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Aberdeenshire schools welcome teachers from North Slope, Alaska
Living Earth facilitates the third visit in the Polar Pairs Exchange Programme between Aberdeenshire and North Slope Alaska
“We've been overcome by seemingly insurmountable obstacles - we've never looked around the world before”
Teacher from North Slope, Alaska
 North Slope teachers with fellow teachers from Banff Academy, Aberdeenshire |
Following the success of the first two exchange visits in October 2007 and February 2008, Living Earth was pleased to facilitate the third exchange in the Polar Pairs School Exchange programme in May 2008.
The programme has been developed to promote shared learning between schools in North Slope, Alaska and Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The programme seeks not only to enable an exchange between students, but also between teachers and the wider communities as a whole.
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From 20th May to 30th May 2008. five teachers from schools on the North Slope, Alaska were invited to visit local Aberdeenshire schools in order to both gain an insight into their teaching practises and to foster relationships with their Scottish counterparts. The North Slope visitors were matched up with different teachers and departments in the host schools. They were able not only to co-teach lessons in the Scottish Curriculum, but also participated in extra curricular activities such as a Health Day and were able to explore the local area.
Feedback from the visit was highly positive and the teachers noted that they gained confidence teaching new subjects and new methods, working in a very different environment.
To read the full report of this visit please click here.
To learn more about this exciting project please visit our Schools Exchange Programme page.
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Alaska in a Nutshell
"We share more than what separates us. Confirming this through watching visiting staff interacting with pupils was very affirming."
Teacher from Polar Pairs programme (Aberdeenshire)
Whaling Boat, Alaska
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