Why we chose history
Our Question for the FLL competition WORLD CLASS is: “How can we improve the way HISTORY is taught in the Greek school?”
We love History, but we don’t know History. We are unable to recall the historical information that we’re taught. We get tired by the teacher’s narration, the sterile memorization of curriculum, the existence of only one school handbook and the preparation only for the final school test.
We confirmed our personal opinion, through a survey that we organized in 2 schools (students of 5th and 6th Grade in Elementary School, 7th, 8th and 9th Grade in High School). We analyzed more than 200 student’s questionnaires. Our main conclusion was that the majority of students don’t like the way History is taught; they can’t memorize dates and facts; they dream of a new teaching process through gaming and many visual means.
We had interviews with teachers, university professors and experts. They all agree on this: History is the MOST MALTREATED lesson in the Greek school. However, it also is the subject that allows us to learn how to learn. For these reasons, ROBOT MASTERS decided to save it. won awards in an International Robotics Championship, so the team was really proud for this distinction.
Our Question for the FLL competition WORLD CLASS is: “How can we improve the way HISTORY is taught in the Greek school?”
We love History, but we don’t know History. We are unable to recall the historical information that we’re taught. We get tired by the teacher’s narration, the sterile memorization of curriculum, the existence of only one school handbook and the preparation only for the final school test.
We confirmed our personal opinion, through a survey that we organized in 2 schools (students of 5th and 6th Grade in Elementary School, 7th, 8th and 9th Grade in High School). We analyzed more than 200 student’s questionnaires. Our main conclusion was that the majority of students don’t like the way History is taught; they can’t memorize dates and facts; they dream of a new teaching process through gaming and many visual means.
We had interviews with teachers, university professors and experts. They all agree on this: History is the MOST MALTREATED lesson in the Greek school. However, it also is the subject that allows us to learn how to learn. For these reasons, ROBOT MASTERS decided to save it. won awards in an International Robotics Championship, so the team was really proud for this distinction.