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tv   Reporter  Deutsche Welle  November 23, 2019 3:15pm-3:31pm CET

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like father peter jennifer says when he died in 2013. the exact story of the wall and why he left it. finally out in the open again the wall stands as a permanent memorial to the end of division half a world away in berlin. this is the news lie from bud and up next all series reporter goes to denmark see a school where students learn through role play for news visit our website e.w. dot com often you see. stories that people who for information part of. the pains they want to express d.w. on facebook twitter and up to date in touch follow us.
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there well so isn't calculable. egos insatiable. their rivalry deadly. 3 principal. all moved home dream of leading the arab world. the arrival of princes of gold starts november 27th on the d w. cut. i had a really hard time. emma norris is dyslexic and was always an outsider at school. but that's all supposed to change now that she's attending the 1st to school of f. to school in holborow denmark. each week a new role play is part of the curriculum every pupil takes part and it's
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incorporated into every subject the school's concept no student gets left behind. now that i can have some food oh sure some of the baroness 1st. schools 85 pupils and their teachers stay in the game they remain in character even while eating lunch their current role play is called the testament an english teacher plays the pastor has his punishment is a pardon amen. my role is a. woman with hatch 3 children and she is invited to this whole family party but the family does not know why they are invited they don't know anybody.
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the elderly baroness westfield also played by a teacher has invited her relatives to visit her one last time. emma north has only been going to the school for a few weeks. beginning the 8th grade the danish school system allows people to attend independent boarding schools for up to 3 years. many of these schools have a special focus. for. now again i want to tell you why we're all here today the only. one and now. and now. the school employees live action role play as a way to teach the curriculum it calls this mix of acting theatre and interaction learning games. this role play covers the legal aspects of a will come plex family constellations and the highs and lows of human life.
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then emma goes to a relatively ordinary class still the role play continues. i mean i need someone from the other family ok on time and again pupils are taken out of class to participate. discourse and a has her english lesson not an easy subject for someone with dyslexia far. from his and her previous school emma struggled and felt she was left to cope on her own . her self-esteem suffered a major blow. over very very shy and i didn't want to speak up for myself i. didn't happen any friends and i was on shore if i was good enough if i was pretty and if i was clever enough to be in a school. at the end of the lesson someone slips them
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a mysterious document. this is the document which might tell us why we're here so we're trying to figure out what it means. has the parents being questioned on suspicion of murder. like emma many of the peoples felt like outsiders at their former schools who were made a sort of. friend requests oh yes yes yes some students have a learning disability a.d.h. do your autism spectrum disorder others are gifted and many have experienced bullying. but but employing role play in regular lessons helps all pupils says teacher andreas miller. everything we do is to motivate the students to want to learn something and they're not learning something because they have to go to an exam or because mother or father or the sciences so they're learning it because they want to learn and we may record in games or in funny hats or whatever but
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they're usually very motivated and there are certain types of students who just don't fit in to modern school life that really benefits from having something that is what's more direct and much more like tangible tangible form doesn't mean you can't teach really complex matters it just means that you have to you have to wrap it in a way where the learning makes sense in its own right. learning that makes sense emma wants to sing its praises for the 1st time she's made friends your own age they've just taught her to play the piano. and
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7. that this special you also said something about would play and how you just for a moment escape from reality and take some time for yourself and i think that's maybe why i could make so much of this so ima has regularly taken part in live role play events for the last 8 years. the 17 year old spends her allowance on costumes for her slipping into another persona is a release. i felt like i wasn't allowed to cry and so therefore i just. had all these feelings
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inside but then i got through role play and i put on a fine looking dress and i just i'm a war make all boys song thing and then i play at this girl who has lost her mother and then i was allowed to cry because it was a role play. one week later the entire school has traveled to germany for a field trip to vin destroy the castle interior and. you know nobody knows him and helps her fellow pupils put on make up for an elaborately staged role played though there's no audience. like. what you might as well use it as you go overseas and. they're going to go doing. it this helps new pupils like emma better integrate into the school community says
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teacher in game master morton care gore. has got to get to see inside of hollow here don't fulfill production workers they will learn about timing corp and other special effects that will help them out in a game. of hide and this is also very much a community community creating societal still we the people behind the phrase. emma puts on her costume then the role play of the midnight conclave begins. its the year 1532 inquisitors are executing supernatural beings. sorcerers bareness fun men chosen is gravely concerned indeed why we won't abandon our people and the magical world. together with vampires fairies sort.
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we're wolves the baroness tries to find a solution. to her castle the aim to bring peace to the world but it's not easy as old feuds and animosities resurface emma plays the vampire elvira. is very overwhelming because she's only been around i around say one of the 3 kind of ramp hires and now there are 10 different kinds of magic species around her. this is just one of 70 different role plays that comprise the danish school's curriculum including math biology chemistry physics history geography and languages taught in an unconventional way and the school success speaks for itself 72 percent of pupils subsequently go on to upper secondary schools where they can take their school leaving exams that matches the danish average. the head of the vampires tries to hold emma's clan together
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a few of them have gone rogue. he. made it through the all the teach them. a way of. dealing with problems. they didn't know was what happened. and this role is just the kind of the ultimate says because they have to walk around to have to mingle they have to travel with a lot of different opinions because they will play all the the fronts of the opinions of every separators better. than their own players roam all around the castle they solve riddles find mysterious objects uncover intrigues have discussions and fight. 100 people are taking part pupils teachers even the building manager it's the 1st time for me that i feel comfortable in
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a school system and with the teachers. also people they don't really. just come up to me and say oh it's a really nice crust you might think you're just so sweet and helpful. and that's a very good feelings very well for meit is obviously you. in the evening the role play reaches its climax. the same venue. sacrifices herself in a ritual. she let herself be transformed into a human thereby saving the magical creatures and making the world a more peaceful place you know taken away your memories that was very intense. but is that she finds the end of the ritual quite moving that they could say something personal to us. and it was very very heartbreaking but in
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a good way in a good way or wow you were great thanks are you ok yeah i'm good. after just a few weeks at the school and already feels better equipped to deal with life. rather you do when our ghost. is giving me what could i say and armor that i could put on so i. i will be able to stand up for myself until tell people that if they don't like me it's not my problem. because i am me and they have to accept me and respect me as i am. when she graduates emma plans to become a nursery school teacher she already knows she'll use role play as a pedagogical tool in her future professional.
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