The school for role-play in Denmark | DW Documentary
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ย. 2019
- The chalk-and-talk approach is yesterday. Students at the Østerskov Efterskole in Hobro, Denmark, learn through role-play. 17-year-old Emma felt disadvantaged at a conventional school because of her dyslexia. She's hoping for a new start here.
The Østerskov Efterskole is able to conduct experiments like this thanks partly to the Danish school system. Any time after the 8th grade, students have the option of attending a free school for a maximum of three years. Many of these have specialized teaching methods. The idea behind role-playing, according to the school concept, is that, once you've put theory into practice, it's committed to memory. So the students are learning for real life and not just for the next test. The results speak for themselves. Although many youngsters at the Østerskov Efterskole struggle with learning difficulties, about three quarters of them transfer to a school where they can qualify for university studies. At the very least, that brings them in line with average performance in Denmark. A report by Anna Marie Goretzki.
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I love that , they get to express creativity and imagination . Other schools attack students for that . We need more of it .
My son is in one of these boarding schools, their focus is E-sport and game design, his interest. One of the first times he came home from the school, he told us he is finally learning things, it sticks with him if he can see the link between, programming with math, e-sports with tactics, leadership and teamwork. They teach all the normal subjects, but in the mindset that they have to use this to be able to do what they want to do. He is doing all 3 years, he does NOT want to go back to normal public school. He only comes home in the weekends, when he has to.
Wow, that sounds super interesting! What is the name of the school? I'm curious now and I'd like to learn more.
This is like that episode of the office, but the entire school year.
"There's been a murder in Savannah" M Scott
Motivation in learning. Communication with humans. Increase students’ confidence. Weekly role play seems so much fun🌷
So many children would benefit from this type of teaching/learning! Unfortunate it's not mainstream!
Unorthodox if that is the correct word but very practical if it helps them become fully realized and happy with themselves and what they can give to others in need.
We have had this kind of schools for 150+ years in Denmark. If you are interested, google the word Grundtvig.
@@mochtegerndane7097 Thank you. Gracias.
The song that Emma sang is such a beatiful song
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I don't think this was mentioned, but the kids actually live on these schools with a roommate and have limited access to go home in the weekends.
It's a good way of maturing these kids.
Another great fact about this school is that they have gender neutral rooms for Nonbinary, genderfluid or gender nonconforming kids its one of the only schools in Denmark that has that option so its the only school I would be comfortable in
This is so relatable. And I feel good for her, she is now (oh she was actually) happy with her schooling. No one is left behind, such an important message for every education system in this world.
That was extremely interesting: quite moving/touching, and lovely actually; *Danmark* is truly such an amazing country, in so many ways. Vielen dank, **DW*,* fuer noch ein anderer wirklich wunderschoen Doku!
This school is something special, even for Denmark. My year there was amazing.
Glad more people around the world are discovering DW!
Emma, your English is very good! 👏 You've obviously been studding very hard to achieve those results.
Her English is average for a Danish teen...
Gonna second GorillaGuerilla. It's pretty average here. Her accent isn't as thick as most Danes, but the proficiency in itself is just about what you'd expect from someone her age.
I have played with so many young people who went there. They are awesome roleplayers. :)
I feel like this needs some dice throwing or something.
Oh, there's lots. Especially in the extracurricular activities. The students will host pen-and-paper campaigns throughout the week, and the students will *always* try to bend the rules, and minmax their characters. Two popular systems when I went there was of course the ever-popular Dungeons and Dragons, but also the World of Darkness system.
I guess this what happens when u the happiest country 🤷😂
@dražen g Shakespeare, which is ironic!
Walking Eyes
He only said there's SOMETHING rotten!
And there is!
But luckily, there's also a great number of things that isn't....😂
Excactly😂
Its not always happy time here in Denmark, we got alot of politics problems, and more. We arent that great
as the media says we are.
I would have loved that ...
This is amazing!!!
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Good idea. Would also like that.
Fuck yeah Emma. Keep developing that voice and start writing( if you havnt already) Great voice!
we need this education available in America, i can relate to a lot of these kids.
StarSkull_Cyborg are you saying that you don’t have schools like this in America?
Starskull - you need a total rethink of your whole school system. (I do not say this in a condescending European way). But you do need to invest in education again, you need to stop pandering to the anti-science crowd of the Republican party and you need to put a premium on knowledge. And screw the tests.
@@mochtegerndane7097 What you said! Ignorance and short-sighted greed threaten to destroy my country.
damn i wished had that option when i was younger.
