ahead project
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AHEAD – Web based PBL training to improve headmasters skills and promote in
“innovative school”
Michela Tramonti
Project Manager,International Project Office - FOR.COM.
ICERI 2010
15-17 November, 2010 – Madrid (Spain)
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
OVERVIEW
� FOR.COM. PRESENTATION
� PROJECT PRESENTATION
� THE AHEAD DIDACTIC MODEL
� THE E-COURSE
� CONCLUSION
WHO WE ARE
FOR.COM. is public non profit bodyestablished in June 1990
promoted and recognised by the Italian Ministry of Education
FOR.COM. is a InterUniversity Consortium
developing and delivering ODL courses
(ODL - Open Distance Learning)
applying innovative solutions and interactive tools in order to
promote flexible, tailored and collaborative learning process
MAIN OBJECTIVES:
� To apply ICT to training process
� To experiment new learning and training solutions
� To promote research and innovation in the training fields
� To be up-to-dated with new e-learning trends
� To transfer research results in the Institutional Didactic
Offer
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND PROJECTS OFFICE
Project objective
The AHEAD project aims at providing headmasters with the needed skills (leadership
and management) to create and manage a team in charge of the EU projects
the designing and testing of an innovative didactic model –“the AHEAD didactic model”
Through
AHEAD project partners
ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT - Beneficiary PL
CONSORZIO FOR.COM. - Formazione per la Comunicazione – Coordinator IT
EPAGELMATIKO LYKEIO AXIOUPOLISGR
ISTITUTO PROFESSIONALE STATALE "GIUSTINO FORTUNATO“ IT
OPPORTUNITIES AID FOUNDATION MT
RUSTU AKIN KIZ TEKNIK MESLEK LISESI TR
The AHEAD didactic model
The AHEAD didactic model is based on the combination of three main learning theories/methodologies:
1) Problem-based Learning (PBL)
2) Peer-to-peer learning
3) Self-directed learning
Problem-based Learning (PBL) approach
What is PBL?
• PBL is an educational methodology used to learn how to solve problems.
• Trainees do not “learn” about problems but are “challenged” by them to find a solution to solve them.
• Knowledge is considered as a means and not a final achievement.
PBL Historical Origins
PBL began in the early 1970s at McMaster University medical school in Canada. Although the concept was established long before this…
PBL is also used in the fields of business, chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, education, architecture, law, engineering, social work, history, English and literature, history,
and political science.
Problem solving vs. PBL- Different but inter-related-
Problem solving: making decisions based on prior knowledge and reasoning.
Problem-based learning: the process of acquiring new knowledge based on recognition of a need to learn.
The AHEAD e-Course
AHEAD e-Course: “Enhancing headmaster skills on school management and European project development”
1) e-Course - theoretical section (18 hours)
2) Problem Based Learning session - practical section (32 hours)
3) Project work (20 hours)
e-Course - theoretical section
Four main modules:
1) Team Working
2) Team leadership and team building
3) Fundraising and EU funds
4) Project management
� LECTURE NOTES� Multimedia lessons
� SLIDES
Topic Structure
QUIZZES
AHEAD PBL Sessions
AHEAD PBL sessions, delivered at the end of each module, consist of:
1. First meeting - headmasters are divided into classes (10/15 headmasters per country) to encounter and reason through the problem.
AHEAD PBL Sessions
2. Self-directed study - each headmaster completes his/her
learning assignments.
3. Second meeting - headmasters share their learning with the group and revisit the problem.
4. At the end of the learning period, headmasters summarize and reflect on what they learned in a report for each class.
Project work
(20 hours)
Each national class has to develop two case studies/scenarios based on their own real experience following the steps below:
1) Scenario/problem construction.
2) Drafting of the case studies/scenarios analysis.
PBL Repository
The PBL repository is an on line environment where headmasters can upload their own case studies/scenarios, also after the project’s end
CONCLUSIONThe AHEAD project was designed to help schools grow in the
changing environment where they operate. Nowadays
schools were confronted with the necessity to become
professional and self-directed organizations seeking in
managing skills of public funding for education and looking
for quality of teaching
Schools face increasing urgency to provide their headmasters
with new managerial skills in order to successfully
participate in international exchange and projects thus
allowing teachers and students to teach and learn from
mutual experiences.
Thank you for listening !
MICHELA TRAMONTI
PH: +39 06 37725511
www.forcom.it
www.aheadproject.eu
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/