Category: Pedagogy
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Green Pedagogy and En-ROADS – a good fit?
Being an enthusiastic convert to Green Pedagogy and having been recently introduced to En-ROADS, I began to wonder if the two could be a good fit. So far this is just an idea not yet tried out in a real classroom. What I like about Green Pedagogy are especially the last two steps where learners…
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Implementing Google Drive as a LMS
The Mastering 9 Conversations package of outputs is ready. One of the options we worked on was collating course materials in a set of Google Docs folders and I decided to test how that would work. The first step is to copy the bunch of folders and since Google Drive only lets you copy one item at…
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Mastering 9 Conversations package available
It’s ready! If you want to help refugees in your local area who wish to start their own business as a way of supporting themselves and their family then the Mastering 9 Conversations package is ready. You have several options. We recommend that the 9 Conversations course is carried out face to face with a…
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Learning through discussion
In the original 9 Conversations project we developed a face to face program to support refugees wanting to start their own business in their new place of residence through nine meetings and the development of a relevant local network in between each session. The central dilemma was about how to balance imparting useful information with…
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The 9 Conversations Toolkit
The challenge: How best to help refugees who want to set up their own business? This was the main aim of the 9 Conversations project which developed a programme that would be supported by a local facilitator and like-minded peers. The programme could also be followed individually by any refugee interested in starting a personal…
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Chapter on Green Pedagogy available online
One of the most significant advantages of being a partner in the ProfESus project was learning about the Green Pedagogy approach to sustainability education. One of the originators of the Green Pedagogy approach, Christine Wogowitsch, and I have co-authored a chapter to bring the pedagogy to the English-speaking world from its Austrian origins and it…
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Pivoting online in a hurry
in PedagogyFinally! After all these years my online experience comes in handy. Though actually having to pivot online at a few days notice is nobody’s idea of the ideal circumstances in which to do so. And while I was happy to help, I can see that there is an overwhelming amount of material coming out to…
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PowerPoint pedagogy
I am not seriously suggesting that there is such a thing as PowerPoint pedagogy however, I thought I might explain how we use slide presentations in the 9 Conversations programme as a conversation guide. An old New Yorker magazine article about the effect of PowerPoint, quotes Clifford Nass as saying that PowerPoint has raised the…
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Using video to teach the BMC
How can a short video containing little information help a group of people to develop their own Business Model Canvas(BMC)? In the 9 Conversations project, supported under the EUs Erasmus+ programme, we have developed a 9 week programme to help people extend their professional network with relevant contacts and develop their story about their business…
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Historien om din nye virksomhed
Er du ny i Danmark og nysgerrig om hvordan det kunne være at starte egen virksomhed her i Syddjurs? Er du klar til at arbejde 4 timer om ugen over 9 uger til at finde ud af det? Ved det gratis forløb, 9 Samtaler, består ‘arbejdet’ i at man snakker om sin ide gentagende gange…