Friday, 2 December 2011
December 2011
Our new update is out with details about our first seminar and other local events. You can access it here or in the archive on this blog. Comments and suggestions are warmly welcomed.
Friday, 25 November 2011
First Coalition Seminar: Beyond the Key Performance Indicator - Thursday 8th December 11.00-1.00 at Bicton College, Devon
Followed by a tour of Bicton College and the construction of their new EaRTH (Environmental and Renewable Technologies Hub) and a brief coalition meeting.
Free transport available from Exeter St. David’s Station (please advise if you need a lift).
All welcome!
How do you measure learning for sustainability?
Are you data-informed or data-driven? Do the things that count get counted? Do we learn more from hitting targets or looking around (and beyond) them? And are those who decide what we measure, always best placed to do so? Sustainability is seen by many as a slippery concept while education itself is
politically fraught; so a composite concept like ESD almost defies measurement, doesn’t it? Yet a failure to provide ‘hard data’, often measured against ‘key performance indicators’ can be seen as a critical weakness, undermining our arguments in favour of learning for sustainability in policy and practice.
So our first Coalition Seminar will focus on the thorny issue of monitoring and evaluation. We’ll start with some basics but we want to build on your experience with the aim of extending our thinking about and beyond key performance indictors.
We welcome 5-10 minute contributions from you to get us started; please come with your own examples of what/how you measure and bring your questions too. If you can make a contribution or would like to discuss this ahead of the event, please contact Paul Vare at: Learning4L@aol.com
If you intend to attend please contact Elsa Lee at swlfsc@gmail.com
Free transport available from Exeter St. David’s Station (please advise if you need a lift).
All welcome!
How do you measure learning for sustainability?
Are you data-informed or data-driven? Do the things that count get counted? Do we learn more from hitting targets or looking around (and beyond) them? And are those who decide what we measure, always best placed to do so? Sustainability is seen by many as a slippery concept while education itself is
politically fraught; so a composite concept like ESD almost defies measurement, doesn’t it? Yet a failure to provide ‘hard data’, often measured against ‘key performance indicators’ can be seen as a critical weakness, undermining our arguments in favour of learning for sustainability in policy and practice.
So our first Coalition Seminar will focus on the thorny issue of monitoring and evaluation. We’ll start with some basics but we want to build on your experience with the aim of extending our thinking about and beyond key performance indictors.
We welcome 5-10 minute contributions from you to get us started; please come with your own examples of what/how you measure and bring your questions too. If you can make a contribution or would like to discuss this ahead of the event, please contact Paul Vare at: Learning4L@aol.com
If you intend to attend please contact Elsa Lee at swlfsc@gmail.com
Friday, 11 November 2011
November 2011 update
You can access our November update here or in the archive on this page. It is a particularly full one this time. We hope you find it useful and informative. Any comments and suggestions are welcomed!
Friday, 14 October 2011
New Update - October 2011
Our October update is now out. You can access it here or in the update archive on this page. Your comments and suggestions are always warmly welcomed!
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Our next SWLfSC Board meeting will be held on....
the 14th of October at 13.30pm at the University of Bath, Eastwood Buildings 20/21. The agenda can be accessed here. We look forward to sharing our discussions with you.
Monday, 12 September 2011
New Update - September 2011
Our September 2011 update is now out! Access it here or in the box marked Updates on this page. We hope you find it interesting and informative and we always welcome your comments!
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