One of EWB's first projects in 2004 involved EWB volunteers assisting CSPO facilitate a Mechanics and Biomechanics Bridging Course for CSPO students.

13th October 2011

Learning about Teaching and Learning

I've been looking at ways to try and build the capacity of local teachers to teach themselves teaching and learning theory. Wow - that's a lot of "teaching" in one sentence! One of these ways has been to hold weekly workshops on teaching and learning with a few of the local staff (Cambodians, Swedes and Sri Lankans alike). The topic of today was "aligning objectives, activities and assessment".

8th October 2011

SLSPO Students go on Field Trip

The representative at National PVC led our 18 students on a tour around the factory in Ragama on Friday. For many students it was their first time to a factory, and for all, it was a chance to enhance their friendships, learn deeply about materials science and thermoplastics in particular, and learn about how people live and work in Ragama and in factories.

6th September 2011

First Lesson Down!

We started the class with intros and icebreakers, and then Chamila gave the first lecture to 18 new students at SLSPO. Students were from all over the country, speaking either Singhala and Tamil as their mother tongue and with various religions represented.