The ICEPro Course
ICEPro Course is a 25-hour face to face professional development course, with a short virtual introduction, developed to equip practitioners with knowledge, attitudes and competences to successfully plan for, manage and assess ICE through picturebooks in early EFL. The intention is that the course provides practitioners with all the skills and competencies required to successfully make changes in their classroom practice.
During the ICEPro Course this is supported by post-course activities with practitioners sharing and reflecting on their newly learned skills with the support of the e-Twinning ICECommunity, a virtual community of practice, as well as through opportunities facilitated by partners-as-mentors during feedback meetings.
Transferability potential
The ICEPro Course will be trialled with practitioners participating the ICEPELL project and upon completion of the project, it will be run through each ICEPELL Partner institution as well as through the School Education Gateway.
The ICEGuide, a handbook for practitioners and teacher educators to implement ICE activities through picturebooks, will be created based on the ICEPro Course, enabling further transferability far and beyond the original participants.
Impact
The expected impact of the ICEPro Course will be seen through:
- the practitioners’ attitudes towards their perceived ability to select picturebooks, plan for integrating ICE through picturebooks in their classroom practices and put their learning into practice.
- the children’s’ attitudes towards and interest and involvement in citizenship issues through English and the picturebook-related activites.
- the project partners’ professional development as teacher educators and course