RELACJA + NAUKA + SPORT = EDUKACJA PRZYSZŁOŚCI
EDUKACJA NASTAWIONA NA KOMPETENCJE XXI WIEKU
All-day school education for grades 1–8
INNOVATIVE EDUCATION AT THE creoGEDANIA INSTITUTION
Program includes:
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classes from astronomy to microbiology taught in English
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daily sports activities on nearly 7 hectares of KS Gedania 1922 grounds
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project-based learning
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writing students' own books and designing computer games
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mathematics through science and technology workshops
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chemistry and physics in a laboratory
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an educational institution without textbooks, desks, or traditional classrooms
Our project aims to create a new model of education based on the already implemented Gedania 1922 Kindergarten project, which combines learning and sport within a future-oriented education framework. In groups of up to 18 students, pupils are enrolled as home-educated learners and follow the "School of the Future 2020" program under the patronage of the Ministry of National Education (MEN), FRSE, and ERKI, every day from 7:00 a.m. to 17:00 p.m. on the premises of KS Gedania 1922.
We have engaged the Gdańsk community of enthusiasts, scientists, coaches, and educators who collaborate, among others, with the Polish Children's Academy, Gdańsk University of Technology, and the University of Gdańsk. Together, we have developed an educational model in which children carry out daily general-development activities in a practical and unconventional form: they write their own books, design their own computer games, learn geometry using recycled materials and board games, follow an educational astronomy program in English, conduct weekly physics and chemistry experiments in a laboratory, and deliver their own lectures for several hundred children at higher education institutions in Gdańsk.
By implementing the program on the grounds of KS Gedania 1922, students have access to the club's entire infrastructure (nearly 7 hectares, 3 playgrounds, a "wild" hill, and 8 sports fields), where daily sports activities are held for them. We hope that the developed and implemented creoGedania 1922 model will be possible to roll out free of charge in other institutions across Poland.
We aim to foster innovative attitudes by reducing the gaps between scientific-technical and humanistic civilization, providing technological preparation for self-education, and developing students' individual predispositions in light of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory. We promote a knowledge-based civilization grounded in continuously updated data and the cultivation of creative attitudes through free play. We are convinced that a new educational model—where children, together with enthusiasts, explore issues essential to science—will ultimately help maintain a high level of creativity in society, preparing children to function in the labor market of the future.
