31 Mar 2012
ScratchIT at EMBED 2012
In collaboration with MITA, the eSkills Alliance and the Education Directorates' e-Learning Centre, the Computing Education team from the DMSTE is organising a programming competition for secondary schools. Participating teams have 3 weeks to design and implement a game or similar animated and interactive production with the theme 'Maltese History' using the Scratch development environment from MIT's Media Lab. The competition has the primary objective of promoting a computational culture which emphasises creativity and production over consumption. It is hoped that in future similar competitions will become an annual event in our schools' calendar. For more information please refer to the announcement carried on the MITA site.
26 Mar 2012
Creation Myths - Moon, Suns, Elephant Trunks and Zebra Stripes - a shadow show
Sunday 1st April 2012 at the MITP, St Christopher Street Valletta, from 18.30-19:30
Anansi the African spider and her cousins overseas are storytellers! They have tales and adventures they have collected from different countries which they want to share with you. You'll find out how the moon and the sun came to be so high up in the sky, and why there is only one sun that shies away during the night, and then you'll discover some surprising facts about the zebra and the elephant. A gentle and fascinating shadow show with music, dance, song and audience participation.
Moon, Suns, Elephant Trunks and Zebra Stripes is a performance based on creation stories narrated with the use of shadow puppetry. Some stories are narrated in Maltese and others in English. The performance is targeted at a young audience of 4 to 8 years of age. Directed by Isabelle Gatt and Marcelle Teuma.
Booking can be made by calling the box office on 21 223200 or contacting boxoffice@sjcav.org or booking directly through https://ticketengine.sjcav.org/?eventname=A+Creation+Stories+Shadow+Show
Teatru Qroqq, established in 2002, is an initiative by the Primary Department within the Faculty of Education, University of Malta. All the cast and crew is made up of B.Ed. 3rd year students. Teatru Qroqq is committed to developing forms of theatre to engage young audiences.
26 Mar 2012
Looks: an exhibition by Edukarti, Art Programme, Faculty of Education
16-20 May, 2011, Parliamentary Secretariat for Youth and Sport, Casa Leone,
St Joseph High Road, St Venera
The Art programme within the Department of Arts and Languages in Education (Faculty of Education, University of Malta) brings together credits in art practice, methodology and theory.
One of the yearly events that forms part of this programme is the Final Exhibition, in which Art students present ideas and images they have researched and worked on during their final year of studies.
This year's final project focuses on the human face or head in photographic images. Faces, self-consciousness, but also creative ideas and a desire to be acknowledged: these are some of the features of young people's lives. These images therefore align themselves well with the mission of Aġenzija Żgħażagħ and the European Youth Week in 2011.
Aġenzija Żgħażagħ develops and enhances youth initiatives and services and mainstreams youth related issues so as to maximize the benefits for young people. It enables further investment in resources and services for young people to support and encourage them to achieve their full potential both as individuals and citizens and contributes to the development and well being of their communities and society in general.
26 Mar 2012
Erasmus Exchange Visit by Finnish Expert in Teacher Education
The Centre of Educational Technology, Research and Innovation (CETRI) is coordinating an Erasmus teaching exchange with Philosophical Faculty, University of Eastern Finland (UEF). Professor Paivi Atjonen will be visiting our Faculty between the 7th and 14th of May, 2011. As an expert and researcher in various fields related to teacher education, Professor Atjonen will be delivering the following sessions:
Mon 9th May
- 14-1500: Talk for students of the Faculty of Education – Promoting UEF as an exchange // study destination. (Venue: GW 114)
- 15-1700: Session with ‘Masters in Comparative Education’ Group - ‘The Finnish Educational System and the PISA Framework’.
Wed 11th May
- 1230-1400: Session with members of the DMSTE. Theme - ‘How to integrate scientific thinking into initial teacher education.’
Thurs 12th May
- 14-1500: Meeting with members of the ICT committee and other members of the Faculty interested in ICT. Theme - ‘ICT within the PISA framework.’ (Venue: Lab 2, Faculty of Education).
- 16-1730: Pedagogical Ethics in Teachers’ Work (EB3: Room 3, Engineering Building).
