IM-programWe work with:

• ”hemmasittare”

• Potential ESL – Early school leavers

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”HEMMASITTARE”• Truant ?????

• Difference ????

• Hikkokomori – Japan

• ”They are modern day hermits – hundred of thousands of youngpeople who have retreated to their bedrooms. They disdain social contact and are unable to go to school or work for months or evenyears.” (http://global.umich.edu/s012/12/young-hermits-the-hikkokomori-of-japan/)

• 1750 in Sweden today – the number is growing :/• The number of Hikkokomori in other countries is also on the rise

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ESL2015/16 more than 1 in every 4 students in junior high did not have the grades necessary to continue to high school

In Sweden today 1 of 3 high school students need more time to complete their program or they completely break off studies

• More men than women

• More in vocational programs

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Cost?Total long-term cost to society for students who have not completedschool: 200 Billion kronor (210 Million Euro) for each age group

(http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2015-05-27/ge-hemmasittare-riktig-undervisning )

Total cost estimated for every truant student or long-term truantstudent :12-15 M SEK

(https://www.svd.se/skolkare-dyra-for-samhallet)

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What will become of them?• Many will continue into unemployment

• Many will develop psychiatric problems which might have beenavoided

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Why?Bullying, social exclusion

Lack of pedagogical support at school

Nonchalant teachers/family members

School failure or low school performance

Inadequate pedagogical support in school after a prolonged absence

Need for more practical subjects

School environment

Wrong selection of school program

Neuropsychiatric disorders

Problems at home

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So what do we do?Minna Ruckenstein, Researcher at Helsinki University --

Studied children’s development and what the relationship betweenchildren’s culture and computer games affects childhood

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What did she think? Children’s Gaming Life

From an adult perspective:

A waste of time

Non-educational

Threatens the development of the child

Bad taste

Violent

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From a child’s perspective:• Filling time

• Everyday

• Mobile

• Multi-channel

• Social

• Fun

• ”not that violent”

• Educational

• Varied

• On the move

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We’ve tried our best

What did we find out from working with game-based learning?

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SWOT ANALYSISStrengths

Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats

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TWOS INSTEAD!2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

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THREATS

Need to change teachers’ attitudes – they need to appreciate that it is not all about playing a game

Need to change parents’ attitudes – games can provide serious learningopportunities

Budget – 2 years

Getting the message out – annual teachers’ study day – 2 years

Need to convince teachers to share – need to build stronger teachingteams

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Weaknesses

Ss need computers and reliable network and access to apps (not alwaysgranted in our system)

Needs organization – a lot of the teaching for ESL Ss is individual

Time-consuming to find games without a proper budget – takes moretime to prepare a lecture

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OPPORTUNITIES

Unending source of materials

Follow-up provides opportunity for discussion <3

Stimulating

Always something new

iY generation finds anything digital exciting

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STRENGTHSFun

Something for everyoneChange of pace

Most kids like anything and everything on computers

With games you can fail as many times as you want/needSimple

Cost-effective

Eliminate problem of forgotten booksCooperation/collaboration

Erase borders between subjects

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MORE STRENGTHS

Immediate feedback

Reward system

Ss know when they have completed the activity

Children exercise things that they don’t see as skills: English, Leadership, Cooperation

For inactive kids – Pokemon Go and Geocaching

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The bottom line?In our program group, we succeeded in integrating GBL in our day-to-

day planning – all or most of our teaching team use GBL to some extent.

Personally, I used Pokemon Go, geocaching, Taboo and kahoots a lot.

In our group, we believe that kids are playing games, so let’s takeadvantage of every opportunity available to get them into the

classroom, working and having fun.

What next?The next stage in our project is to share our experience and our

enthusiasm with our colleagues here and in other schools in Sweden.

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