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Local education

Local education. Main emphasis. History. The schools “Green flag assignment” in all three schoolhouses became the spark of interest in the process of learning more about the local region.

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Local education

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  1. Local education • Main emphasis

  2. History • The schools “Green flag assignment” in all three schoolhouses became the spark of interest in the process of learning more about the local region. • The school received a grant in the autumn of 2009 to work in such a curriculum education that was given the name “Local region education". • Experimental curriculum was released in January 2010. • During the 2010 - 2011 school year was the first one where the school worked according to the curriculum that is reviewed and updated each autumn.

  3. What do we learn in local region education? • Local region education focuses on Snæfellsbærin a comprehensive manner. • Nature of land and sea. • Topography and geography. • The history of the community and the related stories. • Place names in the community. • Modern community infrastructure and social structure. • Future of the region.

  4. How do we learn local region education? • The subject is to focus with great emphasis on the learning experience where students need to acquire information. • Both by accumulating written information that can be at school and also going out of the school buildings and into the community to provide source data. • The curriculum is structured in such a way that each agegroupreceives certain tasks to work on.

  5. Curriculum • North of Fróðárheiði. • 1 – 4th grade(Hellissandur) • Projects related to the area outside Enni and to Vegamót around the glacier. • 5 - 10th grade (Ólafsvík) • Project east of Enni to Búlandshöfði and more focus on community Snæfellsbær. • South of Fróðárheiði. • Curriculum based on the "three-year cycles" to cater for multigrade agegroups.

  6. Among assignments • Berry picking and jam making subsequently. • Cleaning and tidying in the beach - Krossavík. • Visits to museums in Snæfellsbær. • Visits to companies in Snæfellsbær. • Project on flora and fauna of Snæfellsbær. • Projects related to wildlife in Breiðafjörður. • Education on including churches, lighthouses , community centers, farms of old, hand old roads, airports, recognizable individuals etc. • Final project for the graduates to be a permanent presentation on their work.

  7. The future... • Local region education lives its own life evolving as the society it gathers info and education from. • The curriculum is revised every year with the goal of that learning is dynamic and interactive, with endless possibilities on another view of the tasks and challenges. • The development of Local region education in recent years has led to breaking up of traditional teaching that extends beyond the subject.

  8. The future • The introduction of the new National Curriculum currently underway is largely based on the methods that were practiced in the introduction of the curriculum in local region education. • Thereby, the local region education is a lighthouse, spreading it’s light and guiding the school toward future work. • In all surveys organized by the school has there has been much pleasure with local region education. • It did not matter whether discussed with staff, students or guardians.

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