Innovation

Innovation

My favorite page on design for change was the little film from Australia. It is made by students from a primary school Antonia Park.

The theme is about inclusion, that means that children with special needs or for whom it is not possible to go to school should be involved in the society. That could be adapt by the education and the following definition shows that it is necessary that everybody is important and unique.

Inclusive education is a process where by the school systems, strategic plans, and policies adapt and change to include teaching strategies for a wider more diverse range of children and their families. Inclusive education implicitly means to identify a child’s learning style and adapt the classroom and teaching strategies to ensure high quality learning outcomes for all members of the class. Every one is important, unique and valued for their contribution to the school.

(http://www.seneseinclusive-edu.ws/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86:defin)


The above shown definition could be connect to a discussion which we have right now in Germany. The government starts to close the special schools for students with special needs and try to include them in the different classes in public schools. The interesting fact is, that a few years ago they tried it before but it does not work like they want it. So they government stop that try, it was called integration and based on different theories. That is the reason why I have chosen that page. I think it is interesting, that not only one government think about that topic and it is interesting how different the conversion works in different countries. I like the aspect that the students get in contact with various people with special needs and that they become more open minded, to different persons.

Reflection on the quote:


'In a time when there is hunger for innovation everywhere, we think our primary responsibility is to help prepare a generation of students to rise with the challenges of our times' (d.school).

The quote shows a lot of necessary aspects that teachers not only prospective teachers should have in mind. They should motivate the students to stay curios and that they are open minded to invent new ways and possibilities.

These thought is also mentioned by Albert Einstein.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.

It is important to show the students, that they should innovate new ways of how collaboration should work and how they get to know more about different countries they work with nearly every day. That means they should find ways how they can stay open-minded and not to have strict prejudices, they can not over come with. To motivate the students for a topic like that would be a good way to use modern technologies or provoke them with different quotes from famous persons about that topic and the most important thing is, that every thought is relevant and no idea is impossible.