Prof' Dr' Leo Gros

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• Prof. Dr. Leo Gros
• Vice President
• Europa Fachhochschule Fresenius
• University of Applied Sciences
• Idstein, Germany
• 0049-6126-9352-60
• gros_at_fh-fresenius.de

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COMENIUS 2.1. Project CITIES

• CITIES - Chemistry and Industry for Teachers in
  European Schools
• Development of Course modules - not only seen as
  conduits for information but also a means to
  change attitudes and to increase awareness of
  teachers
• Hope to make teachers knowledgeable guides for
  their pupils in what chemistry does and can
  achieve for them and society

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COMENIUS 2.1. Project History

• Previous projects IDEAS and FACE (network) study
  and compare practice oriented education and
  training
• First personal contact to Lutz Mühl and Reinhard
  Reibsch July 2005
• Presentation education issues Leo Gros to Working
  Group and Plenary Meeting Social Dialogue in
  Sept. 2005
• Intensive discussions on project outline with
  working group members in Dec. 2005 and Jan. 2006

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COMENIUS 2.1. Feb. 06 meeting Questions of
Social Partners (1)

• Relevance for social partners?
• project is based on needs of industry (inter
  alia anticipated shortage of skilled
  workforce) taking into account existing Survey
  on training, education and life long learning of
  education working group (Jeanette, Simon) of
  Social Dialogue and needs evaluation to be done
  until Dec. 2006
• one aim is the improvement of the image of
  chemistry (see impact) and hence a basis for
  better workforce
• Location of courses and industry links
• training would include site visits to industry
  and/or take place in industry-based locations
• training would include secondment by industry
  colleagues and industry visits/placements of
  teachers, as well as participation of industry
  and social partners in teacher training units

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COMENIUS 2.1. Feb. 06 meeting Questions of
Social Partners (2)

• Impact in the long term
• teachers with better feeling/empathy for
  industry facts and needsawareness, attitudes
• more balanced chemistry curricula (taking into
  account applied chemical skills, the societal
  relevance of chemistry etc.)
• due attention to chemistry studies (and
  chemistry professions in general) on the market
  place for education, training and jobs
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• Involvement of/access to target groups
• access to teachers e.g. through learned
  societies (divisions of chemical education)
• local educational authorites/teachers training
  centers
• existing initiatives involving industry
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COMENIUS 2.1. Feb. 06 meeting Questions of
Social Partners (3)

• Social partners in the project Form of
  partnership and roles
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• Full partnership in project of both employers
  and trade unions
• their responsible legal entitie(s) which become
  partners to be determined by social partners
• social partners as donors, acceptors,
  evaluators and disseminators
•    donors needs, good practice, facts,
  contributions to module contents, site visits,
  secondment
•    acceptors full access to all project
  products
•    evaluators read/check all course material
  for consistency with facts, developments and
  needs in the sector
•    disseminators use all their dissemination
  channels for course announcement and
  information on project
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COMENIUS 2.1. Feb. 06 meeting Questions of
Social Partners (4)

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• Regular evaluation
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• Social partners propose evaluators (external to
  the project)
•    1-2 people as members of Project Monitoring
  Evaluation Board (they would also act as liaison
  officers between project and social dialogue
  group)
•    experts to test and evaluate projects
  products
• Reports by project managers to education working
  group of social dialogue as needed
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Project CITIES features

• Target groups Secondary school teachers and
  their students
• Main activities Needs validation, making,
  testing and dissemination of modules
• Teacher training programme for chemistry teachers
  in 5 different languages with parts published in
  three more languages
• The project consortium sees this programme as a
  step towards a future Euro-teacher label
  awarded to in-service teachers

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Course Structure (1)

