EMINENT 2013 - Helsinki, Finland, 4-5 December 2013

www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org

Teacher professional development and

STEM: How to engage pupils better?Chair: Dr. Àgueda Gras-Velázquez,

Science Programme Manager, European Schoolnet


EUN STEM Projects

• Dissemination• Teacher training / School activities• Piloting / Evaluation


EUN STEM Projects


EUN STEM Projects


Duration Session

5’ InGenious video interviewing Elaine Manton

20’ Introduction to STEM projects at EUN: 1) all projects and types; 2) Scientix; 3) inGenious; 4) nanOpinion; 5) Global excursion;

30’ Round Table:

1) “Why should STEM teachers join EU projects?” Advantages?

2)"How can we engage STEM teachers better?"

30’ Open discussion on

Information mechanisms from EUN to/from MoE regarding these teachers / activities.

How do the activities fit in the MoE’s programmes

How can the MoE’s programmes enhance the projects’ activities

5’ Wrap-up with suggested improvements

Scientix 2 | A. Gras-Velazquez

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STEM workshop at Eminent 2013

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European science and maths projects


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http://scientix.eu

Primary and Secondary (4 – 21 years old)

&

maths &

engineering & technology

The work presented in this document is supported by the European

Commission’s FP7 programme – project Scientix 2 (Grant agreement N.

337250). The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the

consortium members and it does not represent the opinion of the European

Commission and the Commission is not responsible for any use that might

be made of information contained herein.


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Scientix 2: 2013 - 2015

Conference 2014Portal (disseminate projects)

Workshops

Scientix

observatory

Collaboration

between projectsNational Contact

Points &

teachers’ panel


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Translation on demand


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Online training…


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Scientix workshops

at other events


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Scientix workshops in the FCL


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Scientix European Conference6-8 May 2011, Brussels

• Key note speech – Sir John Holman, UK• Posters session• 46 talks• 2 Round tables• 25 stands presenting EU funded projects • 10 mini-workshops• 379 participants from 37 countries


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Scientix 2 European Conference24- 26 October 2014, Brussels

• Key note speech • Posters session• Talks• Round tables• 25 stands presenting EU funded projects • Workshops• BUT this time… 550 participants• AND EUN will be covering:

• hotel accommodation for all • 200 flights for teachers

http://scientix.eu

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Scientix


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Scientix National Contact Points


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Scientix

Ambassadors

(Teachers!)

Country Teachers Ambassadors Deputy Ambassadors Missing1 Austria 3 1 2 12 Belgium 3 1 23 Bulgaria 3 1 24 Croatia 2 1 15 Cyprus 2 0 26 Czech Republic 3 1 27 Denmark 3 1 28 Estonia 3 1 2 19 Finland 3 1 2

10 France 3 1 211 Germany 3 1 212 Greece 3 1 213 Hungary 3 1 214 Iceland 3 1 215 Ireland 3 1 216 Israel 2 1 117 Italy 3 1 218 Latvia 2 1 119 Lithuania 3 1 220 Luxembourg 1 0 1 121 Malta 2 0 2 122 Netherlands 3 1 2 123 Norway 3 1 224 Poland 3 1 225 Portugal 3 1 226 Romania 3 1 227 Slovakia 3 1 228 Slovenia 2 1 129 Spain 3 1 230 Sweden 3 1 231 Switzerland 3 1 2 232 Turkey 2 1 133 United Kingdom 3 1 2

TOTAL 90 30 60

1st kick-off29 Nov – 1 Dec 2013

2nd kick-off6 Dec – 8 Dec 2013

Ingenious is co-funded by the European Commission’s FP7

programme. The document reflects solely the views of its

authors. The European Commission is not liable for any use

that may be made of the information contained therein

ingenious-science.eu

• Most significant project ever funded by European Commission FP7 Science in Society programme targeting education

• € 8.3 M – 50% from EC funding

• Unique consortium due to:

• Career focus

• Industry engagement

inGenious


https://www.wissensfabrik-deutschland.de/portal/fep/de/dt.jsp

https://www.wissensfabrik-deutschland.de/portal/fep/de/dt.jsp


• Collecting practices / activities for schools from

industry

• Pilot schools – test + evaluate practices info

for new practices

• Workshops, academies, summer schools for

teachers

• Webinars / chats: experts answering questions

from students

• Online Communities of practice / discussions

• Dissemination / information on careers in

industry

• School – industry collaboration needs analysis

• Network of 2000 schools by end 2013, 5000

schools by end October

• Setting up of STEM National Platforms

http://ingenious-science.eu

Teachers’ activities


Face to face events• workshops (~30 attendees)

