3.5. Uczenie się i ocena

Grupy interaktywne to jedno ze skutecznych działań edukacyjnych (SEA) określonych w projekcie badawczym INCLUD-ED. W ramach projektu INCLUD-ED poddano analizie strategie edukacyjne przyczyniające się do przezwyciężania nierówności i wspierania spójności społecznej oraz strategie powodujące wykluczenie społeczne, skupiając się zwłaszcza na grupach szczególnie wrażliwych i zmarginalizowanych. Grupy interaktywne wykorzystuje się do poprawy poziomu kształcenia dzieci i młodzieży w różnych warunkach. Działanie to polega na łączeniu uczniów klasy w małe, niejednorodne grupy, z których każda wspierana jest przez osobę dorosłą. Każda grupa składa się z czterech lub pięciu uczniów, zróżnicowanych pod względem poziomu umiejętności, płci, kultury, języka i pochodzenia etnicznego. Przykład ten umożliwia zrozumienie, czym są grupy interaktywne i do jakich wyników prowadzą.

The Joaquim Ruyra Elementary School is located in a disadvantaged suburban district of Barcelona. In the 2016-2017 school year, 92% students were immigrants representing 28 different nationalities (including Pakistan, Morocco, Georgia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, the Philippines, China, Bangladesh, Senegal, and the USA) or from minority background (Romani). The school has a 40% mobility rate.  

National and international press have referred to the school as the miracle school as it had achieved academic outcomes above the average in the Catalan standardised tests, outperforming elite schools in the Catalonia region.

All classes in the school feature group work 40% to 60% of the time. The groups mix students of different abilities, genders and nationalities.  The small groups are designed to ensure that no one is left out, and students are encouraged to participate actively.  Each group is facilitated by an adult (e.g. a classroom assistants, a parent).  Psychologists and special education teachers may also work in the classrooms, and they support volunteer parents, teachers and the students.  The extra support and student interaction are considered as essential for supporting and reinforcing children’s learning. 

Projekt Podnoszenie Osiągnięć Wszystkich Uczniów w Edukacji Włączającej (Raising the Achievement of All Learners in Inclusive Education, RA) miał na celu dostarczenie dowodów skutecznej praktyki w podnoszeniu osiągnięć i rozwijaniu zdolności szkół i społeczności do włączania i wspierania wszystkich uczniów.

ProsocialLearn is creating fun educational games for children to learn social and emotional well-being skills. By working together, teachers and game developers are creating new learning opportunities for inclusive education. The project wants to create a prosocial game development and distribution platform in order to distribute prosocial digital games from game companies to the educational sector and work with communities of teachers in Europe to evaluate their approach. Digital games can be tailored to teach the benefits of cooperation, as well as the ability to recognise the emotions of others and express trustworthiness – prosocial skills – helping children to appreciate team-work, recognise the value of understanding other people’s needs and achieve academically.
The games are targeted in particular at children at risk of social exclusion, who find it difficult to show empathy, and include hidden indicators that measure the development of a child’s skills. ProsocialLearn also developed a platform where teachers can track their pupils’ progress and plan lessons that incorporate the games.

To improve students’ learning outcomes and the level of engagement with the school has developed a transformation project structured around seven key elements for school improvement: school climate, school image, academic excellence, methodological change, development of emotional intelligence, introduction of art in school and openness to the community. During the first years of the project, the emphasis was made on the two key areas: methodological change through the implementation of project-based learning and strengthening links of the school with families and communities.

The CARMA Toolkit fosters collaborative learning approaches in schools, based on non-formal learning (NFL) techniques, for learners who have been identified as being at risk of early school leaving and/or low achievement. The Toolkit provides practical resources for classroom practices and to transform school cultures to improve student motivation and participation. Involvement of the wider community in supporting collaborative learning is also encouraged. A Competence Assessment Model supports teachers to assess learners’ collaborative skills. A teacher’s diary to track implementation and learner progress accompanies the Toolkit.. The Toolkit is available in full and short versions in 8 languages English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Portuguese, Dutch and Turkish.