse, Spain. Well, we call this way to teach: transversal education. It means that in whatever subject you can teach many different transversal competences.
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Madalena Figueiredo 16d
You are correct. The need is the best teacher, specially for those who don't find any value at school contents. Some of them, when they are older, regreat the attitude they had.
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Fikret Yavuz
Fikret Yavuz
Turkey
for language learning,students can go abroad ,but no course ,they have to live 2 months outside 18 hours outof home,by the way they have to learn language ,this can be good informal learning to survive
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Dimitra Zorba,Greece
Dimitra Zorba,Greece
I use Etwinning with my pupils and i believe that this is a tool that includes all the learning settings, formal-informal-non formal.Also in the Greek school curriculum there is the possibility of using 2 hours ,as flexible hours. So you can use theese 2 hours in any project or theme you want and with not structure and typical learning.
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Dumitru Grusca 16d
Dumitru Moldova. Comment.

Dumitru Grusca 16d
I agree with you. Etwinning helps students to integrate themselves in european society

Maria Petropoulou 12d
I agree, Erasmus+projects and Etwinning is a perfect example of the three types of learning.
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Faruk Yıldız, Turkey
Faruk Yıldız, Turkey
We can prepare a product file for each unit and link the work in different learning settings by including information technologies tools in our lesson plan. Within the product file, web blogs, web sites, wiki pages, various surveys, group work and measurement questions should be provided and continuous feedback should be provided. In fact Intel Teacher courses are a beautiful study done in this area.
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Lidia Mota 16d
I agree with you. But i need to improved the use of the examples you used.
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Manuela Silva, Portugal
Manuela Silva, Portugal
 
There are many things that students learn informally and that they are not even aware of. For example, this school year we have a project for one of my 7th grade classes that is about the importance of protecting and respecting animals’ rights. The great majority of the students have pets, help take care of the pets and know a lot about the animals they have.  The teachers decided to use this knowledge obtained informally and work the curriculum in order to deepen and improve their knowledge of Science, Arts (many of them are creating paintings inspired in their pets) the languages (Portuguese, English and French) are organizing a magazine with texts produced by the students and they are making recyclable toys and feeding stations in "Educação Tecnológica".
   I think these connections between their daily life and formal classroom activities are fundamental to keep learners motivated and willing to be active participants in the construction of their knowledge. 

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Luisa Pires 16d
This is truly an example of articulating all the subjects and the real meaning of "PROJECT WORK". Well done!

giorgiagroza 16d
It is true that students learn with motivation when they feel confortabel in their environment

Elena Balestrazzi 16d
It's really a great project, congrats! It's multidisciplinary and it helps them to be more aware of what is around them. Good idea!

Manuela Silva 16d
Thank you everyone. The best thing is that it is ongoing work and new ideas keep emerging. Now we are trying to have them meet a visual impared person who has a guide dog.

TeacherA 16d
Wow! Fantastic ideas and an even more fantastic and inclusive as sts meet a person who need s a guise dog :). Congrats!

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Madalena, English Teacher, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
Madalena, English Teacher, Ponte de Lima, Portugal
The topics or items inscribed in the national syllabus  of the subject I teach are meaningful to the students, in the sense that they are related with real life and contemporary issues. And this is surely essential to allow the students to get involved and feel engaged, because they aknowledge the relationship between those formal contents and the world around them. Therefore the formal contents enable the integration of the students' informal learning experiences. By brainstorming ideas about a given topic or organizing a debate, the students can contribute with their personal views and their own life experiences. Whenever my students are asked to prepare a presentation about a given topic, they can also integrate their non-formal knowlegde by putting their digital skills at work, choosing the digital media they prefer and they master better to organize and present their work. Non-formal settings are also created when the students take quizzes on their mobile phone ESL apps to practice the contents in an autonomous way, controlling the process and even self-assessing their progress.
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Manuela Silva 16d
I agree with your perspective. I always give them the opportunity to choose the theme of their first oral presentation in order to get to know them better. Besides they feel more motivated because they usually choose to talk about things they like.

Anonymous 15d
I do agree with your point of view. In fact most themes of the English curriculum are related with the real world and students' interests. It's good to allow students to choose a topic they like to make an oral presentation to the class. They feel much more involved and active in their learning.
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Soraya, Portugal
Soraya, Portugal
In my pupils case, there must be some formal education, but I have to make it look like informal one... So the best way is to prepare it as non-formal education. In order to do that I always use sketches with my partner-teacher (luckily we are two in the classroom) to motivate pupils about new topics. Another way to make the contents interesting for my students is to transform it into a game where they must stand up, walk around and DO something.
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Dumitru Grusca 16d
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Teamteaching makes the lesson more interactive, most of the students are evaluated,
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Teresa M., Spain:
Teresa M., Spain:
I like to reflect on our mother tongue and on English. Sometimes, revising grammar and some others, with examples and realia. The key thing is to get them involved: English is not a subject, it's a language and therefore, it's spoken , written, listened to and so on. I always try to make my students see this as a natural and alive process which must continue outside the classroom.

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Anonymous 15d
As an English teacher I mostly do the same thing but I think the level of the group you are working with is important.Because when their mother language is problematic, it is hard to conveythe message.
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Ali Cem, Turkey
Ali Cem, Turkey
I want to give an example to the bias of listening, speaking, reading, writing and grammar teaching.
First of all listening sounds and the words are so important during learning or acquire a language. Let’s think a little baby. Listening starts from the womb for the babies. First we must listen the meanfull voices and we must pick them up.  So we can say that language is primarily speech. If there is no speech, we can’t listen and pick up anything. 
Some people give more importance to writing than to speech. It is a big bias. As we said before Language is primarily speech. 

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Ella, Croatia
Ella, Croatia
Generally it takes a lot of creativity and effort to combine these different learning settings to make learning scenario. But luckily there is so much on the internet, from interactive, through games and handouts. I like to make, and my student like it, a small fictional stories in form of comic book, where they get instructions for a small project and information about resources.
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Anonymous 16d
I agree with you: there's so much online; choosing the best is the challenge. If your students like cartoons, try "biteable" or other similar platforms where they can create their cartoons from scratch and post them online.
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camino, spain
camino, spain
I use to introduce the new topic whit theory , examples and exercises. I use technology to show videos or images related with the subject I want to teach to link topic with real life. While they solve problems and exercises in the classroom in a group with other students, they learn in a non-formal way. Outside of class, they realized they can use their knowledges and enjoy linking different learnings. Real life promote motivation.
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Anonymous 16d
As you, I also believe that solving problems, in team work, force students to learn any way they can, whether they wont that or not. Like in life outside of classroom. Than it really include formal, non-formal and informal learning.

dilekerdag 14d
I agree with you. Students learn what they can use in real life.
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camino, spain
camino, spain
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Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey
Fatma Banu Özbek/Turkey 
When I think about combining different learning settings, it brings up the idea of Flipped Classroom. If we use this method we can combine in and out of school time of our learners to support formal learning. The students will be using nonformal settings to learn and get ready for formal learning.It would be much more suitable if we were to apply what students do as a nonformal learning to our formal learning environment I am not quite sure about if it works but it worths trying. 
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Vida, Lithuania
Vida, Lithuania
 
I think we would get the best learning outcomes if all three of the above-mentioned learning events prevailed in the education process. 


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mtmoranma 16d
Teresa M., Spain:That

mtmoranma 16d
would be great but it's harder with some subjects. For example, with languages it can be easy! :-)
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Arnaud, France
Arnaud, France
As primary school teacher, I teach geography, english and lots of subject in class in a formal way (link to the curricula). But I love playing Mystery Skype with them. We connect with other class through the world to guess where they stand. It means I work specific and cross skills in a way that's non formal. Then, whan they're back home, my pupils use websites to discover about our partners and add values on what we have already learnt. 
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Teacher_Ro 16d
I think Mistery Skype is a good idea and a new method because it's complex and it involves formal and informal learning.Students can learn in a transdisciplinary way and motivates them to explore more by themselves becoming independant learner. ( Emilia A., Romania )

Elisabete Ladeiro Pires 16d
I think that a good idea!! Can you teach me?

Teacher_Ro 16d
Dear Elisabeth, search on Google, Microsoft Skype.

Teresa Paula Cândido 15d
Teresa Cândido - I really enjoyed this idea. I'll try to learn more about it. I'd like to use it in my lessons. Thanks for sharing.

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NİLÜFER GÜREŞÇİ
NİLÜFER GÜREŞÇİ
I started to work on etwinning projects and I received the necessary trainings for myself. I started to implement project activities in my class with the knowledge and skills I gained.Together with the studies, my students prepared the web2.0 tools and course materials.Learning computer and internet safe cloning can learn to learn the skills and knowledge they want

They have a sense of trust and accomplishment with their personal abilities.
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Fernando Mota, Portugal!
Fernando Mota, Portugal!
In my point of view, all of them are important and the best way to link them will be to apply them all. Of course, the prevalence will be formal, within the classroom teaching the content and specific knowledge of my subject, but also not forgetting that in a non-formal way we can complement this content / knowledge teaching, implementing study visits and participation in conferences and lectures. In an informal way, I do it in and out of the classroom, talking with my students about experiences of my life and real day to day events.
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Cristina, Portugal
Cristina, Portugal
1. Linking formal with non-formal: students can learn specific content in class and then the tutor provides extra activities to be performed at home. Eg: in a web platform students watch an 'assigned' video and comment/ answer questions interacting with their peers. As long as it it is not made (too...) compulsory or liable to be assessed otherwise it turns into a formal activity
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Zvonko Gašparović, Serbia
Zvonko Gašparović, Serbia
I use eTwinning and I think that it includes all learning settings.
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Dimitra Zorba 16d
Yes,i agree.

Teacher_Ro 16d
I am also a big fan of eTwinning because you can start a project based learning, you can use different learning styles that match students'needs and it combines informal learning and non-formal learning.Students develop also their digital skills as well as their communicative skills.( Emilia A./Romania )

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Hi, I'm Carmen Romero. I've heard about e-twinnings but haven't used it yet. I still have to find out how it works. Thanks for sharing it!
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Gamze, Turkey
Gamze, Turkey
I teach math in high school. My biggest concern is to make students understand why we need mathematics. so I tried to start a new subject with a real life question. I let my students to saerch or to think on then we share our solutions. 
And also I realized that  many of my students don't know how to study by themselves.  To improve them I prepare 3-4 question tasks at the end of the subjects as a classroom work. They can use technology, books, their notes while they are solving. Sometimes they work as groups. 
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Anonymous 16d
Dear Gamze, I really like the idea of giving students real-life situations, it sounds brilliant, because maths can be too abstract for students and this way learning maths gains a purpose for them.

Anonymous 15d
I think, it's very important that students work in small groups where they can share their skills.

