Our Year 5 IB students welcomed visitors from Denmark to devote a day to work together on theory of knowledge themed events whilst making new friends. The Struer Statsgymnasium, Denmark organised a theory of knowledge study week in Prague. Their teachers chose The English College in Prague as the partner school best equiped to organise an intensive day for the essential IB subject; theory of knowledge.The tasks, organised by one of ECP’s theory of knowledge team, comprised of a morning gallery visit to the House of the Golden Ring on Tynská followed by history themed walks around Prague in the afternoon. Nearly 100 students and 12 IB teachers participated. The subject disciplines involved ranged from science through to arts and technology teachers.
The gallery show Po sametu/After Velvet is a show of inspired contemporary Czech visual art where artists responded to the effects of the Velvet Revolution upon their work. Lively discussion was heard throughout the gallery space between ECP and Struer students as they focussed on the emotional responses they experienced as part of interpreting the meaning of art. Links between memory and imagination were discussed and students were not afraid to ask daring questions: what is art and what is its purpose?
After lunch the teams met again to complete themed walks of Prague. The walks involved addresses and clues as to what to look out for at each location. The teams had to guess the connecting theme for their walk and to relate this to an area of knowledge. All teams raced to be the first to get to Letna Plinth – and the finish line.
After lunch the teams met again to complete themed walks of Prague. The walks involved addresses and clues as to what to look out for at each location. The teams had to guess the connecting theme for their walk and to relate this to an area of knowledge. All teams raced to be the first to get to Letna Plinth – and the finish line. Despite cold wintry weather everyone persevered and correctly guessed the theme for their walk and the fact that it all related to history. Walk themes were on topics such as Prague under communism, Jewish heritage and academic learning, the arts and so on. The walks ended with a plenary session in which the forces that shape history were considered and the link between memory and recorded history was made.
With new friends made the teams departed at the end of an industrious day. Many students stayed to enjoy a little more of Prague together before making their way back home. The day got everybody looking , observing and being inquisitive – all essential for getting the most out of the theory of knowledge! Talk is afoot for a week long return visit to Struer for some ECP students. Watch this space...For those of you who would like to use the resources here are the files for download (unfortunately the upload service advertisement will appear as well when you download) http://www.sendspace.com/file/nutnh8http://www.sendspace.com/file/nutnh8
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