New Perspectives in Science Education

The project identifies two common challenges that the European educational and training systems are facing and that need a common effort in order to be answered to:

·         the lack of motivation of secondary and vocational education students in studying scientific related topics, and the related insufficient results that they achieve during their school curricula

·         the lack of capacity of teachers and trainers in updating their teaching methods in order to promote the interest of their students toward scientific issues

The project aims to create a learning community of European teachers and students in order to carry out a common reflection on how to make scientific issues more attractive, promote the capacity of learners to be managers of their own learning process, exploit and mainstream the more effective projects and experiences available at European level in the field

During the project teachers and students will provide their experiences, problems and success in teaching and learning scientific issues and will be guided in the identification and review of existing projects and related resources to teach scientific issues in a more innovative, attractive and interactive approach.

During the second part of the project teachers, supported by experts, will create their teaching resources to teach scientific subjects making use of the results of previous innovative initiatives.