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Fabiola, I think there are a lot of ways to learn a concept in math so it can be important using technology, for example video lessons.
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Miguel Correia
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When i introduce new subject, I come from concrete examples and problems, and I am raising questions to solve it. I promote discussions among students to exchange ideas and analyze their knowledge, whether formal learning, informal or no-formal, valuing their attempts to solve the problem because all opinions are important and anyone can have a new and different point of view. 
On the other hand, I promote documents in which I show how mathematic are in what we have or use today and how much research and studies are behind. Their opinions and collaborations are are importante. 
The new technologies are also important, and allow for exchanges of formal or informal learning between students and between students and teachers. 
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Sarah Mallia, Malta
Sarah Mallia, Malta
Due to the different levels within the classroom I try to use different learning strategies to reach different students. I try to start with an activity (hands on or using tablet) to make them think and make the topic more interesting. I try to use also the questioning method so that they can come up with solutions by observing patterns, research etc..I also try to link topic being taught to situations in real life. 
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Anonymous 16d
Dan Sovan-Romania The use of various modern teaching methods combined with classical approaches to bringing pupils closer to real life issues is the best strategy
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Ana, Portugal
Ana, Portugal
As an English teacher I've learned that establishing a link between what teenage students are learning and their daily lives is highly motivating for them, so I try to do that as often as I can in my classes. I'll give you 2 very simple examples:  letting students use their mobile phones in class either to exchange text messages (related to the subject we're exploring) or to use the online translator. Another idea is to have a wall newspaper where they can stick news on any subject they're interested in.
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Soraya 16d
I liked the newspaper idea very much. They are improving their language to communicate without even noticing...

Manuela Silva 16d
I also like the wall newspaper idea. Besides improving language knowledge, it is a good way to get to know their interests.

Mihaela Marcu 16d
the wall newspapar is a great idea
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Elisa, Italy
Elisa, Italy
I teach English to 11-13 years old.This gives me the opportunity to propose different activities linked to art, geography, music, science etc., in this way my students can work on projects, use technology and learn together with the three whales.
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mtmoranma 16d
That is great! To use English as a tool, not just as a purpose in itself! Your students are lucky! ;-)

Anonymous 16d
Great ways to involve and motivate students.
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Christine, Malta
Christine, Malta
I link different learning settings by using real life experiences in my lessons. I also use project based learning. I also take students to a maths trail. Some trails are held in the students grounds but also in other places. 
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Anonymous 16d
Dear Christine, as I am also a math teacher I think math trails are excellent way of connecting different ways of learning. As a suggestion, maybe you could do math trails in virtual space? ;)
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Andrada
Andrada
My high-school students enjoy the classes when we use the Internet: films, music and videos. Their creativity can be used in the form of drama techniques, like role-plays ,miming and improvisations. Both grammar and vocabulary can be taught in that way, which is collaborative and interactive. They also learn best when involved in projects or extra-curricular activities
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Anonymous 16d
My students also like digital material and media. Unfortunately my school's IT resources are limited. Anyway, i also like to inspire them with videos, films and songs, but I also try to give them the opportunity to create their own videos and even songs.

Anonymous 15d
Montsse, Spain. Me too, I can use digital blackboard, internet...But I use traditional methods and techniques in order to maintain their attention and to be dinamic in my classes.
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Tsigara Sofia, Greece
Tsigara Sofia, Greece
I work in a kindergarten school and I use art, music, videos , experiments and educational visits. Also we talk very much and share ideas and Knowledge
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Zrinka, Croatia
Zrinka, Croatia
 
In my work, I try to adapt to the students according to their abilities. Although this is not always possible, whenever I can, I will prepare additional materials for those who want more, but also for those who need more help in the work. then everyone is satisfied and no one gets tired, but do as much as he can.

 
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Lesya, Poland
Lesya, Poland
My way to link the ways of learning is not much differenet. At my lessons  I always try to combine  books and IT or multimedia. However involving my students into projects is total  disaster. It is very difficult to make them think creatively or unassisted. My years of efforts are very often ineffectual. But I don't give up. On the other hand the exam results are very satisfying.
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Igor CROATIA
Igor CROATIA
I would use a setting of a school park to learn about plants that grow locally. The park is place where they can see plants that grow, feel them, measure/analyze them. It would be actualized with given tasks in groups for kids (grass, trees, bushes). After the outside activity pupils would have a class of analyzing collected data and creating a PowerPoint about plant life in the park. Every group would present their results, and their PPTs would be combined into one as a class mini-project. These activities would be linked as a joint effort in Science, IT and language skills which pupils like.
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Anonymous 16d
Great idea!
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Leyla, Turkey
Leyla, Turkey
I am taking them outside the class to school yard to make them observe plants (mostly cones) and discuss how they are different from each other. Sometimes I use Kahoot as a fun way of evaluating how they are going in the unit. I let them make their handcrafts and sell in the school (on special days like Christmas, Valentine's day, Teacher's day...etc.) to give to charity.  
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Anonymous 16d
Lesson outside of class! The greatest idea!
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Brankica, Croatia
Brankica, Croatia
I teach English to teenagers and generally they like my subject and are willing to participate in all activities I provide, but I think I should put more effort into linking formal learning and the informal one, by using more ICT, project work and opportunities like eTwinning or Erasmus.
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Igor Nikicic 16d
Great ideas Brankica, try to share your ideas at your school teacher meetings...

Elena Balestrazzi 16d
If you start being part of a online community, you will find so many colleagues ready to help you and share resources and ideas. Just try and life - as a teacher - will be easier!
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Milijana, Serbia
Milijana, Serbia
I think that we should work on the aspects of informal learning. It should also educate students and parents about all aspects of learning.
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Anonymous 16d
Brankica_ I think it is a good idea to also make parents aware of different ways of learning.

Anonymous 15d
Raquel Martins I agree with this idea but parents do not have much time to be with their children in this modern world.
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Daniela, Italy
Daniela, Italy
I try to adapt my lessons to each student according his or her different  style of learning. That means sometimes use non formal situations such as acting lessons in extra-curricular activities or the production of reports for the school web radio.
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Dimitria Ayanska, Bulgaria
Dimitria Ayanska, Bulgaria
I think that we could best connect  these ways of learning by project-based teaching and the implementation of ICT in the process of teaching. All students working together or in groups to acheive certain goal is what brings out the full potential in еach one of them. Another thing I often do is to tell my students all sorts of interestig stories in English or to play educational videos and after that I ask for their opinion and what they think the moral of the story is. Or vice versa - students tell me stories and I explain my thoughts about them. Almost all of the students want to express themselves and to be heard. They are also very curious and remember most of the things we've disscussed.
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Despoina Amarantidou, Greece
Despoina Amarantidou, Greece
I teach English at a Primary School in Drama, a town of Northern Greece.
I try to combine my teaching with experiential learning, Technology and STEM because they promote motivation, interest and multiple intelligences.
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Soraya 16d
That is alwyas a good idea. Children love Technology.

Anonymous 9d
I think they also learn very fast and have fun when they built a bridge or a marble run using straw and paper...
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Elsa -Portugal
Elsa -Portugal
As a language teacher I try to use the  different skills in every class. I always start with some class routines. I think that for young learners it is very important and it creates the right environment. I always give a "high five" to every student as soon as they enter the classroom. In every lesson there is a teacher's helper (using a badge) that writes the lesson and the summary on the board. In this they recall the numbers, days of the week, months and weather.
I try to chage the ways I present a topic, wheter is with flashcards, a song, real objects, a story. They listen and repeat the words, write them in the notebooks, make picture dictionaries, do exercises and worksheets, play bingo and hangman. In the end of each topic they do an oral presentation called "Show and tell" Whwn I don't use any of these activities, they ask for them.  
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Anonymous 16d
Dear Elsa, you sound like a passionate teacher! I loved your activities they are diverse and sound fun. Especially, writing the lesson on the board works a lot, I also write an outline for the lesson before it starts so that the students will be able to follow what we are doing and wont feel lost during the lesson.

niacouto 16d
Nice methodology for younger learners.
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Sophia, Greece.
Sophia, Greece.
Learning settings could be linked better if students have the chance to work on their own projects (most preferably in pairs or teams) after school or if students are given the time at school to talk about their personal experiences in their every day life out of the school.
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Димитрия Аянска 17d
I like your idea and it is the same as mine.

Elisabete Ladeiro Pires 16d
I agree you. .I try to do the same
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Sandra Oliveira, Portugal
Sandra Oliveira, Portugal
Students need to find a meaning in subjets they learn. I always try to connect what they know and what they are learning -I try to make them achieve the informal learning. I use field trips for geology; in the lab I use tecnology such as Google earth (to study see floor), videos and photos.
I give them, as much as possible, real life examples and I use padlet to deepen subjets. For each pratical activity they criate a new entry in their padlet to reflect and share it with me and the class. By doing there padlet they are achieving informal learning, linking the formal one with what they know about the world (informal learning)
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Anonymous 16d
Dear Sandra, your ideas are great. I really like how you connected formal and informal. as a suggestion, maybe you could use Europeana platform in your work.
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Nives Bogdan, Croatia
Nives Bogdan, Croatia
I usually combine formal and informal learning. We practise team working, developing critical thinking, having educational trips, using ICT on daily basis, running eTwinning and Erasmus projects and pupils love it and enjoy!

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Despoina 17d
Collaboration enhances equality and acceptance.

Димитрия Аянска 17d
eTwinning and Erasmus projects are also a big part of our school life.
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Madalena, Portugal
Madalena, Portugal
I think that any learning strategy has to go through activities that engage students in the subjects.
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Anonymous 17d
Sandra Oliveira I agree! students only learn when they have interest, whn they like the subject. That´s why using tecnology is important. It can be a link to our students.I use padlet and plickers with my classes. Involving students im their own project is a good strategy.
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Liz, Malta
Liz, Malta
I feel it is important that children are given hands-on experiences, and given real-life situations by merging informal, formal and non-formal learning. Children enjoy hands on activities, whether it be group work, or individual tasks. As an LSE I assist the class teacher in her activities. I use the tablet and transfer educational games for my student to stimulate him further, but at the same time he is revising topics which he would have covered at school. 
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Despoina 17d
Real-life situations promote interest and motivation.
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Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal
Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal
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Drazenka Kuzman, Croatia
Drazenka Kuzman, Croatia
In my class I often combine formal and informal learning because today's students are hard to motivate. In the 21st century, students like to use digital technology and on this way  we connect formal and informal learning. We often do projects where we need to collect material such as images, record music... My students especially like web2.0 tools. They have fun, but on this way they work together and learn together.
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Nives Bogdan 17d
Dear Drazenka, while I was reading your post, I have read the exactly things I wanted to write. I absolutely agree with you.
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Angelo, Rivoli, Italy
Angelo, Rivoli, Italy
I think that using ICT is a way of combining formal, non-formal and informal learning. Since I teach Italian and Latin Literature, my main goal is certainly not to make students learn how to make a video. I try to encourage them to make videos to encourage them to develop their creativity while studying the disciplinary contents. ICT offer a great variety of possibilities, and many times I learn together with my students to discover the potentials and limitations of various apps.
The study of content is formal learning (I give marks), the use of apps is non-formal learning when we discover them together in the classroom with the students, informal when the students on their own at home discover and use apps that I do not I knew.
Another way of mixing the three whales of learning is certainly the student's portfolio, when I ask students to insert scholastic and extracurricular evidence of their work.
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Despoina 17d
I totally agree.
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Snježana, Croatia
Snježana, Croatia
I practise the learning with the individual or group depending on the topic of work and the individual's possibilities (models, presentations, experiments).
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Anna, Italy
Anna, Italy
I like doing projects about local history and make students do research and presentations on their town using cooperative learning.
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Anonymous 17d
It is useful for students to explore, to be active participants in the learning process.

