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‘Sustainable Solutions’(‘SUSSOL’)

Partnership meeting IPSIA Carlo Partnership meeting IPSIA Carlo Cattaneo, Rome, October 2011Cattaneo, Rome, October 2011

Summary of SCE Participation during year 1

Project Coordinator John O’Neill

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About our ProjectAbout our Project

–Participation students/subjects–Delivery of Project–Activities and Products of year 1–Targets and achievement –Mobilities–Dissemination–Evaluation–Participation year 2

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Students/Subjects Students/Subjects Year 1Year 1

• Science

• Early Education

• Multimedia

• Communication studies

• IT studies

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Delivery of Project Delivery of Project

• SusSol was embedded and integrated into the existing curriculum–Science–Early Education–Communication– Information technology

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Science Student Science Student ActivitiesActivities

• Choose any sustainability problem

• Research the science behind the problem

• Suggest a sustainable solution

• Produce a Summary, Power Point presentation and a written report

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• Choose a sustainability problem Choose a sustainability problem related to families and Childrenrelated to families and Children

• Investigate the practical, economic Investigate the practical, economic and philosophical issues facing and philosophical issues facing familiesfamilies

• Produce a Power Point Produce a Power Point presentation and a written reportpresentation and a written report

Students of Early EducationStudents of Early EducationActivitiesActivities

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Students of Multimedia Students of Multimedia ActivitiesActivities

• Develop the SusSol HUB website for dissemination of Partnership activities

• Develop the SCE website for dissemination of SCE student activities

• Deliver a presentation and report about your work and demonstrate your website

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Communications and IT skillsCommunications and IT skills

• Science students–Communications teachers and IT

teachers used SusSol Project work as a vehicle for developing a range of •Communication skills•IT skills

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Student targets for the Student targets for the first year of the projectfirst year of the project

• Power Point presentations by December–achieved

• Websites operational by March– target missed but now operational

• Written reports by May–mostly achieved http://sussol.stevenson.ac.uk/

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Mobility for first year Mobility for first year

• Elected students –delivered their presentations at

meetings in Rome and Ceuta

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Dissemination of first year Dissemination of first year activitiesactivities

• All reports and activities have been disseminated within SCE, to the Partnership and beyond– College newsletter– College dissemination event– SCE and SusSol websites

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Evaluation for first year Evaluation for first year

• Feedback from students– Evaluation questionnaires

•Very positive

• Feedback from staff– Course review meetings

•Very positive

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Classes year 2Classes year 2

• Science

• Early Education

• Multimedia

• *Travel and Tourism *new for year 2

• Communications studies

• IT studies

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‘‘SusSol’SusSol’

www.sussol.eu