The session about ‘ICT and the PISA framework’ is open to all members of the Faculty of Education interested in ICT education and Technology-Enhanced Learning. Because of the direct relevance to current changes in local education system and asses
sment procedures, students and academic members of staff of the Faculty of Education, researchers, educational officers and administrators, teachers and parents are invited to attend the public lecture about ‘Pedagogical Ethics in Teachers’ Work.’ The ethics behind different pedagogical approaches, assessment methods and evaluation procedures will be discussed with reference to current research in this area.
Profile
Paivi Atjonen is a professor of Education at the Philosophical Faculty, University of Eastern Finland and docent in Pedagogy at the University of Helsinki. She occupies various high-ranking scientific positions in committees for Educational Research and Higher Education Evaluation. As pedagogical expert she is a member in the review panel for the Ministry of Education, a member of the University of Eastern Finland Committee on Research Ethics and member on the editorial board for various leading academic journals. She is a prolific writer with numerous publications in national and international scientific journals, compilation works and scientific monographs. Her research interests include ethical challenges of evaluation and assessment, teachers’ pedagogical principles and preferences, guidance and counselling in the comprehensive school, University students’ methodological skills and the PISA framework.
For further information contact Dr Philip Bonanno, exchange and CETRI coordinator.
Email: philip.bonanno@um.edu.mt
Office: 23402404
26 Mar 2012
It-Tifla li waqgħet ġo ktieb
Produzzjoni teatrali divertenti ghall-familja b’messaġġ qawwi dwar il-valur tal-qari u l-qawwa ta’ l-imaġinazzjoni...
Marika hija tifla b’imħabba kbira lejn l-qari u l-kotba. Kull filgħaxija, qabel torqod, l-hena tagħha toqgħod taqra sakemm... darba waħda l-ktieb li tkun qed taqra’ jieħu l-ħajja u hi tispiċċa parti mill-istorja flimkien mas-super-eroj Ċagħkasamm!
Flimkien ma’ Ċagħkasamm, Marika tivvjaġa minn ktieb għal ieħor u tiltaqa’ma diversi karattri minn stejjer fantastiċi fosthom ma’ Barnuża Ħamra, Rumplestilskin, plejers taċ-Ċess u mal-assasina Monique li tagħmel minn kollox biex taqbad lil Marika u lil erojina tagħha.
‘It-Tifla li Waqgħet Ġo Ktieb’ li hija storja bbażata fuq ‘The Boy Who Fell in The Book’ ta’ Alan Ayckbourn u li hija addatata għall-Malti minn Trevor Zahra hija produzzjoni maħsuba għal tfal bejn is-sitt u t-tnax –il sena kif ukoll għal adulti li għandhom għal qalbhom il-qari u l-fantażija. Din ir-reċta ser tigi mtella’ mill-kumpanija Teatru Qroqq, bi produzzjoni ta’ Dr. Isabelle Gatt, direzzjoni ta’ Marcelle Theuma u arranġamenti mużikali ta’ Sigo.
Teatru Qroqq ġie mwaqqaf fl-2002, b’inizjattiva tad-Dipartiment ta’ l-Edukazzjoni Primarja fi ħdan il-Fakulta’ ta’ l-Edukazzjoni fl-Universita’ ta’ Malta. Dan it-Teatru li għandu għal qalbu drammi għat-tfal huwa magħmul kollu minn studenti universitarji li jaspiraw li jservu t’għalliema tal-Primarja u li tant jinvestu ħin u impenn biex itellgħu din il-produzzjoni.
Din il-prestazzjoni li fiha reċtar, żfin u kant tgħaddi lit-tfal messaġġ importanti dwar il-qari u kif dan jista’ jiftah dinja ġdida ta’ fantasija għal qarrej.
Din il-produzzjoni ser titella’ għall-pubbliku ġenerali fl-MITP fil-Belt Valletta fl-14 u l-15 ta’ Mejju fis-6 ta’ filgħaxija. Il-biljetti jistgħu jinkisbu mill-Kavallier ta’ San Ġakbu (Saint James Cavalier).
By Lara Cauchi & Melissa Casha
