Unit 16 Celebration & evaluation
Outline
Developed by
This project was funded by the Department of Sustainability and Environment.
Page 1 of 3 This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence. A copy of this licence is available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by‐nc/2.5/au/ or by writing to info@creativecommons.org.au. However logos are protected by copyright.
Unit : 16
Celebration & evaluation Outline
Time allowance: 3 hours Key themes: • Celebrating the success of the project • Evaluating the project VCAL Unit Level: • Personal Development Foundation 1 • Personal Development Foundation 2 • Personal Development Intermediate 1 & 2 • Literacy: Reading and Writing Foundation & Intermediate • Literacy: Oracy Foundation & Intermediate
Overview of Learning Activities .......................................... 2 Resource Requirements...................................................... 3 Main Learning Objectives ................................................... 3
Overview of Learning Activities In this final unit, students take the time to congratulate themselves on their achievements, and evaluate the project using the evaluation questions or systems designed in unit 13. Activity guides, a session plan and learning outcomes have not been supplied for this unit, as both the celebration and the evaluation should be fairly straight forward activities. However some suggestions are given below. In order to celebrate the project you might want to take students somewhere fun, have party food in the class, or even get the students to give each other “awards” for what they did well or for funny things that have happened in the Youth Eco‐Challenge. It is important that students also reflect on their project, and what went well and what could have been done differently. If you have collected evaluation data from people outside of the class, now is your opportunity to compile it and discuss their feedback: was any of it surprising? Were their favourite and least favourite bits different to the students’ favourites and least favourites? As part of the evaluation, have the students discuss their own thoughts on the project, using the evaluation questions you developed in unit 13. Try to get students to generalise their conclusions, so that they are relevant to life and not just to running similar projects in the future. Page 2 of 3
Next, you should decide what you would like to do with your evaluation results. Do you want to narrow it down to three key points and then write these on the white board> Could you write up a detailed discussion to hand on to next year’s Youth Eco‐Challenge class? Could an article on the results be written for the school newsletter? Are there any individual things that need to be followed up, like talking to anyone external who gave negative feedback about their concerns? You might also have people who gave positive feedback who you would like to thank. Finally, you need to tie up any project loose ends. Can you re‐use any of the materials you created or give them away? Are there any things which have been borrowed and need to be returned? Are there other people you need to thank? And thank the class, for all their hard work!
Resource Requirements Facilities and Equipment Computer White board Textas Evaluation questions from unit 13 Any evaluation data collected from people outside of the class
Main Learning Objectives • • • •
Get students reflecting on what they did well and what could have been done better Compiling evaluation results from others Generalising their conclusions to ones from project‐specific ones to ones that are generally useful in life Taking pride in their achievement
Page 3 of 3