MYP3 Lesson 1&2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

MYP3 Lesson 1&2

Unit 3

Films are a medium for promoting fairness and development and through exploring the theme of education and by helping us understand context, they can give us a new perspective on things we take for granted

Unit 3: Is knowledge power?

Is knowledge power?

1. yes
2. no

Starter Activity

What have you read so far today? Take a couple of minutes to create a list of everything you've read since waking up this morning. Keep this list safe as you will need to refer to it later.

In groups discuss the following questions (and make notes):

1. Why do you go to school?

2. What do you like least about school? What do you like most?

3. If you had a choice, would you go to school or not? Explain why.

4. What do you gain from going to school?

5. What does the word education mean? Come up with your own definition.

Why do you go to school?

Would you go to school or not? Explain why?

What do you gain from going to school?

What is education and what is its purpose?

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Read the following two texts and make notes.

What is education?

What is the purpose of education?

Activity 

What is education for?

Please watch the video in this link and answer the questions in the following activity.

What should be the aim of education?

What are the two fundamental tasks education should help us with?

What does it mean to be a lifelong learner?

The three main subjects:

1. Capitalism

2. Yourself

3. Relationships

How far do you agree with this?

Is this a curriculum you'd like?

Activity

The Man who 'forgot' how to read.

Let's read the first part of the activity up to the youtube link.

Activity

Watch the film and answer the 6 questions from the Activity:

1. What do you learn....

2. How did Engel...

3. What implications...

4. What is alexia...

5. What surprising thing...

6. How does hearing...

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