Eilidh participates in a meeting of the German department

Hello everyone!

Last week I visited the Realschule in Blaustein.

The teachers there have big plans for their pedagogical days which are appointed on the 27^th and 28^th of May this year.

The main topic will be the internal differentiation in the classrooms. I participated on the meeting of the German department, where all German teachers met to decide the focus they will work on during these two days. They agreed on orthography and were all willing to bring in material and prepare own material in teamwork.

I think that’s a great idea because I noticed that the proficiency level of the pupils concerning orthography varies a lot. Of course we also discussed the problem that if a teacher wants to advance weak pupils and therefore prepares a lot of material for practice, the pupils who are already able to write accurately are often unattended.

This shall be avoided and that’s why all the teachers meet in Schwäbisch Hall. They are going to create materials for each class on important orthography topics. These topics all include exercises with different levels of difficulty. In this way the stronger pupils are challenged while the weaker pupils have a chance to work on their problems and get advanced.

The German department plans to arrange fix phases for free studies when pupils are allowed to learn in their own learning speed.

I’m really sad that I can’t participate in these two days as well – the teachers promised they’d bring cake!