B024482 - EDUCATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

Italian. 2 ECTS are held in English language

The Laboratory will present the main methodological tools for the educational project management through:
1) Definition of project management and its goals
2) Planning of the project
3) Planning of HR,network, RAM, GANTT
4) 5 areas of project management: definition, planning, execution, monitoring, end of the project
5) Project Outputs, SWOT analysis
6) Budget

Materials, documents and articles will be distributed during the classes. Moreover for all participants, Erasmus and foreign students included, it is recommended the volume European Commission, Project Cycle Management Guide, EuropeAid Cooperation Office, Vol. 1, 2004 (available online)

Students not attending the classes will have integrative materials, such as: Peter C. Cummings & Desmond L. Cook (1974) Educational project management. Instructional System. Module 3. Proposal development. Module Manual. Philadelphia: Research for better schools. (available online) and European Commission, Project Cycle Management Guide, EuropeAid Cooperation Office, Vol. 1, 2004 (available online)

Knowledge and understanding: to be able to understand and recognize the pedagogical and educational perspective of projects
Applying knowledge and understanding: to be able to define a strategy and plan according to the project
Making judgements: to realize an educational project
Communication skills: to be able to present an educational project according to the context
Learning skills: to be able to think, to manage, to realize, to evaluate an educational project

Knowledge in the field of methodology of the research is recommended (not required).

Lectures, Laboratories, Workgroups, meetings with the legal representatives of the bilateral organization Ebipro and the interprofessional bilateral fund Fondoprofessioni.

Students-Teacher conversations are on Wednesdays from 9.30 to 11.30 am or at the end of the classes.

In order to pass the final oral exam, students organized in groups will manage and realize a project. The paper and electronic (pdf) versions of the project will be sent to the professor at least 5 days before the exam and it will be discussed during the exam.

The Laboratory will present the main methodological tools for the educational project management through:
1) Definition of project management and its goals
2) Planning of the project
3) Planning of HR,network, RAM, GANTT
4) 5 areas of project management: definition, planning, execution, monitoring, end of the project
5) Project Outputs, SWOT analysis
6) Budget
7) Audit
During the classes students will discuss real educational projects linked to different sources of funding.