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Our International Summer School 2024 (Part 2)
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2 months ago
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Welcome back to the second part of our Summer School 2024 recap in Trondheim! After sharing our experiences in the first post, it’s time to dive into the visual highlights. From inspiring workshops to unforgettable moments exploring Norway’s beautiful landscapes, this gallery captures the essence of our time together. Scroll through and relive the best…

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What is a Summer School? An explanation with insights from Aische, Marleen and Massuda.
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2 months ago
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We gave our students a fun little challenge: explain summer school in a creative way after this week. So, we asked Aische, Marleen, and Massuda to break it down for a fellow student. Here are their insights… “Hey, do you know what a summer school is?” “Not really, what’s it all about?” “Well, it’s basically…

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Our International Summer School 2024 (Part 1)
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3 months ago
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What happened? From September 2nd to 6th, 2024, we held our second international Summer School. This time, the Summer School didn’t take place at TU Berlin like last year, but at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. With around 215,000 inhabitants, Trondheim is Norway’s third-largest city, after Oslo and Bergen….

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A Glimpse into the Program: Hannah’s Perspective from UTS
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6 months ago
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A Glimpse into the Program: Hannah´s Perspective from UTS Hannah is one of the participants in the MOTIVATE! tandem program and is currently studying at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Julia, a student assistant involved in the project, has been in contact with Hannah to exchange insights about her experiences in the program. The…

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Summer School 2024 in Trondheim, Norway – we are ready!
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7 months ago
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Summer School 2024 in Trondheim – we are ready! The current MOTIVATE! year is coming to an end, but the prospects are good: our second international Summer School specifically for student teachers will take place from September 2-6, 2024! after last year’s Summer School in Berlin, this year’s will take place at NTNU in Trondheim….

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A Peer Counseling Acronym created by Anniken and Niklas
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7 months ago
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Peer Counseling Acronym! Peer counseling is a form of support where individuals with similar experiences or backgrounds offer assistance to one another. It has gained recognition as a valuable resource in addressing various personal and emotional challenges. Unlike traditional counselling where professionals guide the process, peer counselling relies on the mutual exchange of understanding and…

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Diversity in Education: Fostering inclusion and compassion -written by Niklas & Fiona
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7 months ago
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Diversity in education has been a very global topic in our ever grown society. As educators it is important to use and embrace diversity to support our students in their learning. Diverse classrooms bring together students from various cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This can enrich and promote multiple perspectives, critical thinking and equipped to…

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Motivation in classrooms- A Poem written by Kamilla & Marleen serves as a multifaceted reflection for teachers
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9 months ago
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In classrooms where the minds begin to stir, The thirst for knowledge, echoing a plea, Walls filled with dreams of what the future holds, A realm of thought, as vast as it can be. Science explores the wonders of our world, From tiniest cells to galaxies so wide. It teaches us to question and to…

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PISA and PIRLS – hard to put in a nutshell. A discussion with Madelene and Franzi
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9 months ago
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PISA and PIRLS in Australia, Germany and Norway In the homesession of Marleen and Kamilla we got the opportunity to think about measuring school performance in terms of reading, maths and science. We were introduced to two different models: Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS). Both models…

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The Global Classrooms and Technology: Unveiling PISA Standings for Australia, Germany, and Norway with Niklas&Anniken
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10 months ago
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Are students across the globe meeting academic expectations, and perhaps more importantly, do they feel a sense of belonging in school? In this blog-post, we delve into the latest insights from the 2022 PISA results. We will explore trends in mathematics, reading and science performance, alongside student’s sense of belonging. We will present graphs, and…

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Our future – hopes and insecurities. A podcast with Eline, Hannah & Caspar
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11 months ago
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“If you know which mountain you wanna climb- you can climb really high!” What kind of job let you grow? Why is it important to reflect your job? Which values do you have and which ones you wanna hold on? This Podcast may motivate you to reflect yourself if you are on the right path…

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Podcast time! Anniken and Niklas take a look into their professional future
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11 months ago
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Podcast time! Anniken and Niklas take a look into their professional future What plans do Anniken and Niklas have for their professional future? What are they excited about and what are they looking forward to? What expectations do they have of their work and what is the difference between a job and a calling from…

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Online schooling- will the AI may replace today’s education system? A discussion from Riley, Niklas & Fiona
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1 year ago
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The year was 2023. And we, Riley of Australia, Fiona of Norway and Niklas of Germany, had to look into digital cooperation in the education sector. After our last workshop, we behold a lot of insight into the topic. Through digital cooperation we had to put our international brain into work, to see what we…

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Madelene and Franzi reflect on social (in)justice and student’s well-being in Norway and Germany
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1 year ago
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While doing research and talking about the German and Norwegian school systems, we found out interesting information which we subdivided into two topics: social (in)justice and students’ well-being. Social (in)justice In Germany it is common that at the end of primary school – which normally is in 4th grade depending on the federal state the…

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“Insights into our tandem” with Hannah, Eline and Caspar
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1 year ago
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Hello guys, Welcome to an insight in Tandem 3, with Hannah, Eline and Caspar. We met for the first time in a Zoom-meeting on Saturday, 21th of October at 10 AM. Everyone met – even Hannah, who lives in Australia with a different time-zone. At our meeting we mainly tried to get to know each…

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Anniken and Niklas on “intercultural communication” in their tandem
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1 year ago
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When we met in Berlin for the Summerschool in September, one of Anniken’s goals was to eat a proper Berlin Döner (Niklas had to write it because Anniken does not have the ö-key on her keyboard, a big cultural communication issue). This proved to be difficult, as we discovered that our eating habits were WAY…

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Public schools in Norway and Germany – Kamilla and Marleen share their findings
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1 year ago
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While working on the second task of this tandem course, explaining the school system of each country to each other, we came across private schools and found it both an interesting topic to talk about. Private schools in Germany  Starting with a little bit of general information about private schools in Germany there is to…

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Our first international Summerschool for (vocational) teacher education students at the Institute of Educational Science TU Berlin
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1 year ago
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In September 2023, the first international Summerschool specifically for (vocational) teacher training students took place at the Institute of Educational Science at the Technical University Berlin. As part of the DAAD-funded pilot project MOVE IT!, the one-week Summerschool aimed to bring together students and lecturers from different countries to discuss current issues relating to schools,…

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Sign up for MOTIVATE! now!
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2 years ago
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Sign up for MOTIVATE! now! In the coming weeks, you can sign up for the first round of our new program, which will begin in September 2023. We would be thrilled to have you join us! What to do now? Read through the questions and answers in our FAQ. If you have any further questions,...
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It is time to sign up for the next MOTIVATE! term 2023-2024
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2 years ago
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It is time to sign up for the next MOTIVATE! term 2023-2024 In the coming weeks, you can sign up for the first round of our new program, which will begin in September 2023. We would be thrilled to have you join us! What to do now? 1. Read through the questions and answers in...