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I would like to thank prof.ssa MARIA ROSARIA BARBARITO for her time and professional advice.

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I wish the Italian ministry could invest more in CPD! 10 days of in-service training, school support,  a free two-year post graduate diploma free of charge would be a real good start to equipTeachers for 21st century school competence teaching

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Personally I think that we are all familiar with the different kinds of assessment and under which circumstances to use them... and portfolios have been around in Italy since 2004 (with the riforma moratti)... Now they have invented the E-portfolio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_portfolio the EU even has one http://www.coe.int/en/web/portfolio or a portfolio for skills http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/documents/european-skills-passport, I have used it in the past... but my students did not develop greater autonomy and they did not feel comfortable with self-assessment. I MAY HAVE DONE IT ALL WRONG THOUGH! I will give it another try keeping in mind the indications in the library section, wish me good luck :D

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I would like to thank prof.ssaAlessandra Borgonovo for reviewing my first assignment and being so nice, professional and supportive!

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Do you think that we might get better collaborative work if the problem to solve concerns the students directly or is it better to give them fictitious problems so that they can free their mind?

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video talk 2 by prof Griffin, opens another big problem... how long should we spend in preparing for a Problem solving task? this can be quite demanding and time consuming if we think there are cam be multiple solutions and scenarios Teachers might have to face. the idea that Teachers should already have in mind the increasingly higher levels of thinking when appraching a PBL is "ideally" great... but what happens in reality? students don't contribute, have a jug-and-mug approach to problem analysis, produce evidence that needs so much editing that it is basically not their work anymore... I don't know if I am the only one experiencing this in my classes.

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the words of Ms Gillera were enlighting! I deeply appreciated the distinction between Inquiry based approach and a problem solving approach, because I am now more confident in asking questions that lead, not only to investigation, but require students to draw a reasonable conclusion, after ponderating the pros and cons. I must say that the problem solving approach still hold some mysticism because being Teachers we feel confident in knowing the answer to a problem... and the fact that in a problem based Learning method there are "not necessarily right or wrong answers" makes me slightly unconfortable... :) Although, the preliminary checklist we were given is a good start to try experimenting!

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I found this on the Intenet and I think it might be useful to post :)

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there is so much to read and learn !

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video talk 4 - well, in my opinion competence based education is difficult... because it is so "obvious" at times, like the digital competence or communication in the mother tongue that we tend to neglect them or we think it is given for granted. I believe that nowadays a lot of enphasis is put on these competences without really taking into account the human material we are working with. I have taught in some schols where it was even difficult to talk to the students, because they would impede any kind of communication, they were highly demotivated or they would just not pay any attention to the person in class! Having said that I truly believe that the key competences contribute to the personal fulfilment and development of individuals, otherwise I would not be doing this course. What has been said in video talk 4 about the low percentage of students that are explained the 8 key competence target in class, motivated me to promote them among my students. So, my personal goal from now on is to make my students aware of the importance of key competences and transversal skills.

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video talk 4 - well, in my opinion competence based education is difficult... because it is so "obvious" at times, like the digital competence or communication in the mother tongue that we tend to neglect them or we think it is given for granted. I believe that nowadays a lot of enphasis is put on these competences without really taking into account the human material we are working with. I have taught in some schols where it was even difficult to talk to the students, because they would impede any kind of communication, they were highly demotivated or they would just not pay any attention to the person in class! Having said that I truly believe that the key competences contribute to the personal fulfilment and development of individuals, otherwise I would not be doing this course. What has been said in video talk 4 about the low percentage of students that are explained the 8 key competence target in class, motivated me to promote them among my students. So, my personal goal from now on is to make my students aware of the importance of key competences and transversal skills.

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video talk 2 - In my opinion, this video answers the request of "how to put key competences effectively into practice". I found it very clear and on the ball. To try and implement interactive learning environments in my school we are activating traineesips and stages for the students to create more opportunities for real world learning. I loved the example of the Finnish school, but we are far behind in that respect :( 

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video talk 2 - In my opinion, this video answers the request of "how to put key competences effectively into practice". I found it very clear and on the ball. To try and implement interactive learning environments in my school we are activating traineesips and stages for the students to create more opportunities for real world learning. I loved the example of the Finnish school, but we are far behind in that respect :( 

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Hello everyone,  I am a secondary school teacher living in Italy, I teach English Language and Literature. I have a long experience in teaching and commonly use the CEF as a reference for teaching and assessing my students, but I am not sure this is what the school of the 21st century requires...  my school is in Naples and my students follow the maths and Latin curriculum. we have Interactive whiteboards in many, but not all classes.  I would like to know more about project based Learning.

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Hello everyone,  I am a secondary school teacher living in Italy, I teach English Language and Literature. I have a long experience in teaching and commonly use the CEF as a reference for teaching and assessing my students, but I am not sure this is what the school of the 21st century requires...  my school is in Naples and my students follow the maths and Latin curriculum. we have Interactive whiteboards in many, but not all classes.  I would like to know more about project based Learning.

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video talk 1 was very engaging and I particularly liked the definition of Learning to Learn "Learning to learn is defined as the ability to pursue and persist in learning, to organise one's own learning, including through effective management of time and information, both individually and in groups." which I am going to make mine in my teaching experience. But what is difficult for my teenager students is to reach the "awareness of one's learning process and needs" because they don't know what to look for. So, it would be interesting to see if there are any reliable self-evaluation tests for the 8 key competences. if you have some, I'll be glad to have a look at them. 

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video talk 1 was very engaging and I particularly liked the definition of Learning to Learn "Learning to learn is defined as the ability to pursue and persist in learning, to organise one's own learning, including through effective management of time and information, both individually and in groups." which I am going to make mine in my teaching experience. But what is difficult for my teenager students is to reach the "awareness of one's learning process and needs" because they don't know what to look for. So, it would be interesting to see if there are any reliable self-evaluation tests for the 8 key competences. if you have some, I'll be glad to have a look at them. 