4. Vanemate kaasamine

AFEV on Prantsuse organisatsioon, mille algatused on mõeldud ebasoodsa sotsiaal-majandusliku taustaga perede vanematele. See mittetulundusühendus toetab vanemaid ebasoodsate oludega linnaosades. AFEV on värvanud üle kogu Prantsusmaa 8 000 õpilast, kes juhendavad vanemaid vabatahtlikkuse alusel ja teatud aja jooksul.

Beanstalk, a Children’s Literature Charity in England, was founded in 1973. Working closely with partner schools, they recruit, train and support volunteers to provide reading support for children between ages 3 and 13
The volunteers work one-to-one with children (with each volunteer working with one to three children), coming to the school for three hours each week over the course of a school year. To help build the child’s confidence and create trust, they may read, play and talk with the children. The Beanstalk book box is an important resource with appropriate books and games
Volunteers are asked to make a commitment to work with children for a full school year. Over time, the volunteer and the child build a trusting relationship, and the volunteer is able to learn more about the challenges children experience as they are learning.
The Charity currently reaches approximately 11,000 children across England annually.

To improve the school climate, a group of schools from the Learning Communities project decided to create the Brave’s Club. It is based on a “dialogical model of conflict prevention”. Since the Club started in 2014, it has made progress in eradicating school violence in both primary and secondary schools. This strategy is making it easier to bring together effective evidence-informed practices on preventing violence in classrooms in general, and more specifically, gender violence.

UNICEF Serbia and the civil society organisation Centre for Education Policy with the support of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development Republic of Serbia  implemented the project “Combating Early School Leaving in Serbia”.

This project aimed to contribute to decreasing drop-out and early school leaving of children and adolescents through development, establishment, and implementation of the school-based model for early identification of children at risk of dropping out and intervention in situations where dropping-out is taking place.

Combating drop-out and ESL in Serbia has been recognised as a policy priority area.  The Strategy for Education Development in Serbia 2020 (SEDS 2020) calls for the provision of high-quality education for all, an increase of students’ coverage and attainment at all levels of education by maintaining the relevance of education and increasing efficiency. The Strategy implementation is primarily focused on the development of human capital in Serbia, thus underlines importance of the inclusion of pupils from vulnerable and marginalised groups (Roma and children from poor families, children with disabilities and from rural areas etc.).

The guidance report on “working with parents to support children´s learning“ is funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and focuses mostly on activities that aim to improve children’s learning directly. Thus, it reviews the best available research to offer schools and teachers four recommendations to support parental engagement in children’s learning. When it talks about ‘parental engagement’, ‘schools working with parents to improve children’s academic outcomes’ is meant. It is not a new study in itself, but rather is intended as an accessible overview of existing research with clear, actionable guidance. The guidance also draws on a wider body of evidence and expert input.

Inclusive electronic games in 3 languages that can also be played by blind children. Based on lots of end-user research and using special auditory interfaces (binaural sound), players can play using headphones. The games have helped teachers introduce pupils/students to the computer in a friendly way, connect them to non-blind students through play, and connect with their peers in numerous ways. The games have been downloaded more than 7,000 times from users around the world.

See projekt on mõeldud 11–14aastaste laste sotsiaal-emotsionaalse õpioskuse arendamise toetamiseks ning kaasõpilast toetava suhtumise edendamiseks, et kiusamise vastu võidelda ja seda vähendada. Sotsiaal-emotsionaalse õpioskuse programmide abil parandatakse õpilase sotsiaalseid, emotsionaalseid ja akadeemilisi oskusi, mis hõlmavad prosotsiaalset käitumist ja positiivset suhtumist endasse ja teistesse, samuti vähendatakse programmide abil emotsionaalse stressi taset. Kaasõpilast toetav suhtumine vähendab kiusamise negatiivset mõju ohvritel ja muudab kiusamisest teatamise nende jaoks vastuvõetavamaks. Projekti rakendatakse ülekooliliselt ning sellesse on kaasatud noored, koolipersonal, vanemad ja laiem kogukond. Seega minnakse selle projektiga kaugemale kiusamise kahemõõtmelisest, ohvrit ja kiusajat hõlmavast arusaamisest ning vaadeldakse selle asemel sotsiaalset ja rühmadünaamikat koolis või pärast tunde, et käsitleda kiusamist soodustavaid tegureid. ENABLE võrgustiku raames on igas osalevas liikmesriigis koolitatud välja nn saadikuid, kes annavad teavet ja juhtnööre kõikidele koolidele ja organisatsioonidele, kus soovitakse programmi rakendada.

„Iirimaa kogemuse põhjal on selge, et haridusalgatused koolides võivad tõsta algatustes osalevate täiskasvanute haridustaset, ning suurendada seeläbi kohaliku kogukonna üldist mõjuvõimu. Vanemate kaasamine, eelkõige sotsiaal-majanduslikes raskustes olevates piirkondades, ei too kasu üksnes lastele ja koolidele – see on elukestva õppe väga oluline tegur.“ (Parents as Partners in Schooling, OECD 1997).

Interaktiivsed rühmad kuuluvad uurimisprojekti INCLUD-ED raames tuvastatud edukate haridustegevuste hulka. Projekti INCLUD-ED käigus analüüsiti, millised haridusstrateegiad aitavad ületada ebavõrdsust ja toetavad sotsiaalset sidusust ning millised põhjustavad sotsiaalset tõrjutust, keskendudes eelkõige haavatavatele ja tõrjutud rühmadele. Interaktiivsete rühmade abil täiustatakse laste ja noorte haridust eri kontekstis. Õpilased jagatakse väikestesse heterogeensetesse rühmadesse, mida juhendab täiskasvanu. Moodustatakse nelja- või viieliikmelised rühmad, mille liikmed on heterogeensed oma võimete, soo, kultuuritausta, emakeele ja nahavärvi poolest. See näide illustreerib interaktiivsete rühmade ideed ja tulemusi.