From May 19 to June 30, 2016, an exhibition of students’ artworktitled “The Joy of Having a Good Teacher” will be held at the Saxon State Parliament. Last year, in preparation for the 3rd ZINT Conference, third- and fourth-grade students at the Neisse Elementary School in Görlitz asked themselves the following questions:
- What makes learning fun?
- What should a teacher be like?
- What should he or she be particularly good at?
Their thoughts were captured in a large collaborative artwork by the 3rd-grade class and in 52 role-play and language-based illustrations by the 4th-grade class. The results impressively illustrate how lessons and teachers should be, from the students’ perspective, so that learning is fun and all students can learn successfully at school.
The exhibition is the result of a collaboration between the ZINT project at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and the Neiße Elementary School.
The ZINT project—“Developing an Integrative/Inclusive School Together”—uses the exhibition to present project goals and content, as well as opportunities to support schools through networking and in-depth professional development programs aimed at strengthening sustainability. Through the ZINT project, approximately 500 teachers from all types of schools have so far received in-service training on shaping integration/inclusion processes in schools. The goal is to expand the ZINT project into a Saxon platform for professional development in school inclusion and for cooperation among educational institutions and specialists in the field of integrative/inclusive education.
The ZINT project helps empower teachers to professionally carry out instructional and school-related tasks with a focus on diversity and the participation of all people, in line with an integrative/inclusive educational approach.
On May 19, the exhibition will open with a vernissage starting at 5:00 p.m., during which the young artists will present their works themselves.
On June 7 at 5:00 p.m., a panel discussion titled“Inclusion in Saxony—Requirements and Expectations for a New School Law”will take place. Among other things, the discussion will explore the following questions: What successes have already been achieved, and what can we learn from these experiences? What are the requirements and expectations regarding the new school law? These and other questions will be explored in discussion with the participants. Guests will include Prof. Dr. Anke Langner, professor of education specializing in inclusive education at the Technical University of Dresden.
Interested individuals are cordially invited.
Contact:
Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Institute for Education, Information, and Communication // BIK
ZINT Project “Developing an Integrative/Inclusive School Together”
Brückenstr. 1
02826 Görlitz
Email: zint@hszg.de