Curriculum development - Vocational ITT via VLEs

• Aims:
  • to examine commonality in the vocational teacher education curricula of the participating countries
  • to identify modules of the existing curriculum suitable for adaptation for electronic delivery
  • to determine opportunities for creation of new modules which use/teach the use of VLEs
  • to develop a "European collaboration" module
• Duration:
  1 September 2003 - 31 October 2004
• Working methods and techniques:
  Meetings and workshops will promote discussions on harmonising curriculum development. The partners directly involved in vocational teacher education (P1,P2,P4,P7,P8) will play a leading role in the curriculum development activities. A division of work is necessary and the participants will work in details on those programmes to which they can contribute most. Common guidelines will be possible since a harmonised conception of the modules is to be achieved by the 3rd month of this package. A constant dialogue will take place using the e-mail distribution list. P3,P5 and P6 will provide independent criticism and advice from the perspective of practitioners in other related fields.
• Dissemination forms:
  • Publication in professional periodicals
  • Internet (Project website, electronic journals)
  • e-mail (using the distribution list)
  • conference organised jointly to the 3rd project group meeting
• Quality management:
  The quality management aspect of the curriculum changes will focus on the module design process and the documentation of the curriculum development.
  Design

  • Teamwork for this phase will be planned in detail.
  • Work received from subcontractors (translation, publishing) will be thoroughly checked by the partner responsible for the relevant task.
  • Tasks fulfilled will be checked and approved by the project consortium.

  Documentation

  • Project results will be documented and numbered.
  • Modifications of results will be dated and identified by the same numbering system.
• Outcomes:
  • ITT Curriculum reform proposals
  • Module specifications (for European collaboration module and adapted ITT modules)
  • Validation support documents
  • Materials for the "Electronic Learning Strategy"