2019 Planning
Before (Sept 18 - Feb 19) :
The few months before the meeting with the classes and children will be crucial to prepare all aspects of the project in advance. Beyond the simple organization of the trip, the problems of financing, purchasing equipment, and making contact with the schools on site, the key elements of the success of this first step will be as follows.
Learning
- Bibliographical research and reading on the subjects of ethnology in the countries concerned, child development in the 8-12 age group, and the environmental context of the regions visited.
- Follow-up of the 3rd year courses of the 3rd year of the degree in ethnology at the Faculty of Strasbourg.
- Meetings with school teachers for feedback on teaching methods.
Design
- Specifications and functional analysis for the environmental measurement station.
- Prototyping of the environmental station.
- Production of 14 environmental stations.
- Website design.
Preparation of the l' Effet Libellule's Days
- Prepare the pedagogical workshops, the production processes (order of the workshops, variations from one class to another, staging,...) and the presentation materials.
- Implementation of educational experiences and purchase of materials.
Througout (March 19 - Sept 19) :
Exchange time
Cultural exchange. My Western culture, my relationship with Nature, my anguish of the future, my relationship with others, with regard to your culture, your ways of life, your representation of humanity.
The exchange of knowledge. Discover local biodiversity, conservation techniques, agriculture, education and the collaborative economy. And to transmit our knowledge on the environment, complex systems, information technology, photovoltaics.
Human exchange. Create links in humanity, make friends with the world.
Living in a place
This period corresponds to the journey, to meet the classes and the inhabitants. It is the time for immersion in local cultures. We stay in a fixed place for 1 month per region, so that we can immerse ourselves in a neighbourhood atmosphere, have time to create a first contact with the inhabitants, and understand a little better the local context.
The Effet Libellule Days
Every month, we meet two classes, one in rural areas and the other in urban areas. Two days of the Effet Libellule are carried out in each class. This ensures that children are not overloaded at the risk of losing their attention, but above all to give them time to develop a curiosity, a reflection, and to be able to answer any questions during the second session. Finally, it gives us time to get to know the children a little better and vice versa.
Project monitoring and analysis
We ensure via the website blog and social networks an update of the project, so that everyone can follow the progress, react to it and comment on it. We also take this opportunity to pre-analyze our first results of the pedagogical days with the children and adapt our future interventions if necessary.
After (Oct 19 - Jan 20) :
Analysis and publications
The results of the pedagogical days are analysed according to multi-factor criteria (rural vs. urban, comparison of regions, gender, empathy, etc.) in order to identify correlations between environmental awareness indicators and these factors.
We want the results of these analyses to be of benefit to as many people as possible. Thus, we will publish the results via articles on our website.
Planning 2020?
However, the project does not stop abruptly in 2020.
Through the writing of technical sheets and protocols describing the implementation of the Effet Libellule Days, we wish to allow other schools around the world to join the project, and to organize these days in their classes. To this end, tutorial videos are prepared for the implementation of each of the workshops.
Finally, a series of exhibitions will be held in France to present our feedback and what we have learned from it.
The association will also be able to finance scientific and pedagogical initiatives, which would be launched by the schools that are part of the network.