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3th Meeting - Hungary

Project activities, Project objectives and results related to the thematic focus of Hungary

The topic of this meeting in Hungary was how the performance measurement and the examinations of the individual education systems and schools affect the students' lack of education and early school leaving, or whether these can be regarded as early warning.

Before the meeting, 20 pupils and 10 fellow teachers, ie a total of 120 students and 60 teachers, were questioned per online questionnaire by means of proven and standardized questions about the performance measurement and the examination and performance control systems. This survey mainly compared teachers 'and students' responses and did not explore differences across countries.

 

Summary of the results of the questionnaires:

It turned out that both the teachers and the students consider performance measurement and scoring with grades necessary, but the students felt that they could use a personal assessment (written or oral) rather than developmental ones Grades. Students found that teachers often orient themselves to their previous grades and do not consider the differences in abilities between students.

While teachers use performance assessments to persuade students to continuous learning, students found that these tests only put a strain on them and unnecessarily frustrate them.

The exact results will be published in the project manual.

Prior to the international meeting, students had to use 5-minute video about their dream school, using specific questions they had previously received.

These videos were presented to a large audience and local television at the opening ceremony. The evaluation of the videos took place after the meeting by the Hungarian students. Our goal was to explore the question of what a school that students would like to visit should look like. The videos also highlighted problems of the current school system (too many - unnecessary - hours, too many exams, pressure to perform, student bullying, outdated school buildings, old-fashioned teaching methods, too-large classes, early schooling). However, possible solutions have also been suggested (less but longer hours, longer breaks for regeneration, later school start, more understanding teachers, smaller classes, more lab work - "learning by doing", use of more modern teaching methods, more comfortable school buildings and classrooms, more leisure time activities, and so on They find each other more, get to know each other better.)

The host school, the Baktay Ervin Gymnasium, is a small-town school that is mainly visited from the surrounding area. The composition of the students is average, there are rarely students with outstanding skills. Early school leaving and want of school tries to prevent this school by regular contacts with the parents and by talking to the students concerned. Due to the small town atmosphere, the family circumstances of the students are known to the teachers. In addition to the missing hours, the changes in the grade point average or the failed tests or trial exams are considered as warning signals.

At Baktay Ervin Gymnasium, students are taught from grade 7 to grade 12. In the 8th, 10th, and January / April, 12th grade students write and prepare for the final exam in history, mathematics, a foreign language, and in Hungarian (literature and language) before a board of examiners and orally tested from the previously learned subject matter. While this may put a lot of strain on the students and puts a lot of pressure on their students, they will get some pre-state examinations in May-June 12th grade and will learn how to successfully learn larger quantities. These exam results are also used to filter out students with potential learning problems so they can help in a timely manner.

The guest students and colleagues of the visiting schools were shown a normal day at the school, the guest students were able to attend the normal lessons. Some colleagues have prepared for this day with topics that foreign students could follow as well (eg chemistry experiments or geography lessons in English). Afterwards, they met the small town of Dunaharaszti through a scavenger hunt.

One day the guest students and the guest teachers got to know a typical project day at our school. This day is designed to bring certain subjects closer to the students so that their interest is aroused in a playful way. This is also a knowledge test for her at the moment. They are tested, so to speak, "painless and stress-free". This year we have chosen the topic "foreign languages". There were 8 different stations for the students

Student workshops in Dunaharaszti

Workshop topics shown in Hungary and their practical purpose

Subject: teaching foreign languages interesting → motivation, teamwork

 

Silent movies set to music → fun, intuition, oral communication

Translate foreign languages into foreign languages → discover new media

Quiz on foreign languages → arouse interest, test competencies, multidisciplinary knowledge

Learn a folk song and invent a choreography → fun, teamwork

Guessing Sights → interdisciplinary knowledge, arousing interest

Teacher workshops in Dunaharszti

The guest students and colleagues of the visiting schools were shown a normal day at the school, the guest students were able to attend the normal lessons. Some colleagues have prepared for this day with topics that foreign students could follow as well (eg chemistry experiments or geography lessons in English). Afterwards, they met the small town of Dunaharaszti through a scavenger hunt.

One day the guest students and the guest teachers got to know a typical project day at our school. This day is designed to bring certain subjects closer to the students so that their interest is aroused in a playful way. This is also a knowledge test for her at the moment. They are tested, so to speak, "painless and stress-free". This year we have chosen the topic "foreign languages". There were 8 different stations for the students, where they could test their foreign language skills with all their senses. They had to synchronize a silent movie in English and German (fantasy and improvisation), their knowledge of the country had been tested by assembling and naming famous buildings from puzzle pieces, translating everyday phrases from one EU language into another foreign language of the EU, an official EU website was used: https://circabc.europa.eu/webdav/CircaBC/OPOCE/Apllications/Information/languages-take-you-further/index.html?l=hu&r=et There were quiz questions on the EU, they had to put numbers in different languages ​​in the right order, the teams had to listen to each other well to recognize a spell in a game of the same spoken words, they had to phonetically write down folk songs of other countries and learn together and put together a folk dance choreography and show. A pantomime artist has shown in an introduction how to understand and communicate without words.

During the one-week visit, a Hungarian colleague held a presentation on the Hungarian examination and performance system to stimulate the mind and as a basis for discussion.

The problem of school disability and early school leaving has already been investigated in Hungary through two National Agency projects, including another Erasmus project. We have invited the coordinator of these projects, Mr Bertalan Farkas, to talk to us about the results and good experiences of these projects. http://oktataskepzes.tka.hu/en/crocoos and http://oktataskepzes.tka.hu/en/european-esl-platform-eslplus

The many strategic discussions with the colleagues, which were also continued during the trips to Budapest, the Donaknie and Lajosmizse to a Pussta program, have contributed to the fact that weeks after the visit even among the colleagues and students not involved in the project still up to date.

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