2011 ← Storyline Scotland

Dr Ulf Schwaenke

Nov

2011

A recent article on Storyline (in German) for the Praxis Foerdern teachers’ magazine.

A Visit to Siduskoli, Akureyri, Iceland Rosa Eggertsdottir, University of Akureyri While Sallie Harkness and Steve Bell were visiting Akureyri last autumn they had the opportunity to observe a 2nd grade class where Margret Baldvinsdottir and Sara Svanlaugsdottir (see photograph) were team teaching. “Beginning Literacy” is a fairly new literacy programme, available to schools since ...

Sanna Ranweg 1958 – 2011

Nov

2011

An appreciation It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Sanna Ranweg on 7th November 2011 in Lulea, Sweden. She was only 53 but had experienced some years of ill health before her death. As a talented teacher, tutor and educational designer Sanna was one of the Storyline Sweden Team and ...

Dr Sharon Ahlquist

Nov

2011

University of Kristianstad, Sweden It is with great pleasure that we announce that Sharon has been awarded a Doctorate in Education from the University of Leicester with a study called: The impact of the Storyline approach on the young language learner classroom: a case study in Sweden. The purpose of the study was to identify in what ...

Message from Ken and Wendy Emo

Nov

2011

Storyline Research Dear Storyliners, We are conducting a research project entitled “Storyline International: How a curriculum theory traveled internationally without governments, publishers, or researchers ” through South Dakota State University and Minnesota State University, Mankato. The purpose of the study is to better understand how a curriculum method spreads internationally when it is not advocated ...

Launch of new Website

Oct

2011

Congratulations to Jill Wells, headteacher of Sinnington Primary School in North Yorkshire, on establishing a Storyline England website. Jill and her colleagues have been enthusiastic Storyline teachers for many years and I am sure this opportunity to share their experience will be welcomed by many other educators in England. www.storyline-england.co.uk

Congratulations to Dr Wendy Emo

Oct

2011

Minnesota State University, Mankato, USA I completed my doctorate through University of York in fall 2010. The topic was teachers’ innovations; I interviewed 22 teachers regarding their innovations and followed another 8 teachers (primary, secondary, and university) as they innovated with Storyline and repeated their Storylines. The teachers all found that there were many more ...

Storyline: A circus at our school!

Oct

2011

Circus “Zaretti” is currently visiting our school. There is a big circus tent on our football field! Ponys and goats are grasing in front of our classroom windows! While we are waiting to be invited to “Zaretti” to perform in our own real circus show, we are creating our own circus. We are making circus ...

Storyline in Practice in Different Countries

Sep

2011

Comenius Partnership Project Kinnaird Primary School has just completed its first year of a two year Comenius-funded partnership project with Herrhagsskolan, a primary school in Karlstad, Sweden and the Oslo Mottessori School, Norway. All three schools use the Storyline methodology as a framework to support inter-disciplinary learning and were keen to further develop their skills ...

Global Storylines

Sep

2011

Diana Ellis Currently in the second year, WOSDEC (www.wosdec.org), Glasgow City Council and Strathclyde University are working together on this exciting three year joint partnership project. This project enables WOSDEC and partners to: create new ‘Global Storylines’, where pupils explore challenging global issues within the safe forum of the fictional community that Storyline offers; train ...