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Title of Initiative / Project

Together again - developing links between schools and industry through science and technology

Name of Organiser

Brewood CE (C) Middle School, Stafford

Start and ending date of the Initiative

2013

Level

European

Was the initiative carried out in the framework of a funded project?

Yes

Funding Programme

Comenius multilateral partnerships

Title of the project

Together Again - developing links between schools and industry through science and technology

Promoter

Brewood CE (C) Middle School, Stafford

Project number

2013-1-GB1-COM06-24888

Type of deliverables

Didactical resource

Thematic area

Technology, Science

Language of the deliverable

Other EU, English

Target Group

Students

Description of the initiative

We have formed an effective and successful collaborative partnership of schools from England, Italy, France and Germany through our Comenius project, 'Together 2011 - 2013', which reflected a wide variety of backgrounds to promote greater cultural understanding. Our aim will be for students to share many activities with the established and other new European partners through mutually agreed termly topics which we recognise as important within our schools and wider communities. These are as follows: - Strengthening links between schools and industries - Science, Technology, Industry topics which will have an impact on employment opportunities - Exploring renewable energies - 'hands-on' classroom activities - Highlighting the relevance and importance of green issues - joint design projects which will develop entrepreneurship The partnership will continue to have the aim to improve education through the training of both teachers and students. This is a planned multi-lateral project which will involve both teacher and student mobilities.

More Information

Strengths
Strengthening links between schools and industries
Highlighting the relevance and importance of green issues
Exploring renewable energies
Developing entrepreneurship skills
Empowering both teachers and students to improve education
Weaknesses
Extending the impact of the project results
Time consuming (preparation of activities)

Teachers’ Opinion

Strengths
Transferability potential in the classroom (suitable dissemination activities of the project outcomes)
Suitable links between schools and industries
Developing life skills (entrepreneurship skills)
Involving students in the learning process
Exchanges of experiences and ideas on an international level
Weaknesses
Time consuming (preparation of activities)
Sometimes it is difficult to include such activities in the school curriculum

Students’ Opinion

Strengths
Attractive and accessible
Exchanges of experiences and ideas on an international level
Applicability of acquired knowledge during classes
Develops entrepreneurial skills (life skills)
Weaknesses
Students’ work and effort is rarely evaluated (students do not get grades for their work)

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