Vitor A. Loureiro da Silva 12d
I agree that we best learn by doing
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Aisheh / Jordan
Aisheh / Jordan
Sense-based education makes learning meaningful and leaves an impact on the student, and if we make the student participate in and be responsible for the learning process, the student has the ability to solve problems and make decisions. I am very interested in activities and learning through play and projects, I suggest In projects, each of them chooses the work that he loves and mastered
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Mustafa, Kayseri
Mustafa, Kayseri
After each unit we practise the learning with the individual, group and creative based activities
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Anonymous 16d
I agree with Your idea. It's very important to repeat and practice after each lesson

sebahat yalçın 16d
A good way of revision ! I also take pictures or make videos of my students while they are acting out in pairs or groups.They like watching their performances.
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Tuğçe Turkey
Tuğçe Turkey
The best way to learn is good motivation. If there is motivation, the student can learn everything. So we must keep them in a happy environment. We must taste them a sense of success.
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Anonymous 17d
Yes, I agree. Before learning we need a good motivation for students. Then the learning comes next.

Mine Nihal Selvi 16d
you are absolutely right!
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Claudia Italy🍃
 Claudia Italy🍃
I like to do science with practical activities. Example the collection of olives and their transformation into oil. Or the grapes transformed into wine. Vegetable and garden activities.
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an_cabrini 17d
These are great ideas. I have a colleague who does gardening at school.
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Inge, Belgium
Inge, Belgium
I have a few examples of teaching methods I prefer because I think students learn more and better using them.
I like eTwinning because of the project-based learning and the exchange with other students in other countries. There are a lot of unexpected discoveries, but students learn a lot from these projects.
We also organise at school some activities for people outside the school. Students have to organise a playing day for little kids, are cooking for older people, ... They have to plan and organise everything all by themselves. It's the best way to learn!
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Anonymous 16d
Brankica_ I like your ideas very much, I think they involve all three ways of learning.

Anonymous 16d
They are really good ideas. I agree with you when students do everything by themselves they learn better.

Anonymous 14d
Arlete Leitão, PortugalI agree with you Natália. Mystudents got really involved in speaking English when they talked to their European partners via Skype.
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Maria Natália Couto; Covilhã, Portugal
Maria Natália Couto; Covilhã, Portugal
 
I joined eTwinning because I strongly believe that the best way to actually LEARN is by doing hands on activities, thus Project Based Learning is the most complete way to accomplish non-formal and informal learning. As students are also (but not only) learning about school subjects for their tests and exams, they may also get their formal learning. 
I like to set some projects for the students to solve problems. Sometimes (when I am lucky) I can persuade some of my colleagues (teachers of other school subjects) to get together for transversal projects that are focused on one theme that is "seen" and analysed through the "eyes" of the different school subjects. 
I have noticed that students really appreciate these learning processes. 
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Anonymous 17d
Sandra Oliveira I am responsable for the forest club and we devellop a lot of activities outside, in the fiel; we also encourage students to learn by themselves, by creating contests (a foto contest, for example!) It´s cool, they are motivated. Try it!

Anonymous 17d
I totally agree with you

Manuela Silva 16d
I can totally understand how difficult it is to get other teachers onboard. Many still have a very traditional view of what a lesson is.
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Nertila Mucka, Albania
Nertila Mucka, Albania
My students are learning multiplications and the way they like more to learn about this is playing with each other with flashcards. They are free to take a flashcard from the box in which time they want.
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Claudia Ciucci 17d
good idea, definitely like it a lot
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Pureza
Pureza
My students study and practice different songs with instruments or playing body percussion in order to play in a concert at the end of the school year for families, friends, teachers...


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Anonymous 16d
I like that idea veryy much. I love fun and unusual contents in classes.
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José María, Spain
José María, Spain
One way to check informal learning - I think - could be to ask students in what real life situations have applied their learning and have seen their effectiveness or have improved 
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an_cabrini 17d
I agree with you. I also tend to make references to everyday life everytime I am explaining something to them. I know it's simple but this way it sticks to their minds.
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Melek Göksu/Turkey
Melek Göksu/Turkey
I'm doing short-term activities for my students who love new and technological education. learn faster through technological activities appropriate to the curriculum.
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I teach Sciences in a formal way. Also, we learn through practical examples and integrate informal learning experiences. 
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ke projects, mostly using technology, and they gain knowledge by his own initiative in his free time. It is fun for them  and they really like it.
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Claudia Ciucci 17d
I agree. I also use the practical activity because it is more involving. For example the realization of an o...
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selma meral turkey
selma meral turkey
 To learn how to learn outside of school is also required. especially planning should be done by the students' characteristics.
lessons . practicallessons are processed.
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Sara
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After finishing a unit, one of the students has to prepare a Kahoot for the rest of the class
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Statņuka Irina 17d
I also use this strategy.

Chemowsky 17d
I love that idea! :)

Anonymous 17d
I will do this activity, sure!

Anonymous 17d
I like the idea; will try it in my classes! do you use the Kahoot in the class? or do your students use it in a non formal environment?

Anonymous 17d
Sandra Oliveira I will try it in my class for shure!

Carolina Biscossi 17d
Hi, I also use kahoot with my student. It's a good way to improve the student's motivation
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Konstantinos-Greece
Konstantinos-Greece
First time this year i use the remind every day in my classroom, for communication and collaboration with my students and parents. Its very good tool. I can share exercises, contents, assigments, and interactive games.
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Sara Miguélez 17d
I like the idea, thanks for the post :)
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Gül SAKARYA
Gül SAKARYA
Edirne TURKEY


I provide students with permanent learning by embodying the gains in the form of group games and visuals.
In order to support the recognition of cultural heritage, I visited the museums and visited the class to see what they have done.
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MELEK GÖKSU 17d
very good

Chemowsky 17d
It´s a grat idea and effective, no doubt!
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Sandra Oliveira, Portugal
Sandra Oliveira, Portugal
One way to empower students learning is to teach from a problem situation. I try to use as much as possible daily examples for all kind of situations. When teaching geology I take the students to the field, to let them see for themselves. In the science lab I use tecnology (google earth to study the ocean floor...). I   use tecnology in evaluation (plickers) and   to encourage my students to combine what they Know (informal learning) with what they have learned.
For exemple they have to solve a problem (related to the curricula) related to a everyday situation, monthly or develop a theme and share it with the class, using Padlet.

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Nertila Mucka 17d
That's true. Students like learning by doing
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Derya Ümüş CEM, Turkey
Derya Ümüş CEM,  Turkey
The picture studies and photography studies at the school, must be chosen from the real life. These studies must be analyzed by the students  according to the methods of art analysis. These studies, giving the students the opportunity to express their thoughts, respecting every thought, not being locked into a single correct answer, preventing students from being afraid of doing wrong are so important. And this  can develop the students creativity.
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Angelo Chiarle 17d
I think this is really a great idea to mix forma- and non-form learning.
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I think that PBL  is the right answer to challenge our students and to change positively also our approach to teaching and learning, as 
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Claudia de Crescenzo
Claudia de Crescenzo
If a student returns from a trip, he can be asked to show photographs of the places he has visited and illustrate them, perhaps creating a virtual tour. Then you could introduce a geography lesson on the same topic.
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Nertila Mucka 17d
That's really interesting. And for sure students will learn better and easier about geography.

Anonymous 15d
Good idea, I usually do the same; when we travel abroad (I teach French in Spain so it's usually France ) I ask them to post in twitter their photos and videos for all their classmates to see and , back at school, they have to write an essay about what they've seen, what they've enjoyed or disliked...it usually works very well.
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María de Arriba, Spain
María de Arriba, Spain
I teach sciences, so I use real photos to teach my students human body, animals and so on.
In the classroom we´ve got "Instaclass": a poster with Instagram logo, there we paste photos of our life related to the content of the Unit we´re talking.
This engage students to think how science is around them
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Anonymous 17d
I like it

Gül Sakarya 17d
I like it

Sara Miguélez 17d
Good idea :)

Anonymous 17d
Interesting

Anonymous 17d
Excellent idea!!!

Draženka Kuzman 17d
I like it.

Anonymous 16d
Will do it!

Anonymous 16d
Ilike it

Anonymous 15d
That's a great idea :)
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Emma Giurlani Italy
Emma Giurlani Italy
As Sara from Portugal says, interactive games can help motivating students  and making their learning process becoming more active and involving particularly when and if we ask our students to create some games to challenge their mates. There are many tools that can be used to let them create games and quizzes like scratch, quizlet, learning apps, wheel decide. Like  Emilia-Elisabeta from Romania I use kahoot and I ask my students to create their own quizzes  or jambled stories . I can do it because my students are 14/19 years old but I think that ,if helped and guided also very young pupils can create their own materials to challenge their mates
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sara 17d
I agree completely. I'm doing the same: )

Anonymous 16d
I agree, kahoot is a great tool to assess the students' learning and they enjoy it a lot.

ezgi kiroglu 13d
I also use kahoot in my classes. Students really like it. They use technology, they compete each other, they have fun by learning.
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Temel Gövce ,Turkey
Temel Gövce ,Turkey 
At the begining of  the lesson I offen  say the  topic of  the lesson to my students. I often try to find a way for interacting skills.I am using  classdojo.  Generally I use technology while teaching and I use the power of the games,songs,team work and other communicative skills used by students in everyday life...
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Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, România
Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, România
In my class i use my own laptop and various games, like Kahoot. I have participate in eTwinning projects with them.
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Draženka Kuzman 17d
Pupils like Kahoot. I use Kahoot with my students, too.
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Audronė
Audronė
I like various games, interactive activities, quizes. I use Kahoot, Quizizz, Quizlet, Liveworksheets. I am also an active participant of eTwinning projects as well as my students.
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Anonymous 17d
Good idea to use this games, I´ve been using them during the last 3 years and students love them!
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Kristina.K.,
Kristina.K., 
As I teach German and English as Foreign languages I can easily combine formal and informal. I find it important.
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Göksel Ogalan 17d
Göksel From Manisa -Turkey ..I agree Kristina. Also the similiarities of both languages would enable an understanding which would motivate the student to discover and reveal other common and different points of each language.
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Sara, Portugal
Sara, Portugal
In my classes I use interactive games and multimedia presentations.
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Göksel Ogalan 17d
Göksel From Manisa,Turkey

Göksel Ogalan 17d
So do I Sara. Especially web2 tools like Kahoot or quizess attract all students. They have fun , work together and implement their knowledge to compare how good they are and what do they need to learn more .. greetings !

la prof CdC 17d
Sometimes it may happen that students do not understand that doing non-formal activities means studying and that they commit less.

