{"id":3596,"date":"2016-03-05T19:14:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T19:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=3596"},"modified":"2016-03-05T19:38:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-05T19:38:41","slug":"almaz-alemu-elementary-schoolthinking-schools-ethiopia-tigrayphase-3school-site-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.thinkingschoolsethiopia.com\/?p=3596","title":{"rendered":"Almaz Alemu Elementary School
Thinking Schools Ethiopia – Tigray
Phase 3 \u2022 School Site Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students using a Bridge Map for showing relationships as part of a classroom lesson at Almaz Alemu Elementary School.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Almaz Alemu Elementary School<\/strong>
\nTigray, Ethiopia<\/strong>
\nBy Dagim Melese and Atsede Teshayou<\/em>
\nPhotos and Video by Atsede Tsehayou and Dagim Melese
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One of site visits in Maychew<\/a> was paid to a school called Almaz Alemu (after a heroine in Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front\u2019s (TPLF)<\/a> fight against the Derg regime). The school is presently led by a young woman named\u00a0 Atsede.\u00a0 We have seen girls parliament at the school . The parliament works for girls needs, rights, support, and acquiring of leadership skills.<\/p>\n

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Students and educators showing the hand symbol for a Tree Map which is for categorizing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We did a mini professional development in which we reviewed the TSE model, briefly explained the research basis of use of visual tools and did collegial coaching and demonstration lessons .<\/p>\n

The demo lesson was about electric current and resistance. Atsede (a TSE trainer worked with a physics teacher to do the demo lesson).<\/p>\n

Atsede first modeled the use of circle map with a student to generate a wide range of information about electric current, conductors, and resistance. Then asked students to work pairs sharing information and ideas about electricity which was followed by groups sharing about their circle map on the content.<\/p>\n

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Tree Map for categorizing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Subsequently Atsede drew a Bridge Map for thinking about relationships with types of circuits and resistance levels. The bridge map was incomplete it was meant to be completed by students. Then students tried completing it by taking turns writing on the black board.<\/p>\n

Students were then given assignment to complete the bridge map in their exercise books. Teachers were observing what was happening taking notes, and writing questions as part of the Collegial Coaching model.<\/p>\n

During the debriefing session teachers shared that the demo lesson has shown the potential use of the Thinking Maps for content areas which would otherwise have been seen simply unfit for mapping .<\/p>\n

Teachers reported that they are now encouraged to start using the maps in their classes. They said they have seen high levels of students engagement, collaboration, motivation to learn, and also recognize that students have much prior knowledge to contribute to learning.<\/p>\n

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Atsede modeling a community building exercise with students at Almaz Alemu Elementary School, which is a key part of the TSE model.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thinking Schools Ethiopia<\/a> – Tigray is a\u00a0collaboration of\u00a0Tigray Development Association<\/a>\u00a0and Thinking Foundation<\/a>\u00a0for 37 model schools in 12 Woredas located in all \u00a07 zonal administrations with \"maychew\"funding administered by Initiative Africa<\/a> for a Girl’s Empowerment Whole School Change grant from Sida (Swedish Development Agency)<\/a>\u00a0that began as a grass roots project by Robert Seth Price<\/a>\u00a0along with lead country trainers Atsede Tsehayou<\/a> and Dagim Melese<\/a>.\u00a0Read the chapter on Ethiopia<\/a> in the Corwin Press book Pathways to Thinking Schools<\/em><\/a>.
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\nMaychew<\/b>, also\u00a0Maichew<\/b>\u00a0(Ge’ez<\/a>: \u121b\u12ed\u1328\u12cd), is a town and\u00a0woreda<\/a><\/i>\u00a0in the\u00a0Tigray Region<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Ethiopia<\/a>. It is located at 665\u00a0km north of\u00a0Addis Ababa<\/a>along\u00a0Ethiopian Highway 1<\/a>\u00a0which runs to\u00a0Mekelle<\/a>\u00a0(the capital city of Tigray region) with an altitude of 2479 m. According to Ethiopia\u2019s agro-ecological setting, Maychew and its environs are classified under the Weinadega (semi-temperate zone).<\/p>\n

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Almaz Alemu educators modeling the hand symbol for the Double Bubble Thinking Map used for comparing and contrasting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Almaz Alemu Elementary School Tigray, Ethiopia By Dagim Melese and Atsede Teshayou Photos and Video by Atsede Tsehayou and Dagim Melese One of site visits in Maychew was paid to a school called Almaz Alemu (after a heroine in Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front\u2019s (TPLF) fight against the Derg regime). The school is presently led by… Continue reading Almaz Alemu Elementary School
Thinking Schools Ethiopia – Tigray
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