School and College Experiences
On Monday of this week we had our second school visit. Petra, Judith, Kerri-Ann and myself went to the school for the 10th grade (Efterskole) in Haderslev, not too far from where we are living. The children that attend the Efterskole are about 15-16 years old and either feel themselves that they are not yet ready to attend gymnasium (the next school they attend, in my opinion like a high/grammar school at home) or they have not yet made the decision of where they want to take their further education, if at all. This particular Efterskole is not one that the students stay in over night like many of them, but instead just stay there the hours that they have class to attend. The school was not as well equipped as the first school I visited, and the building it was in was a lot older. The particular class that i visited had the same relaxed atmosphere as the first school, much more relaxed than what it would be at home, however, the pupils' respect for their teacher was of a much higher degree than before, and the children did take on the responsibity of independent learning, perhaps this was because they were a lot older though. All the same I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and felt very welcome there.
Learning Process
On Wednesday of this week we had a lecture on Religion and Citizenship, taken by Birgitte Bækgaard. This lecture explained how Denmark became a country of little or no religion. Technically speaking most of the Danes are Lutherans, however very few of them practice this faith. Being from a very Catholic country, that strongly practices its religion I found this abnormal. In the cities of Denmark, especially Copenhagen (the capital) the Muslim community is growing. This then brought on the conversation about the cartoons that were published in a Danish news paper in september 2005 illustrating Muhammad which many Muslims found offensive and cused riots all over the world. I was very interested in this as I knew what the pictures included but i was unaware of Denmark's Freedom of speech and was interested as to why the Danish people thought this was acceptable.
I also began my classes on Special Needs education in Denmark on Friday of this week. Despite the fact that i did not need the extra ECT points I am very interested in this field as my younger sister is special needs and attends a special needs school. During this class we discussed the aims and objectives for children with disabilities with regards to education in Denmark. It was in many ways different from home as it seems to me that the Danish want to integrate children with disabilities into mainstream education, whereas at home it is often preferred for children with special needs to remain in schools that are specifically designed to cater for their individual needs and where they can avail of an education that is much more beneficial to them. However, I am very much looking forward to attending the remaining classes of this course as I am sure I will gain knowledge that will be very useful to me when I return home to my sister Louise.
On Monday of this week we had our second school visit. Petra, Judith, Kerri-Ann and myself went to the school for the 10th grade (Efterskole) in Haderslev, not too far from where we are living. The children that attend the Efterskole are about 15-16 years old and either feel themselves that they are not yet ready to attend gymnasium (the next school they attend, in my opinion like a high/grammar school at home) or they have not yet made the decision of where they want to take their further education, if at all. This particular Efterskole is not one that the students stay in over night like many of them, but instead just stay there the hours that they have class to attend. The school was not as well equipped as the first school I visited, and the building it was in was a lot older. The particular class that i visited had the same relaxed atmosphere as the first school, much more relaxed than what it would be at home, however, the pupils' respect for their teacher was of a much higher degree than before, and the children did take on the responsibity of independent learning, perhaps this was because they were a lot older though. All the same I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and felt very welcome there.
Learning Process
On Wednesday of this week we had a lecture on Religion and Citizenship, taken by Birgitte Bækgaard. This lecture explained how Denmark became a country of little or no religion. Technically speaking most of the Danes are Lutherans, however very few of them practice this faith. Being from a very Catholic country, that strongly practices its religion I found this abnormal. In the cities of Denmark, especially Copenhagen (the capital) the Muslim community is growing. This then brought on the conversation about the cartoons that were published in a Danish news paper in september 2005 illustrating Muhammad which many Muslims found offensive and cused riots all over the world. I was very interested in this as I knew what the pictures included but i was unaware of Denmark's Freedom of speech and was interested as to why the Danish people thought this was acceptable.
I also began my classes on Special Needs education in Denmark on Friday of this week. Despite the fact that i did not need the extra ECT points I am very interested in this field as my younger sister is special needs and attends a special needs school. During this class we discussed the aims and objectives for children with disabilities with regards to education in Denmark. It was in many ways different from home as it seems to me that the Danish want to integrate children with disabilities into mainstream education, whereas at home it is often preferred for children with special needs to remain in schools that are specifically designed to cater for their individual needs and where they can avail of an education that is much more beneficial to them. However, I am very much looking forward to attending the remaining classes of this course as I am sure I will gain knowledge that will be very useful to me when I return home to my sister Louise.
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