• Copenhagen (30-31 Mar12) done (w/eSkills-week)

• Rotterdam (17-19 May12) done (w/Shell)

• Bratislava (23-25 Sep12) done (w/EUCYS&Intel)

• Tours (1-3 Mar13) done (w/STm)

• Brussels (17-19 May13) done (w/nanOpinion&eTw)

• Berlin (23-25 Sep13) done (w/EPCA)

• 2014:

•York (career counsellors)

• Brussels (finalists competition 1)

• Lisbon (most active teachers)

• academies (~80 attendees)

• Bad Hofgastein (19-21 Oct12) done

• Madrid (8-11 Mar13) done

• 2014: Stockholm (principals / head masters /

department heads)

• summer schools (~160 attendees)

• Istanbul (24-26 Aug12) done

• Barcelona (23-25 Aug13) done

• 2014: Split (22 – 24 Aug 2014)

• Over 1,200 teachers in

the pilot online

Community, and over

24,000 pupils reached

• 14 online communities

of practice for 350

educators to discuss

online with industry

experts

• 23 online webinars with

industry experts

reaching more than

9,200 pupils


inGenious, now in its third year of activity is growing into a mature

network, with proven impact on student interest in STEM careers

and studies – a 20% increase in student interest is

demonstrated through the pilot activities.

Pilot with 180 teachers selected each year- test and evaluate

industry STEM education materials and activities -more than

12,000 pupils directly involved

Results


STEM MOOC:

Innovative Practices for Engaging STEM Teaching

• MODULE 1: Increasing students’ engagement to study STEM

• MODULE 2: Original teaching practices in the STEM classroom

• MODULE 3: Innovative STEM teaching: using STEM resources from

across Europe

• MODULE 4: Discovering virtual & remote labs and how to use them

in the classroom

• MODULE 5: Exploring STEM in the real world - Virtual visits to

research centres

• MODULE 6: Helping students to understand what STEM jobs are -

Career counselling

• MODULE 7: Meeting real life STEM professionals

• MODULE 8: Dealing with stereotypes

nanOpinion

Nanotechnologies materials prepared: experiments, videos, Moodle courses

Using nOp platform and materials in schools: teacher guide + training

Teacher team: 16 confirmed Teachers Coordinators from 15 countries (AU, BG, CZ, DK, FI, GR, HR, IL,IT, LT, TK, SP, RO, CZ, UK)

4 face to face workshops + 12 online workshops: ~150 teachers trained; 90= provided feedback via questionnaire

Coming soon: competition based on materials developed in order to promote and disseminate materials created.

http://www.globalexcursion-project.eu/ GLOBAL Excursion RI-283686

Social & collaborative

public repository ofUser profiles (content producers)

e-Excursions

resources

The GLOBAL excursion project is supported by the European Commission, in the theme e-Infrastructures, as a Supporting Action, under the 7th Framework Programme. The Members of the GLOBAL excursion

Consortium make no warranty of any kind with regard to this document, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The Members of the GLOBAL

excursion Consortium shall not be held liable for errors contained herein or direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this document.


• Scientix 2: Carlos Cunha (Scientix Ambassador for Portugal)

• inGenious: Tullia Urschitz (inGenious teacher from Italy) and Jesper Rud Christoffersen (inGenious Teacher Coordinator for Denmark)

• nanOpinion: Jukka Rahkonen (nanOpinion Teacher Coordinator for Finland)

• Global excursion: Jose Manuel Viñas Dieguez (Global excursion Teacher Coordinator for Spain)

Round Table:1) “Why should STEM teachers join EU projects?” Advantages?

2) "How can we engage STEM teachers better?“ Problems?


• Educational Research Institute

• Estonia Information Technology Foundation

• Finnish National Board of Education

• Fourier Education

• INTEF (Spanish Ministry of Education)

• KlasCement

• Norwegian Center for ICT in Education

Open discussion :• Info mechanisms from EUN to/from MoE re teachers / activities

• How do the activities fit in the MoE’s programmes

• How can the MoE’s programmes enhance the projects’ activities

• Polish MoE

• Promethean

• SMART Technologies

• Swiss Agency for ICT in Education - educa.ch

• The Finnish National Board of Education

• UK Ministry

• University of Jyväskylä


More information on STEM at EUN

European Schoolnet Science Programme Manager

Àgueda Gras-Velázquez European Schoolnet, Brussels, Belgium

([email protected])

http://scientix.eu

http://europeanschoolnet.orghttp://ingenious-science.eu

Kiitos