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them But I don t think that we can simply copy another country s school system Not even large parts of it We always have to ask ourselves Can we implement this in our 16 different German states Are federal structures one reason why the German school system is developing so slowly and reforms are so difficult to implement Yes our federal education structures are certainly one of the reasons why our school and education system often operates like an enormous lumber ing tanker In order to steer it in another direction we need a lot of small pilot boats However we shouldn t under estimate the desire to maintain the status quo among the structures of our educational administration and pol itics The reasons behind this are often trivial because every change impacts jobs generally the jobs of civil ser vants That s why I think a constant flow of ideas from the bottom up from independent schools is indispens able The real life examples of schools presented by the German School Award and the German School Academy serve as models and pointers in the right direction for a plodding system How can as many schools as possible benefit from the knowledge gathered by the German School Award schools The German School Academy offers a shadowing program where interest ed teachers can visit schools that have received the award We have also worked with all the award winning schools to establish a network that de velops and implements transfer programs Additionally with our educ ational travel program we send teachers in training to these award winning schools to talk to the teachers and administrators there For the trainee teachers it s an excellent learning opportunity And for more seasoned teachers the program provides a chance to reflect You stress that there is no universal formula for a good school Despite this have you still discovered some thing that all good schools have in common The good schools I have had the privi lege to visit generally have a very positive atmosphere including among the faculty and they work hard to achieve that In good schools teachers have a say in how the school devel ops allowing them to discover leader ship qualities within themselves and put those qualities to use The teach ers feel like they are being taken seriously as professionals and not treated as underlings of the adminis tration I see participation as the secret to changing an entire school organization The schools cooperate in multi professional team struc tures and they work with the students on a level as individual as possible What does that mean in practice The schools that win our award think about their students entire lives not just a single phase of life They look closely at the children s back grounds and their strengths These schools view of the student doesn t stop at the end of the child s school career They work hard to ensure that their students go on to translate their education into good vocational or professional experiences Additional ly these schools don t view them selves as operating in a bubble They are organized in networks active in regional education infrastructure and know nearly all the relevant programs on offer in the area And when I see the students from good schools I can tell that they enjoy going to school and have fun in class They feel like they can actually achieve the goals they set for themselves Mr Pant thank you for your time process of integration in our society such as by expanding and reinforcing democratic ideals through education It might sound controversial but I always say that 14 to 16 year olds don t set fire to refugee homes because they didn t get a good education in maths In international comparisons of education systems other countries perform much better than Germany Can we learn from that I m skeptical generally speaking If we based our actions solely on the best results from studies of educa tional performance we would want an education system like the one in Shanghai But their system is also based on strict obedience to authority and a draconian selection process they have 15 hour school days and a high suicide rate among students Do we want that But still other countries perform better in aspects such as coopera tion between teachers and students I do think that by keeping our own detailed requirements in mind we can look at other models and learn from 21THE MAGAZINE 3 18 P ho to D av id W ey an d

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