From the 16th to the 20th of October 2023 one of our teacher of Biology, Federica Trona, performed a Job Shadowing in Germany, at the Freie Ganztagsschule LEONARDO in Jena. The overall aim of the 5-days Job Shadowing was to participate to the activities of the hosting school in order to acquire new teaching methodologies and at the same time to establish an international collaboration.

Considering the fact that that the hosting school follows a Montessori method, the experience gave to the participant new insights on how to teach science with “learning by doing” approaches, with a special attention to the development of the soft skills. The participant followed several activities, mainly lessons in Biology with some experiences in the laboratory and different group activities. It was an interesting opportunity to share goals and best practices between the two schools, as well to collect useful materials for future projects in Biology The main language was German, but some lessons were in English, with some new insights for CLIL lessons.