Posted in Journey entries on Nov 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Braedstrup Folkeskole, grades 0-9
Braedstrup is a government-run school and follows the national curriculum. Even so, they have opportunities for students to pursue interests and are able to be flexible when visitors come, opportunities appear, or crises happen. There are three buildings for Braedstrup: the “little” building where the children in grades 0-2 have [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Nov 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Each teacher group has planning every other week. They spend a total of eight weeks in block time planning throughout the school year in planning, compared to the total of five weeks at a rate of 45 minutes per day in our school district. They also have breaks during the day (see the blog, [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Oct 25th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s the end of the first week at Østerskov Efterskole. This week was all about creating board games using at least three of the subject the students have been studying. As always, in any school, there is a range of quality, but every student had a game completed for the parent weekend.
Most of the games [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Oct 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Here are the subjects that are integrated into the curriculum at Østerskov Efterskole:
Students are expected to have samples of work in each subject in their on-line portfolios.
Danish
English
German
Physics/Chemistry
Mathematics
Biology
Christianity (Religious studies)
History
Geography
Government/Current Events
All curriculum is spiraled. That is, the topics are integrated throughout the years. In math for example, every student receives instruction in basic math facts, algebra, [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Oct 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
The Danish school system is very interesting. Because the government is very strict about not wanting student to take any break between high school and university, which is traditionally very common all over Europe, parents give their children a break before they start school and don’t start them in Kindergarten until at least age 6 [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Oct 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Yesterday, the students at Østerskov Efterskole in Hobro (Jutland), Denmark returned from their one-week Autumn Break. We arrived the same evening and were immediately welcomed—and overwhelmed by their energy.
I was immediately amazed at the liberties that the students have in this school. They crowd into a group meeting room which clearly does not have room [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Oct 15th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s October 15th and today’s the day we fly to Denmark!
We’ve spent the past four days sorting clothes, doing laundry, running errands, buying gifts–a seemingly never-ending to-do list!–and now we are packed and ready to go! My daughter and I each have a backpack, a small extra bag and a carry-on. Since we are [...]
Posted in Journey entries on Jun 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Confirmed: Denmark high school, October 20-November 8, 2008
We will be visiting Østerskov Efterskole, a role-playing boarding school for students ages 14-17 in Denmark. This is very exciting as I will be able to participate in lessons and planning as a guest teacher. Here is a link to their website: Østerskov Efterskole
The first week is dedicated [...]
