Understanding, defining and developing the dimensions of the DARE+ Competences

Targeted competences:

Project Development and Management

Connection to programme competences or aims

Dimensions and levels of competence.

Learning outcomes for the session

At the end of this session trainers will be able to:

• identify the main elements of the competence of Project Development and Management
• Review, revise and adapt the rubrics/tables with dimensions and levels of the competence of Project Development and Management

Pre-requisite learning/competence

Achievement of learning outcomes in Session 1 (learning outcomes 1 & 3).

Resources

• Dare+ rubrics for competence of Project Development and Management
• Laptop and projector, access to academic literature on Project Development and Management

Session duration

2.5 hours

Number of participants

10-15

Session description [structure, parts, activities]

1. The introduction to the session and the ILOs –presentation by the tutor
2. Small group activities:
1. ‘Needs, causes, drivers’ group- identifying these for a project on the example improving home energy use or other
2. ‘Budgeting, team building, time management’group - constructing a budget, a team and a timeline on the energy project
3. ‘Resources, communications’ group- identifying domestic and local market resources, communicating the project to the family
3. Distribute examples of rubrics (DARE+ and optionally other proposals)
4. Groups compare the results of the small group activity above with the dimensions and levels in the DARE+ rubrics. Revision of the level descriptors in small groups to reflect own context; sharing in a plenary session
5. Evaluation of the session by means of satisfaction questionnaire (short 5 points)

Mode of evaluation

15 min focus group discussion on achievement of learning outcomes