My only concern is what happens when these kids go on in life and face unexpected issues - will some of them have an increased tendency in developing dissociative identity disorder in order to cope? Interesting approach nevertheless, just wondering about this particular aspect because DID often has an onset in an inability to cope with the reality at hand and ones social role in it, thus those affected develop alternative identities (i.e. roles)
Gabi B.
Less so than if they didn't attend the school!
It is actually quite succesful in transforming kids with various issues into more self aware and capable adults...
This independent boarding school model we have here is known for its ability to make even some of the most troubled find friends and make them better at dealing with various issues....
Let me answer you, as an adult Dane. This school is by no means special in Denmark. We have had this kind of residential schools for more than 150 years - they are a VERY integrated part of being Danish and growing up in Denmark...My kids went to such a school. So did I. So, way back, did my great great grandfather. The schools have been part of the process of creating democratic, adult citizen in my little kingdom. And dont worry - the kids will be fine. Very fine.
Former student of said school here. For most people, it actually helps them. This is for up to three years. Most people take 2 at most. In extremely rare cases, some students take 4. But no. It generally helps. Especially for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. It helps the student along in learning how to see the situation from the perspective of another student.
@@Davixxa God pointe - at rollespil lærer unger på spektret at se tingene fra andre sider.
My oldest daughter wich is now 18 attended such a school two years ago. Nothing wrong with her in fact most students at those schools are as you and me and most others.
The reason I as a parent let her go there for a year was to have some good experiences and another way of social living. The school f.ex. only let them have their phone for 1 hour a day wich I can only appreciate. My daughters school was into arts and so the kids can choose between different focuses. They all learn what you would at a normal class in a community school the fun is extra. My daughter is so prepared when she leaves home one day.
Some of the students have some issues and for them it is world changing to be together with other people at the same age 24/7.
They all grow so much as adults in just one year that it is incredible.
My younger daughter wich is now 14 will be going after the summer holiday. She will then be 15 and she to have no other reason than she is tired of school and this will help her with that. She is into dancing and will attend a school for dancing and music.
It is not free. Parents have to pay in the order of 9000 - 1000 $ dollars but very low income families can get way most of it paid by the community.
Unrelated question, but is there a way to watch some of DW's documentary that previously is available in this channel, specifically on Paul Kagame's Rwanda and about Strategic Bombing in World War II? I am willing to pay if necessary :)
...a new one about Ruanda is coming up tonight! For the WWII documentary there are no more broadcasting rights.
2:40 - the dog walks out with the other students as the teacher holds the door open! Even the dog has a role!
This is why so many people envy the Nordic countries, like heavens
Good fun. Good school.
I wish I had the same opportunity as they did but anyway you couldn't choose which country you will be born. You just need to maximize your learnings wherever you are and you'll be fine. May it be something like this or in a different learning environment.
Danes of Thrones!
I would LOVE if they made one in America💞
@dražen g it would be amazing if they had scholarships
Lilith Spookypants
Here, in Denmark, it's a mix of pupils!
Some of them come from high income and higher middle income families, but others have the state pay for them....
I attended two independent boarding school when I was at that age, and I was a troubled criminal kid who came from a low income single parent household!
Two of my closest friends is from that period of time of my life!
And both of them sends their children to these independent boarding schools because it's a great way to transform kids into young adults....
@@gorillaguerillaDK oh thank you soo much for letting me know! It sounds like such a wonderful place, I hope the U.S. takes notice of the success and will create something like it.
Fun fact: Jens Jensen, the famous Chicago landscape architect. founded exactly such a school at the clearing.
@@mochtegerndane7097 I'm reading about it now and it sounds AMAZING. Thank you for sharing, I really appreciate it💜
Emma seems like a person I would wanna befriend
Eh man, I say, whatever works ...
Whatever works best for YOU ... do that.
The glass is half full 🥃
Reading and writing is so yesterday.
You obviously know squat about the Danish school system.
1) Every kid will still have to pass the same tests as every other Danish kid.
2) Show me an American kid who speaks a second language as well as Emma.
3) Almost half of all kids visit one of these free schools. THey would not do that, if they - and their parents - did not KNOW, how good the schools are for the kids and for society.
