Sunday, April 25, 2010

Excellent trip to Legoland!



Well,If you have a leader like Vojta,your trip cant be quiet okay;it must be excellent!Everything was planned before,tickets for enterance and bus were ready and also erasmus students having easter break were ready as well!We tried nearly every game and enjoyed the legoland.The weather let us to have a nice time,too.I prepared a bread like Indians!Laser game,splasing canoes,toys,planes for mainly children(but we were like children :)),snack time and etc etc! Being together and having an amazing time ! good memories from my first and maybe the last easter break in europe :)
Ps:Actually my easter break was full of first experiences.It is a tradition in europe to prepare some colurful eggs and buying some egg chocolates.The reason why they use eggs to celebrate this day is to show the meaning of new life.These are the general knowledge about this day buuuutttt Czech people has a different tradition!:) in the early morning they went our home to thrugh some water on us to make us fresh with their handmade natural stick!It is unforgetable...

Saturday, April 24, 2010

New language:Danish

The differences between Danish and Turkish are completely in the opposite way.That's why at the first time that I was trying to pronounce the sentences was like a language shock for me. I expected more information about pronouncation because it was the hardest part for me. I usually forgot how could I pronouncate the questions.After a while I found a way with myself to keep the sounds of sentences in memory.It was useful for one lesson after that I forgot.We played number game with a ball very quickly.We did not have a problem with plusses and minuses except throughing balls to each others:) Unfortunately we have continued the games until the lesson finished.It could have been better if we used time useful.Here are the sentences that I learned:
-hvordan gar get?
-hvad hedder du?
-hvor kommer du fra?
-hvad taler du?
Actually the last lesson was the best lesson !We prepared a kind of presentation which has our traditional meals' ingredients and some pictures and all words were in Danish! We had to search for them and this is the most important point for me that we can integrate the words into daily life.Because if you are in abroad and unfortunately you do not know the language,you should learn language as possible as quickly and sure in the right way:) After that time whenever I go to supermarket,I almost know the names of fruits,vegetables and meats.
Nonetheless,I like listening more than speaking in Danish :)
Tak !

Thursday, April 15, 2010

First week of my school experience







Most importantly part of erasmus from my point has started.Even we went school for just 4 days,I was influenced by school,teachers and children.Always they sing in the morning for 15 minutes in a big holl.There were 4-5-6 classes together and they were in great harmony when they were singing!Teachers could keep the silence easily.I learned from our guide teacher that it is not the same implementation with the other schools.It depends on the association that includes parents and teachers who are responsible for decisions about the pupils.Now they have an idea that watching the news before lessons and try to make comments and talk about solutions about some disasters.In my opinion,iı would be useful for them in daily life.Great idea;)Book commercial was so effectual,teacher explained what they are and, as far as I can understand ,talked about the summaries.They were new books in their library...
She always starts lessons by writing roughly plan on the board.Their books which have chosen by the teacher have lots of stories about daily math.It means not only division and multiplication on the paper are important to be good at math but also adapting and relating to daily life are important,more important actually...They think that you can find a calculator to find the result of examples in everywhere but unless you know where you use this result or why you solved the problem, it wont work anymore.That is true!

Sometimes they were being tested while they supposed that they were in a competition with lotf of fun.It was the other side of Danish educational system.Colourfull classes,as much as possible qualified materials,Games about subjects,Stories about Math,Combining with related subjects(for example math and science) and etc...You are being educated when you are learning how can I learn to learn ;)

I met a girl who is really clever and able to speak English,as well.She just started to draw her hands by the real sculpture--)her hands! Spontaneous cue explained that right lobe of brain is more active than left one.Thus creativeness,skills on painting,drawing,sculpture,writing,reading are more improved than the other subjects as I could realize in Denmark.

Biology time!It is usual to relate two subjects and put together to combine with previous known knowledge and will be learned knowledge.Microscopes are more less 10 out of the cabinet for 2 by 2 group working.Communication and axchange of information are in every lesson!It is not related being social or numeric lesson.

How can I guess that I gather from spaghetti to division,multiplication about decimal!Afterwards instead of eating spaghetti,How can I except that I will create a new design of spaghetti castle or whatever you imagine.Still it is continuing with presentation.It was my best experience about this school! I got the point to put into practice!

One of my opinions about Danish educational system is not only from memories even they have to find the result of 7*8.I asked two pupils the question,they started to write all numbers goes the result!7-14-21-28-35-42-49-56! The way of multiplication is also different then we do in Turkey.We dont need to write all numbers,it makes us slow to solve all examples that are compulsory to pass exams.

Teacher is excellent!She knows their learning way and when they start to be bored.Patience,trust,responsibility between pupils and teacher and parents!She cooked a cake with bonbons to serve all class beacuse they have 4 lessons together and it is a bit intensive for them.Great way to relax!

To sum up,whereever you are,experiences make you more than you are!During the week I found myself in my chaotic thoughts while comparing all details and surfaces about educational system.Perfect decision for me to become a Mathematic teacher !

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Drama in Aabenra...




From embryo to the newborn child...Go through your sense that you can realize while you are traveling into your soul! Start to feel your organ in order and decide which one will be your first! Focus on this organ and try to imagine how it can work and why I have this! Make up your fantasy ! Create your own world and put yourself into this darkness' shine...

Can you see the staffs that are lying on the ground ? Everyone includes some meaning which can be found at the first sight or when you touched and tried before. You are growing up and noone is here now. It means,you have no boards and no rules that make you unfree and inhibited.You can use a ball for eating as a meatball,no one could say you stop! You can choise your way that makes you right and human being!

Maybe you found a friend who is different than you as profile because of his/her mask.If you want to know somebody,go through her/his emotional world like you did in the first for your world to recognize yourself.Find out the differences and similarities...

It was really amazing experience for me. Afterwards we prepared a drama for an emotional and strong music.Behind the masks you can feel your body's movement more...Drama lesson was perfect !