Ensure the effective implementation of the FEEDU-project and the quality of the output. These trainings sessions are destined for the FEEDU-partners.
Objectives:
After the training, the project partners should be able to:
Manage autonomous on national level the FEEDU-project;
Have a common framework to implement the project into school;
Organize teacher-training courses to transmit knowledge of project based learning and the use of educational tools, resources and website.
To Do:
The training sessions focus mainly on the educational, communication and project management skills.;
Involvement of expertise in education & project-development;
Use of non-technical part of technical language towards non-initiated public & children;
The training sessions should take about 50 hours and will be in 3 steps:
1st Session: 20th and 21th April 2005 (LIVORNO)
2nd Session: 5th July 2005 (TÄLLBERG)
3rd Session: 19th January 2006 (ALMADA)
4th Session: 14th September 2006 (Cheltenham)
1st Session: LIVORNO 20th and 21th April 2005
The 1st session has been taken in charge by SANDY CARTER and Ann Saffery of CREATE (U.K.), an agency developing innovative and imaginative ways of raising energy awareness.
Wednesday 20th April - Proposed program
A.Energy education
1. General introduction to the energy-themes:
Why energy-education? History, global context, targets. Which energy-sources are used for the moment, advantages, problems. Theoretical approach towards Rational Energy Use (REU) and Renewable Energy Sources (RES)
2. Strategy for energy education:
Which methodology to use? How to implement project-based learning?
3. Educational learning plan:
How to implement teachers? Teacher training: which contend? How to develop an educational learning plan to implement FEEDU at school-level? How to do the monitoring of the teachers when implementing the project at school and how to give them technical assistance?
4. Test-cases:
Exercises illustrating and guiding the project-partners in order to manage energy education on regional scale.
Thursday 22nd April
B.Educational tools
1. Presentation of tools:
General description of the (assembled for WP2 by EALP) educational tools
2. Appreciation of the presented tools:
In which way they are up to project-based learning? How can they be used in classes?
3. Evaluation of the presented tools:
Choice of one FEEDU-tool: how we "assess" its quality? Which guarantee chosen tool provides to change attitudes towards energy-consumption? How does it introduce measures to reduce energy consumption?
4. Assessment tools:
How children can make energy assessment and diagnosis at school and at home? (self-audit at the beginning, during & at the end of the project) .How to evaluate changes in attitudes towards energy-consumption?
5. Internet use:
How to use the Internet throughout the whole project? How to find & assemble educational tools and how to exchange ideas & experiences on regional
On the first session for the common courses "CREATE" gave us hints how to introduce the FEEDU-project and taught the partners how they could get schools and teachers engaged to FEEDU, how they could get motivated to step in the project. Secondly, a light was put on which purposes the FEEDU-partners, the teachers & the Local Authorities could have with the FEEDU & which specific roles they would play to achieve them. A third part was spent on the educational tools: how they could be integrated into the curriculum, which information needed to be provided, and what would be the next three month action-plan.
On the evaluation E.B.-meeting (WP-leaders) it has been agreed that there was a need for a more "in-depth" approach of the particular methodology of "project-based" learning. Secondly the educational learning-plan for the teachers implementing FEEDU-action at school-level needs more in-depth expert's views: test-cases of similar environmental succeeded action at primary school-level.
2nd Session: TALLBERG 5th July 2005
The 2nd session of the "Common course"s has taken place on the occasion of the 3rd meeting of the FEEDU-partners in Tällberg (Sweden) on 5th July 2005 and has been taken in charge by PAUL RENDERS, expert of MOS = Environmental care at school in the Flanders and Brussels region of Belgium.
Tuesday 5th July – proposed program
A. Energy education
1. Methodology:
A more in-depth approach of "project-based" learning: theoretical part and testimony about the MOS-experience in the field (Flanders & Brussels Region): by Paul RENDERS, expert of MOS = "Environmental care at school" - GREEN SCHOOL. How to implement project-based learning?
2. Educational learning plan:
How to develop an educational "step by step" learning plan to implement FEEDU at school-level? How to do the monitoring of the teachers when they implement the project at School-level and when give them technical assistance?
The 3rd session of the Common Courses took place during the 4th meeting of the FEEDU partners, held in Almada (Portugal) on 19th January 2006. The proposed agenda for this session included the following topics:
1. Project Communication Presentation, by local experts, of school communication projects on the topics of energy and environment:
Ms. Catarina Freitas, from the Municipality of Almada (DEGAS - Sustainable Environmental Management and Planning Department). The Local Agenda 21 of Almada.
Mr. Filipe Vasconcelos, form the Portuguese Electricity Company (EDP). The project "Climate Change and Energy Efficiency" focused on the primary schools. The main objective is to raise awareness on sustainability and energy efficiency among students, teachers and families.
A more in-depth approach of Project-communication:
Ana Nogueira, from the web design company ENTERWEB. Training session focused on the topic: How to use the online discussion forum?
2. Project Dissemination A more in-depth approach of Project-dissemination:
An "intra-partners" training: presented by Rachel Close, from SWEA (WP7-leader). The topics discussed were: Which will be the common strategy to organize project-dissemination? How to communicate (on local and European level)? How to organize the National/Regional Workshops? Finally, definition of a strategy for the "European FEEDU-Workshop" in collaboration with European Commission.
General discussion about the local Workshops to be held in each region and also about the European Workshop that will take place in Slovenia, in January/February 2007.
The 4th session of the common courses consisted on the presentation of different case-studies. Keith Lane (Principal Planning and Development Officier – Education Gloucestershire County Council) presented the example of the Meadowside Sustainable School project.