• Module 1 Framework Europe
• General Basic Information on EU policies, with
  special respect to the context of chemistry and
  chemical industry (Lisbon strategy, Bologna
  declaration etc.) and on trends in the European
  development of an educational space
• Module 2 Chemistry changes everything
• Scope and impact of the European Chemical
  Industry, its workers and employees and of
  chemistry based products on the European economy,
  on citizens everyday life, on the environment
  and on the labour market

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Course Structure (2)

• Module 3 Commerce and innovation our future
  
• Current and future development trends in the
  field of commercial application of chemical
  innovation, with particular regard to the
  European area (covering fields such as
  nano-technology, bio-technology, bio-analysis,
  sustainability of material and energy use, Green
  Chemistry, chemical engineering design etc.)
• Module 4 Chemistry bringing it alive
• Modern, practically oriented, appealing
  methodologies of teaching chemistry to a broad
  spectrum of pupils from different abilities and
  interests, including those who are heading for a
  career in chemistry a n d those who will just
  be users of applications of chemistry and
  voters in elections (societal aspects)

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Course Structure (3)

• Module 5 Europe the education and training
  arena
• Different approaches to vocational and tertiary
  chemical education in Europe, with special
  attention to student work experience and to
  student mobility, taking into account the
  question of employability of the graduates in a
  global economy

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Project Partners

• Contractor and Co-Ordinator Europa
  Fachhochschule Fresenius (DE)
• European Chemistry Employers Group ECEG (BE)
• European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers
  Federation EMCEF (BE)
• Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität (DE)
• Czech Chemical Society (CZ)
• Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (DE)
• Insitut Químic de Sarriá (ES)
• Uniwersytet Jagiellonski (PL)
• Nottingham Trent University (UK)
• Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)

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Project Details

• Runtime 36 months start O1.10.2006
• Total budget 380.248,- EURO
• Funding EUC 249.278,- EURO
• Own contribution 130.970,- EURO
• Proposed new EMCEF and ECEG budget identical
• grant personnel 2359 Euro
• grant travel 6000 Euro
• own funds 3161 Euro personnel plus 1000 general
  costs

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Partner Tasks EMCEF

• - Contributions for the improvement of the image
  of Chemical
• sector in Europe
• More balanced chemistry curricula in the future
• Improved attention devoted to chemical studies
  and professions in general
• - More involvement in existing initiatives on
  chemical industry
• - Use of all relevant EMCEF information and
  dissemination channels for course announcement
  and information on project
• - Reporting to and co-operation of Education
  working group of Chemical social dialogue
  committee as needed
• - Contribution to the module content by providing
  updates on relevant developments in the sector,
  good practices, etc.
• - Hosting the workshop for module 2 in Brussels
• - Taking part in the Project Monitoring and
  Evaluation Board

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Partner Tasks ECEG

• - Needs validation from the standpoint of
  European chemical industry
• Contribution to the module content by providing
  updates on relevant developments in the sector,
  good practices, etc.
• Contacts to industry in all partner countries and
  regions
• - Critical evaluation of all materials with
  respect to authenticity, up-to-date facts and
  trends
• - Use of all relevant ECEG information and
  dissemination channels for course announcement
  and information on project
• - Reporting to Education working group of
  Chemical social dialogue committee as needed
• - Contribution to the module content by providing
  updates on relevant developments in the sector,
  good practices, etc.
• - Taking part in the Project monitoring and
  Evaluation Board
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Module Delivery

• The target groups are secondary school
  teachers, including teachers of vocational
  secondary schools (HTL, Berufliches Gymnasium).
• In stage 5 , the English master version 0. of
  each module will be tested with a teacher group
  of up to 10 poeple in the country of the main
  author(s).
• The upgraded version in EN will be translated
  to obtain the national versions in DE, PL, CZ and
  ES. These will be delivered in stage 9 to one
  group of the same size in each of the countries
  UK, DE, PL, CZ and ES.
• One of the modules will be delivered in each of
  the dissemination countries EE, PO and TR in the
  countrys language. The duration of one module is
  1-3 days (see list) maximum of contact time.
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