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The
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The ZERI Stories. 5-8 years. The stories which are part of this stage, at first look like fantastics fairies, and will only become reality in dreams. But each one of these plant the seeds of academic knowledge, emotional intelligence, artistic expression and systems thinking. |
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2. FRoM FaiRY TaLeS To ReaLiTy. 9-12 years. The same fantastic stories are presented with real pictures, photographs and videos. This offers an opening of the mind, stregnthening the 4 intelligences while at the same time develop a shared intelligence amongst the students. |
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3. WRiTe YouR oWN FaiRy TaLe. 13-14 years. When children realize that these fairies become reality, time has come for them to invent their own stories. The challenge before them is to document these new stories over more than a year, so that these can be presented in a different manner, using a language of pattern recognition designed by the young adults themselves going beyond the mere written presentations. |
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Order the ZERI stories |
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4. MaKiNG WaSTe WoRK. 15-16 years. Based on the ZERI methodology and strengthened by the 4 intelligences, the young adolescents imagine how the local industries will look like in 20 years when they are “in charge”. The direct contact between the students and the managemente and/or owners of the business creates a special link between dreams and reality. |
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5. a NeW eCoNoMY. 17 years. If the present economic system is to respond to the basic needs of people in the world, then it will have to evolve in co-evolution with nature. On the basis of some 10 cases developed by ZERI, the students identify the axioms of the new economy which they encounter amongst these breakthrough cases. |
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6. 21 ViRTueS. 18 years. The students are exposed to phenomena in nature and so identify virtues in the ecosystem. The students will identify a person in their local community who best represents each virtue. Over the year the students will compile a list of their heroes. As a result of this process, the students will actually be regarded heroes themselves, who will then be prepared to create a better future for their children, responsing to the needs of their families. |
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