Connecting learners in a global world

Hello, this is Mara, Anne-Gabrielle & Annabel! We are focusing on global education this week. Our school has been comparing different schools around the world and the way they teach. Our school is in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Anne-Gabrielle will now speak.

I always lived in Switzerland. I went to 3 different schools since primary school. In those 3 different schools I learned English, French, German & in year 7, a little bit of Latin. For 5 years of primary school, I was in a private school. For 1 year and 3 weeks, I was in a public school. Now, I am in St. George's school in Neuchâtel! I really like schools in Switzerland because I learn about a lot of stuff, but I would like to learn more about the South & North Poles and how they go to school and how they learn, what they do with their day.

Now, Mara will speak.

I've been to 2 different schools in Bucharest, Romania & in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. They are a bit different. There, I spoke in English & learned French. Romanian is my first language. At my other school we didn't do German, but here we do. I would like to find about schools in India because there are more poor people there and I want to know how they afford their necessities and materials for school.

Now, Annabel will speak.

I've been to 3 different schools in Sunnyvale, California and in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. In California, we didn't get to do many experiments or go on any excursions because schools didn't have enough money. In my first school in Neuchâtel, we used materials such as blocks and sticks. We learned square root with those materials. The problem was, in adulthood, would we have those materials? Overall, every school is extremely different. What I would like to find more about is how strict are teachers in other countries. What are their customs in class?

Students in our school took a survey made by a senior student in our school about how they see schools. She asked about the uniforms, what is a good teacher to us, why schooling is important for us & how our school can be improved.

In languages, we did an essay about our different schools we had been to and what languages were spoken there. What were the differences between our previous schools?

We are submitting our work to be published as part of an international student project. Hopefully our work will be accepted & we will be invited to take part in an online conference with students from all around the world!