They will still have to read and write and everything else that a normal school will do. They will also have to pass all examens like any other. The advantage here is that these students chose role playing as an extra in their everyday. To make people more interrested in learning, present them with what they love to do. In addition they are together with others at there own age and interrest and learn social skills much faster. They live there 24/7 and only see there parents at weekends if they want to. No phones/social media to take away your focus most of the day/evening. It lets them grow very fast and most of them gain some friends for life in the process.
so depressing yet so awesome
I hope someday Brazil could be like a Denmark,with this level of development and this modern mentality, and made here a school like that,we have a long way yet. I feel sad when I see a good examples like that in others countries,and here we are delay
Here in Denmark, few high schools look like that.
My school is over 80 years old... here in Denmark schools are really old
Personally my school is pretty disgusting and old
@@hamza9540 but still is better than here
@@andersonsantucci9325 Just stop the mindset of, that everything is paradis and rainbows overhere.
@@hamza9540 sure,haha
I guess I mostly wanted to know more about the hoodie.
crazy
Really? Then I wanna play the dark master or ice king
Do they sleep in school
ха َ й َ yes they live at the School during the week and go home In the weekends
Elaborating on what Rasmuskastberg said. They only go home in the weekends if they want to. The only time they're forced to go home is during school breaks (ie. Christmas/Autumn/Easter breaks, and so on)
Ud nvr get such funding in uk
You have to pay yourself for these schools. I believe it's in the region of 10.000€ per year.
Amazing! Now all we need is jobs that allow role-playing. Hopefully the bank down the street needs a baroness accountant.
Most of life is role-playing anyway...
GorillaGuerilla I do agree with you, but paying for a roof over your head, putting food on the table, and feeding and clothing your kids is as serious as it gets.
@@dustsky
It sure is, but it doesn't change the fact that we play different roles during our life - the strict boss might be a loving and caring mother/father when they're coming home from work.
And in this case, it enhances these kids ability to see things from a different perspective than they're own - which makes them a lot better equipped for dealing with various situations throughout life...
So basically, they're getting skills making them better at interacting with other people, and thus give them better opportunities in regards to get a stabile income and raise a family if that's what they want...
@@gorillaguerillaDK I see! In this case, maybe they should be playing scenarios that emulate real-life working environments behaviorwise if their final goal is to loosen up and free themselves from whatever behavioral limitations they have, because eventually, they have to be functional in society within its expected constraints. What I'm seeing here looks more like a bubble in which they can uninhibitedly be themselves; unfortunately, this is a far cry from what they'll encounter in the real world. Now, if this approach is only meant to aid them in learning various technical skills, that's all fine, no one cares as long as it gets the job done. But sure, I agree with your point!
🥴🙌🏿well if it works for them 🤷🏿♂️
LARP like it's 1233 AD
This just made me border
Xavier School
🤔🤭😏🤪🥴
pls check statistic of related subject it mean autism , if its growth will be not stopped , the next 60-80 years half of children can be autistic.In 1970 it was 1 autistic child per 5000.
today in Japan and South Korea there is 1 autistic child per 30, in Us and UK 1 child per 60. Statistics can vary.
Have you thought that the roles to *play* might better be the roles of stable, well adjusted, well admired, normal modern day human beings, people trying to better themselves and society -- those that young people should look up to?
Or is it too hard to find role *models* for those roles?
Yep, it is too hard.
facite non victimarum
So, you don't get it - okay!
A lot of these people--myself included, go/went there because society failed them. Not all, mind you, but for a good portion of them, that was the case.
Most of the students there were bullied when they were younger, often with teachers that didn't exactly help alleviate the situation. Some have even changed schools entirely multiple times to no avail.
Sure, the learning is done through fun and games (a thing which actually works!), but the social circles that form during those games--and during extracurricular activities help students get a footing in society where they otherwise might not have had any, and help them for years afterwards.
If they actuly roleplayed something more modern tho.....not the old shit.Like star wars for example.
What they are role playing is more modern than star wars lol. Schools of magic? Yeah, that's some 80's shit.
wtf are you talking about?! I didn't see any star wars related LARP here. Take your meds.
Oh they do. Take it from a former student. We did everything from historical stuff like the colonization of Africa, Ancient Greece and World War 2 (even East Germany!) to futuristic stuff like Space Operas, Post-Apocalypse scenarios, or even fantasy stuff like fx. Harry Potter.
Interviewer: "And what is your character?"
Boy: "I'm Joker"
Interviewer: "Oh so you tell jokes?"
Boy: "Yeah...What do you get when you cross a mentally ill loner with a SOCIETY..."
Interviewer: "OH SHIT! LET"S GET OUTTA HERE! GO!! GO! GO!!