[English version below] O impacto do Projeto DIALLS nos meus alunos “A viagem da descoberta consiste em não achar novas paisagens, mas ver com novos olhos!” Marcel Proust Quando fui convidada a participar no Projeto … [Llegeix més...]
Upcoming Workshop for Teachers: 14 April 2021
Article: Building European Community Through Responses to Books and Films
VIDEO: DIALLS Researchers from JYU Discuss Cultural Artefacts
Four DIALLS researchers from University of Jyväskylä in Finland — Dr Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Dr Aino-Kaisa Koistinen, Dr Susanne C. Ylönen, and Dr Katja Mäkinen — summarise their work to analyse the "cultural artefacts" children have produced as part of … [Llegeix més...]
CHILDREN ARE MORE PERCEPTIVE THAN YOU MAY THINK
My Year 4 class are taking part from a small rural village in Norfolk, England. The school itself is an all through school- that is it takes pupils on two sites from age 4 to age 16. The children get taught by some specialist teachers from the High … [Llegeix més...]
Reflections on Diversity from Spain (Catalonia)
[English] Earlier in the year, several students in Catalonia wrote reflections on the concept of diversity (in English), inspired by their work with DIALLS. Below, we share four of their perspectives. Argumentative text: We … [Llegeix més...]
Implementing DIALLS: it has been worth it!
[English translation below] Εμπειρίες και σκέψεις για την εφαρμογή του προγράμματος DIALLS Φέτος, ως εκπαιδευτικός σε δημοτικό σχολείο έχω εφαρμόσει στην τάξη μου, ένα εξαιρετικό πρόγραμμα, το DIALLS. Νιώθω πολύ τυχερή που είχα την … [Llegeix més...]
Adapting a DIALLS lesson for home learning
Here's a great example of how a primary teacher in the UK took a DIALLS lesson plan and developed it for use by her pupils at home during lockdown, using the fantastic short wordless film Chiripajas. https://vimeo.com/430311591 … [Llegeix més...]
Can ‘silent’ picturebooks speak a thousand words?
Nursery World has recently published an article by Andy McCormack, a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, in which he references DIALLS while discussing the power of wordless picturebooks to help young readers explore potential meanings … [Llegeix més...]
