Selber denken macht gescheit. Die Aktualität der Elementarpädagogik nach M. Margarete Schörl für die Elternbildung als Erziehungspartnerschaft Erasmus Project

Project Title

Selber denken macht gescheit. Die Aktualität der Elementarpädagogik nach M. Margarete Schörl für die Elternbildung als Erziehungspartnerschaft

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; Pedagogy and didactics

Project Summary

The content of the project was parents’ education as an education partnership according to pedagogics of M.M.Schörl . (1912-1991)
Schörl pedagogics was further developed in the area of Goslar and Hannover and has been existing there since then and almost forgotten in Austria, specially her partnerhood between parents an nursery school teachers.
As present results of brain research are confirming Schörl’s pedagogics the specialist department BEF has started with experience exchange.With this project currently experience of project partners were exchanged, whereas with Montessori COOP Bozen an institution of this pedagogics could be involved in order to compare Schörl`s approach.
During the exchange meeting in Hannover a workshop was organised with the brain research specialist Nicole Strüber about conditioning of the infantile brain by parents and a module of the Schörl certificate training course was presented. Also a sitting in classes program at nursery schools/Schörl kitas using Schörl pedagogics wasperformed.
The program concentrated on the exchange of educators and parents: mutual strengthening during the sometimes difficult everyday life of educators is important for developing social and emotional capabilities of children. Mutual accusations and finger pointing should be avoided. The child and its parents with their requirements and abilities take the center stage. This intermediary task is essential for educators at nursery schools/kitas. Nicole Wilke and Kerstin Zühlke, who had developed the certificate training course according to Schörl pedagogics together with Alexandra Jürgens-Schaefer, and who performed it as well, gave insight into parents`work according to Schörl: Schörl did not try to evaluate parents or to change them, but she directed her positive view to children also to parents. She has initiated a respectful and appreciating attitude towards parents. As a consequence participation principles and tools shall be implemented for parents in the respective institution.
This is pioneering also for a social-political attitude and positioning and for the future of Europe.

*„Only thinking yourself makes you clever“-instructions for parents, how they can let happen and observe the discovering and researching activity of their children. During the exchange meeting in Hannover especially in contact with parents in Schörl kitas it could be observed, how this attitude is actually filled with life and being in dialogue with parents it was shown at Montessori COOP Bozen, that their approach is a similar one.

*Letting parents see, which framework conditions are required so that children can develop creativity. For example using unstructured material like clay. Natural materials like leaves, twigs etc. The exchange meetings in Hannover and Bozen have shown „real life“ and the interaction between educators and parents.

*Role plays as a method of solving conflicts and interacting and processing of burdensome life situations of the child.Parents, who have recognized the value of role play let their children have role plays also at home, and they recognize, that adult places (for example the living room, the kitchen etc.) are also appropriate for children and not necessariliy childrens`places (nursery room, play room)

*Producing of a parents manual:The parents`manual was produced as a brochure in three copies for the languages German, Italian, English and shall be published until the end of the year 2018 also in the languages Russian, Turkish, Farsi and Arabian.

*The special department BEF could organise and perform a workshop based on contacts with adult education within the framework of the International Pedagigical Work Conference 2018. Especially in that field creativity and education partnernship were emphasized. When starting the project it could not yet be expected to be invited to the specialists´ conference. The invitation was sent out due to Schörl pedagogics activity of the special department within Erasmus+project.

*Brigitte Hutterer, leader of the nursery school at Pernersdorfer Platz in St. Pölten, which is consisting of several groups, attended the exhange meeting in Hannover as a specialist and she has now started a Schörl pedagogics project in her own nursery school, which is concentrating on educational partnership.

*BafEP St. Pölten has now started on its own an Erasmus project about Schörl pedagogics and sitting in courses at kitas in Hannover based on the Days- of -Schörl, the kick-off meeting of the project with the revealing of the monument and the exchange meeting in Hannover, where 8 students have taken part in.

*In all 3 exchange meetings specialists of elementary pedagogics, scientists, students of elementary pedagogics and interested parents have participated.

*Additonaly the special department BEF could participate at the International Montessory Workshop Emmersdorf 2017 with a Schörl exhibition.

*The special department BEF shall organise Days of Schörl Pedg.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 16267,82 Eur

Project Coordinator

DIOZESE ST. POLTEN – DIOZESANARCHIV & Country: AT

Project Partners

• MONTESSORI COOP
• Katholische Erwachsenenbildung im Lande Niedersachsen e. V.