The document discusses Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) at schools, emphasizing its iterative processes that engage all stakeholders in research and innovation. It outlines key practices for implementing RRI in education, including promoting diverse voices, encouraging critical thinking, and utilizing participative multimedia tools. Additionally, it provides resources, training opportunities, and a framework for educators and researchers to inspire STEM education through RRI principles.

1. Viola Pinzi – European Schoolnet
Responsible Research and Innovation at school
tips and tools for supporting young scientists
Scientix 2 – 11th SPW at FCL, 20 March 2016

2. | What is RRI?
A working definition
Responsible Research and Innovation is
• a dynamic, iterative process
• by which all stakeholders involved in the R&I practice
• become mutually responsive and share responsibility
• regarding both the outcomes and processes involved

3. |
Practice 1
What is RRI?
RRI in keywords
Share ideas and keywords on the definition of RRI

4. | RRI for you

5. |
Diversity & Inclusion
Be sensitive to research biases, seek originality, include diverse voices and make
results beneficial to a wider community
Anticipation & reflection
Think on the purposes and possible implications of your research and its results,
and consider alternative methods
Openness & transparency
Share objectives, methods and results, be realistic about limits and mistakes,
and inform about conflicts of interests
Responsiveness & Adaptive change
Be flexible to changes and external inputs, adapting your research plans to
changing social values and expectations
RRI dimensions

6. | Why is RRI important for education?

7. |
Showcased practice
Xplore Health - Promoting health for and with students
Processes All process dimensions
Stages All stages
What Approach: participative multimedia and hands-on resources to facilitate information about
R&I, together with educational tools, organised in 8 thematic modules.
The resources include:
• Virtual experiments
• Games
• Videos on current research
• Debates
• Lesson plans and worksheets for students
Who • To be used within activities with secondary school students 15-18
• Address teachers, students, researchers and science museums
Core aspect Participative and multi-stakeholder approach
Link www.xplorehealth.eu
RRI Toolkit
Existing tools and practices

8. |
Practice 2
Think of RRI in education
To what extent do you think RRI and its processes should and can
inspire STEM education?
10’ - Reflect on obstacles and opportunities
10’
• Write at least 3 obstacles on yellow post-it
• Write at least 3 opportunities on blue post-it
We will use it to build a map and to design our trainings!

9. |
Engagement
Critical
thinking
Empowrement
Multidisciplinarity
Collaborative
Learning
Formative and
summative
evaluation
Entrepreneurship
education
IBSE
STEM
curriculum
Career
orientation
RRI and science education
Food for thoughts

10. |
Practice 3 – 10’
Let’s build our RRI OO Map!
Final presentation

11. |
What can you do?
Use and add your resources to the Toolkit
www.rri-tools.eu
Explore the Toolkit
www.rri-tools.eu/education-community

12. | What can you do?
RRI Tools national trainings
50+ training sessions
All stakeholders
30 countries
April-June
September-November
Information contacting
National Hubs coordinator in your country
http://www.rri-tools.eu/who-we-are
2016

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What can you do?
Join the RRI Community
www.rri-tools.eu

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15. Viola Pinzi – violapinzi@eun.org
Maite Debry – maite.debry@eun.org
www.rri-tools.eu
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