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OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES Ensuring Ownership of PARSEL by Partners

OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES Ensuring Ownership of PARSEL by Partners. Popularity and Relevance of Science Education and scientific Literacy. Project Goal

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OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES Ensuring Ownership of PARSEL by Partners

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  1. OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES Ensuring Ownership of PARSEL by Partners

  2. Popularity and Relevance of Science Education and scientific Literacy Project Goal • Noting trends related to the thrust for scientific and technological literacy and a better appreciation of the nature of science and cognitive, personal and social gains needed, • the project sets out to identify teaching materials that bring practices by teachers in school closer to the advances put forward in the literature i.e. link ‘theory’ and ‘practice’.

  3. The project will: • create a network community from those working in the field of developing teaching/learning materials; • assemble notions of ‘best practice’ from the diversity of considerations by partners; • develop a model encompasses the range of philosophical consideration and approaches that lend themselves to a general develop of ‘best practice’ materials; • modify existing exemplars to reflect the model; and

  4. Also, the project will: • translate exemplar materials, • test and disseminate these to teachers and other stakeholders; • take steps to meet the need for teachers to take ownership of the model through adaptation of exemplars; • evaluate the impact of the examplars on teacher ownership of the model and student interest.

  5. Specific Operational Objectives of the Project Collecting teaching materials and resources relevant to the project. Classifying the collected materials based on intended use. Developing a model for relevant science teaching/learning based on the materials/resources. Modifying collected materials/resources based on the model. Translating exemplar materials and/or resources appropriate for the local situation. Involving a group of teachers in taking ownership of the model by testing exemplar materials. Initiating and monitoring the testing of translated exemplar materials/ resources in the school situation. Using instruments for determining outcomes from testing of materials. Evaluating materials for relevant teaching based on testing outcomes. Disseminating materials and evaluation outcomes to teachers and other stakeholders nationally, across Europe and beyond.

  6. and to do this through • Developing a shared strategy between partners. • Mobilising and co-ordinating financial provision throughout the network. • Effective planning and co-ordination, in collaboration with teachers, teacher educators, scientists and industry. • Fundraising and publicity. • Coordinating meetings on the theme of the project. • Ensuring inter-regional co-ordination and communication of ideas and developments. • Providing an opportunity to determine the nature and scope of progress. • Creating opportunities for collaboration and partnership between project partners. • Providing diagnostic feedback to guide the project during the lifetime of the project. • Providing a summative report that provides indicators regarding the success of the project. • Providing recommendations for further development.

  7. Phases of the project Phase One – Networking between Partners Phase Two – Developing Local Ownership through Dissemination Phase Three – Monitoring and Disseminating Outcomes from Evaluating Exemplar Materials Phase Four – Wider Dissemination

  8. SOME OF THE MORE MAJOR MILESTONES AND DELIVERABLES

  9. WORK PACKAGES SHOWING THE LEAD PARTNER 13

  10. ALLOCATION OF PERSON MONTHS PER PARTNER

  11. Operational Timelines for the various Work Packages

  12. LIST OF DELIVERABLES SPECIFIED 8 10 10 6

  13. Work Package Description - Management

  14. Work package description - A Model for Teaching/Learning Materials

  15. Work package description – Dissemination at the local level

  16. Work package description - Outcomes from Trying out Exemplars

  17. Work package description - General Dissemination:Conference/publication/web

  18. Work package description - : Project Workshops

  19. Work package description - Project Evaluation

  20. WORKSHOPS (linked to meetings) Each workshop has a specific theme. Themes can centre on: Workshop 1 (month 2) - ensuring ownership of project by members; sharing existing ideas and materials developed related to more relevant science teaching. Workshop 2 (month 7) - formulating a model reflecting the variety of approaches to relevant science teaching. Workshop 3 (month 12) - plans for translation and evaluating (testing) in selected schools. Workshop 4 (month 16) - dissemination of the model and material within each member country. Workshop 5 (month 21) - review of the project and further actions needed. Workshop 6 (month 25) - outcomes from the national/wider dissemination plans. Workshop 7 (month 29) - conference on evaluation of the project gains and wider dissemination.

  21. Website www.parsel.eu The project will set up an online resource, which will : • detail philosophies, strategies and models deriving from the partners, • exemplar teaching/learning materials and/or resources related to relevance in science education. The resources will form a major feature of the website, alongside progress reports, articles and outcomes for workshops. The development of combined criteria and exemplar materials will be a major feature of the website. The website will thus be a major dissemination tool for the project and the main mechanism for sharing developments between the national testing of exemplar materials/resources and their dissemination outputs.

  22. Publications PARSEL publications are suggested to be: • national, regional and international academic articles on the model, and • outcomes from testing exemplar materials in the classroom, to: • presentations in national/international science education conferences. A key document will be the proceedings of the conference (workshop 7, month 29) disseminated via the website.

  23. Workshop 2 Workshop 2 (month 7) Venue Estonia? Area of focus – Formulating a model for T –L materials reflecting the variety of approaches, philosophies, designs for relevant science teaching which promotes scientific literacy.

  24. Venue for other workshops • Workshop 3 month 12 (Aug/Sept 07) Israel • Workshop 4 month 16 (Jan 08) Greece • Workshop 5 month 21 (June 08) Sweden • Workshop 6 month 25 (Oct 08) Denmark • Workshop 7 month 29 (Feb 09) IPN, Germany (workshop 7 is the dissemination conference)

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