Göksel Ogalan 17d
I think that's the point. There is no boundary in learning like exam pressure , regulations and other obstacles.
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Aleka, Greece
Aleka, Greece


In an ESL classroom, it is very efficient to combine informal and formal learning as it is easier for students to remember vocabulary that they already use or see in everyday life...
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Emma Giurlani Italy
Emma Giurlani Italy
I agree with Adilia from Portugal 
I think that PBL  is the right answer to challenge our students and to change positively also our approach to teaching and learning, as I'm convinced that also teachers can learn a lot from their students. For example in the use of technology we can involve more experienced students as trainers in real peer education. We can link our activities with all the competences our students gain while doing activities outside the school. I mean that by practicing sports, for example, students learn to be constant and persistent,  to exploit  their resilience skills if confronted with difficulties... I think that we can share  a lot of possibilities to improve our learning and teaching skills if we learn to look with new eyes at everything that is done outside the formal learning environment. eTwinning projects can provide such possibilities, for example to get students using technologies in a more independent and creative way , in order to solve real problems in real life
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Angelo Chiarle 17d
I agree: the use of PBL is by sure a great idea to mix formal, informal and non-formal learning. I like also your focus on some soft skills.
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Gizem T-Giresun-TURKEY
Gizem T-Giresun-TURKEY
I want to explain my ideas with a sample of my lesson.First I start with a pre-lesson activities like brainstorming,prediction or using a warm up video,during the lesson we focus on topic and in the end I want them work as group and produce a product related with topic.It can be a diologue,a poster or anything else.I also make them practice with games like quizizz,Plickers,Cram.

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la prof CdC 17d
I also find very motivating for the students to introduce a topic with an informal chat, also telling an anecdote
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Göksel Ogalan Manisa
Göksel Ogalan Manisa 
As a forgein language teacher I've realised that a lesson deprived from mobile technologies does not appeal to the learners that much. The lesson has to be combined with web2 tools , interactive applications etc. However crowded classes and lack of infrastructure disable the way of this approach in many schools. But at least the students could be encouraged to use these technologies outside the school and fullfill their learning process individually .

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Arif Soğukpınar, Turkey
Arif Soğukpınar, Turkey
In my courses, I use classdojo and whatsup with my students. I give some tasks on classdojo, they prepare and share the photos of the tasks. I use whatsup to announce the things that related to the course, and get their ideas.
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Anonymous 17d
I would like to use ClassDojo but unfortunately not all my students have internet access at home.

Anonymous 17d
María de Arriba (Sain): It´s an useful tool to comunicate with parents and engage students in their process of learning. I love it!

Temel Govce 17d
I am using classdojo to change my students behaviour. I like it too.

Carolina Biscossi 17d
I don't know ClassDojo. I'm going to try it, thank you

niacouto 17d
ClassDojo is nice. I've tried it some years ago and it provided students, teacher and parents a nice level of interaction that was helpful for everyone.

Angelo Chiarle 17d
ClassDojo is really a great resource: I am amazed at the grip that also has on students of 18 years!

Mine Nihal Selvi 16d
thanks for the idea!
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Dace, Latvia
Dace, Latvia
My students like games, It can be interactive or 3 parts montessori games. We use Talking Wall too. Its like small  exhibition
- can see our jobs, read, learn and make our day joyfull.
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Anonymous 17d
How do you use talking wall*

Cecília Abreu 14d
It's a good strategy! Students love games and technology.
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Özlem DOĞRU Yozgat TÜRKİYE
Özlem DOĞRU Yozgat TÜRKİYE
We can need and use that  three methodology It s about the lesson s subject. but it is a fact that pupils like games and to be involved in  . 
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Aurora,
Aurora, 
I love to try different ideas, games, activities... I use a lot new technologies to motivate kids. I love etwinning projects and any kind of collaborative activities.
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Konstantinos Papadopoulos 17d
My too,and I am open to the challenges to European School Academy
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Hara,Cy
Hara,Cy
I try to make the topic of the lesson as relevant to their everyday lives as possible. If we are working with a reading passage from our Greek language course books, for example, I provide my students with extra material which is relevant to where they live, their own experiences and their age. Reading comprehension becomes easier and more interesting for my students in this way.
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Daniela, Malta
Daniela, Malta
First of all, I believe that the teacher has to see what kind of students one has and try to cater for their different learning styles.  In this way one can reach  and engage as many students as possible, since not all learn in the same way.   As a foreign language teacher I try to stress out as much as possible that we are not studying a language just for the exam but to be able to communicate in real life situations.  I do this by inviting over native speakers, use films and songs, organise language club activities for example following a typical German recipe to cook something for the rest of the school.  Like this they learn without stress
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Anonymous 17d
I really like your idea.Especially the way yo thinking that language is tool to comunicate.

Adília Santos 17d
I love the idea of cooking for the rest of the school!!
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Roisin, Spain
Roisin, Spain
We should link the concepts they need to learn in Formal education and also tech them in non-formal education 
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Elf 12d
It should be somehow integrated as you mentioned.
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Hacı Ömer Erarslan, Bursa,Turkey
Hacı Ömer Erarslan, Bursa,Turkey
Create a free-thinking environment.Current information should be given.

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ana 16d
I like the free-thinking concept. How do you manage that in a class? Could you give me more details?
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Ben , India
Ben , India
I am an ESL teacher and i Use Google Forms and Google Docs for both formal and informal learning as my students can collaborate anytime anywhere. they don't need me all the times..
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Carolina, Italy💡
Carolina, Italy💡
 
In my class I use EDMODO. It is a communication, collaboration, and coaching platform to K-12 schools and teachers. The Edmodo network enables teachers to share content, distribute quizzes, assignments, and manage communication with students. The students can also share content, make assignments and communicate with the othe students and the teacher. I think it is a good tool to link formal learning and informal learning and generate non-formal learning. 
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Daniela Dimech 17d
I really like this idea. Nowadays students love to use digital technologies and in this way you are entwining the formal and informal learning. I like! Well done

Vera Lourenco 17d
Hi, Carolina, I really like edmodo. This year as I'm teaching students with 10 and 11 years, I started to use another tool Classdojo, because they can add also their work but I can give them points for their competences. The students love this. Vera Lourenço

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I think Edmodo is really good to make students feel that the relationship with their teachers goes on also outside school. What's more they like it a lot
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Barbara Matysek, Poland
Barbara Matysek, Poland
In Poland formal learning is quite important and mostly I think it is because of the exams at the end of every level of education. Poor students are stressed because of the exams that are in the future. I try to use varius techniques to show them that it is not for the exams that they learn but that it can be nice and enjoyable process. We use games in classroom (Kahoot, Quizizz, Quizlet, LearnigApps). I also involve my students in eTwinning projects and they really like it
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Anonymous 17d
In my school is the same, sometimes other teachers are hard to teach and they don,t want to try something diferent. Aurora-Slovenia

Hélia Maria Casimiro Silva Henriques 15d
Barbara, I also feel that the Portuguese school system still overvalues tests and exams. It is high time we changed that. Fortunately we can see that some changes are taking place and the great amount of participants in this MOOC is a good sign!
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Semiha, Turkey
Semiha, Turkey
I try to let the students to use what they have learned, with different activities like games , presentations etc.
They like to playing games.
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Anonymous 17d
I think it's a great idea!
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Annibale, Italy
Annibale, Italy
I'm the typical  example about how it is possible to make non formal education at school, becouse during my activity I only use the non formal approach, and with my activity the students can practise the non formal education.
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Anonymous 17d
That's great!
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Sibel, Mersin /Turkey
Sibel, Mersin /Turkey
While I was teaching the first grade to the first reading, I advised the parents to use the "I am learning to read and write" android application. It was easy for foreign students (Syrian) in my class to learn Turkish with this application. It is great to use formal, non-formal and informal learning together.
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Carla Paiva, Portugal
Carla Paiva, Portugal
Here in Portugal our government is trying to implement new educational policies. They want us teachers to implement a curricular autonomy. They want us to teach students through projects, allowing students to build their knowledge, while we are there only as guides, supporters. I think these are great ideas. However, they didn't quite give us the tools to put it into action. We still have a strict syllabus to teach. I try to use more group work, where I put better students with weaker ones to implement collaborative work among peers. I also use interactive internet activities, such as Escola virtual, Aula Digital (provided by the publishers); I create Kahoots and quizzes for the students and then they have to create their own ones. And since last schoolyear I'm involved in an Erasmus+ project, which gives the opportunity to students to develop several activities within the school community, like preparing activities for the school library to present to other students and parents ( debates, exhibitions, theatre, music...) and learning about different countries/ cultures in the real settings, as well as practising the English language abroad. So I really recommend it to you!
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BarbaraMatysek 17d
I have to say that in Poland we have quite a similar situation. Our curriculum is really tough and we do not have much time to do it but we are also encouraged to teach using various projects and techniques.

Daniela Dimech 17d
Yes, I understand! That seems to happen in many places. It is great when they tell you that you have the autonomy. However it is a pity that they restrict you by giving you a crammed syllabus to follow!
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Ana, Croatia
Ana, Croatia
In the traditional way of learning we are confined to four classroom walls with only texbooks and computers as a window. Informal and non formal learning are still considered optional and non relevant. They are unfortunately not viewed as a great tool in achieveing our teaching goals. I teach foreign language and succeeded in getting my students outside the classroom by regularly going to the cinema and watching films.
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Adília Santos 17d
Going to the cinema with students is a great idea!
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Violeta Cumak, Lithuania
Violeta Cumak, Lithuania
As many of teaches I also use project based learning. We work on projects, so, we are  out of classroom very often in case to study things in very close touching. I am a teacher of non formal education, our program focuses on getting to know and research of local history, tradions. So our teaching process mostly goes at a museum, nature or special objects. The program of non formal education is linked to formal programs an enrich them.
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Patrícia Campos 15d
I´m sure students enjoy your activities and learn a lot with them. Congratulations!
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Ksenija, Croatia
Ksenija, Croatia
Teaching tourism without  projects, visits, web tools etc. would be impossible. My students visit different hotels and get the task to do after the visits. We visit tourism fairs to learn about marketing, presentations etc. While learning about travel packages, they create their own package - they chose the destination, accommodation, transportation, places to visit, calculate the price, create leaflet and many other activites during this project. That way my student can show their creativity, critical thinking, improve digital skills, presen tation skills and much, much more.
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Annibale Morsillo 17d
Dear Ksenija I really appreciate your approche with the real activities connected to the study
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Pedro Pereira, Seixal - Portugal
Pedro Pereira, Seixal - Portugal
The tradicional science classes about ecossystems are porposed to watch and discuss videos with the students, inside classrooms. In the last 1o years after doing a Outdoor course, i started to teach that issue , outside my classroom walls, and my students start to have better grades. This methodology uses the hands-on and mind-on principles, and students feedback is fantastic! We should bring our students outside and let then connect individually with nature. 
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Filipa, Portugal
Filipa, Portugal
From what I have experienced as a student and now as a teacher, I think that the curricula force teachers to follow formal learning. It's a shame that in our training to become teachers - and I'm referring to my country - we only get access to a classroom with real students in the last year of the course. That is another impediment to grow as creative teachers! I try as much as I can to get students to work in groups and create tools and/or worksheets to teach their colleagues. 

