{"id":242,"date":"2019-07-24T10:53:53","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/?p=242"},"modified":"2019-07-24T10:54:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:54:59","slug":"now-wow-how-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/2019\/07\/24\/now-wow-how-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Wow How Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After spending time in a German school yesterday, I was able to piece together the similarities and differences between our school systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Similarities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Focused on student achievement and gaining the best opportunities for students.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teachers used a student centered approach, which incorporated more communal activities and less lecturing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students are tracked for their performance by assigned grades.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Differences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">German schools use a tracking system that ultimately chooses their educational route from 10 years old.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teachers are highly regarded and respected in Germany, while also showing respect to their students.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">German schools are focused on the group of students, while American school systems tend to be more individualized. (Gifted programming, Special Education services)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schedules vary from day to day in German schools, while American schedules seem to be more restrictive. (half days, 90 and 45 minute classes)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can think about these similarities and differences when relating to my Now, Wow, How. Are these systems better for ESL and Refugee students in America or Germany? Can there be options for schooling that incorporate a mixture of American and Germany philosophies? <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bhsblueprint.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_3488-2.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for pictures of german school vs american school\" width=\"391\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending time in a German school yesterday, I was able to piece together the similarities and differences between our school systems.\u00a0 Similarities:\u00a0 Focused on student achievement and gaining the best opportunities for students.\u00a0\u00a0 Teachers used a student centered approach, which incorporated more communal activities and less lecturing.\u00a0 Students are tracked for their performance by<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore-p\"><a class=\"readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/2019\/07\/24\/now-wow-how-connection\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charlies-angels"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/edugloballeadership2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}