New forms of teaching, such as project-based learning and iterative processes can be experienced as confusing and incoherent the first few times they are used. Project-based learning involves a new working process, new technical terms, and new method cards (Andersen,...

Meta-learning focuses on the student's reflection, adaptation of learning methods, and understanding of process. The goal for students is to become aware of, and increasingly able to correct and reflect on, their learning process. To set goals related to...

The Character Wheel is a model that is used to describe and develop students' character. It consists of four main habits, which are further divided into twelve sub-habits.  The wheel is a didactic planning tool that gives the teaching team a clear description of what...

KlimaZirkus published the book “Project-based learning and innovation in an open school” (Andersen, 2020). This article explains the ideas on learning behind the book, as well as the models that are central to the didactics related to project-based learning (PBL)....

What Kind of Activity? 5 different categories. An authentic problem A company or a professional person pitches a case for the pupils to solve. The most important element in this category is the collaboration with an authentic recipient about an authentic issue or...

Studio 17 - an arena for today’s changemakers. A good learning environment is the physical expression of the values, beliefs and pedagogical practice shared by the teachers, school management and students at the school. By changes in the learning environment new...

What is the foundation of the project? In order to evaluate the structure, focus and methods in play KlimaZirkus uses a model of eight basic elements to self assess in order to determine what the project idea is based on. The project does not have to contain all eight...