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Successful Conference in Elsinore

Nov

2003

3rd to 5th November 2003 The International Storyline Conference 2 held recently in the Comwell Borupgaard Hotel attracted almost 300 delegates from 19 countries. Once again the participants responded with enthusiasm and the evaluations recorded a high degree of satisfaction of the complex programme it offered. We are greatly indebted to Cecilie Falkenberg and Henrik ...

Article in Stockholm Teachers’ Magazine

Nov

2003

This article covers the major principles in Storyline teaching as it describes the reaction of the children to their topic, taught by Mie Petterssons and her colleague Susanne Laudon in Södermalmsskolan. The excitement, fun and motivation lead to memorable learning situations.

Didaktikbiennalen Educational Conference in Gothenburg

Oct

2003

The theme for this important educational conference, held in the Swedish Conference Centre in Gothenburg on 30 and 31 October, was “Hur gör man?” or “How can we do it?” It was jointly organised by Gothenburg University and the educational publishers and course organisers, Tidningen Skolbarn / Förskoletidningen / Fortbildning AB. The original intention was ...

Storyline Tour of Germany

Sep

2003

Gisela Ehlers who is based in the IQSH Neumünster (a teacher training institute) is an experienced tutor and adviser on the teaching of English in primary and secondary school in Germany. Over many years she has been adapting ideas from the Storyline approach for this work. As a prolific author and editor she has produced ...

International Business Development Using Storyline

Aug

2003

Haram Upper Secondary School Introduction Storyline 1999-2003 We were first introduced to the Storyline method at a conference in Aalesund on the PILOT project. The municipality of Haram shortly after gave a course on Storyline to its primary school teachers. The course was held at our auditorium, and Haram Upper Secondary School was invited to ...

Storyline Summer School 2003: Portland, Oregon

Aug

2003

This summer Barbara and John Frame of Edinburgh University were invited to work with Jeff Creswell to run two courses at Parkrose Community School in Portland, Oregon, from August 13th and 22nd. The first course was the alumni course, specially organised for experienced Storyline teachers and held over three days. The focus this year was ...

Vancouver Conference

Jul

2003

The international Conference on Imagination and Education held in the Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver from 16th to 19th July attracted over 300 international participants and proved to be a very stimulating forum for discussion on a wide range of educational topics. This conference was the first organised by IERG (Imaginative Education Research Group) established just ...

Storyline in Portugal

Jun

2003

For the last two years Lidia Maximo, a lecturer in the Department of Child Education at the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal, has made a special study of Storyline as an innovative structure for integrating curriculum. Some of her work has been published. Because of her interest and the support of her Head of ...

News from Slovakia

Jun

2003

Andrea (Andy) Vicenikova who attended our Golden Circle seminar in Hamburg has just been in contact with me. She is working as an educational project co-ordinator for the Daphne Institute. She writes: “Mostly I am engaged in preparation of manuals for primary teachers on different topics – wetlands, grasslands, peatlands, forests and in the preparation ...

Lithuanian Seminar

Jun

2003

Ona Leonaviciene For the last three years I have been introducing Storyline in my country. On the 14th of October at the invitation of Telsiai Educational center I gave a seminar for 30 English teachers in this area. Telsiai is the centre of the North-West part of Lithuania called Zemaitija. Marked in red on the ...