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How We Learn

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A class teacher's perspective

A class teacher's perspective

Linda Clarke, class teacher at St Margaret's RC Primary School, describes how the project has taken her out of her comfort zone and caused her to to examine and improve upon her practice. She says lessons are bound to be more interesting if teachers themselves are challenged and not just left to do the repetitive classes year in, year out.

SOS News

SOS News

The lessons and drama activity helped to develop the pupils' critical thinking and reflective skills through role-playing and textual study in a safe environment.

Sense Over Sectarianism

Sense Over Sectarianism

St Mirin's Primary and Croftfoot Primary are situated on the south side of Glasgow and serve the areas of Croftfoot and Simshill. They got together to work on a project 'Sense over Sectarianism'.

SOS - Final Performance

SOS - Final Performance

Over a 10-week period pupils met one morning a week in alternate schools. Lessons were devised using the study of Theresa Breslin's novel 'Divided City', including a drama production entitled 'A Weekend in Glasgow'.

Collaborative Learning

Collaborative Learning

This workshop gave participants experience with the critical skills collaborative group approach.

A night at the Oscars

A night at the Oscars

The first Oscar Ceremony from Kersland School shows short clips of the children working on their movies and participating in their own learning.

Involving children in planning

Involving children in planning

Angela Salgo, class teacher at Balfron Primary School talks about engaging pupils in learning. She talks about her experiences in allowing her class to become more involved in their own learning process by taking some ownership of class projects. She states that by doing this, children become more engaged in what they are doing and achieve better results.

What do you think?

What do you think?

A video showing some of the work from the project by pupils from Stirling's schools.

What parents think

What parents think

This video interviews some parents and asks them what they think of the Mary Celeste project and what it means for their children's learning. The parents talk about how there children are now getting an element of choice in their learning as opposed to the old 'chalk and talk' method of teaching. They believe that their children are more engaged with what they are doing because it arouses their curiosity and employs elements of fun alongside more serious work.

What the children learned

What the children learned

Parents talk about how they believe their children learned more by contributing to the project rather than just listening to a teacher. They also discuss some of the life-skills that the children will take away from this project. For example, they belive that their children are more confident individuals, are happier learners and have new skills such as presenting and PowerPoint.