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Anonymous 17d
Carla Paiva. I totally agree with you but we can make the change. Try to bring new technologies to the classroom. Have you ever tried Kahoot or Quizizz? Try it. Students love it! Good work!

BarbaraMatysek 17d
I agree Kahoot, Quizizz, LearningApps, Quizlet are great modern tools to be used in classrooms and my students love them :)
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Paulo, Portugal
Paulo, Portugal
As many of you I also use project based learning with my students and try to included feedback in a regular basis. Also included a Rubric in the daily work that help to guide them through the process regarding tasks.
This year I start to introduce some Kahoot quiz and the feedback is great. This gamification method really set the standarts high.

The Rubric attached if from Paulo Carvalho presented at MOOC TeachUP1  
Formative assessment in practice - are my students learning? 
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Annibale Morsillo 17d
Dear Pauolo, I really like your approch based on PBL

niacouto 17d
Very interesting approach (also very practical).

ana 16d
I find rubrics very useful for me and students… downloaded this one, I like to collect good examples, thanks… ;)

Elf 12d
I use Kahoot and Quizzezz for pre-tests and post tests.
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Alex_PT
In many Portuguese schools, we still have very traditional classrooms with boards and one (the teacher’s) desktop. Sts only have access to tech and gadgets if they bring in and are allowed to use their handheld gadgets; many teachers are still very traditional and therefore classes are teacher-centred. As it sometimes is so tough to work out of the box, I’ve come up with a blog. I’ve experienced first-hand the benefits of a classroom blog (myself as the administrator, and all sts as co-authors, free to publish what and whenever needed and they felt like): we started this project as an extension of the classroom for sts to publish (not hand in) their assignments and soon, sts started publishing entries about their holidays, books they read, family outings… Being an EFL teacher, blogs are ideal to link these different learning settings: publishing in English, at their own pace and according to their own interests, they would read, write and practise English and, therefore, learn. Learn also to share - who knows, with an audience outside of their classroom, school, country? A window from and into our classroom!
ETwinning projects have also proved to be highly beneficial for sts to practise their English in real contexts as well as to learn to work collaboratively among other 21st Century skills.
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Antonino Esteves 17d
Congratulations for the initiative. It's a great way to learn and exchange ideals.

Anonymous 17d
Carla Paiva I also think it is a very good strategy to involve students in their learning process and an efficient one, too. Congratulations!

TeacherA 16d
Thank you for your feedback :)
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Güneş K,Turkey
Güneş K,Turkey
I prefer to ask students what is the missing point of learning skills.Emotions,ideas ,interests..vb will be much more important than classic classroom teachings.
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Jorge Conde, Portugal
Jorge Conde, Portugal
Non formal and informal learning are light weighted whereas formal learning sometimes becomes very stressful. I wish that the curriculums weren't so demanding and could be taught through projects. Students would certainly be more interested and learn much more. 
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TeacherA 18d
Indeed! Too long and demanding curricula in teacher-centred classrooms while sts learn better with PBL. I have attempted to change a module from the course book and have some PBL but couldn't...parents didn't want and the form teacher insisted I couldn' t change a thing! You, ever tried? What about the technology means available in your school?

Anonymous 17d
The tecnologies aren´t the only thing where we can improve. We have to turn the teaching more humanistic
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Antonino, Portugal
Antonino, Portugal
Learn for skills
The Profile of Students for the 21st Century, prepared by a working group set up by the Ministry of Education with a view to clarifying the skills that young people who complete compulsory schooling should possess, presupposes a correlation between formal and informal education in as it envisages the development of areas of competence that go beyond the transmission of knowledge.
In my professional activity I try to develop projects and teaching by the discovery that allow the student's full development in collaborative and cooperative work with his peers and teacher.
I often use the science lab to enable the development of other skills and abilities in students.
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Lucia, Italy
Lucia, Italy
School trips and extracurricular projects are important ways you can get to learn your students and appreciate their non-academical skills. 
You can also ask your students to write about their life experiences and the moments you shared with them. This usually creates and emotional bond that motivates them to come to school.
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Pedro Pereira.

Anonymous 17d
The best way to improve classes is making connetion between all of then

Lídia Sousa 17d
I agree that extra curricular projects and school trips are motivating strategies for the students. School trips do actually build bridges between formal and informal learning in a plesant and solid way. School projects are a big plus too, don't you think?

Anonymous 17d
It is always helpful to connect everything to their everyday lives

Diana Padua 15d
I totally agree with you! Sometimes we think we know our students and we get surprised when we see them in different contexts. And it is an excellent opportunity to get to know our SS better and , as you say, to create emotional bonds that will certainly help them improve their skills and their self-esteem.
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Yasemin,Turkey
Yasemin,Turkey
I often try to find a way for interacting both formal and informal education together.For example I use technology while teaching and I use the power of the games,songs and other communicative skills used by students in everyday life...
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Paulo Alves 17d
That´s the way to go Yasemin. A more envolving teaching method that bring the students to the center of the process, taking part of it and build it under the teacher feedback orientation.
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Lídia, Portugal
Lídia, Portugal
Learning environments are key to students' motivation and success. 
That is why I believe that if my students have the opportunity to participate in varied learning experiences, involving both great teaching and a set of strategies that build bridges between formal, non-formal and informal learning, they are prone to try harder, learn better and develop themselves physically and psychologically in a balanced way as individuals with self-esteem, integrity, critical thinking and creativity.
  How can I as a teacher foster these learning environments?
- By trying to involve students in their learning process and allow them to set their learning paths;
-By encouraging them to integrate their interests and previous experiences as individuals in their learning process: telling about them, using them as assets within the classroom towards the reach of learning objectives;
- By promoting a wise use of technology (to promote contacts and exchanges);
- By encouraging the use of games (sound competition, observation of rules, quick thinking, decision making);
- By valuing their contributions and encourage follow-up activities to disseminate work processes and results;
- By promoting school and interschool projects, among other strategies that comply with the learners’ interests.
 Can you think of other ways? 

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Anonymous 17d
Hi I m Gizem from Turkey.When the students involve actively to their leraning process they are very motivated.In addition they like cooparation.Group works are best for them.
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Silvia, Spain
Silvia, Spain
I like my students to interact between them, and so, we do a lot of projects in which they have to work in small groups.

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Anonymous 17d
Students like to work together, in groups they also can learn from each other.

yasemen irven 15d
I agree with you. Students like learning something from each other
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Serap ÖZDEMİR ORUC
Serap ÖZDEMİR ORUC
I have made an interaction between formal and non-formal education. They are learning the subjects in the classroom by formal way. But to make the information permanent and make learning enjoyable, we should do something else. Students like using web tools. So I created a kahoot (vocabulary quiz with images) quiz for English lesson which has 20 question. I teached them using kahoot and also how creating a kahoot quiz. They enjoyed very much while playing the quiz. Yes I have used the word:"play" because they feel like that. They can play it after school at anywhere. I also created a quiz for history lesson.
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VIOLETA 17d
Students really enjoy when lesson goes in interactive way, so, teacher have possibility to get much more better feedback
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Lucía, Spain
Lucía, Spain
I like being able to teach the natural sciences in a practical way trying to explain outside the building

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Marina, Croatia
Marina, Croatia
Through practical examples in nature, students learn the essence of things much faster! 

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Draženka Kuzman 17d
I like these type of learning,
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Mirela Barcău
Mirela Barcău
Example of a non-formal lesson: watching a SF film and discussing with the students the scientific parts of it. I like many of the ideas I read in my colleague's comments, and some of their ideas are going to use them in the future. 
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serap Özdemir oruç 18d
Dear friend, it is a good idea that watching a SF film and talking about the scientific parts of it.
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MELİN GETİZMEN YEŞİL
MELİN GETİZMEN YEŞİL

MY PURPOSE IS TO CREATE THE SKILL TO THE 21st CENTURY COMPETENCIES AND THE TRADITIONAL COMPETITIONS IN THE BEST WAY.
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Gülümser ŞENTÜRK AKKOYUN, TURKEY-MUŞ
Gülümser ŞENTÜRK AKKOYUN, TURKEY-MUŞ
You need to start by choosing the achievements that will appeal to different learning areas. students' individual characteristics should also be taken into account. activity and project-based learning. I think that it will be more efficient to process the classes in the form of future classes. a corner laboratory, a corner library, tables for work in the middle, musical instruments and video presentations in another corner carried out interactive work, again in the last corner of the game, the entertainment area, quite wide classes with 10 students students carried out activities. I guess that's my purpose. 
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serap Özdemir oruç 18d
Yes, exactly you are right friend , individual characteristics of students should be taken into account before selecting the teaching methods .
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Ş.G.GÜNDEM/İZMİR
Ş.G.GÜNDEM/İZMİR
I want them to give research papers and present it to their friends. So both 21. century skills are developing as well as speaking skills across the community.
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Sanja, Croatia Students are more likely to be in nature in museums and etc.
Sanja, Croatia Students are more likely to be in nature in museums and etc.
They love to play with digitals games that teachers provide and use in their classrooms.

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Anonymous 18d
I agree with you!

marina_kulas 18d
I agree with you!

VIOLETA 17d
Agree

VIOLETA 17d
learning in nature and via emotions gives really valuable feedback
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Edita/Croatia
Edita/Croatia
We work on projects so we are often out the classroom. I prefer practical activities or project work.I use web 2.0 tools and I try to make learning interesting.
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silvia_lopmar_2 18d
well done!

Rui Carvalho 18d
I use project based learning with my students through the problem solving method. Students learn best when they can make a connection with what they are learning and their reality. The introduction of technologies is also another aspect that I try to introduce in my classes, not only as a way of making learning more appealing or interesting, but also as a way of developing their ICT skills.
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Lidija Antolic, Croatia
Lidija Antolic, Croatia
Young learners love to play. Trough different games they can learn in classroom and in the school yard
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Anonymous 18d
That's correct Lidija!

