ZOI KOLIPETRI LEARNING DIARY by Zoi Kolipetri

my photo

zetakoli — 2016-11-01 18:25:23 UTC

This photo was taken at the 14th world champion finswimming junior France -Annemasse 2016 where my nephew won three times the fourth, fifth and sixth place. The children of all Europe were great.

Module 1 Learning Activity

zetakoli — 2016-11-02 12:58:06 UTC

High level of collaboration
Title: An inspiration from the paintings of Paul Klee.
Aim: Childrens' collaboration to find the way to make collage by using geometric shapes.
Groups: 4 groups of 4 children, 5-6 years old
Activity: The chlildren collaborated in small groups. The coordinator of each group guided the discussion between the children. They discussed the theme and they decide the way they could represent it.After making up their decisions each of them draw some shapes after discussing the materials they needed. They cut and organise them in a big surface in order to produce a collage to represent a theme. At the end the four groups present to the whole class their creations. They express their experiences about the collaborative procedures and the things will change the next time of a collaborative activity.

Module 1 Learning Activity

zetakoli — 2016-11-02 13:27:37 UTC

Low level of collaboration
Title: Representation of the geometric shapes
Aim: Childrens' collaboration to represent the geometric shapes by using their bodies.
Groups: 4 groups of 4 children 5-6 years old
Activity: Different shapes were given to the childrens' groups and they decided which shape they were going to represent. They collaborated to represent the square, the circle, the triangle by posing their bodies in the right place. At the end they discussed the difficulties and if they enjoy the collaboration

21st Century Learning Design Rubric for collaboration

zetakoli — 2016-11-06 09:59:17 UTC

LEARNING ACTIVITY OF HIGH LEVEL COLLABORATION
1.IS THIS WORKING TOGETHER? Students are required to work together in pairs or groups in order to design and create a product (collage) YES
2.IS THIS SHARED RESPONSIBILITY? Students do have shared responsibility because Students have joint responsibility for carrying out the collage. They exchanged their ideas about the design and the shapes will be used. A student was the coordinator of the group and each of the other students had a role which would facilitate the process. YES
3.IS THIS A SUBSTANTIVE DECISION? The students do make substantive decisions together about the process they will follow. They decided the theme of their creation and the way they will represent it, for example a city of shapes. YES
4.IS STUDENTS’ WORK INTERDEPENDENT? Their work is interdependent because they must work with each other to complete a geometrical representation of a city or a neighbourhood. At the end each group present to the whole class group their creation. YES

TOTAL SCORE: 5

21st Century Learning Design Rubric for collaboration

zetakoli — 2016-11-06 10:39:45 UTC

LEARNING ACTIVITY OF LOW LEVEL COLLABORATION
1.IS THIS WORKING TOGETHER? Students are required to work together in pairs or groups in order to design and create an experiential result. YES
2.IS THIS SHARED RESPONSIBILITY? Students do NOT have shared responsibility because the shapes were given and they only had to represent them. Each of them had to place the body to the right position. NO 2
3.IS THIS A SUBSTANTIVE DECISION? The students do NOT make substantive decisions together about the process they will follow. NO

4.IS STUDENTS’ WORK INTERDEPENDENT? Their work is simplified because each of them placed their body to represent the shape. NO

TOTAL SCORE: 2

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zetakoli — 2016-11-13 21:57:36 UTC

Module 1 Developing intercultural competences

zetakoli — 2017-02-27 15:31:03 UTC

Zoi, Greece.

zetakoli — 2017-02-27 16:45:45 UTC

Hi, Iam a teacher in a kindergarten in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. I have faced many times the need to be more intercullturaly competent, because for some years now Greece has been an acceptance country for immigrants. I hope the attentance of this course would help me to deal with this great challenge.

Zoi, Greece 1.1 Why address cultural diversity in schools?

zetakoli — 2017-02-27 18:59:26 UTC

As a Kindergarten teacher I feel that cultural diversity is one of the most important issues that a young child need to deal with through the every day school life. The interaction among the different cultures when it idevelops in the educational frame could support the future adults' social coexistance. As a teacher I feel responsible for the cultivation of tolerance and support of the cultural diversity in the educational system and the society.

Zoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-02-27 19:34:33 UTC

1.2 Developing intercultural competence as a teacher.
I think there are many areas that interweave and through their interaction emerge the necessity of the approval of the diversity as a human wealth. After that all my pedagogical acts would support the interaction among children with respect to their educational needs.

Zoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-02-27 22:07:47 UTC

1.4 Developing intercultural competences of your students
I agree with Alicia and Erika but I think also as a crucial component the parental agent, because I had an experience with a girl from Sudan. My collegues and I we tried to support her incorporation in the class team but her mother din't help in this direction, so we decide to call the parents in a meeting at school. We soon understood that their culture was very different from ours about the education of a girl. The father was more open minded person and support our educational plan. In fact he was invited to visit the class and give informations about their life in Sudan. The whole think proved to be very interesting for all the class and the girl seemed to be very proud about the presence of her father.

Zoi, Greece Module 2: Recognising cultural diversity for learning in everyday practice

zetakoli — 2017-03-01 22:52:00 UTC

I teach in a Kindergarten and this year I have 18 children among them two children who don't speak greek well, one from Albania, and the other is Roma. It was difficult at the begining because the two children could'nt have adequate communication with the others. With the contribution of the family their incorporation seems to be an acheivable target

Zoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-03-02 20:50:36 UTC

2.1 Example activities to develop students' intercultural competence
I think the collaborative learning in teams and the projects could support the development of students' intercultural competence, because the interactions and the relations among the different cultures inside the educational frame ensures the quality of the results.

Zoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-03-02 22:30:20 UTC

2.2 Supporting students with different first languages
It seems simple but it is demanding in its implementation. The pedagogigal philosophy that could support this approach is the respect, the social coexistance of different cultures and the open school.

Plan of the childrenbrainstorming

zetakoli — 2017-03-05 18:51:06 UTC

1. The situation of newly arrived migrants Iam a Kindergarten teacher in the center of Thessaloniki Greece and I have seen many newly arrived immigrants on the road. The main feature is that they are moving people from one country to another and they want to leave Greece. I have met in some classrooms some Syrian children of preschool age that are very clever and are incorporated in the classroom. The teachers feel very unconfortable because they don't know what to do. But the love and care make the children feel secure and safe

zetakoli — 2017-04-02 21:29:47 UTC

Zoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-04-02 21:49:00 UTC

Why do people migrate?

The immigration in Greece seems to be a crucial problem for a country that suffers from an economical crisis. Apart from the political issue the educational frame seem to be the most important after the every day life problems that face the immogrants. Their stories are very different and will be a great mistake to group them as one. A great number of them came from Syria because they were afraid for their lives. Some other came from Afganistan and Pakistan because of the civil wars.

Zoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-04-02 22:02:18 UTC

1.3 Who are newly arrived migrants?
The great number of them are Syrian, but there are many other nationalities. The problem is the diversity and the need to equally share the number of these people in the whole Europe and not to cage them in some islands or hot spots with difficult living conditions.

Zoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-04-02 22:12:02 UTC

It seems that for the majority of the migrants the journey will end in Greece, because many European countries don't want to accept them.This creat many problems but also many responsibilities for the greek authorities to ensure good living conditions and an educational frame.

Ζoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-04-17 17:27:11 UTC

As a kindergarten teacher I have never adressed such issues as real facts in the classroom. The only thing I did was to develop with the children a project for the acceptance of the diversity. So, this issue becomes a real educational challege for me and the whole class.

Zoi, Greece RAISING AWARENESS FOR A NEWLY ARRIVED MIGRANT

zetakoli — 2017-04-17 17:45:06 UTC

The only concern for me is the way that a newly arrived migrant comes into the classroom. Because, the kindergarten's classroom seems "open" but at the same time has the restrictions of the students' age. So, it must be well organised and the children could adress their questions directly to the newly arrived migrant.

Zoi, Greece RAISING AWARENESS FOR A NEWLY ARRIVED MIGRANT

zetakoli — 2017-04-17 18:42:12 UTC

A project with many educational activities which could include the main issues of the migrants' civilization to the past and the present (photos, videos, history books etc.) could support the understanding of the values and the every day ways of living in these countries. Also, a question would be adressed "Why you think these people were forced to leave their beloved countries and their homes?" The answers would be the beginning of a new activity which motivate the emotional reactions of the children

Zoi, Greece RAISING AWARENESS FOR A NEWLY ARRIVED MIGRANT

zetakoli — 2017-04-17 19:40:59 UTC

I think the best experience would be the personal storytelling of a newly arrived migrant from Syria in the nearby kindergarten.

