Original scientific paper

FUN AND EFFECTIVENESS IN THE SCHOOL CLASS

Ava Chalkiadaki ; Laboratory of Art and Literature, Department of Primary Education, University of Athens

Abstract

The aim of this article is to contribute to a discussion on a truly
high-quality and effective school that both the students and teachers will love and where they will feel happy. Within this framework, the article presents the philosophy, goals, methodology and the encouraging results of the research programme at the University of Athens “When Robinson Crusoe Met Harry Potter...”. This programme was planned after taking into account the complex
and diffi cult reality of the sixth grade of primary school and was aimed at a happy, fun and creative school year that would also provide effective learning opportunities for all the participating students and teachers. The success of the programme, implemented in 25 primary schools, allows us to surmise that there are indeed ways for a school to be both fun and effective and that a school which both the students and the teachers can identify with and consider their own is not a utopian pursuit.

Keywords

class activities; children’s literature; fun at school; teaching and learning; transition to lower secondary school

Hrčak ID:

40003

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/40003

Publication date:

22.6.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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