Ana Banana 17d
I agree that young but also older students lke playful approach to learni g.
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Nicolette, Malta
Nicolette, Malta
Throughout my teaching I try to link practical activities to the theoretical part of the subject. Since I teach music I also emphasize the importance of attending concerts  outside school whenever possible to be more aware of theaters and concert halls. 

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Lidija Hatadi, Croatia
Lidija Hatadi, Croatia
Combining classroom and nature education. In this way, students notice the practical importance of a particular knowledge.
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Edita Rizvan 18d
I agree with you dear colleague!

Anonymous 18d
I agree too!

marina_kulas 18d
I agree with you!
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Naide,Turkey
Naide,Turkey
Create a free-thinking environment.Current information should be given.
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edi_fanti 18d
I'm agree with you, thsi is an important issue!
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Jasenka Kuljak, Croatia
Jasenka Kuljak, Croatia
We organize a project day at school. All the students in their classroom handle the same topic through different teaching units, and then follow the presentation of the works. Eg. the theme is bread. Learners learn about bread, learn bread, bread types, work on bread presentations, watch video content, sing and compose songs on bread. Through formal and informal learning, they adopt content and apply them to everyday work and life.

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Anonymous 18d
I agree with you. I think that's really important.

marina_kulas 18d
Very interesting! I like it!

Anonymous 18d
I like the idea.This kind of application makes students learn different aspects of the theme

Anonymous 17d
Wonderful, I love the idea!

Anonymous 16d
Liked ,t!
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Hümeyra/SİNOP
Hümeyra/SİNOP
When I bring more technology into the classroom I realize that my students are more eager to learn. I try to use web2 tools in order to make learning in a more interesting way for my students. With the help of web2 tools we can encourage students to collaborate with each other and encourage them to learn through experience.

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Ivica ,Croatia
Ivica ,Croatia
 I try to involve my students with a process that involves them challenging them to define their learning objectives to produce the knowledge necessary for their future. 
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As a DaF teacher I o
 As a DaF teacher I often give homework to my students to make a Memogame for new vocabulary or to talk with their (grand-)parents about german loanwords they use on daily basis. 
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Link the in and out
Link the in and out
To make our students learn better we should link the inside activities with the outside ones. We should give then thw chance of real practices.

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Anonymous 17d
I agree with you.
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Lacramioara,Romania
Lacramioara,Romania
Real-life practical applications help students better understand phenomena.
At the end of a chapter where we discussed a physical phenomenon for students, they get a project theme. They can work individually or in a team and are evaluated according to a rating grid. It is a means by which each brings a plusvalue to the subject studied.

Students present the results of their project and they are analyzed and discussed by colleagues.

These projects combine formal and informal learning.

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Dilay
Dilay
Students can visit museums or associations of the related subject in the school. They can write on blogs about their learning and share their ideas and reflections with teir friends and other students all around the world. Students can use educational technology at home.
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Jasenka Kuljak 18d
I believe that it was interesting to your students and that they learned a lot in a different way

Anonymous 17d
Sandra Oliveira I am a Biology teacher so instead I take them outside, to see the landscape and ecossystems!
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Mehtap Öz
Mehtap Öz
I am working with high talented students.In our courses,cooperation and collaboration is vital.We like doing,experiencing and sharing.I always try to make them feel relax and confident.
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Edi, Italy
Edi, Italy
I always try to let some space for creativity with my pupils in primary school, to let them to create/invent mathematical problems, make some experiments for science etc.. but the most important challenge is to create for them some 'real life tasks' linked to the knowledge acquired in the classroom
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lucia_marase 18d
I agree with you... a very important issue !

Anonymous 17d
Sandra Oliveira I can not agree more! That´s why I creat a paddlet for my classes. Each of my students creat their own paddlet and they deepen their knowledge about the curricula they are studying!
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Feri YAMAN
Feri YAMAN
Aydın/TURKEY
It is very important that they interact when learning.
I find work they can collaborate with.
Making different projects for mutual communication gives great results.In addition, while drama studies develop their imagination, Stem studies are expanding their horizons.
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Anonymous 18d
I totally agree with you.Students can also expand their areas of interest and learn to use them in different aspects of life in the future
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Ana, Portugal
Ana, Portugal
I think the learning process is something very complex, but we can make it simpler by engaging students to take the lead of it. If students are able to make decisions, think about solutions and be ative on their resolution I think the learning process will be full of meaning and will be richer. For this I think it's very important for students to be engaged in their learning process, by learning not online in the classroom, but also with their families, friends and other contexts of the community. By this I mean that the community should be involved in the learning process, so that it could be diverse and appropriate to each student individually. Then, in small groups they can discuss their differences and share them with the rest of the class, so that everyone could have voice and listen to the others points of view.
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Anonymous 16d
I think to be understood is very important for a child. Explain her/himself makes them also listen. Good approach, thank you.

ezgi kiroglu 13d
I agree with you. Learning is everywhere , every time . But the syllabus makes it difficult.
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Aiste, Lithuania
Aiste, Lithuania
I prefer practical activities or project works. Students have to choose research field, for egz, water, air polution, soil acidity and make some experiments. Then they have to introduce their work to other students.
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lucia_marase 18d
Yes, I agree with you it is very importan to learn in natural sciences !
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As nin formal education I give them responsibilites to do outdoor the school
As nin formal education I give them responsibilites to do outdoor the school 
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Iva,Croatia
Iva,Croatia
I prefer practical activites with my students inside and outside of school.It is nessessery a conenection between formal and informal lesrning for better understanding ,and it is easier to learn . Also we use games and quizes for learning ,they like that way of learning.
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İn informal teaching I take students different enjoyable places
İn informal teaching I take students different enjoyable places 
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dilay_tezgul 18d
I agree. Maybe later, they can write an observation report or reflections about what they see in those places and connect it to their in-class learning

Lidija Antolić 18d
Nice example. I also take pupils to watch a play at the theater. After we do activities in school.
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Doinita B., Romania
Doinita B., Romania
The learning activities that I offer my students are related to the goals they are pursuing and their learning styles. Practical activities are preferred by students, both in school and outside school. The connection between formal and non-formal learning develops the competency I target and gives confidence to students.
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mehtap öz 18d
I agree with you.Giving confidence is really impotant
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Rui Carvalho, Portugal
Rui Carvalho, Portugal
I think it is important to respect the learning rhythms of students, and understand that sometimes it is necessary to use various teaching strategies so that all students can learn. Another important aspect is that students make meaningful and collaborative learning.
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Ana Montenegro 18d
I agree with you. Sometimes it's difficult for us to have time to let students be able to take care of their learning process, but it should be compulsory, once I believe that is the way they learn better!

yasemen irven 15d
İ agree with you.Especially in our country our classroms are so crowded .Sometimes it can be so hard to let them be able to learn
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we play games with s
 we play games with students in the garden, or in the classroom. they like this ways of learning.
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Anonymous 18d
I also think that playing games is one of the most effective ways of learning.

Temel Govce 17d
Games are so effective to teach some thing. I am using this method too. But some times I CAN'T find suitable game for topic.
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Adérito
Adérito
Agualva-Cacém
Generally speaking, for adults, and specifically for my students, the best way to learn is through the internet, properly targeted.
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Lidija Antolić 18d
Yes, the older the pupils are more IT technology they can use for learning.

NICOLETTE MILLER 18d
Yes internet can be a vital tool in the classroom. Some students need lots of guidance when doing this - it is important that students learn how to research.
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Sanja, Croatia
Sanja, Croatia
I love to take my student in school yard and explore nature, do projects like assessment sides of the world by sun. They like also web 2.0 tools like Plickers or Wordwall.

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Edita Rizvan 18d
Very nice!
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Grazia, Italy
Grazia, Italy
During class activities I use a lot of brainstorming and circle time as strategies for the comparison of the different opinions and ideas of my students and as an opportunity to negotiate
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Anonymous 18d
There are many opportunities for learning in the activities you organize, especially from the perspective of social skills. Perhaps it would be useful to practice the role play.

Anonymous 18d
Same as me !

Paulo Alves 17d
Hi Grazia, I use also Rubrics that help them (and us teachers) to guide them through the process.
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Yune Basque Country
Yune Basque Country
I think that different learning setting could be linked better taking into account interdisciplinary projects which are directly related to student´s real life.  
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Mariagrazia Italy
Mariagrazia Italy
I try to involve my students with a process that involves them challenging them to define their learning objectives to produce the knowledge necessary for their future.
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Anonymous 18d
Same as me! Ivica, CRO

Anonymous 18d
Be nice to work together! Ivica ,CRO
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Hakan TATLI
Hakan TATLI
Talas KAYSERİ
My students work in groups and interact with each other to enrich learning environments.

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mehtap öz 18d
Exactly

Filipa 17d
Cooperative work is very important!

MELEK GÖKSU 17d
perfect
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Ivana, Croata
Ivana, Croata
In my work I often use web 2.0 tools because my students love interesting tasks.
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Georgia Karela, Greece
Georgia Karela, Greece
My students work in small groups and they try to interact and help one another.

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Silvia Duarte 18d
Love that strategy! I use it all the time!

Ana Montenegro 18d
I think working in small groups is very important, but after it is also important to share conclusions with the rest of the group, don't you think. I think that way we can turn the learning process richer, once everyone shares their results differently.
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Fırst I let my students free after teaching the subject then İ watch them one by one whether they learn or not
Fırst I let my students free after teaching the subject then İ watch them one by one whether they learn or not
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Laïla,Morocco
Laïla,Morocco
I think we should move from a school subjects organisation (maths, history, english...) to integrated projects vision, with multi-subjects courses. 
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Anonymous 18d
I think that multi -subjects courses are really interesting.

Filipa 17d
Filipa, Portugal
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Rukiye Dengiz / TURKEY
Rukiye Dengiz / TURKEY
I think we should try to make students experience the things that we have  taught. This is our major problem as teachers.

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Anonymous 18d
Practice is very important for skills training. Perhaps it would be useful to deploy it outside the school.
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Nadya, Bulgaria
Nadya, Bulgaria
I think  that the main learning strategies are learining by doing, learning through experience. The  collaborative tasks are so important because all students can involve in the learning process and can do something. That's why I encourage them to involve in different projects.
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Anonymous 18d
It's a great idea, it's important for the students to learn doing

Anonymous 16d
Brauchle, Learning by doing is the key!
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Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece
Marianthi Arvanitidou-Greece
Building rapport with students is very important. The contact between students and teachers are vital to the students' success. One of the main reasons students leave school is the feeling of isolation that they experience. The concern shown will help students get through difficult times and keep working. Faculty have many avenues to follow to open up the lines of communication. 