Zoi, Greece RAISING AWARENESS FOR A NEWLY ARRIVED MIGRANT

zetakoli — 2017-04-17 20:01:34 UTC

I think xenophobia is not an issue for the preschoolers but the fear of the different some times occur. There are many activities that may familiarize the children with the different appereance, culture.

Zoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-04-17 20:24:56 UTC

RAISING AWARENESS FOR A NEWLY ARRIVED MIGRANT
It would be a wonderfull world if the social media were used for the good of the humanity and the nations. Unfortunately, this does'nt happens. So, the school has the crucial role to develop the critical thinking of the children to understand what is fake and what is true. This would support the development of their relationships with the migrants and remove the xenophobia. One crucial think is the presentation of small tv news for the migrants and the development of the conversation about the emotions they provoke.

Integrating Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Schools-Rerun

zetakoli — 2017-05-07 21:00:03 UTC

1.1 Challenges & Opportunities
Zoi, Greece
Schools should as institutions be open to society and its needs. Innovation should be the implementation criteria for all curricula. In this case, migrants can be the reason for activating the renewal of education throughout Europe. Education contributes to social stabilization and integration of refugees into the education system will strengthen the social system of each country

Integrating Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Schools-Rerun 1.2 Meeting the needs of newly arrived migrant students at school

zetakoli — 2017-05-07 21:22:59 UTC

Zoi, Greece
From the Greek experience, I would argue that the basic elements for survival have priority, namely a home and the food supplies. In Greece there is a program that tries to arrange families in apartments and leave the tents. The school supports children who do not have basic items such as clothes and gives information for free medical treatment.

zetakoli — 2017-05-07 21:33:07 UTC

Integrating Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Schools-Rerun
1.3 Models of school integration
Ζoi, Greece
Refugees in Greek kindergartens are not concentrated to form separate sections, but they are single children who attend the lesson with the rest of the children. Fortunately, kindergarten has several game activities and this helps to adapt them. More often , they begin the first month to communicat with a few words, but usually they are mainly engaged in the use of symbolic speech.

Integrating Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Schools-Rerun 1.4 Organising support within & outside of school

zetakoli — 2017-05-07 21:55:10 UTC

Zoi, Greece
Greece is a country facing serious economic problems whenever the issue of refugees in education can practically be addressed by:
1. Financial support from the European Union to develop support programs
2. Good teacher training, for which Internet programs can be used
3. Good coordination of the schools and the Ministry of Education about the possibilities for communication with psychological support centers
4. Good information for all parents, refugee children and other children

Integrating Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Schools-Rerun 1.5 Example of a community-based project

zetakoli — 2017-05-07 22:12:04 UTC

Zoi, Greece
Children's ideas are always the excuse to engage creatively. Young children love the environment and could be activated to plant along flowers in a park outside the school with their parents. This action would make them feel that they can interfere in one place and feel their own.

Integrating Newly Arrived Migrant Students in Schools-Rerun 2.1 Preparing yourself and your class for arrival of newly arrived migrant students

zetakoli — 2017-05-14 22:28:51 UTC

Zoi, Greece
The young girl from Syria who appeared in the middle of the school year did not know Greek at all. Her family was given apartment to stay and so attended the classes in the kindergarten of the particular neighborhood. Her family was troubled and the girl at first very hesitant, but then after the first day they embraced the children, I noticed how tender and sensitive it was. In the next few days with the help of children she started to know the children's names and to say her own. Within a month, she seems to understand what she has to do in the classroom and she plays with the other children in the break.
I have found that she is a smart kid who learns quickly the numbers and the days. I am optimistic that everything will go well.

Newly arrived migrant students in the classroom

zetakoli — 2017-05-14 22:38:01 UTC

2.3 Supporting specific needs of newly arrived migrant students
Zoi, Greece

Most problems I found to have to do with the psychology of parents and child. They had specific needs for clothing and toys. With the support of the parents' association, the parents received some necessary goods as a gift. Ι informed the girl's parents for medical vaccines and the hospital they could be addressed.

