2- "The Boat Schools of Bangladesh: Twice a year, Bangladesh experiences floods which leave millions of its citizens without access to clean water, electricity, and other necessities. It becomes difficult for children to attend schools and for those schools to keep their doors open. To combat the challenges caused by the annual floods, a nonprofit organization called Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha came up with a brilliant solution. They built houses, health care centers, and schools that float." this school were built under certain circumstances.
many schools and shelters were also built under the ground to protect the people and to live in safe place.
4- Gulu Elementary School: it is located in the mountainous Hanyuan County,
Sichuan Province, China. this mountain is very high and students should walk a long
distance to arrive.
distance to arrive.
5- The Philadelphia School of the Future: this school requires no books,
the notes can be taken on tablets or phones all the teaching learning process
can be done using technological devices.
the notes can be taken on tablets or phones all the teaching learning process
can be done using technological devices.
6- Brooklyn Free School: there is no curriculum in this school, students can choose
any type of lesson that they want to study.
any type of lesson that they want to study.
I liked the fact that in all of these places, people really wanted to learn, they refused to surrender to the challanges encountered, and they created their schools in their own ways. However, the question here is how safe these places are for children to be in like the cave for example. If the class is under the ground or if the school is floating on water, will the teachers be able to keep students engaged and fully attentive while teaching?
ReplyDeleteThese are heart-warming schools. They show that nothing can stop a person from learning even if it is mother nature. But I guess teachers face hard times keeping students engaged and attentive. The surroundings are pretty nice that would make any person lose attention and just sit to watch what is around! Very interesting Thanks for Sharing.
ReplyDeleteThese schools are really weird but, it is an advantage to have those kinds of schools because students have weird needs sometimes where, these schools may be the best for them. I think that it does not matter where the school is or the way they teach, what really matters is that it is to enrich the students with what they love and need.
ReplyDeleteIt is really unusual! Such schools are really weird, it looks like they don't have specific and clear objectives and goals. But on the other hand, this might reveal positively on students by enabling them to take the decision and feel responsible and accountable for their choices!
ReplyDeleteI like these ideas that challenge any circumstances for the sacrificed purpose of learning.
ReplyDeleteThe most important impression that I got after reading your post is that almost every country in every corner of the world, like china, USA... are making their best so that children learn. No matter what is the circumstances, learning is what matters and the most interesting type of schools is the boat schools of Bangladesh and here I noticed that they are not making the floods an excuse to stop teaching but they are making teaching fun.
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