Make the Link: Technology

Challenging Poverty

www.makethelink.eu

Sotiris Themistokleous

Charalambos Vrasidas

sotiris@cardet.org

www.cardet.org

This publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of

this web site are the sole responsibility of In.J.Awa.Ra. (Project n. DCI-NSAED/2011/180)

partnership and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.

• Project Funding Agency: EuropeAid

• Duration: 1st February 2013 – 31st January 2016

• Partners:

▫ Practical Action (UK)

▫ CARDET (Cyprus)

▫ Centre for Citizenship (Poland)

▫ Engineers without Boarders (UK)

▫ University of Sheffield (UK)

▫ OXFAM Italia (Italy)

Make the Link – Project ID

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• Raise awareness around the issues of Technology Justice

- the right of all people to the technologies they need to live

a life they value, without harming others now or in the future

• Integrate issues around Technology Justice into the

Science and Technology curricula of the classes of the

EU member states’ secondary education systems

• Increase teachers’ and students’ awareness and

engagement with development issues through initial

teacher training and continuing professional development

Overview

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• ‘Technology Justice and Global Education

methodologies (such a learner centered, participatory

and dialogue led teaching), will be incorporated into

exciting teaching materials

• A set of on-line and printed resources, will be developed,

reaching over 13,000 teachers, while, training will be

provided to more than 1600 teachers in the 4 partner-

countries

• Gain the support from over 200 key influencers and

decision makers

Project Objectives

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• Curriculum Mapping in Cyprus formal education

• Involvement of Working Groups with major stakeholders

for feedback and support

• Development of the Website and Dissemination

Resources

• Review of UK Resources and Activities

• Development of Curriculum for Cyprus

• Design and provide Teachers’ courses

• Promotion and Collaboration with Key Influencers

• Integration of the activities in the formal education

systems of the partner countries

Project Outputs/Results

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Development of the In-Class Activities

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• Cyprus Secondary Education – Design and Technology,

Physics and Home Economics Curriculum mapping and in-

class activities development

• Review of the Activities and matching with the Cyprus

Curriculum, consultation with the working group and Ministry

of Education inspectors, mapping of the Activities

• Features:

▫ Lesson Plans

▫ Objectives and Expected outcomes

▫ Educational Material

▫ Timeframe

▫ Evaluation and Indicators

▫ Pedagogical Practices

Selected Activities

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“Beat the Flood”: Designing and Building constructions to

face floods in Africa for the early secondary education

course of D&T

Power the World: Using renewable energy in the

developing world for the early secondary

education course of D&T

Selected Activities

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Water for the Community: Designing and

developing a system to provide water to a local

African community for the early secondary

education course of D&T

Selected Activities

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