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The ICE House ProjectWhat is the ICE House?Cornwall College and the University of Plymouth are working in collaboration with Cornwall Learning (part of Cornwall Council) and the Peninsula Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training on an ESF Convergence funded project called ‘ICE House’. The project aims to research and embed teaching and learning methods that develop and support learners’ skills in innovation, creativity and enterprise (ICE). The project is specifically focused on the redesign of the college’s Teacher Training and Professional Development programmes. The project group started work in August 2009 and is due to finish in June 2011, when our first cohort of trainee teachers will have completed training that embeds ICE ideas and methodology. We are exploring ways of extending the project to work with serving teachers in colleges, schools and higher education, and with businesses that are committed to being learning organisations.Through a process of primary and secondary research; dialogue with teachers, employers, researchers and policy-makers; through piloting and evaluation the project group are working together to explore, define and introduce practical strategies that will lead to the wide and successful adoption of teaching for ICE. A key focus of the project is to engage and challenge trainee teachers as they develop their practice. Problem-based learning; creative problem solving; innovation education; enterprising behaviour; mindset and the links to employability are all key areas we are currently investigating. Working collaboratively and engaging with uncertainty are at the heart of both the project and of teaching for ICE. The relationship between collaboration, risk taking and summative assessment is likely to be an important area of investigation. The ICE House Project - 1st Briefing Paper The ICE House Project - Newsletter, Summer 2010 The ICE House Project - Interim Update, May 2011 |
1st ICE House Conference with FREE admission:
Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise (ICE) Conference 2011Curiosity and imagination: exploring the challenges and opportunites for teaching and learning in the 21st century
5th April 2011, Rolle Building, University of Plymouth. This conference has concluded |
| Contact: Steve Harris Projects Manager Cornwall College School of Education and Training +44 (0)1726 226789 steve.harris@cornwall.ac.uk |