Michelangelo - Sharing national culture

Partners' Institution:

University of Cumbria

Project's period (from/to):

May - June 2009

WPs concerned:

WP 6 - Teachers Training

Objectives of activities carried out:

Introduce UK and project partner's educational packages to UK trainee art teachers with a view to inform trainee teachers and their lecturing staff about the potential of using the Michelangelo portal to aid the teaching of art history when trainee teachers go out on teaching placements during 2009 - 2010.

Time period:

May - June 2009

Description of activities carried out:

WP4

Meeting with trainee art teachers and demonstration of the Michelangelo portal featuring courses produced by project partners. Issuing of handouts about the UK course and discussion about how these materials might be used by trainee teachers when on a teaching placement during 2009-10.

Outcomes:

Interest from trainee are teachers though some concern from lecturing staff that placements for trainee teachers may not be appropriate testing ground for project materials.

Agreement to use the materials in a limited number of school placements in 2010.

Evaluation of the work undertaken:

A reasonable level of interest from students that will enable us to use the materials on a pilot basis during 2010.