Kitchen ACTS ~ formal framework 2024-2025
FIRST YEAR STUDENTS (INCOMING 2024)
KITCHEN ACTS: 17 ECTS | 476 hours in total
Contact hours: 180 hours
Self-study: 296 hours
ELABORATION ON CONTACT HOURS:
Mandatory presence during all Kitchens (attendance of all presentations, including all response sessions) by all peers whereby 100% attendance is strongly recommended, but if there are urgent reasons for non-attendance, you are, by law, allowed to miss out on one and a half days (1.5) out of 7 days, without an additional task above the required hours of self-study. *
Mandatory personal Kitchen presentation 1&2 - are to be considered exams and can not be skipped
Mandatory presence during FINAL FIRST YEAR KITCHENS Confluence 7.
Mandatory attendance of coaching sessions on offer.
Mandatory committed attendance of the AEROPONIC ACTS ( including all response sessions).
ELABORATION ON CONTACT HOURS:
Preparation for 2 Kitchen presentations in this academic year
Preparations in support of Kitchen presentations by peers
Documentation of 2 Kitchen presentations + responses
TESTING
Kitchen presentation 1 & 2: orally transmitted formative responses by guest respondents: non-violent critique and constructive dialogue based on a question presented by the student, weighed by the Head of Program and building up to final grade after concluding the two-year trajectory.
Grade: Pass or fail at the end of the first year.
SECOND YEAR STUDENTS (INCOMING 2023)
KITCHEN ACTS: 17 ECTS
Contact hours:
6 confluences (1,2,3,4,5 and 7)= 13.5 full days
Presence:
Mandatory presence 4 out 5 confluences 1,2,3,4,5 ( = 80%)
Mandatory attendance of curatorial sessions towards AEROPONIC ACTS
Mandatory Kitchen presentations 3+4 (4= AEROPONIC ACT)
Attendance of & participation in all presentations (including response sessions) by all peers.
Mandatory participation as respondent in the Final First Year Kitchen of the peers in the first year.
Mandatory presence during the public presentations of all peers as part of the AEROPONIC ACTS (Kitchen presentation 4) during Confluence 7.
Self-study:
Preparation for presentations 3+4 (AEROPONIC ACT)
Preparations in support of presentations by peers
Documentation of presentation 3 + responses
TESTING
Kitchen presentation 3: orally transmitted formative responses by guest respondents: non-violent critique and constructive dialogue based on a question presented by the student.
The formative responses by the guest responses during Kitchen 4, the AEROPONIC ACT, come with a written report, published on the AEROPONIC ACTS page of each individual second year student.
The Final Grade is based on the learning curve during the two-year trajectory and is informed by the entire Kitchen Acts modus operandi of the student, is assessed by the Head of Program, informed by the many formative responses of the Kitchen Acts guests and controlled by a BKE certified examiner. The final grading ( from insufficient to excellent) follows the DAI's