The Sounding Board has a role in providing challenge and stimulation to the project and, therefore, relates to qualitative outcomes. It will keep the school curriculum focus in touch with academic and practitioner developments.
Alun Morgan - Institute of Education, University of London
Amanda Lane - Academy for Sustainable Development
Angus Willson - Project Leader
Catherine Williamson - Architecture Centre Network
Diane Swift - Geographical Association
Jeff Serf - Wolverhampton University
Maggie Smith - Open University
Peter Wright - Birmingham City Council and Royal Town Planning Institute
Roger Sutcliffe - consultant, project evaluator
Scott Sinclair - Tide~ Centre, Birmingham
Mike Raco - Kings College London
Building Sustainable Communities - Sounding Board
Project Evaluator
A Building Sustainable Communities Evaluator will review the project process and outcomes. The project activities all focus on the ASC objectives to:
- Raise awareness among young people of what contributes to a sustainable community
- Encourage young people to take an interest in and engage with their local communities
- Promote careers opportunities in 'Sustainable Communities' professions
The role of the Sounding Board, and the evaluator specifically, is to support the means of generating evidence from the teaching and learning to demonstrate achievement towards these objectives.
The project activities are:
- Teacher-researcher groups
- CPD events
- Sounding Board
- Website and further dissemination
The evaluator is asked to focus on four major areas:
- How far is each project activity achieving its purposes in contributing towards the ASC objectives?
- How does the project enhance geography teachers' capacity to make a contribution towards their curriculum change and to share it with others?
- How has the project enhanced the work of the GA and ASC nationally and in specific locations?
- What lessons can be learnt from the initial phase of the project?
- What are the generic lessons for future collaborative projects?
This project was run in partnership with the Academy for Sustainable Communities which has since become the Skills and Knowledge team at the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
