On Wednesday 17 June 2015, the Creative Classrooms by the etwinning network and the Educational Radiotelevision co-organise the last Creative Classroom Expert Talk: a webinar to introduce the MARCH project - Making Science Real in Schools. The one-hour webinar "Making Science Real in Schools: Best practices for Creative STEM Classrooms" will outline the goals of the MARCH project, the key findings of scope-analysis contucted in the farmework of the project and focus on best practices for Creative STEM Classrooms.

1. Dr Sofia Papadimitriou
Educational Radiotelevision
Ministry of Culture, Education & RA
sofipapadi@minedu.gov.gr

2.  consists of 9 partners that come from 7 European countries:
the UK, Greece, Germany, Serbia, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Portugal.
Key objectives are:
 To improve perception of Science in secondary schools
 To increase numbers of young people who choose a career in Science
 To help young people to actively contribute to the learning process
 To increase skills in teachers for engaging creatively with their students
and for delivering innovative methodologies
Make science Real in sCHools (MARCH) network

3. www.sciencemarch.eu

5.  Its objectives were to review the current state of Science Education across
Europe and to map the state-of-the-art of students' and teachers' perceptions
of science teaching.
 The work was led by Forum Democrit , Bulgaria
The scoping analysis was based on
 desk research on existing policies, practices and methodologies
 online surveys among teachers and students from the 7 participating countries
 in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders
 15 May – 30 October 2014
The State of the Art in Science Education:
Results of MARCH Empirical Study

6. Science education is still much more theoretically-based than focused on hands-on practices.
Even in leading countries, the respective policies have not provided the expected results.
Students’
participation
in
experiments
Students learn only
facts without getting
functional
knowledge, that it
would help them to
solve practical real-
life problems

7.  Students: not enough laboratory equipment - differences
 3/4 students think ICTs infrastructure is enough – no differences

8. The web – absolute resource for students
A particular attention is required in training students how to recognise accurate science information

9.  Students recognize the importance of Science for their academic and
professional future
Why STEM?
Recognizing
the technological
breakthroughs due to
the rise of Science &
its tremendous social
and economic impact

10. 1st International Conference - Athens, November 2014

11. Local workshops in
UK, Serbia, Greece, Lithuania, Portugal & Germany

12. 1st International Swap Innovation Workshop in Vilnius
2nd International Swap Innovation Workshop in Lisbon
Giving the floor to the students

13. What Makes Science Real?
How to attract young students to STEM?

14. GOING
OUTDOORS
Invertebrates growing (silkworms & snails)
Botanic garden conservation
PRACTICES

15. Science apprenticeship
INTERACTING WITH
RESEARCHERS
Scientists as role models
PRACTICES

16. CREATING NEW
MEDIA
School Lab
PRACTICES

17. SCIENCE & ART
MATHS danceCreating comic books with the chemical elements
PRACTICES

18. In the steps of Eratosthenes
Experiments
GETTING
HANDS - ON
Making robots
PRACTICES

19. CODING
Arduino/ Scratch
PRACTICES

20. Problem Solving
Experiential
6 thinking hatsFlipping Classrooms
METHODOLOGIES

21. NEW MEDIA
INTERACTING
WITH
RESEARCHERS
CODING
GETTING
HANDS - ON
SCIENCE & ART
GOING
OUTDOORS
PRACTICES METHODOLOGIES
Experiential
Flipping Classroom
6 thinking hats
Problem solving
Inquiry based
learning
How to connect methodologies and practices under the
theme of SUSTAINABLE CITIES?

23.  3rd International Swap Innovation Workshop
2nd International Conference
 Webinars
Pilots planning in 7 countries
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