Key EU and national developments Alexa Joyce Development Manager MST education meeting, EMINENT

Today’s presentation 1. EU level developments 2. National developments Rocard Nucleus Pollen + Sinus transfer New projects Industry partnerships: Xperimania Futurenergia Insight Briefing Paper on National Policy Specific examples

Today’s presentation

Today’s presentation 1. EU level developments

Today’s presentation

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

Rocard report

Call for more inquiry-based MST education across EU

Nucleus partnership (now in final stages, includes Xplora)

Research institutions + museums + school actors

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

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

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

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)

Industry partnerships: Xperimania (Association of Petrochemicals Producers in Europe) Futurenergia (Plastics Europe) EU level developments

Industry partnerships:

Xperimania (Association of Petrochemicals Producers in Europe)

Futurenergia (Plastics Europe)

EUN Activities ICT policies and practice Peer Learning ICT Cluster eTwinning School Innovation Internet Safety School Validation … Xplora Xperimania School networking and services Spring Day Development Youth Prize eLearning Awards Insight Portal PIC LIFE TRIANGLE … Interoperability and content exchange LRE MELT CALIBRATE Range of projects and services

Partnership between European Schoolnet and Plastics Europe 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

Partnership between European Schoolnet and Plastics Europe

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.

Today’s presentation 1. EU level developments 2. National developments Rocard Nucleus Pollen + Sinus transfer New projects Industry partnerships: Xperimania Futurenergia

Today’s presentation

Insight: portal for policy makers and researchers on education policy and practice Briefing paper published in August 2007 Review of key actions at national level Insight briefing paper: science education

Insight: portal for policy makers and researchers on education policy and practice

Briefing paper published in August 2007

Review of key actions at national level

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://www.eun.org http:// www.europeanschoolnet.org http://www.xplora.org http://www.xperimania.net Alexa. Joyce@eun.org Thank you.

http://www.eun.org

http:// www.europeanschoolnet.org

http://www.xplora.org

http://www.xperimania.net

Alexa. Joyce@eun.org

Thank you.