SkyLight - a Global Science Opera by Oded Ben-Horin (Stord Haugesund University College, Norway)
SkyLight – a Global Science Opera endorsed by IAU \ IYL2015
Norway Portugal
Italy
Greece
USA
China
Chile
Belgium
Palestinian Territories
Israel
Brazil
Serbia
Canada
Tanzania Kenya
India
Australia
Poland
São Tomé e Principe
Mozambique
Angola
Cape Verde
Spain
East-Timor
Sri-Lanka
Indonesia
UK
Project Framework
Science
ICT
Education
Arts
Write a Science Opera (WASO) is…
• A multi-disciplinary teaching concept based on the ”professional development” Write an Opera method. In WASO, scientists and opera artists work with teachers/pupils to create original science
operas: Ownership of creative science and art output.
WASO Portugal EEA Grants
SkyLight – a Global Science Opera Norway
Portugal
Italy
Greece
USA
China
Chile
Belgium
Palestinian Territories
Israel
Brazil
Serbia
Canada
Tanzania Kenya
India
Australia
Poland
São Tomé e Principe
Mozambique
Angola
Cape Verde
Spain
East-Timor
Sri-Lanka
Indonesia
UK
Collaborative creative science learning on 2 levels: Preparation & performance
Previous iterations LinkCast by Petros Stergiopoulos (Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece)…
ESA ”Rosetta Wake Up!” winning video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbx64eRtna0
In practice….
Who?????
• Master Students \ PhD students: ICT, Management, Arts Education, Design, Composition, Science Education, Pedagogics, International Relations
• Integration with research institutions
• Sponsorships
• Volunteer work
How????
• Online trainings (3-4 sessions)
• eLEarning units made available publicly
Integration of CREAT-IT pedagogical principles with theoretical framework -by University of Exeter team
Portuguese Experience
• Participants from school Fontes Pereira de Melo; 5th to 8th grade, ages 10-14/15
• Common topic: Earth, a living planet
• Opera related activities; Science related activities
• Cycle of recitals
• The outcome...
WASO Training Materials Strengthening/Supporting Creative Activities in an Inquiry-Based
Science Education Model (Cosmos Project, EU)
• Phase 1 - Questions Eliciting Curiosity
• Phase 2 - Active Investigation: Propose preliminary explanations or hypotheses
• Phase 3 - Creation: Gather evidence from observation
• Phase 4 - Discussion: Explanation based on evidence
• Phase 5 - Reflection: Communicate explanation
Analysis by Prof. Marianne Ødegaard, Forskningsleder, Naturfagsenteret, UiO (2)
CREAT-IT proposes the following working
definition for creativity in science education:
Generating ideas and strategies as an individual or community, reasoning critically between these and producing plausible explanations and strategies consistent with the available evidence. Such scientific creativity as fuelled
by ‘little c’ creativity, i.e. purposive and imaginative activity generating outcomes
that are original and valuable in relation to the learner. - from the CREAT-IT Pedagogical
Framework Deliverable D2.1
Dissemination examples
European Space Agency competition: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Wake_up_Rosetta
ESA winner (Oda Var Best, Sunnhordaland): http://www.sunnhordland.no/article/20140206/NYHENDE/140209837
http://www.vilvite.no/nyheter/show/vitenskapsopera-9-mai/
Music Cycle: ”Earth, a
Living Planet”
4 school projects (Porto)
2 school projects
(Norway)
Research
Dissemination/Exploitation
Activities in Porto WASO Project
Partners in Portugal WASO Project
Coordinator: CMSM (Portugal) – Management, producer of 4 WASO school projects in Portugal, musicians.
Escola Básica e Secundária Fontes Pereira de Melo – students and trainers
Bergen National Opera (Norway) – Quality Manager and producer of 2 WASO school projects in Norway
University of Stavanger (Norway) – APM for Norway and musicians
Stord Haugesund University College (Norway) – Concept developers, Dissemination/Exploitation and musicians
WP5: Additional Examples of International Presentations (Nov. 2013-August 2014)
• Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC
• Alzheimer’s conference at Univ. of Haifa, Israel
• Arts & Sciences Salon, NYC (hosted at Opera America)
• University of Georgia, USA
• Neurodegenerative Disease conference (Greece)
• International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry (Univ. of Illinois, USA)