The “Needs and Strategies – Toolkit on basic human needs and strategies to fulfill them” provides you with some examples of activities that are closely linked to the principles and competences introduced earlier in this chapter. Choose one that you want to bring to the classroom. Of course, you can also adapt it or develop your own activities/projects.
Step 1: Select competences and descriptors
Identify the three competences you consider the most important for you as a teacher when you run this activity/project and select relevant descriptors for these competences.
You might also think about previous teaching situations where you already showed/needed thesecompetences.
In order to choose competences and their descriptors, use the following link to COE: https://trt.intercultural.ro/descriptors
Step 2: Self-observation during the activity and reflection
During the activity, pay attention to your language, including your body language.
Reflect on the activity. How did you experience the activity?
Include references to competences anddescriptors (for example “when xx happened, it was useful that I reflected about xx before the activity; when yy happened I wasn’t able to act due to attitude yy; when zz happened, I had the feeling that Iacted pretty close to descriptor zz”) What went well and what helped you to put into practice the chosen competences?
What made it difficult to put into practice the chosen competences?
What would you do in a different way next time?
Step 3: Debriefing/meta-reflection
What did you like about this reflection sequence?
What was difficult?
What did you learn?
How do you want to proceed in order to develop your practice and your own CDC?
Step 4: Repeat the reflective circle
Repeat the observation exercise with another activity by integrating the insights.
When you implement a sustainable tool (class rules, evaluation tool, etc.), make sure that you reflect on the process on a regular basis (COE, 2021).