Prove It (Dokážu to)

-          system of courses are offered, which are focused on:

o   integration of personality and social education into schools

o   support of family-school relationship

o   school management

o   teachers’ collective and other communities cooperation

-          three basic principles:

o   self-respect

o   independency

o   responsibility


Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking

-          constructivist pedagogy

-          children should be critical to the information they are supposed to learn – many of them
already know something about the topic and it is important that they have got the chance to speak
up

-          time for discussion, reflexion and consideration

-          different methods used:

o   brainstorming

o   mindmaps

o   free writing

o   discussion

o   reading with prediction

o   pair discussion

o   mutual learning

-          Three phases of learning:

o   evocation

o   meaning awareness

o   reflexion


Integrated Thematic Instruction

-          author: Susan Kovalik (based on her experience with work with gifted students)

-          change of school into such an environment where gifted students could get adequate
opportunities

-          chance for every pupil

-          ITI Model is based on brain research and the following school application

-          Necessary Conditions:

o   adequate time

o   environment (not just models or pictures but real objects instead)

o   possibility of choice

o   absence of threat

o   meaningful learning content

o   cooperation

o   immediate feedback

o   perfect mastery of requirements

-          heterogenous groups – students of different age

-          year topic – content responding to real world

-          no separated subjects

-          sub-themes, thematical parts

-          basic requirements to all children + additional

-          Principles:

o   trust

o   truth

o   active listening

o   absence of humiliation

o   personal maximum