1. Teachers’ views on Case Forest pedagogy - summary of all eight national teacher course evaluations 16 th June 2010, Yundola, Bulgaria Suvi Pessala This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

2. Content 1) Participants of the teacher courses 2) Teachers’ views on themethodology 3)About applying the methodology at own school

3. 1) Course participants 120 participants 84 % women

4. They worked as teachers in…

5. They had been teachers for…

6. Scale: 1 No, never - 7 Yes, many times

7. 2) Teachers’ views on Case Forest methodology

9. What is good with the Case Forest methodology?

10. “The pupils become more active and interested which make them learn more. We learn in different ways and this gives something for all the pupils.” (Evaluation of the teacher course in Sweden)

11. “Students can explore, study things that interest them. Students have more independence, they have to think and make decisions themselves.” (Evaluation of the teacher course in Estonia)

12. 1.ready system, structure to follow 2. can be used in different subjects –for my opinion even in grammar one could start with asking questions 3. Activates the pupil and encourages the teacher to ask instead of giving answers. It is research. In the research arises alive interest to the subject. (Evaluation of the teacher course in Finland)

13. 3) About applying the methodology at own school

14. Can you see any problems using the Case Forest methodology at your school?

15. Some possible problems… the curriculum lack of time too big group sizes lack of financial resources (technical equipments, bus transportation) teachers’ limited IT skills depends on co-operation with other teachers and/or their attitudes the attitude of school administration and pupils

16. 76 % of the participants answered that they will try everything or quite a lot of what they’ve learned during the course (values 6-7) 9.5 % thought they will only try quite a little or some of what they’ve learned (values 2-3) For the future of the Case Forest methodology is good that…

17. 17/9 “Everything is possible if you want. The teacher has a great pedagogic freedom.” (a young course participant in Finland)