Project Title: Development of an IT Resource for PGCE-science and Science Foundation Year Students
Project Leader(s): Peter Haycock
The aim of this project is to develop an IT resource for use in the 2-Year PGCE-Science conversion course and the Science Foundation Year (SFY). On completion there will exist web pages for each of these courses relating to the students' study in the Faculty of Science, together with a CD ROM containing a range of software and applets fordistribution to the students.
These two courses are concerned with students who do not have a well defined base in the University, the PGCE students being registered in Education, but spending most of their time in Chemistry and Physics, whereas the SFY students carry out studies across the Faculty of Science an elsewhere. The material being taught is more or less of 'A' level standard, in the case of the PGCE students to equip them for teaching science in school and for the SFY as an alternative to study in sixth form college. Hence the two important aspects of this project are to provide an IT resource for self-study purposes which is transportable and to make that have an 'A' level ethos.
Development of an IT Resource - Final Report
Development of an IT Resource - Presentation Slides
Development of an IT Resource for PGCE-science and Science Foundation Year Students by Peter Haycock, Keele University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Project Title: Industry in Action
Project Leader(s): Graeme Jones and Mark Ormerod
The development of personal skills and the inclusion of appropriate periods of work experience both form part of Keele’s most recent Teaching and Learning Strategy Document. Achieving greater interaction with industry is also a central objective of the HEROBaC initiative. Keele is ideally placed to deliver these objectives through its subsidiary programme. This project aims to develop an innovative new subsidiary course, Industry in Action, which will equip students with a portfolio of relevant skills, making them more attractive for placements and future employment in industry. These are essential skills for young graduates in modern society. The proposed course will also greatly increase students’ awareness of industry and commerce. This project will also focus on the teaching and learning outcomes of the Industry in Action course and their evaluation.The whole approach of the proposed course is one of student based learning, with students working in small teams. At the end of the Industry in Action course it is hoped that students will have an appreciation of the challenges facing industry, be more self-critical about their performance, be better equipped to cope with the stress of meeting deadlines, be equipped with a range of industry-relevant skills, have developed and enhanced their application and interview skills, have increased confidence in interpersonal skills, be an effective team worker, be confident communicators and have improved their IT skills. A key part of the proposed course will be a visit to a company, where the students will be expected to give a short presentation, and subsequently write a visit report.
Industry in Action - Final Report
Industry in Action by Graeme Jones and Mark Ormerod, Keele University is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
