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

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 projects
National 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 Conference
6-8 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 Conference
24- 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 Missing
1 Austria 3 1 2 1
2 Belgium 3 1 2
3 Bulgaria 3 1 2
4 Croatia 2 1 1
5 Cyprus 2 0 2
6 Czech Republic 3 1 2
7 Denmark 3 1 2
8 Estonia 3 1 2 1
9 Finland 3 1 2
10 France 3 1 2
11 Germany 3 1 2
12 Greece 3 1 2
13 Hungary 3 1 2
14 Iceland 3 1 2
15 Ireland 3 1 2
16 Israel 2 1 1
17 Italy 3 1 2
18 Latvia 2 1 1
19 Lithuania 3 1 2
20 Luxembourg 1 0 1 1
21 Malta 2 0 2 1
22 Netherlands 3 1 2 1
23 Norway 3 1 2
24 Poland 3 1 2
25 Portugal 3 1 2
26 Romania 3 1 2
27 Slovakia 3 1 2
28 Slovenia 2 1 1
29 Spain 3 1 2
30 Sweden 3 1 2
31 Switzerland 3 1 2 2
32 Turkey 2 1 1
33 United Kingdom 3 1 2
1st kick-off
29 Nov – 1 Dec 2013
2nd kick-off
6 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

• 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 of
User 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
(agueda.gras@eun.org)
http://scientix.eu
http://europeanschoolnet.org
http://ingenious-science.eu
Kiitos

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