During February and March, the 5th and 7-9th grade pupils explored the topic of tolerance and assistance through phenomenon-based learning. Phenomenon-based learning is a pedagogical approach, which is free from the subject boundaries and studies real-life phenomenons in their authentic context. This means that the pupils can freely choose how to study the topic and how to report their project.
We started the project by watching a video about helping others and having a discussion about how anyone can help others in everyday situations. The pupils planned how and where to help and how to report the project. The format of the report could be almost anything; a photo, a video, a song, a dance...
The pupils had a couple of weeks time to finish their project and report. After this we got together to view the results. Many of the pupils helped at home by cleaning the house, taking the dog out, doing the dishes, taking the rubbish out and shoveling snow. The reports were made using photos, drawings, cartoons and writing. There were also a couple of videos and one pupil made a presentation about the benefits of helping others.
