Apollo technique
The Apollo technique is a method of cooperative learning and is part of civic education . This method can be used to create rules for working together.
The rules can be drawn up for a class trip , for classroom collaboration , in a department or across the school . This could then also lead to a school constitution .
- “In connection with the joint negotiation and establishment of rules that apply to all, complex democratic procedures and concepts such as the common good , the law and sanctions can be discussed in the classroom . At this point, rule violations, sanctions and punishments are not abstract teaching topics, but are directly related to the joint work on our own laws, our own constitution for the class and school community. " (Sliwka, p. 32)
Action
In the first step, all those involved write down their ideas for working together. Then work is done in pairs. Corresponding suggestions are adopted and combined to form a rule. Divergent suggestions are written on a different list.
In the second step, two of the couples, i.e. four participants, work together and repeat the procedure of the first step so that a common list and a list with suggestions from individuals is created again.
In the last step, a group is randomly selected (for example by lot) and is given the task of summarizing the results.
Finally, the list with the diverging proposals is discussed by all those involved. The points are either added to the entire set of rules or added to a special list of minority positions.
literature
Anne Sliwka: The Anglo-American Example. Volume 2 , Weinheim 2001. ISBN 3-935696-02-7