International Cell Research Organization
Organisation Internationale de Recherche sur la Cellule
 

Training Courses: 2005 Organizer Application Form Reports Executive Committee

 

REPORTS ON ICRO-UNESCO COURSES

After the course, the following questionnaires (organizer's and student's) should be completed:

 

QUESTIONNAIRE TO ORGANIZERS

Title of the Course:
Place:
Date:
Organizers:

  • Local Organizer (name, address, fax):
  • International Organizer (name, address, fax):

Have you organized other ICRO Courses:
If yes, where and when:

Have you ever been a teacher of an ICRO Course:
If yes, where and when:

Have you ever been a student of an ICRO Course:
If yes, where and when:

Instructors:

  • Number of local instructors:
  • Number of international instructors with their country of origin:

Participants:

  • Number of local students (male and female):
  • Number of foreign students (male and female) with countries of origin:
  • Have participants attended any previous ICRO Courses?
    if yes, how many:

Number of applications received:

  • local:
  • international:

Language of the Course:

Percentage of time devoted to:

  • lectures:
  • laboratory sessions:

Documents provided to Participants:

Total Cost of the Course in US$:

ICRO's contribution:

  • Amount spent for: . travel expenses of teachers:
  • travel expenses of students:
  • material, equipment, chemicals:
  • organizational expenses:

Other international subsidies:
Local support:
Supplies of Companies:
Loan of equipment:

Could the Course have been organized at less cost?
- if so, indicate how:

Could the objectives of the Course have been better achieved:

  • through other means? (if yes, state which)
  • through a different duration? (if yes, state which)

Suggestions for improving future ICRO Courses:

Would it be your intention to repeat the Course:
At the same place?
. if no, indicate where:
At which interval?

Follow-up Activities:

- Do you envisage future contacts with the students as:
. scientific exchange of literature, reprints?
. short or long-term visits of former students in your laboratory?

You are invited to follow and let ICRO Secretariat know the future activities of your former students

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QUESTIONNAIRE TO STUDENTS

We would greatly appreciate hearing your thoughts about the course in which you are participating. Your comments will assist our evaluation of the course format, structure and instruction, and will be useful for planning future courses. completed forms should be returned to the ICRO Secretariat:

Prof. Georges N. Cohen, ICRO Executive Secretary
UNESCO House, SC/BSC, B 3.13, 1 rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15, France

Title , Place and Date of the Course

General course information

1. How did you hear about the course, and what were your aims in taking the course?

2. Was the course at a level appropriate to your background?

Lecture evaluation

1. Please comment on the overall value of the lectures.

2. Where appropriate, evaluate the value of the readings and other assignments and comment on their contributions to the educational value of the course.

3. Do you have any other comments about the lectures? For example, were there any aspects of the lectures you found particularly valuable, and what changes might improve similar courses?

4. Is the literature accessible in your University?

Laboratory evaluation

1. Please comment on the structure and organization of the course laboratory. Were adequate materials, equipment and space provided? Were the handouts and readings useful? Which sections were best? Worst?

2. Please comment on the overall value of the laboratory experience of the course. How well did the laboratory exercises complement the lecture portion of the course?

3. Please comment on the quality of instruction by the faculty and teaching assistants in the laboratories.

4. Do you have any other comments about the laboratories? For example, were there any aspects of the labs you found especially valuable? What changes might improve the laboratory portion of the course?

5. Are the techniques that you learnt during the course applicable in your home laboratory?

Overall impact

1. Will your experience in this course make a difference in your career? Please indicate how:

2. Would you recommend a similar course to others?

3. Overall rating of the course (please circle one score):

(Excellent) 1 2 3 4 (Poor)

Please feel free to provide further comments