Presentation

In the past weeks, you and your team worked on a case study in which you helped out teachers by applying your theoretical findings to their hypothetical practice. In the exchange week, you will present your case study research at the Montessori College, where you will meet actual teachers who, on a daily basis, deal with situations similar to those in the case studies. They are looking forward to exchange views and experiences with you! Below, we listed the instructions for you to be able to prepare for your presentation.

This step will take you about 4 hours. On Monday in the exchange week, you have another 1.5 hours to do some final preparations. You can find the general planning of the course here. 

Practical:

• The presentation should be a group effort to which all team members contribute (either by preparing for the presentation, presenting, and/or responding to feedback and questions). 

• Each group has 20 minutes for their presentation. After each presentation, there is max. 10 minutes reserved for questions and feedback. 

• To enhance your presentation, please make use of a visual presentation such as PowerPoint. In the classroom at the Montessori College, you can connect your laptop directly to the screen. You can also send us your visual presentation ahead of time, and we will install it for you. 

Context: 

• The school visit to the Montessori College starts with an introduction to the Montessori method and the school's educational approach. Then, we will split into two groups for the presentations: group 1 (team 1, 2 and 4) and group 2 (team 3, 5 and 6). Group 1 covers all three case studies. In group 2, team 5 and 6 both worked on case study 2. 

• This means that there are c. 8-10 students attending your group presentation as an audience. Depending on your group, all or part of them are not familiar with the details of your case study. 

• This also holds for the teachers attending. Next to the teacher trainers involved in the programme, your presentation will be attended by teachers from the Montessori College who can relate to your case study topic from their own experience. 

• The entire session will take 1 hour and 45 minutes. In the afternoon, there will be more time to meet and talk with the Montessori teachers who attended your presentation, as well as with other teachers and students from the school. 

• On Wednesday, we will start the day by sharing take aways from the school visit and case study presentations. In this session, teams that have worked on the same case study will share their approaches and insights with each other. 

Contents: 

• Since the details of your case study are not known to (part of) your audience, take your time to set the scene: describe the situation, share the problem of the case study as you formulated it, and explain relevant terminology.

• In your case study research, you read about the Dutch educational system, delved into additional theoretical approaches and took a literature seminar, all to be able to formulate a solution to the problem at hand. In the presentation, do not only share the outcome of your research, but also take us through the process of getting there: what were your findings with every step and how did you integrate them towards your solution (Step 4: synthesis)?

• You ended your case study by formulating questions you still have regarding this topic. Include these into your presentation as well: in this way, your presentation becomes the start of a conversation as much as the result of your work so far.
  In the next and last step of the digital course, you set a few team goals that are based on these questions and that you will work on during the exchange week. See Goals and preparations. 

• In step 5 of your case study, you learned about the Montessori method and considered whether the Montessori school context affected the outcome of step 4. Moreover, you formulated at least one question you want to ask a staff member, student, or teacher in training. Make sure to conclude your presentation with this. In this way, the Montessori teacher attending can address them after your presentation or in the afternoon programme.