Jezyki opisu sprzetu Wyklad IV rok kierunek Elektronika Studium Zaoczne J'Kasperek P'J'Rajda

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From understanding to
education course for teachers with migrant and
Gypsy pupils
Urszula Srzednicka, PLUS Foundation
The project sponsored by the European Union Funds
(Socrates
Comenius programme)
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Who are we?

Bettina Koch,Germany psychologist, VIT trainer
Zuzana Machajova,Slovakia psychologist
Hannelore Gens, Germany pedagogue, VIT supervisor
Anton Sojcak, Slovakia psychologist, VIT trainer
Urszula Srzednicka,Poland mathematics, VIT
supervisor
Ewa Reczek, Poland psychologist, VIT supervisor
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Our institutions

• Foundation for Young People
• at Risk PLUS
• Poland, Kraków
• implementing new methods of psychologist and
  psychiatrist therapy (e.g.Video Interaction
  Training)
• training for teachers and social service

• Spin Deutschland
• Germany, Duisburg
• implementing Video Interaction Training
• training for teachers and social service

• Pedagogical and Psychological
• Counselling Centre
• Slovakia, Dolny Kubin
• psychoterapeutic service for children and
  parents
• counsulting and training for teachers

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Our project From understanding to education
112447-CP-1-2003-1-PL-Comenius-C21
Objectives designing of course for in-service
training for teacher Methods/ tools Video
Interaction Training empowerment approach
methods of group dynamics Products curriculum
of the course for teacher didactic materials
for teachers and pupils
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Our experience after 7 months of working on the
project

• Team building
• Making out the programme of the course
• The first stage pilot course
• Human growth through team work
• Growth of the partner institutions

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Team building

• it is the first time
• we are working in this team,
• language problems

initial conditions
what was helpful in creating an effective team?

• being highly motivated (this is my project)
• using Video Interaction Training
• good structure of the meetings
• clear assignment of tasks
• social events

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The training in creating positive relationships
using video recordings
Video Interaction Training
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The VIT procedure
of the everyday situation in the natural or
workshop environment
recording



acknowledging the initiatives of the partner in
communication
positive reception of the initiative
the recording analysis
training
positive guidance
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The recording analysis
Selecting required elements of the communication
in the recording
the trainer
the client
realises what is good and important realises
that he/she can do it
The Feedback with the use of the still picture
function, shot by shotplaying, the speaking
video camera in order to achieve the required
elements
reinforcement of the feeling of self-competence
reinforcement of the motivation towards the change
manages the change
progress
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The Feedback Cycle
The recording
The analysis
The feedback
45-60 min
10-15 min
3x1-3 min
The aim/ the task
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The feedback in the Video Interaction Training

• Theoretical grounds

E.L.Thorndike, B.F.Skinner The instrumental
Conditioning
A.Bandura Modeling, Self-imposed modeling
M.Wertheimer (Berlin school) The Insight Learning
A.Maslow, E.Deci, R.Ryan The Theory of Needs, The
Theory of Motivation
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The VIT methodological strategies
activating
modeling compensating
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The principles of the Video Interaction Training
1. The use of the basic communication
principles
the key role of the basic communication in
interpersonal relationships
2. The use of one's own resources (empowerment)
solution-focused approach and directing oneself
towards future
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Contact principles

Initiative and reception
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Contact principles

Interaction
co-operation joint transactions
helping one another
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Contact principles

Discussion
decision- making proposing/ accepting/
amending agreements
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Contact principles

Conflict management
making transactions establishing
viewpoints complying with rules
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Making out the plan of the course
Our experience after 7 months
facing different culture different language
different expectations
initial conditions
making use of the expercience gained from the
work in the project team
what was helpful to me? when did I feel good?
working at a meta-level
the reflection on one's own work
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Making out the plan of the course
Our experience after 7 months
understanding the needs of imigrant and Gypsy
students through experiencing the equivalent
situations during the course
instructors from international team speaking
different languages exercises designed
appropriately reflective work to learn from the
process/ transfer
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The first stage pilot course
Our experience after 7 months

• Duisburg
• I understand
• what you want to communicate to me
• though I do not understand your language
• body language
• slow pace
• referring to the picture
• both parties are highly motivated

what helped?
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The first stage pilot course
Our experience after 7 months
Dolny Kubin the idea of the third culture
The Romany heritage The Slovak heritage We
are Romanies We are Slovaks

We get to know each other during our common work
Let us create something new together
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The first stage of the pilot course
Our experience after 7 months
Krakow the change in teachers' attitudes
towards the Romany understanding of the
feelings and the needs) the
superiority attitude the
partner and respectful attitude
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Group process in our team

• First meeting
• the strong partners / the weak partners
• high experience in the instructor's work (the
  instructor- participant level)
• slight experience in international team working
• using the basic communication
• emotions good motivation, being open to the
  partners
• anxiety, restricted trust towards others and
  oneself
• the
  common work was a hard work

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Group process in our team

• working on three levels -
• performing the tasks / creating the project
  products
• teambuilding / perfecting our co-operation
  skills
• reflective work/ transfer/ new ideas/
• after three meetings and the pilot course (7
  months of the project)
• we have become partners we have found the
  strong . points of everyone of us,
• we have extended the range of our working
  methods
• we have the ideas for next projects
• we search for next partners (readiness to go
  beyond the . group)

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Growth of the partner institutions
new methods, new modules new field -
intercultural education, coping with
intercultural conflicts network contact with
Romany and imigrant organisations
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Just do it !
I heard and I forgot, I saw and I remembered, I
did and I understood Konfucius