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Identification of students’ at risk

Guideline for Head Teachers

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4. Methods and projects

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The headteacher has to disseminate new teaching methods in his work, because teaching methods are surely very important in the identification of students at risk. Actions to recover students at risk are proven successful when strictly connected with the students' practical experiences which makes them protagonists of their learning process. Hence the central idea of choosing that kind of actions as the basis for planning prevention activities. In this regard the most functional teaching method appears to be active learning as it allows to value those learning styles which are typical of students at risk. At the same time it gives a sound base for motivation, tries to promote knowledge through experience and reflection on experience (meta-cognition) and develops a gradually more formalized knowledge through induction, putting into practice the skills acquired in the field. Among all teaching methods, the headteacher should give priority to the most innovative, to involve and motivate students at risk. For example, Cooperative learning, Peer education, Active learning.

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  • Teaching methods
    From the section Training package of School Inclusion Portal, some collaborative teaching strategies that seem to be particularly fruitful.

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20 December 2014

Final Partners’ meeting

The fourth partners’ meeting took place in Florence (IT) on 15 December 2014. The meeting had the objective to check the activities carried out since the third meeting of the project and share and assess the in progress results. A special focus has been dedicated to the presentation of the strategies to solve the case scenarios.