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Key EU and national developments
Alexa JoyceDevelopment Manager
MST education meeting, EMINENT
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Today’s presentation
1. EU level developments 2. National developments
Rocard Nucleus
Pollen + Sinus transferNew projects
Industry partnerships:Xperimania
Futurenergia
Insight BriefingPaper on National Policy
Specific examples
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Today’s presentation
1. EU level developments
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• Rocard report – Call for more inquiry-based
MST education across EU• Nucleus partnership (now in
final stages, includes Xplora)– Research institutions +
museums + school actors
EU level developments
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• Xplora is provided by European Schoolnet as part of the PENCIL project, funded by DG Research (EU)
• Target group: teachers of science, physics, maths, environment, biology & primary school teachers
• Aim: Enable teachers to give up to date fascinating science lessons
Xplora: European gateway to science education
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• Pollen & Sinus transfer– Two projects supported by
Rocard report• INSPIRE
– Learning object repository for MST (DG EAC)• STELLA
– Practice analysis in MST (DG EAC)• New projects forseen in 2008-2009
– Lifelong Learning Programme: MST activities & network– Science in Society new calls (DG Research)
EU level developments
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• Industry partnerships:– Xperimania (Association of
Petrochemicals Producers in Europe)
– Futurenergia (Plastics Europe)
EU level developments
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EUN Activities
ICT policiesand practice
Peer LearningICT Cluster
eTwinning
SchoolInnovation
InternetSafety
SchoolValidation
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Xplora
Xperimania
School networkingand services
Spring DayDevelopment
YouthPrize
eLearningAwards
Insight PortalPIC
LIFE
TRIANGLE…
Interoperability andcontent exchange
LRE
MELT
CALIBRATE
Range of projects and services
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• Partnership between European Schoolnet and PlasticsEurope
• Goals: – raise awareness on how energy consumption might
affect climate change and how advanced materials such as plastics can help save energy and create a sustainable future.
– encourage students to influence behaviour in their nearest environment, such as among families and local communities.
Futurenergia: Energy education
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Today’s presentation
1. EU level developments 2. National developments
Rocard Nucleus
Pollen + Sinus transferNew projects
Industry partnerships:Xperimania
Futurenergia
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• Insight: portal for policy makersand researchers on education policy and practice
• Briefing paper publishedin August 2007– Review of key actions at
national level
Insight briefing paper: science education
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Insight briefing paper: main findings
• Large scale re-engineering of MST – Flemish Belgium, Action plan for Science Information and Innovation– Norway, Strategic Plan for Science Education– Netherlands, Delta Plan
• Launching of ad-hoc pilots– Estonia, Global Year of Physics– Hungary, Fle3 platform for collaborative science projects
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Insight briefing paper: main findings
• Improvement of MST infrastructure – Norway, Centres for Science and Technology– Greece, Science Laboratory Centres– UK, Science Learning Centres
• Launching of ad-hoc pilots– Estonia, Global Year of Physics– Hungary, Fle3 platform for collaborative science projects
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Insight briefing paper: main findings
• School reforms – UK, Specialist Science Colleges and schools– Sweden, National Agency for School Improvement includes MST as part of wider plan
• MST portals– Norway, Naturfagg.no and matematikk.no– Flemish Belgium, Stimulus (virtual science class & museum)– France, La Main a la Pate
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http://www.xplora.orghttp://www.xperimania.net
Alexa. [email protected]
Thank you.
