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IM-programWe work with:
• ”hemmasittare”
• Potential ESL – Early school leavers
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”HEMMASITTARE”• Truant ?????
• Difference ????
• Hikkokomori – Japan
• ”They are modern day hermits – hundred of thousands of youngpeople who have retreated to their bedrooms. They disdain social contact and are unable to go to school or work for months or evenyears.” (http://global.umich.edu/s012/12/young-hermits-the-hikkokomori-of-japan/)
• 1750 in Sweden today – the number is growing :/• The number of Hikkokomori in other countries is also on the rise
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ESL2015/16 more than 1 in every 4 students in junior high did not have the grades necessary to continue to high school
In Sweden today 1 of 3 high school students need more time to complete their program or they completely break off studies
• More men than women
• More in vocational programs
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Cost?Total long-term cost to society for students who have not completedschool: 200 Billion kronor (210 Million Euro) for each age group
(http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2015-05-27/ge-hemmasittare-riktig-undervisning )
Total cost estimated for every truant student or long-term truantstudent :12-15 M SEK
(https://www.svd.se/skolkare-dyra-for-samhallet)
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What will become of them?• Many will continue into unemployment
• Many will develop psychiatric problems which might have beenavoided
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Why?Bullying, social exclusion
Lack of pedagogical support at school
Nonchalant teachers/family members
School failure or low school performance
Inadequate pedagogical support in school after a prolonged absence
Need for more practical subjects
School environment
Wrong selection of school program
Neuropsychiatric disorders
Problems at home
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So what do we do?Minna Ruckenstein, Researcher at Helsinki University --
Studied children’s development and what the relationship betweenchildren’s culture and computer games affects childhood
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What did she think? Children’s Gaming Life
From an adult perspective:
A waste of time
Non-educational
Threatens the development of the child
Bad taste
Violent
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From a child’s perspective:• Filling time
• Everyday
• Mobile
• Multi-channel
• Social
• Fun
• ”not that violent”
• Educational
• Varied
• On the move
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We’ve tried our best
What did we find out from working with game-based learning?
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SWOT ANALYSISStrengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
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THREATS
Need to change teachers’ attitudes – they need to appreciate that it is not all about playing a game
Need to change parents’ attitudes – games can provide serious learningopportunities
Budget – 2 years
Getting the message out – annual teachers’ study day – 2 years
Need to convince teachers to share – need to build stronger teachingteams
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Weaknesses
Ss need computers and reliable network and access to apps (not alwaysgranted in our system)
Needs organization – a lot of the teaching for ESL Ss is individual
Time-consuming to find games without a proper budget – takes moretime to prepare a lecture
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OPPORTUNITIES
Unending source of materials
Follow-up provides opportunity for discussion <3
Stimulating
Always something new
iY generation finds anything digital exciting
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STRENGTHSFun
Something for everyoneChange of pace
Most kids like anything and everything on computers
With games you can fail as many times as you want/needSimple
Cost-effective
Eliminate problem of forgotten booksCooperation/collaboration
Erase borders between subjects
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MORE STRENGTHS
Immediate feedback
Reward system
Ss know when they have completed the activity
Children exercise things that they don’t see as skills: English, Leadership, Cooperation
For inactive kids – Pokemon Go and Geocaching
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The bottom line?In our program group, we succeeded in integrating GBL in our day-to-
day planning – all or most of our teaching team use GBL to some extent.
Personally, I used Pokemon Go, geocaching, Taboo and kahoots a lot.
In our group, we believe that kids are playing games, so let’s takeadvantage of every opportunity available to get them into the
classroom, working and having fun.
What next?The next stage in our project is to share our experience and our
enthusiasm with our colleagues here and in other schools in Sweden.
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