Promotion of listening in listening clubs at school
Listening clubs take place on a regular basis once in a week in schools and kindergartens. Through active hearing and listening exercises pupils are trained in their perception while listening. In many listening exercises pupils learn in groups to prick up one's ears playfully. Together they listen to Radio dramas from the CD adjacent to transferring it into movement, songs, theater, paintings... .
In addition, pupils perform their own recording. Pupils perceive their hearing environment knowingly with the help of listening clubs. The additional hearing experiences enable them to better assess and valuate the information they listened to. Many experiences worth listening and the exchange of one's perception gives pupils hints of how to protect themselves from noise.

Volker Bernius
This Good Practice Example won the 3rd price at the 6th Training & Innovation, which was held in the scope of the European Week “Safe start” at the BG Institute Work and Health (BGAG) in Dresden. Speakers from 8 European countries presented good practice examples from ENETOSH of how occupational safety and health can be mainstreamed into education and training in different phases of life, from kindergarten children over teenagers to the elder worker.
Approximately 60 participants from 11 European countries benefited from the event in terms of learning new and innovative methods, the exchange of experience among experts and the establishment of international contacts.
In addition, pupils perform their own recording. Pupils perceive their hearing environment knowingly with the help of listening clubs. The additional hearing experiences enable them to better assess and valuate the information they listened to. Many experiences worth listening and the exchange of one's perception gives pupils hints of how to protect themselves from noise.

Volker Bernius
This Good Practice Example won the 3rd price at the 6th Training & Innovation, which was held in the scope of the European Week “Safe start” at the BG Institute Work and Health (BGAG) in Dresden. Speakers from 8 European countries presented good practice examples from ENETOSH of how occupational safety and health can be mainstreamed into education and training in different phases of life, from kindergarten children over teenagers to the elder worker.Approximately 60 participants from 11 European countries benefited from the event in terms of learning new and innovative methods, the exchange of experience among experts and the establishment of international contacts.
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The aims of the foundation are:
- Being able to listen is indispensable for any type of communication.
Without the ability to listen, it is impossible to participate actively in large sectors of our cultural and social life. - Listening is indispensable in social discussions and conflict resolution.
- Listening engages us in an active and critical analysis of what we hear, and thus listening leads to understanding.
Objectives of the "Stiftung Zuhoeren" (registered foundation for listening):
One of our objectives is to teach people how to listen. We want to give children, adolescents and adults positive listening experiences, and we intend to do so by using contemporary teaching methods. In addition, we intend to stimulate and support the scientific and active aspects of listening, with the help of multimedia tools. We will initiate and finance concrete/hands-on projects.
The Stiftung Zuhoeren is seeking to exchanges ideas and work with partners, including educational institutions, churches, the audio industry, the sciences, businesses and corporations, consulting firms, and art and cultural institutions.
The Stiftung Zuhoeren was founded by the German public radio stations Hessischer Rundfunk and Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, by public media organisations and by Sennheiser electronic.
The Stiftung Zuhoeren is seeking to exchanges ideas and work with partners, including educational institutions, churches, the audio industry, the sciences, businesses and corporations, consulting firms, and art and cultural institutions.
The Stiftung Zuhoeren was founded by the German public radio stations Hessischer Rundfunk and Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, by public media organisations and by Sennheiser electronic.
Contact:
Volker Bernius,
Stiftung Zuhören,
Hessischer Rundfunk,
Bertramstr. 8,
D - 62320 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Internet:
www.stiftung-zuhoeren.de
www.ganzohrsein.de



