Case studies

Case 1

Jessica (20) is an exchange student from Cuba. Last year she started her IT studies in Tallinn Technical University, Estonia. Back home Jessica was an extremely active young lady. Her hobbies were singing, football and charity projects. To find new friends in Estonia, Jessica decided to join a local football club. From the very beginning everybody stared at her because of her exotic appearance. Always sunny Jessica decided not to pay attention to the strange behaviour of the team mates. Unfortunately things became worse. The football team mates started to insult Jessica by using rude vocabulary, and they started to ignore her at training. Jessica is very unhappy and does not know what to do.

• What should Jessica and others do to be accepted to the team?

Criteria

Solution of the problem

Originality and creativity

Teamwork

Presentation

Use of IT

Case 2

Riina and Georg’s daughter Mari is studying abroad. Mari was born when her parents were not in the first youth. They are retired by now and have always been very conservative. The farthest trips they have ever made were to Latvia. They talk to Mari approximately once a month on phone and are happy about their daughter as it seems she likes studying there and is satisfied with her life. They never ask extra questions. But Mari has fallen in love with a Japanese guy. They have known each other for two years by now and have decided to come to Estonia together to see Mari’s parents. Unfortunately, Mari does not know how to present this news to her parents because she is absolutely convinced it will be very difficult for them to accept her Japanese boyfriend. Therefore she has put it off to tell her parents that there are two of them coming.

• What are Mari’s opportunities to solve the problem?

Criteria

Solution of the problem

Originality and creativity

Teamwork

Presentation

Use of IT

Case 3

Adanya is a five-year-old girl living in Estonia with her parents. She is really black and very different from Estonian kids. Her father’s name is Ola and her mother is called Folami. They are Nigerians. Her father has got a job here in Estonia. But her mother is still unemployed. Adanya has been to an Estonian kindergarten for nine months by now. She understands quite a lot what her playmates tell her in Estonian and she can even speak Estonian a little. She is a friendly girl and gets on well with her playmates and in the kindergarten everybody wants to play with her. She was very happy until the day she heard everybody discussing a birthday party they had taken part in. The first time she did not realise she had been the only one who had not been invited. From there on she heard about the fascinating birthday parties in fancy places almost every month. She became sad and did not want to play with the children. Finally kindergarten teachers found her crying alone in her bed because of that.

• How could people around Adanya help her?

Criteria

Solution of the problem

Originality and creativity

Teamwork

Presentation

Use of IT