Objectives for the students Students on board the space ship will receive a quality education. They will also have to choose further education. This assumes that the compulsory school works closely with the local community on board the ship. Finish school goal is that every student: • can examine different options and decide matters concerning their own future, • has insight into local society and its work, association and cultural life, and • is aware of opportunities for further education in Sweden and in other countries.
Tutorial N.B. This is only guidance to some of the key aspects of the problems with putting together the crew. As you work you will probably come across other aspects you’ll need to look further into. Try to describe good examples and try to develop your answers so that they fully explain your ideas. A. Who's responsible for the upbringing? A. Parents – why are they the best? Or why are they not suitable? Please support your opinion with arguments! B. Specialists – What kind of specialists? How come they are suitable to raise and educate children? Please support your opinion with arguments! C. Everyone on board the space ship together? Describe how it would be if everyone on board participated in the education of the next generation! Please support your opinion with arguments!
B. For how long should children/pupils be educated? Please support your opinion with arguments! C. Should they have grades/marks at school? If so, how should the grades / marks for the pupils be developed? Please support your opinion with arguments! D. What should the grades measure? Facts or abilities? Which facts? What kind of abilities? Please support your opinion with arguments!
1. Levels? Should we only have classes with pupils of the same age, or should you be able to have classmates that have different ages in the same class? Please motivate your opinions! 2. Should order and behaviour be graded? Please motivate your opinions! E. What should be taught? Please support your opinion with arguments! 1. What subjects? a. Are there subjects that are more crucial for the space ship and are there subjects that are not essential? 2. Vocational training or compulsory education at the higher levels? 3. Should they be educated to a certain profession or not? If so at what age? a. Should they be educated to a certain profession or not? If so at what age? b. Should every student be able to decide their own choice of professions? What kind of educated people, do you think, will be essential on board the spaceship Santa Maria? E. What in school should the students be able to decide on? F. Should there be some celebration when pupils graduate? a. How should this graduation celebration take place? G. Is there anything else about the educational system that you think we must add, so that the space ship travellers are granted a good trip and a decent society?