Conveners
Parallel oral presentations INTER: Parallel oral presentations 515 INTER
- Vera Montalbano (University of Siena)
Results of international assessments (PISA, TALIS) revealed below-average performance in scientific literacy, problem-solving and critical thinking of Croatian students and teachers. That highlights the need for improvement. To address this, we undertook an innovative project, integrating ESG principles to contextualize formal knowledge in real-world settings – ESG Junior Program. The program...
Project-Based Learning (PBL) has emerged as a powerful instructional approach, especially in STEM education, by promoting deeper conceptual understanding through hands-on activities. This study employs an Educational Design Research (Qualitative Research to investigate the impact of PBL in geometric optics, focusing on the design and application of a laser waterdrop microscope. By...
As a design-based research project, the E2piMINT team developed and evaluated an inclusive and interdisciplinary teaching concept for lower secondary schools to promote interest in science and to provide teachers with effective support for lesson planning. For this purpose, two laboratory activities with experiments from physics, biology and chemistry on the topics of “colours” and “glueing...
Energy is not merely a means to interpret natural phenomena; it is, above all, a topic on which future citizens will be called to take personal and collective decisions that will shape our collective future. It is essential to combine the right mix of scientific topics with historical aspects that are frequently neglected in the school curriculum to foster students' critical mind and motivate...
