PSEP quality assurance

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PSEP quality assurance
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Purpose of QA

• Consistent provision in national programme
• Feedback on effectiveness
• Useful to participating schools and class
  teachers
• Supportive
• Builds on experience

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Structure of QA

• Questionnaires and audits
• Quick and simple
• On-line feedback

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Structure of QA
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Questionnaires and audits

• QA1 General information
• Contact Details
• Science and teaching experience
• Baseline to gauge impact of PSEP on teaching of
  scientific investigations
• Allows impact of participation in the programme
  to be judged.
• All participants
• Start of PSEP
• On-line submission
• Approximately 15 minutes to complete

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Questionnaires and audits

• QA2 Evaluation of initial training
• Feedback to trainers and CIEC on regional
  training course
• Science coordinators/ industry partners
• Final session of training course
• On-line submission
• Approximately 10 minutes to complete

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Questionnaires and audits

• QA3 Post programme evaluation
• Evaluate the impact of PSEP
• All participants in PSEP
• Upon completion of PSEP topic and site visit
• Feedback on structure and processes involved in
  PSEP
• Help to inform the development of the programme
• On-line submission
• Approximately 15 minutes to complete

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Questionnaires and audits

• QA4 Childrens views
• Information on childrens perceptions of industry
• Allows impact of PSEP to be assessed
• Children (under supervision)
• At start of PSEP and after completion of topic
  and site visit
• Paper-based
• Sample sent to regional trainer for analysis
• Approximately 2 x 30 minutes class time

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PSEP web site

• Learning resources
• Childrens notice board
• Teachers / Industrial partners forum
• Useful links
• Quality Assurance forms
• Regional information
• Contact details

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Childrens section

• Notice board

• Graph plotting

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Childrens notice board

• Post examples of childrens work
• Teacher approval
• What is suitable?
• What is not suitable
• If material cannot be posted.

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Graph plotting

• Children input their own data
• Plot line or bar graphs
• Choice allows higher level skill to be assessed