During open education day / Tag der Schulen in Zürich on March 17th, 2015, I learned this: # 1: Teachers help students learn how to take initiative After a class, a group of students was going to walk from from one location to another location outside the building. A teacher asked students who would like to walk in the front of the group, and who would like to walk in the back of the group. Two students raised their hands, and they each chose whom they would like to be accompanied by. Earlier in the day, the same teacher also encouraged / helped a student take initiative in another way: The group / class had received a letter from another group / class indicating that paper had been disposed in the playground by members of the group. The teacher asked students who would like to take the lead in ensuring that the littering problem would be reduced. One girl took the initiative. # 2: Use of own mobile electronic devices One student liked using mobile electronic devices so ...