For the regular classroom:


Invite students to visit outside of class.
Know your students by name.
Help students with problems in their extracurricular activities.
Personalize feedback on student assignments.
Attend student events.
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Anonymous 17d
Elsa, Portugal For me it is very important to know and call my students by their names. It's one of the main activities in the beginning of each school year. This year I have 11 classes, almost 250 students but I know all their first names. When I see them outside the school facilities I make sure we greet each other.

Patrícia Campos 15d
Great tips! :)
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Laurrie, Sibiu
Laurrie, Sibiu
I have great students, but they can become noisy and easily get bored. So I try to engage them in various activities - from individual tasks, to pair work and group work. They like group work best, because that is when they can express themselves freely, without feeling too embarrassed if they make mistakes. 
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Anonymous 18d
Working in groups is really great.

Hümeyra YENER 18d
With the help of group works students develop stronger communication skills.

Jasenka Kuljak 18d
Love that strategy! I use it all the time!
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Sílvia, Portugal :D
Sílvia, Portugal :D
Sometimes I think about classroom learning and feel sad for not being able to get a more holistic perspective. It would be important for students  to understand that everything is connected and that the classes they atend belong to a whole. That the learning process should be seen as a continuous construction of a balanced, proactive student with a desire to learn how to build a better world. 
All the learnings should contribute to the student grow responsible, conscious and motivated.
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Antonino Esteves 17d
I agree with you. To make teaching more efficient we have to address issues that go beyond the context of the classroom.
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Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ Turkey
Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ Turkey
 
The information that students learn at school should be compatible with what is happening in life. The information that is not included in life does not give much to the child. On the contrary, it brings weight as an object occupying space in his brain. way to solve the problem of producing new ideas to be able to produce new ideas, children, self-confidence, and happiness to live together with the feeling of living and survive. During the development period stress and an intense program because of the life of the living conditions, location, emotions, and the picture they want to learn together children ettirilerek tracked in a chain and transitions providing medium should be essentially domestic life verilmelidir.okul 
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Sanja, Croatia
Sanja, Croatia

I have a permanent project "I see maths" with my school where they make posters with photos of things in nature that are connected with what we are learning. For example, they see lines in traces of airplanes, circles and other curves in logos of different companies or buildings, and so on. These posters are usually very colofrul and interesting.
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Silvia Duarte 18d
I love that project. I had a similar one called "math in the city" and students walked around the city looking for patterns a geometrical forms, and then, they saved it in a picture or a video and we explore it at class.

Anonymous 18d
Really great idea. It is easier for students to understand diferent geometrical forms.

dilay_tezgul 18d
Wonderful idea. I agree
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Slađana Kristek
Slađana Kristek
I use diffrent learning strategies and methodes to improve my students learning. I use web 2.00 tools and i try to make learning interessting

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sanjafe 18d
So am I! I love Plickers and Worldwall!

Anonymous 18d
Same as me! Be nice to work together! Ivica ,CRO

Hümeyra YENER 18d
I agree with you. Web2 tools make our work easier and more enjoyable.
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Sevda ER-TURKEY
Sevda ER-TURKEY
I use differentlearning strategies for every students has his/her own style but in particular the devolopment of computational thinking
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Sometimes I give students work on projects related to the texts we study in the classroom (highlight a theme that is dealt with in several texts or compare characters between them); they can choose the form in which they present the project. Other times, students have to document the life of the writers studied or the world they created in various texts.I noticed that students like to start from a text and create their own version: a small show, a movie or a poster. Thus, they think more about the text studied and can choose aspects that intersect them.
Sometimes I give students work on projects related to the texts we study in the classroom (highlight a theme that is dealt with in several texts or compare characters between them); they can choose the form in which they present the project. Other times, students have to document the life of the writers studied or the world they created in various texts.I noticed that students like to start from a text and create their own version: a small show, a movie or a poster. Thus, they think more about the text studied and can choose aspects that intersect them.
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Anonymous 18d
by doing and experiencing learn
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by doing and experiencinglearn
by doing and experiencinglearn
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I like to gather evidence of what my learners know. I then build my teaching upon the abilities of my learners. Linking our lesson objectives to the learners experience is crucial.
I like to gather evidence of what my learners know.  I then build my teaching upon the abilities of my learners.  Linking our lesson objectives to the learners experience is crucial.
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Anonymous 18d
by doing and experiencing learn

edi_fanti 18d
I would like to know more about it!
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Tamara, Croatia
Tamara, Croatia
I use different learning strategies and methods to improve my students learning and that they would be more interested in teaching process.
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Anonymous 18d
I agree with you.

Edita Rizvan 18d
I agree too!

Anonymous 17d
Elsa, Portugal I also think it is very important to diversify strategies and activities

Anonymous 16d
I agree with you
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Massimiliano, Italy
Massimiliano, Italy
 I use different learning strategies for every student has his/her own style but in particular the development of computational thinking
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Silvia Duarte 18d
I love when I read about teachers that concern with their students timings, interestings and needs!
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Lina, Cro
Lina, Cro
I think that the best learning is experience learning. It is good to put students in real life situations. I use project work and my student need to research some theme. Sometimes they choose a theme by themselfs and they are very motivated for this kind of learning.
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laurrie 18d
I agree!
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Athanasia
Athanasia
A good starting point is students' previous experience so the knew knowledge to be a part of their real world. Setting queries that students as detectives should "investigate" is also good. Like  a journey...we need to know where we are, where we want to go and find out the optional way for this and ...be there ALL together in the end. So we share responsibilities, and  we contribute to accomplish this
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Faruk Yildiz 16d
A good approach; Thus, students can start with a basic question they know and learn more.
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Panagiota, Greece
Panagiota, Greece
I use different learning strategies, because every student has his/her own style of learning and I would like all of my students learn something throughout the day.  
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Rui Carvalho 18d
Hi Panagiota. I agree with you. I think we should respect the learning rhythms of students. it is important for them to realize what they are learning, and to be aware of the progress they are making.

Anonymous 17d
Every kids have a interest so need different learning strategies.
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Elisabetta, Italy
Elisabetta, Italy
Key point is undoubtedly starting from students' knowledge, which can be acquired from any type of learning, and blend it with a more formal setting. This has then to open to the "outside", exploiting first of all digital technologies, which is the language of our students nowaday. Secondly, tasks should be real, to allow students experiment group work, critical thinking, decision making.
 
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Faruk Yildiz 16d
Very nicely summarized; Thus, based on the student information, you first show them the outside world in computer environment, then you take them out.
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Gözde Fındık,Turkey
Gözde Fındık,Turkey
Collaboration, improvement of critical thinking, active participation and using Web 2 tolls are the key skills to be taught
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Ivana Bašić 18d
And I often use web 2.0 tools and it's interesting to the students.
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Isabel, Portugal
Isabel, Portugal
Transport the theory to the real life is a good way for motivate students.

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Anonymous 18d
Yes ,I agree with you Isabel. Practical use is so important to consolidate the theory

Anonymous 17d
Feeling the participation of the product is the key of learning.

Filipa 17d
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Anonymous 17d
This is great. Also give finality and purpose for learning.
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Mary, Italy
Mary, Italy
We need to connect out teaching with the real life outside the classroom. For example we need to udeMath and Science to understand and solve real problem or we can search for Math and Science outside the classroom. We can also plan practical activities outside the classroom, for example in the schoolyard. 
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elisabetta d'aloisio 18d
That's the challenge we have to take if we really want to increase the students' motivation

Anonymous 18d
I agree with you Mary. Bringing your students in touch with the nature s a good learning way because they can practice in a way and not only hear the lecture. Panayiota,Greece

Anonymous 18d
Rukiye Dengiz This is the major problem of us as a teacher.I agree with you Mary.
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Carla, Portugal
Carla, Portugal
Different learning strategies need to be use in the same classroom, because students learn differently one from each other.
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Anonymous 18d
Yes ,I agree with you Carla.Especially, to use Web 2 tools and collaborative strategies are important

athanasia zafeiropoulou 18d
Yes, and inclusive education is mission that should be possible though well scheduled courses

Filipa 17d
I agree with you. We should be able to adapt not only our teaching and learning techniques, but also the curricula.
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Melinda, Romania
Melinda, Romania
I use project based learning, where they work in groups, learn from each other and outdoor education, where we link the learning to real life situations
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Muhammet Sevim 18d
Good methods for teaching
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Hakan Can Balıkesir
Hakan Can Balıkesir
I'm giving students a research assignment. For this reason, my students support learning at school, not limited to thinking, but learning from life through examples.
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Catherine, Ireland
Catherine, Ireland 
 
Within a classroom the various types of learning (formal, informal) take place. For example, when studying a novel in class, I regularly allow my students to collaborate, to discuss questions and formulate opinions before providing notes. Thus, students are engaging in both formal and informal education. This is necessary to ensure students are active in their learning. 

Additionally, as I am an a learning support teacher I often teach social skills. I use game based learning in these lessons. For example, students will play a board game and practice their communication skills, winning and losing skills, and turn taking skills. If an issue arises I will allow students to identify the issue, discuss it and come to the conclusion of what the appropriate action is. 

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Muhammet Sevim 18d
Very good
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Ayşin/TURKEY
Ayşin/TURKEY
you may need to use different learning areas in education.Because each individual will be successful in the field of learning that meets his / her own conditions.
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Paola T., Palestrina (Italy)
Paola T., Palestrina (Italy)
I'm teaching through Blended Learning's strategies. Lessons need also to backed up by didactic strategies as Outdoor Education( learning outside of the school building in the “real” environment, as a Museum, library , archeological sites.
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Anita, Croatia
Anita, Croatia
The aim with teaching is to make the theory applicable to real life. When children connect what they learn in class to situations outside the classroom then they really learn. This is why all forms of inquiry based and project based learning is key.
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Anonymous 18d
Learning through discovery is really a good method.
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Feyza, Ankara Turkey
Feyza, Ankara Turkey
I am teaching some lessons out of class thus my students don't limit to thinking about learning only in school. My main purpose is my students gain different media and experience by using problem based and project-based learning method.
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AYŞİN DURGUN 18d
good

Anonymous 18d
Panagiota,Greece This is good. That also shows that you really care about our students.

Anonymous 18d
RUKİYE DENGİZ I use the same methods

sakates33 17d
good
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Nicolás, Spain
Nicolás, Spain
Once a month I go with my students to concerts in the city. The goal is to create a hobby for music

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Ms. Maher 18d
I think this is very interesting. In Ireland one of the objectives for our new Junior Cert English programme is to 'Engage in sustained private reading as a pleasurable and purposeful activity'. This technique might be useful in the English classroom, to give structured time to allow students to engage with the subject without a focus on an exam.

Mariapia Borghesan 18d
Really a nice activity!