Newly arrived migrant students in the classroom2.4 Classroom activities to support newly arrived migrant students

zetakoli — 2017-05-14 22:50:50 UTC

Zoi, Greece

Children in a pantomime game with body movements show what their favorite animals, games, family faces are and the rest guess with the indication of the relevant cards. In this way language is not a barrier to communication.

Newly arrived migrant students in the classroom 2.7 How to foster community building in the classroom

zetakoli — 2017-05-14 23:22:32 UTC

Zoi, Greece
A game to build relationships of trust that we play in kindergarten is when the children are in couples and tries one blindfold to follow the instructions of the other child to follow some paths and reach the finish where a prize exists.

MOVING TO MATHS 2.0 1.1 Why is Maths unpopular? Ζoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-09-24 16:22:46 UTC

I teach mathematical concepts in kindergarten and educate teachers to teach them. I have found that kindergarten children show enthusiasm by participating in mathematical actions when they concern everyday problems, challenge them and give them the motivation to participate. In particular, when given a scenario in which they are asked to find a solution. With teachers, the data is different because they find it difficult to find ways to teach mathematical concepts. They can not make them interesting to children but also find the right material and apply the appropriate methods.

1.2 Moving to Maths 2.0

zetakoli — 2017-09-24 17:29:07 UTC

1.6 Self-assessment activity

zetakoli — 2017-10-01 22:05:44 UTC

2.5 Developing empathy & open-mindednessThis activity reminds me another one I did with the children in the kindergarten. During a project about the empathy and reading the emotions all the children had the same amount of cards in which all the emotions were symbolically represented by small faces (happiness, anger, saddness etc.). When a photo was shown or a statement was announced the children were raising up the card wich declared their emotions. At the end a conversion among them was helpful for me to understant their emotions about other people or situations.

zetakoli — 2017-10-01 22:38:30 UTC

2.4 Creating a sense of belonging and identity in your class and schoolI believe that the most appropriate approach for creating a sense of belonging and indentity are the projects, such as 'my family'. The children could have the oppurtinity to communicate each other the experiences they leave in their families. They will feel proud for their families, because they could show photos to the other children. Also, they will understand the different habits and every day life style of other cultures. In these ways they could understant that there are more things that unite them than those that seperate them. I have implemented such project with unexpected positive results.

zetakoli — 2017-10-01 22:39:06 UTC

Zoi, Greece

zetakoli — 2017-10-03 17:58:47 UTC

Module 2

2.1 Applying Maths skills to a real-world problem

Project based ilearning is one of the key features of the kindergarten. In particular, at this time with the children we started one project that is related to natural sciences, art and mathematics. The children respond to basic queries that they are interested about, for example how colors are created, what are their grades and they are experimenting to find them. They make assumptions and find out how many were verified and how many were defrauded. They should fill a double entry board and count checks and denials. The children found it very interesting and continues.....

Module 2: Bringing the real world into your Maths classroom

zetakoli — 2017-10-03 18:10:11 UTC

When in kindergarten we had the objective of our mathematical action measuring the surface, the question I was asking the children was if we had to order a carpet for a specific point in our class that we would be giving the measures to the merchant. Children usually delineate the perimeter of the area with large plastic bricks from their toys and then they use non-typical units to measure the surface.

2.3 Maths in everyday life

zetakoli — 2017-10-03 18:33:35 UTC

Ιn order to realize children the application of mathematics in everyday life we visited the corridors of a school and we found that the surface of the floor had geometric shapes that enclose perimeter surfaces and felt the challenge of finding the largest.

Module 4: Collaboration in your Maths classroom

zetakoli — 2017-10-15 11:36:44 UTC

Zoi, Greece
Children in groups of four in kindergarten work together to solve a problem. They talk about, think about possible solutions and help each other. In the end, they show the results to the rest of the teams.

The Spring's feast

zetakoli — 2017-10-21 22:16:07 UTC

1.TLA
"THE POSTERS"

2.TLA

zetakoli — 2017-10-21 22:48:44 UTC

"The School yard"

3.TLA

zetakoli — 2017-10-21 23:12:52 UTC

"Our positions in the yard"

4.TLA

zetakoli — 2017-10-21 23:40:38 UTC

"The tiles"

5.TLA

zetakoli — 2017-10-21 23:56:35 UTC

"Τhe paved courtyard"

χργ

2018-11-16 20:52:50 UTC