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| At the right the masons workshop. At the Left the concretemixerroom. |
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| Here you see a simulated kitchen where the pupils sets tiles over the zink and at the floor. |
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| A pupil is practising on tilesetting at the brickwall he have built and plastered. |
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| He is doing a sharp corner |
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| The shield of the greatest soccerteam in the world. Made by a 3:grade student. |
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| The room we keep our masonry tools |
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| Working on tileseem. |
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| The mixer in the foreground is only for lime and that in the background only for concrete. |
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| Plastering. |
Stefan! What would you say is the greatest challenge when learning plastering? Students who don't learn that easily - what is the critical pedagogical thing to understand?
ReplyDeleteHello Ingrid. Thanks for your Q. Its very tricky for a beginner to plaster so i say to them to be a bit nonchalant when they trow the lime to the wall. Almost like a tennisplayer. And try to find a flow in the movement whit the arm in the trow all the way after the lime is on the wall. If you dont have the right flow in the movement the lime will fall down at the floor.
ReplyDeleteThe metaphor with the tennisplayer was good! Thank you, very illustrative.
DeleteHow long is the first course of plastering? We don't have the same skills levels and working packages here as in Australia - but how long time do your young students have to reach the first competency level of plastering?
Good Q. Plastering is a very complex branch in the mason profession. Let me put it like this: If you imagine at LEAST 100 levels the 1 years students reach level 2 in the first 2 weeks. After that its time to go to another working station whit another profession. In a way its a pitty just when they got a hang of it its time to change assingments.
DeleteDo the students work with an employer while they're studying? If so, what relationship is there between the school and the employer? Do you work together to support the students' learning?
ReplyDeleteHi Susanne. Thanks för your Q. First of all : We have a man that only work whit that. In most schools the mentor fix practiceplaces for the pupils and visit them at the contructionssite. But not our school. The company and the pupil and our man who is in charge for finding apprenticeship is signing a aggrement that the workingplace is following laws and is not dangerous for the pupil. The man who is responible for the placement of the pupils in different companys is also visiting the pupils on the sites a couple of times and have 3part discussion so the education is following the curriculum. If not the case he maybe must find a new site or the company have to rethink the working tasks. We also have meeting once a year whit principal, constructions teachers, representatives for the pupils, the construction workers trade union and the local construction companys. There is also a person from the local employment service. Hope i make my self understood. If not, ask again.
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Stefan
Hello Stefan! I see in your photos that there is a wall with tiles that symbolize a Swedish football team, Gais. I have heard that there is a better team in the same city as this team comes from named Örgryte IS, is that true?
ReplyDeleteHi Peter. That was a totally preposterous rumur , but now we have a comment both you and i ;)
DeleteThe shield is really a nice piece of tiling, but is it appropiate that a teacher is engaged in this kind of indoctrination?
ReplyDeleteHello Lasse. That was a very good Q. But for the balance we have shields from other clubs aswell.
ReplyDeleteThanks, it's nice to hear that you don't take any specific party in this important question. Could you add a picture of an "ÖIS"-piece?
ReplyDeleteHello. I`will sertenly take that under consideration. If someone take the challange to do it. Its a very difficult shield to do but if its done its great because for me the red colour stands for Love, passion, politics, and progress.
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