B. Stage 1 - Contact:
The project starts with the contact phase, getting immersed into the subject through various ways
- An outing for sensorial contact;
- Audiovisual substitutes such as film, photos;
- Literature art, debate;
- A simple and open local survey, etc
introduction to «Free your River»This phase is essential as it lends meaning to all subsequent work. It allows for the involvement of individuals or groups of students in the field of activity they will have chosen. It promotes the differentiation of research depending on student interests. Thus, one student may prefer lab work while another likes to connect science to nature and learn in a natural setting. It will increase motivation, facilitate their active participation, and the launching of the second stage.
This phase can be completed through group techniques like brainstorming, which ensures everybone’s participation and the emergence of a large range of representations of the river.
The studied theme will allow a local approach within a global perspective. It will lead to a the start of a systemic construction around the river and its uses. Environnemental, social, economic and cultural aspects should then emerge.
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