Through seminars, hands-on-minds-on sessions and workshops, the team of international pedagogues will engage teachers in reflecting about their own practice so that they can enhance teaching and learning in the classroom with a variety of new pedagogical tools. The themes of the programme will be focused on the following topics:
Concept-Based Teaching and Learning: A Student-Centered Cross-Disciplinary Curriculum
To enhance their pedagogy and for best practice, teachers will learn how to integrate concepts into the interdisciplinarity of teaching and learning in scientific disciplines. The theoretical focus will be placed on knowledge structure and the essential elements of concept-based curriculum design. The practical part of the module will engage teachers in a concept-based experiential activity as well as unit planning (conceptual statements and questions) for real-world transfer of learning by students.
STEM Project-Based Learning: Authentic & Effective Experiential Teaching and Learning
In a world of globalisation and connectivity, authentic and experiential teaching and learning is of primordial importance. Curiosity, problem-solving, critical thinking and creativity skills are crucial for the learner of today. As such, STEM project-based learning using the design cycle and applied use of technology is becoming crucial for capacity building in schools. Therefore, through the development of hands-on projects or experiments, teachers will gain a different perspective on how to engage students with syllabus content of STEM disciplines.
Education through the Arts and Movement: Building Competences for a Better World
Young people are living in a transforming complex world where competences such as empathy, collaboration, communication or expression, social cohesion and problem-solving are vital for success in the future. Engaging teachers with the education of science through the arts and movement will give them new tools to enhance the learning of science concepts. The result intended with fun activities is a transformation of the classroom into one where research, imagination and context play significant roles in learning.
Elementary Particle Physics in Early Physics Education
Elementary particle physics is a fundamental topic in science, and in particular in science education. Indeed, current physics education is faced with the important question of how best to introduce elementary particle physics in the classroom early on. Hence, in this module documented students’ conceptions of particle physics will be discussed and teachers will gain insight into how to appropriately address them within a model-based curriculum.
