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- [Charlotte] To complete the series of e-resources,
we would argue that teachers could benefit greatly,
if they were offered the chance
to experience the joy and rewards of hands-on active,
and collaborative experiential learning,
as part of their initial,
as well as continuous teacher training,
to really understand how to better ignite passion,
inspire, and further engage their students.
- [Philippe] In-service training days
are intended for collegial learning.
And one thing we have pointed to
again and again in this book
and in this series of e-resources is the superior skills
and knowledge acquisition and retention,
that takes place when learning is cooperative,
active, and integrative.
- [Charlotte] Accordingly, we suggest that
time is incomparably much better spent for teachers
if valuable training days are used for collaborative
and interactive workshops,
rather than simply listening to the educational intelligence
giving lectures with content
that might not properly be remembered
or integrated in any way into the teacher's practice
when the training day is over.
- [Philippe] Such multimodal workshops
might be in basic digital
and analog programming, in game-based learning
with for example, hydraulics or educative escape rooms.
Or let teachers familiarize themselves
with augmented reality or artificial intelligence.
- [Charlotte] They can also make use
of recycled plastic crafts,
simple robotics with mechatronics,
or other collaborative and active learning sessions
to develop strategies
for teaching critical thinking more efficiently.
- [Philippe] Moreover, schools generally have
an added purpose of teaching the young
to interact in society,
for them to learn to become productive citizens
and develop their social competence and self-discipline.
By offering more opportunities
for teachers to try new materials
and develop different transdisciplinary learning activities,
we undoubtedly strive towards this goal
when they receive this type of in-service training.
- [Charlotte] But to achieve this goal,
we encourage school leaders to invest
in the kinds of competence development workshops
discussed earlier that promote the use
of the tried and tested methods
presented throughout this book.
- [Philippe] Indeed, transformative education
implies that teachers and school leaders
must learn to think outside the box,
and dare to innovate, to nurture
an increasing number of creative thinkers.
This is a pivotal moment in history
that should serve as a launch-pad
for a renewal in education worldwide.
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