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Discussion on work-packages

The work-plan, the timing of work, as well as the deliverables, and the roles and tasks of the partners have been discussed in this section ( see ANNEX, section 5).
The work-packages correspond to the following categories of activities:

  • Preparation Activities (WP1)
  • Implementation Activities (WP2)
  • Production Activities (WP3)
  • Evaluation Activities (WP4)
  • Dissemination Activities(WP5)
  • Management Activities(WP6)

    • More specifically for each work package have been discussed the following issues.

    Preparation Activities (WP1)
    A.1 Organization of the 1st partners' meeting and educator's seminar (LRF, EA)
    A.2 1st Partners' meeting (LRF,EA)
    A.3 Design of research methodology (Univ.of Berlin)
    A.4 Seminar targeted at educators (LRF,EA)
    WP Leader:LRF
    Partners Involved: EA, University of Berlin
    Note: The Activity A.3 "Design of research methodology" has been developed up to some point. The full text will be included in the "Implementation Guide".

    Implementation Activities (WP2)
    B.1 Composition of research questionnaires (Univ.of Berlin)
    B.2 Interviews (EA, Partner Schools)
    B.3 Field Research (Partner Schools, EA)
    B.4 Data submission to the E-tool (LRF, EA, Partner Schools)B.5 Data processing in class (EA, Partner schools, LRF)
    B.6 Data processing in collaboration with the journalists (EA, Partner schools, Partner newspapers, LRF)
    B.7 Data processing in collaboration with the Univ.of Berlin (LRF, EA, Univ. of Berlin, partner schools)
    B.8 First Draft of the Articles by the students (EA, Partner schools, Partner newspapers)
    B.9 Article editing in collaboration with the journalists (EA, Partner newspapers, Partner schools, LRF)
    WP Leader: EA
    Partners Involved: LRF, University of Berlin, BG Schwechat, Gymnasium Philippinum, Kurier, Le Monde d' Education
    Note:
    B.1 It has been decided that by 1st March the University of Berlin will circulate between the partners a draft questionnaire covering all four topics. Input should be given by the partners in one week time. So, the questionnaire in its final form will be ready by 15th of March 2000. The questionnaire will be delivered both in English and German. The translation into Greek and French will be done by Ellinogermaniki Agogi till the end of March.
    B.4 Data submission to the E-tool should be finished by the end of June for all the schools involved. It should be mentioned that Greek and German schools should have finished this activity by the end of May, which coincides with the end of their school year, whereas the Austrian schools should have end it by the end of June. Nevertheless, effort will be placed from all schools to submit their data within the first twenty days of May, in order for the students to have some data to debate on.
    B.5 Data processing in classroom will be an ongoing process from May to mid October with a break of one month (July) for all schools. It should be mentioned that during June schools in Austria are open, whereas in Germany classes start in August.
    B.6 & B.7 Data processing in collaboration with the journalists and with the expert will start on May and shall end by the end of October with one month break (July) due to summer holidays.
    B.8 First draft of the articles by the students should be ready by middle of November.
    B.9 The deadline for the activity regarding article editing in collaboration with the journalist will be extended two weeks.

    Production Activities (WP3)
    C.1 Production/Reproduction of the Evaluation questionnaires (EA)
    C.2 Development of the project's Implementation Guide (Univ. of Berlin, EA, LRF)
    C.3 Production/Reproduction of the project's Implementation Guide (LRF)
    C.4 Production of the project's Web Site (Creative Marketing, EPINOIA)
    C.5 Construction of the E-tool and the Web-based Database (EPINOIA)
    C.6 Construction of the students' bulletin board/mailing list (EPINOIA)
    C.7 Construction of the teachers' bulletin board/mailing list (EPINOIA)
    C.8 Construction of the journalists' bulletin board/mailing list (EPINOIA)
    C.9 Production/Reproduction of the articles (LRF, Newspapers)
    C.10 Production/Reproduction of the project's Handbook (LRF)WP Leader: LRF
    Partners Involved: EA, University of Berlin, EPINOIA, Creative Marketing, Kurier, Le Monde d' Education
    C.1 Production/ reproduction of the evaluation questionnaires will start on April and will be extended till end of May.
    C.2 The development of the project's implementation guide will be done in two faces. By the end of March there will be an online short version of the guide, whereas the guide in its final form should be handed over by the end of May.
    C.3 The production/reproduction of the implementation guide will start on April and shall end by mid June.
    C.4 It has been decided that by 16 February Creative Marketing will make some suggestions on the Logo of the project, and will include all the changes in the structure discussed during the meeting. Partners should comment the site by 21st February, and by the end of February the site will be online including the changes suggested by the partners.
    C.5 The E-tool should be ready by 30 April.
    C.9 The production/reproduction of the articles will be extended by one month.
    C.10 The production/reproduction of the project's handbook will be extended by one month.

    Valuation Activities (WP4)
    D.1 Evaluation Methodology Design (Univ. of Berlin)
    D.2 Composition of students' questionnaires (EA)
    D.3 Composition of teachers' questionnaires
    D.4 Composition journalists' questionnaires
    D.5 Compilation of data out of students' Questionnaires (EA)
    D.6 Compilation of data out of teachers' questionnaires
    D.7 Compilation of data out of journalists' questionnaires
    D.8 Statistical data evaluation (EA, LRF)D.9 Evaluation Report (EA, LRF)
    D.10 Compilation of the project's Handbook (EA,LRF)
    WP Leader:LRF, EA
    Partners Involved: University of Berlin
    The work plan for the evaluation activities included in the proposal was a preliminary one. After the discussion during the kick-off it has been changed. Consequently, some changes occurred in the activities included in this work-package.
    According to these changes, the activities D.4,D.7 do not occur any more (Please see section "Evaluation Methodology).
    D.3 According to the revised Evaluation methodology plan teachers instead of answering questionnaires, they are keeping logbooks. The composition of logbooks to be given to teachers should have finished by 15 March 2000.
    D.5 Since there will be developed two questionnaires for the pupils to fill in, the Compilation of data out of students questionnaires will be done in two phases. The compilation of data out of the first questionnaire is due to be done by June, whereas for the second questionnaire is due to be delivered on November 2000.
    D.6 "Compilation of data out of educators questionnaires" is renamed to "Compilation of data out of educators logbooks".
    D.9 The Evaluation report will be submitted in February 2001.

    Dissemination Activities (WP5)
    E.1 Conferences and seminars (LRF,EA)
    E.2 Publications (LRF,EA)
    E.3 Press releases (LRF, Newspapers)
    E.4 Posting of deliverables to interested institutions (LRF)
    WP Leader: LRF
    Partners Involved: EA, Kurier, Le Monde d' Education

    Management Activities (WP6)
    F.1 Project Management (LRF)
    F.2 Partner meetings (LRF,EA)
    F.3 Communication (LRF,EA)
    F.4 Translation (EA)
    F.5 Monthly reports (LRF)
    F.6 Pedagogical support (EA)
    WP Leader: LRF
    Partners Involved: EA
    F.2 The second project meeting has been arranged for end of November 2000 (23-24/11/2000) in Athens