Two years after the earthquake in Emilia Romana

Submitted by Arnout Vandecappelle on 29/07/14 – 10:42

 

In May 2012, Reggio Emilia was the epicenter of an earthquake with a magnitude of almost 6.0. Fortunately, there were in this city neither injured nor significant property damage.

 

 

Due to  numerous aftershocks 17 people were killed in Emilia Romana, the region affected by the earthquake (with the cities Modena, Ferrara, and Bologna) . Most of the victims died in factories and warehouses.

Thousands lost their homes.

The quakes destroyed cultural treasures of inestimable value.


 

2014.07.29. Summary of some points made ​​in the workshop of Francesco Tonuci, "The city of children"

Submitted by Arnout Vandecappelle on 29/07/14 – 09:33

By Claudia Crevenna

A girl from the city of Rosario, Argentina said in the Council of Children: "The adults are the guilty of everything. We have to set limits for the adults."

A girl from Canada, at the 1992 Rio Summit said: "Adults say they love us, that we are important, that they care for us. What you do makes me cry in the evening."

My workshop : the technics of Freinet pedagogy

Submitted by Aurelia Stedransky on 28/07/14 – 16:18

This workshop is about the most frequent technics of Freinet pedagogy.

Its was a great experience because people from differents part of world can explain and learn to each other : we were from Brasil, Chile, Italia, Germany, Austria, Spain, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin and France. We used technics Freinet to learn this technics !

Welcome

Submitted by Wanda Gruenwald on 28/07/14 – 15:07

Good afternoon!

Again, for the 30: th time since 1957, educators who practice the Freinet Pedagogy are here at the RIDEF to discuss and share our teaching practices.

To Be Happy - 100 Kids Activities

Submitted by Arnout Vandecappelle on 28/07/14 – 11:22
This long workshop uses Freinet techniques to let the participants experience 100 different activities to be performed with children. It's a very well organized workshop with prepared material to facilitate the process and make life comfortable for the participants, with practical experiments as well as group discussion and individual work, with planning and learning materials.