Making your students more independent
How do you help students plan their own work better and make them more independent in this? In response to this problem most teachers can relate to, Monika Mandelickova has created a practice with which she tries to help all of her students individually. She makes a weekly schedule of the work her students have to do that week, based on their personal aims. Students evaluate themselves at the end of the week and discuss this with their teacher. The practice heightens the student’s motivation, it focuses on concrete outcomes and addresses each student individually.
The Practice
About the interviewee
Monika Mandelickova is a primary school teacher at the Labyrinth – Laboratory School in Brno, Czech Republic. She was part of the team that created and introduced this practice.
Background to the practice
The project was initiated by teachers at the Labyrinth – Laboratory School in Brno, to be able to better help students becoming independent and self-reflective. The practice is based on the Montessori concept of weekly planning and the Step by Step concept, which is focused on working in different environments within the week. The Labyrinth – Laboratory School practice is an adjusted version of the planning concept from the Montessori principles.
Additional information
To create your own weekly plan, you can find here a sample template that we hope will be useful.
An example of the Montessori practice can be found here: http://www.andreasmontessori.co.uk/weekly-plans/01-02-10.html
More information on Step by Step can be found here: http://www.issa.nl
For any further questions regarding this practice, please contact the Euroclio office via secretariat@euroclio.eu
Written by Rik Mets (EuroClio – Inspiring History and Citizenship Educators) based on an interview held by Suzanne Tromp with Monika Mandelickova (Labyrinth – Laboratory School) via Skype on 3 July 2017.
How do you help students plan their own work better and make them more independent in this? In response to this problem most teachers can relate to, Monika Mandelickova has created a practice with which she tries to help all of her students individually. She makes a weekly schedule of the work her students have to do that week, based on their personal aims. Students evaluate themselves at the end of the week and discuss this with their teacher. The practice heightens the student’s motivation, it focuses on concrete outcomes and addresses each student individually.
The Practice
About the interviewee
Monika Mandelickova is a primary school teacher at the Labyrinth – Laboratory School in Brno, Czech Republic. She was part of the team that created and introduced this practice.
Background to the practice
The project was initiated by teachers at the Labyrinth – Laboratory School in Brno, to be able to better help students becoming independent and self-reflective. The practice is based on the Montessori concept of weekly planning and the Step by Step concept, which is focused on working in different environments within the week. The Labyrinth – Laboratory School practice is an adjusted version of the planning concept from the Montessori principles.
Additional information
To create your own weekly plan, you can find here a sample template that we hope will be useful.
An example of the Montessori practice can be found here: http://www.andreasmontessori.co.uk/weekly-plans/01-02-10.html
More information on Step by Step can be found here: http://www.issa.nl
For any further questions regarding this practice, please contact the Euroclio office via secretariat@euroclio.eu
Written by Rik Mets (EuroClio – Inspiring History and Citizenship Educators) based on an interview held by Suzanne Tromp with Monika Mandelickova (Labyrinth – Laboratory School) via Skype on 3 July 2017.