Presentation of the project "Amgen Teach" by Gina Mihai, held during the 8th Science Projects Workshop in the Future Classroom Lab, Brussels, 16-18 October 2015

1. www.amgenteach.eu
Science Projects Workshop in the FCL – 16-18 October
2015
Amgen Teach for All

2. Content
• Main characteristics of the programme
• Main objectives of the programme
• How you can participate

3. Main characteristics of the programme

4. • 3 year duration starting from the academic year
2014-2015
• Face-to-face training activities offered in multiple
languages and supporting national curricula
• 3 transnational distance learning activities
(DLAs) per academic year,
• Teacher community of Amgen Teach teachers
and training providers, and
• Centralised registration and evaluation

5. Selected Training Providers
COUNTRY TRAINING PROVIDER
Austria Science2School
Belgium Experimentarium/Culture in Vivo
Czech Republic Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze
France La Main à la Pâte
Germany Deutsches Museum
Ireland Professional Development Service for Teachers
Italy Associazione Nazionale Insegnanti di Scienze Naturali
Poland Warszawskie Centrum Innowacji Edukacyjno-Społecznych i Szkoleń
Spain Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació
Turkey TED Üniversitesi

6. Main objectives of the programme

7. Main objectives
• Launched in 2014, Amgen Teach supports hundreds of science teachers each year
across Europe through meaningful professional development opportunities.
• Supported by a €2 million grant over a three-year period, Amgen Teach deepens
student interest and achievement in science by strengthening the ability of life
science secondary school teachers to use enquiry based teaching strategies in the
classroom.
• Amgen Teach uses training workshops and distance learning events to provide
educators with the skills and confidence to transform the student experience in
learning science

8. Amgen Teach Program Elements
Face to Face
Training
Online
Distance
Learning
Practical
Work in
Classroom
Teachers’
Community
of Practice
Evaluation - Reporting
•Transnational event
• 3 times per academic year
• Organized by EUN
• Exchange of best practices
via professional networks
• Main program element
• Based on local curriculum and language
•~100 teachers per country
•Application of learnings

9. How you can participate

10. •Face-to-Face training courses
•DLAs
•Workshops in the FCL
•Teacher community online

11. Face-to-Face training courses
• Training courses taking place in 10 countries
• Duration: 2-3 days
• Objective: to improve teachers’ ability and confidence to use IBSE methods in the
classroom

12. DLAs
• 3 DLAs per academic year (e.g. “Nanotechnology around us”, “Stem cells
biology”, “Watermark – the anatomy of an inquiry based science project”,
“Exploration of the Respiratory Activity”, “Astrobiology and Hunt for Life among
the Stars”.
• Short and intensive online learning sessions of 5 days duration
• Day 1 – Pre live session (familiarisation)
• Day 2 – Synchronous live session
• Days 3 and 4 – Questions to be answered in the online community
• Day 5 – session ends with discussion and participants share their experiences
and relevant resources

13. Workshops in the FCL
• Discover resources for promoting life science and IBSE in
an interactive classroom
• Discover new tools and methodologies to increase
interaction in the classroom
• Use a mix of media and tools in the FCL
• Share experiences and exchange best practices with
other teachers from other European countries

14. Teacher Community
http://www.amgenteach.eu/teacher-community

15. Teacher Community
http://www.amgenteach.eu/teacher-community

16. Testimonials (1)
“Some parents clearly told to me that their son/daughter became
interested in biology and discovered what he/she wanted to do in
life thanks to my lessons or biology club. Once I explained natural
selection using a simulation from a university website. Not only
pupils in my class were very interested, but also students from
other classes, I don’t teach to, came to see the source and in order
to see other resources at home” Elżbieta Henryka Strzelec, Poland.

17. Testimonials (2)
“I decided to make a clear shift towards this teaching approach,
because I think that students can benefit a lot. They develop their
own ways of solving a problem”. Harald Von Beringe, Austria.
"Through IBSE methods students are more motivated and more
effective in learning, since theory and practice are linked
together”. Delia Borsum, Germany.
“It has really improved my enthusiasm for teaching science”.
Patricia Duffy, Ireland.

18. Testimonials (3)
“Teachers are indispensable elements of education. Science
education will be more meaningful if teachers improve themselves
thanks to 21st century skills.” İsmail Dönmez,Turkey.
“My students are the ones who benefitted more from the training.
They are happy to go to school and “make science”. This had a
positive impact on their relation with school in general and with
me.” Anonymous, Italy.

19. That is what your colleagues say

20. Thank you
Contacts:
Gina Mihai – gina.mihai@eun.org
Ioanna Leontaraki – ioanna.leontaraki@eun.org
Elena Turci – elena.turci@eun.org