Specific Operational Objectives of the Project

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OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES Ensuring Ownership
of PARSEL by Partners
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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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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Specific Operational Objectives of the Project

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

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and to do this through

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

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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

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SOME OF THE MORE MAJOR MILESTONES AND
DELIVERABLES
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WORK PACKAGES SHOWING THE LEAD PARTNER
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ALLOCATION OF PERSON MONTHS PER PARTNER
IPN UT WI UL LU UOI SDU FU ICASE TOTAL PARTICIPANTS
Co-ordination activities
WP2 A Model for Relevant Science Teaching/ Learning Materials 3 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 19
WP3 Dissemination at the Local Level 3 3 3 6 2 2 2 2 1 24
WP4 Outcomes from Testing Selected Exemplars 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 0 18
WP5 Wider Dissemination 7 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 21
WP6 Project Workshops 3 6 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 21
WP7 Project Evaluation 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 17
Total Co-ordination Activities 20 21 20 16 8 8 8 8 11 120
Training activities
Total training 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Consortium management activities
WP 1 Project Management 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9
Total Project Management 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 9
TOTAL per PARTICIPANT 22 22 21 17 9 9 9 9 11
Overall TOTAL EFFORTS 129
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Operational Timelines for the various Work
Packages
Work package Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month Month
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
1 Project Management
2 A Model for Relevant ScienceTeaching/Learning Materials
3 Dissemination at the Local level
4 Outcomes from Testing Exemplars
5 Wider Dissemination
6 Project workshops
7 Project review/evaluation
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LIST OF DELIVERABLES SPECIFIED
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Work Package Description - Management
Work package number 1 1 1 Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Month 0 Month 0
Activity Type Management activity Management activity Management activity Management activity Management activity Management activity Management activity Management activity Management activity Management activity Management activity
Participant id IPN UT WI WI UL UOI SDU LU FU FU ICASE
Person-months per participant 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Milestones and expected result 1. Statements specifying intentions from each partner networking with other partners (ACHIEVED BY MONTH 3). 2. Interim reports gathered from the partners regarding the strategy effectiveness. 3. Interim report from evaluator regarding project progress and effectiveness. 4. Final Report on the operation of the project and the inter-regional coordination and communication.
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Work package description - A Model for
Teaching/Learning Materials
Work package number 2 2 2 Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Month 3 Month 3
Activity Type Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity
Participant id IPN UT WI WI UL UOI SDU LU FU FU ICASE
Person-months per participant 3 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
Milestones and expected result 1 Agreed guidelines for materials/resources to be collected (BY MONTH 3). 2 Development of procedure for classifying materials (BY MONTH 3). 3 Collection of teaching materials from participating countries with classification (BY MONTH 7). 4 Model illustrating philosophy, style and emphases for teaching/learning material for relevance (BY MONTH 12). 5 Final report Best practice in teaching/learning materials and resources. 6 Teaching materials published on the project web-site.
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Work package description Dissemination at the
local level
Work package number 3 3 3 Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Month 13 Month 13
Activity Type Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity
Participant id IPN UT WI WI UL UOI SDU LU FU FU ICASE
Person-months per participant 3 3 3 3 6 2 2 2 2 2 1
Milestones and expected result 1 Translated exemplar materials/resources. 2 Teacher acceptance of the model and plans for testing the translated science teaching/learning materials. 3 Dissemination strategies within each country for tested exemplary materials/resources. 4 Plans for future development for further exemplar materials.
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Work package description - Outcomes from Trying
out Exemplars
Work package number 4 4 4 4 Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Month 6 Month 6
Activity type Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity
Participant id IPN UT WI UL UL UOI SDU LU FU FU ICASE
Person-months per participant 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0
Milestones and expected result 1 Evaluation guidelines and instruments developed and piloted. 2 Outcome results published on the website and through other dissemination channels. 3 Interim report on the outcomes and dissemination effected. 4 Final report on the materials and/or resources and national dissemination methods used.
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Work package description - General
DisseminationConference/publication/web
Work package number 5 5 5 Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Month 6 Month 6
Activity Type Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity
Participant id IPN UT WI WI UL UOI SDU LU FU ICASE
Person-months per participant 7 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 4
Milestones and expected result 1. Establishment of prototype website for partners (BY MONTH 12). 2. Journal articles and other dissemination materials publication. 3. Interim report to determine the effectiveness of the dissemination strategy. 4. Final report regarding dissemination mechanism nationally and internationally.
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Work package description - Project Workshops
Work package number 6 6 6 Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Month 2 Month 2
Activity Type Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity
Participant id IPN UT WI WI UL UOI SDU LU FU FU ICASE
Person-months per participant 3 6 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2
Milestones and expected result 1. Interim workshop meetings (involving partners, selected persons from partner countries/community of practice within the host country), in months 7, 12, 16, 21, and 26 to share and reflect on achievements, plan further dissemination strategies and to put forward plans for appropriate continuing development to enhance relevant science teaching/learning strategies and materials/resources. 2 Conference (month 29) to reflect on the meaning of scientific literacy in the light of achievements related to dissemination of tested materials and/or resources based on the model and seen as enhancing relevant science education. 3 Final Report regarding the strategy, outcomes and future engagement between partners.
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Work package description - Project Evaluation
Work package number 7 7 7 7 7 Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Start date or starting event Month 6
Activity Type Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity Coordination activity
Participant id IPN UT WI UL UOI UOI SDU LU FU ICASE ICASE
Person-months per participant 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Milestones and expected result 1. Interim reports to help diagnose progress and areas that need attention. 2 Final Report to document the outcomes in terms of meeting the project objectives effectively.
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WORKSHOPS (linked to meetings)

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

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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)