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3. Ask the groups to present their results to the full group. With the group, choose (by a democratic method!)
a number of competences to be used in the next stage: one per group (15 minutes).
4. Hand out the “Table of criteria and indicators” and ask the teachers to identify criteria and indicators that
can be used to assess the competence for which they are responsible (20 minutes).
Step 4 (Debriefing – 10 minutes)
1. Can short-tale teaching contribute to EDC? How?
2. What do you think of the tools presented when it comes to conceptualising and assessing an EDC
competence?
3. What possible changes should be made?
4. What are the limitations and disadvantages of the approach?
Step 5 (Evaluation – 30 minutes)
1. What was the key aspect of the training session for you? Ask some participants to select an aspect which
they found particularly stimulating, interesting or surprising and to tell the others (3 minutes).
2. What would you have done differently? Ask the participants to share what they liked least and what they
intend to do differently (2 minutes).
3. Group work: “How do you intend to adapt what you learned today to your class/school? Ask the participants
to think briefly about possible uses of the short-tale method for EDC in their class/school (5 minutes).
4. Individual work: “Write a short tale, identify the competences which you are seeking to develop among
pupils and then identify criteria and indicators by which to assess them (20 minutes).
PLANNING
Preparation
The room must be large enough for work in groups of three. If you opt for preparatory reading, send the link
(see resources) to the participants at least a week before the training session and ask them to make notes to
bring to the session.
Further reading
Bailleux M., Bertrand D., Dufour B., Grootaers D., Maniet M. A., Miche P., Romao A., Tilman F., Hespel B. & Fourez
G. (2006), La méthode des mini-récits. Les compétences négligées : leur enseignement et leur évaluation. Document
de synthèse d’une recherche en éducation commanditée par la Communauté Française.
TASK SHEET 1
Short tale
Here is a short tale. Read it carefully.
Shopkeepers and, above all, customers in the town of Comet are complaining more and more about how hard
it is to park when doing one’s shopping. The municipal authority has therefore just decided to turn the park
in the shopping street into a car park.
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