Anonymous 18d
I like your approach

Filipa 17d
Excelent idea! I also use music as a teaching/learning tool!
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Öznur, Turkey/İzmir
Öznur, Turkey/İzmir
To my students, how does rain fall? I asked the question and collected the answers. then we made a simple rain experiment with children with variousmaterials. we watched the video about Youtube and made a picture of our experiment
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sanjafe 18d
Interesting! Good idea!
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I provided mystudents different learning settings by using school park.Itook them there to observe the insects in the soil and note their kinds .After coming back classroom They discussed theirfindings and show them in a chart..
I provided mystudents different learning settings by  using school park.Itook them there  to observe the insects in the soil and note their kinds .After coming back classroom  They discussed theirfindings and show them in a chart..
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Anonymous 18d
interesting

Luminita Carpinisan 18d
Good idea!

AYŞİN DURGUN 18d
good

Anonymous 18d
Such learning experiences are very fruitful
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I used Kahoot to cre
 I used Kahoot to create interactive tests for my students who used their knowledge gained through formal and informal learning.
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Anonymous 18d
good

Anonymous 18d
This is challenging.

Sladana 18d
good, great... have fun
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Yusuf Akkaya
Yusuf Akkaya
I provide My students. Game area in the class so They play eachother  and together
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Luminita Carpinisan 18d
I like that!

Anonymous 18d
Very good!!!

Anonymous 18d
I like your approach

Sladana 18d
Very good.
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Dimitra, Greece
Dimitra, Greece
I provide my students with different settings with visits at the lab. In that way they have the opportunity to become more practical and observe the actual world and learn from it
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I use the game based learning method. Because my students want to have fun while learning.
I use the game based learning method. Because my students want to have fun while learning.
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Ms. Maher 18d
This is very interesting, students are also learning social skills in an informal way
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Roxana ,Romania
Roxana ,Romania
I use project based learning with my students because they learn better when they can see something in real life ,or can do something by themselves. 
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Çiğdem Güney Kayahan, Ankara,Turkey
Çiğdem Güney Kayahan, Ankara,Turkey
I try to provide  my students different learning environment with lab sessions. for instance, when we are learning the parts and vessels of our hearts, ı brought them hearts of cow in each group. They can touch its heart and try to find the name of the vessels and their location on heart. They really enjoy. 
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Duygu Apl 17d
It's good

floaresdana 4d
I'm sure they like it and learns more easily.
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Gonca,Turkey
Gonca,Turkey
I provided my students different learning settings by using zoo.We took them to zoo.They learned what  animals eat,where can they live.
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Anonymous 18d
interesting
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Latife Çeri,Turkey
Latife Çeri,Turkey
I provided my pupils different learning setting by using project based method.For instance,last year we visited museums and planted some vegetables in our school garden.After visiting,I made a survey how they find.All of them say this 'We learn our history and cultures lesson better than then.'
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Anonymous 18d
cool

Carla Silva 18d
I agree with your approach

elisabetta d'aloisio 18d
I think projects are a really good way to combine different types of learning settings.

Anonymous 18d
Taking them out of the classroom really works!
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As a teacher of physics and chemistry there are contents in which it is relatively easy to bridge the gap between formal, informal and nom-formal learning.
In the specific case of changes in physical condition, the kitchen is an excellent place to carry out this learning, the water comes out in the liquid state of the faucet, if we put a pan, with water inside it, the stove, the water heats up and at a certain moment boils, boils, flows from the liquid state to the gaseous state.
I usually refer to these examples when I teach this content.

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I am using non formal education mostly but I want to try non formal education . I used to make Comenius and scientific projects with my syudents as an informal education. I am project coordinator of my s

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When using film in the classroom, informal learning naturally occurring conversations stimulate the opinions and satisfies curiosity is generally, little systematic ...

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In a work project situation it is possible to articulate these learning configurations well, formal and non-formal or informal, for example:
Imagine a work on life stories of elderly people present in a particular Home: the students have informal knowledge about the elderly, have personal experiences in the family, know cases. When interviewing people at home students have to formalize a questionnaire, order questions in order of knowledge: identities, ages, family of belonging, time in the home, activities, tastes, preference, repairs, etc.
When they are in the classroom, students need to learn how to handle the data collected in the interviews, they need to create a database and even register them on a computer, and then elaborate hypotheses about understanding or treating them ...

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I think every teacher is trying to combine these learning modes. I believe that through projects made by pupils at school, we stimulate both formal and informal learning, but these take place at school, using the new technologies.

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I combine diferent learning formal non formal

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I really like nonformal education , my students also. We try to use it as much as we can in all school activities.

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So far, the most effective way for me to combine different learning settings has been eTwinning. Participating in an eTwinning project has given my students the opportunity to work on various tasks in class following our national curriculum (formal learning), but at the same time, they could co-operate with children from other countries, and gain and share knowledge with them (informal learning).

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I also combine formal and non formal education, but always my students prefere the last one. My best students were those who learned theatre as an optional discipline, for example. They were most creative, more motivated to come to school, more powerful.

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schools provide formal education that's important for certification in their future life. I see students are learning with mobile technologies faster than other stra

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now a days preparing my students for PAKISTAN YOUNG PHYSISTS TOURANAMENT the project based ;learning is done by combining formal, non formal and even informal learning. they learn better in non formal and informal ways. first they were given a formal lecture on the given problem and then on youtube or internet they were asked to search for videos and than in group of two or three they search out the relation and dependence of different parameters of the problems. in this fast changing world of technology the whole world is at the touch of a button. to make any activity successfull the teacher needs to combine the knowledge, skills and competency in an informal or non formal environment.

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I'm a music and drama teacher and I try to use the "3 whales" of education. Besides the formal process (which I consider creative,  active and motivating) I promote various concerts and shows (as performers and as spectators) and I ask students to prepare artistic performs with their families (if they need I share materials (scores and plays).

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We all know that school provide a formal learning. In my daily activity I try to combine formal and informal learning. In different activities pupils can give examples of things learned outside the school.

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Tomorrow morning, in 2B we will analyze the acidity of food that students will bring from their homes, at the end of the unit "acids and bases". I would like to be able to move the reflection on the acidity of their diets, but I don't know if I can do it, I will see what they will present and what kind of evaluations they will be able to do in the laboratory.
All laboratory lessons are practical, they are played on the dimension of doing, usually in problem solving mode and using materials chosen by the students or for everyday use. With the older students instead, we are facing the study of the water chemical parameters analyzing samples taken along the river, in the area of ​​an ancient salt. This matrix is very complex to analyze, but stimulating and full of surprises .... an adventure! I proposed to the regional laboratory for environmental analyzes to host us on their boat to assist during the sea monitoring withdrawals, but unfortunately they refused. I am very sorry. I believe in this way of doing teaching, closely related to the territory and with environmental needs, but when I can not collaborate with other institutions I am saddened.

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I have an English optional course where my students play the guitar ( more than half of the class can play this instrument) and learn english through songs. I encourage my students to participate to extracurricular activities and we use english language instead of our modern tongue. We have a school contest which promotes ecology and local tourism.

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I try to combine history and physical education courses to improve students' learning skills. Students are often asked to make small presentations (show and explain) about their interests and school. These tasks usually involve families and friends and are always willing to offer their work. This is long-term and lasting about a positive attitude and learning processes

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Students mostly think that school and learning are very boring. Learning is hard and learning is process. It is totally unnecessary if we learn without understanding or motivation. So how can we motivate our students? We have to combine various methods and tools, involve them to participate, to be active all the time, answer the questions, solve the problems, put them in different situation, create situation etc. As a teachers we have to be wise and use all possibilities.

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I’ve never liked formal ways of teaching. I am always on the lookout for new ways of driving the point home. Last spring I started taking my English class outdoors. I used the benches and the ground for surfaces to write on and even though we covered the same content that we could have covered in class, now we did it on the ground, roleplaying it and using our bodies to spell things.  A grammar lesson became a hip pop dance. Creative writing is done on a forest walk. A unit on animals ends with a school pet show where they bring their pets to school. Madness but fun. A unit on American culture ends up with a potluck, a unit on English culture with a Pub quiz. I enjoy learning from their interests and often end up talking on what interests them rather than what I had planned for the day. Whenever emotions I related to their learning is also remembered. So I choose to have them remember rather than just plow through it. I also teach Cambridge exams preparation and run a Ted ed club. I am blessed to have the freedom to teach intensive classes with a small number of students.

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All three ways of learning are best when they are associated. When I began to teach, most of my time was devoted to formal learning. New ways of teaching  also fit with the students and me.

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I try to combine the tree types of learning in order to improve the students learning skills. Students are often asked to do small presentations (show and tell) about their interests, family, home life outsider school. These “small” tasks usually involve their families and friends and they are always eager to present their work. This creates a positive attitude, and long-lasting memories about their learning process.

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Students have to feel free twhen they learn in a form of education.The results of teaching work will show which is the best way,for every generation.

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ı see that combination of learning is one of the most effective method of learning. while teching we ll do three ways of learning. ı use workbook and also we prepare a project about our subject voluntariy and also support their communicaiton. they also learn each other.

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of course that be an amazing combination between different learning settings because these can involve many students from a class in the process of learning in class not outside  . The logo below  bring to my students the fist place at an international  robotics competition

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The three forms of education contribute to the development of the personality of the young people and can contribute to the sustainable development of the society through interconditioning. Thus, formal education has gained if it succeeds in integrating the creator, many of the influences specific to non-formal and informal education. On the other hand, the accumulation of formal education can contribute to the development and effectiveness of the other two ways: nonformal and informal. Concluding, between the three types of education there must be continuous and perpendicular relationships of interdependence.

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I try to combine other activities they love to do

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I try to combine other activities they love to do

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As we know there’s a contrast between teaching and learning with “ just-in-case “ - Formal learning which occurs in a structured curriculum, intentional and organized environment leading to certifications and degrees and teaching and learning “ just-in-time”- Informal learning which goes on in our daily life experiences like peer groups, family or media or learning projects undertaken by us to teach ourselves. During the classes we have to engage content to maintain learners motivated but whenever learning occurs in the context of and simultaneous with authentic activities that require knowledge, skills and collaborative work, learners get a better understanding of the theme under discussion and are more self-motivated to learn more. Teachers and students should work in projects. Emphasis should be on the knowledge needed to achieve success at tasks and evaluation could be conducted collectively and constantly as reflection on work done together.
That's why we implement extracurricular activities at school and carry on Erasmus + projects and many other activities for the students and with them.

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It is very difficult to combine all three "Whales", specially because I teach a foreign language. Nevertheless I always try to provide my students with the three.
I show them English- speaking series without subtitles, I take them to Oporto Cellars with a guided tour in English, or even to the English factory so as to show them how global this world is and that they should learn how to speak English well. The eTwinning and Erasmus+ projects are also good ways to develop the language trying and coming out of the box, that is the classroom.