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When student work is recognized outside of school, it becomes more real
Students excel in many different ways. Music students show their talents in concerts, athletes show their skills on the playing fields and entrepreneurial students win their competitions for the best company. And, while it is true that our top academic … Continue reading
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Tagged authentic learning, civil courage, Djursholm Rotary, svenska 2, swedish
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A lesson beyond the classroom
Guest blogger: Lead teacher, Sue Tennander Topic: authentic learning In the Communications course of the English programme, students study human interaction and communication in different contexts. Social interaction is undoubtedly something that all students already have plenty of experience … Continue reading
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Tagged authentic learning, biss, communication, English, learning by doing
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Comparing theory to real (working) life … mentor companies make it possible
On Thursday, September 22, VRG welcomed 15 new mentor companies to school to meet their year 2 Economy students. As defined in our vision for the Economy program, we want our students to have authentic and relevant learning experiences. … Continue reading
Posted in active learning, alumni, Economy, Skolchefens blogg, vrg info
Tagged authentic learning, community, Economy, mentor company, theory compared to practice
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Discover, Define, Develop, Deliver – Economy students get started on their entrepreneurship journey
VRG Economy students kicked-off their diploma projects last week in an unusual way – they left school. After a short theory introduction to the LEAN methodology, students were challenged to travel to new places in their community to investigate what … Continue reading
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Tagged authentic learning, entrepreneurship, epicenter, lean method, UF, VRG
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A Christmas Market filled with entrepreneurs …
The Christmas Market at VRG was not your typical Swedish Christmas market. It was a showcase of student ideas, student work, and student enthusiasm. On December 16, we welcomed guests into our school to learn more about how we work. … Continue reading
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Tagged active learning, authentic learning, communication, concert, entrepreneurship, UF
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Authentic learning … convincing classmates to vote for EU-citizen initiatives using Pecha Kucha presentation method
Students in Social Science, year 1, have researched and created their own EU-citizen action initiatives. Now, they are trying to convince us to vote for their ideas. In a classroom project, each group of students was challenged to investigate, create, … Continue reading
How are development projects in Africa funded?
Ayesha Amilon* visited VRG today to help us study this question. Advanced English classes together with the Social Science in-depth course listened to an interesting lecture today about financing in Africa, African development, and related topics. Invited by Ugandan Consul … Continue reading
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