Marc Durando, European Schoolnet activities, PIC meeting, 05/11/09, Brussels

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PIC meeting – MST developments

Marc Durando

Presentation of European Schoolnet activities5 November 2009

www.europeanschoolnet.org - www.eun.org2

Dedicated to

Support schools in bringing about the best use

of technology in learning

Promote the Europeandimension in schools

and education

Improve and raise the quality of education

in Europe

Network of 31 Ministriesof Education in Europe

What is European Schoolnet (EUN)?


Three strands of activity

EUN Activities

Innovation andexchange on ICT policies

and practice

School networkingand services

Interoperability andcontent exchange

Three mains Strands of activities


Situation of MST in Education

3 MainIssues

Attractiveness in Europefor MST studies

(difficult, image, ….)

Career prospects(compared to other

sectors)

New pedagogicalapproaches

MST challenges


Motivated and recognised

teachers

Innovative pedagogy

and creative curriculum

•Highly qualified and well trained teachers.

•Recognition of teacher profession (MST).

•In service training of teachers.

•Target the formal education system and embed actions in the curriculum.

•Provide teachers with new content, tools and pedagogical approaches (access to new learning resources).

•Provide examples of transferable good practice.

4 KEY FACTORS


Role and engagement of industry

A shift in thedemand side

•Platform for exchange of practices

•Peer exchange + peer learning approaches

•Better information to teachers on what exists, on what industry offers, etc.

•Access to industrial facilities and company research labs and virtual facilities?

•We need better role models

•MST teachers should be aware of career opportunities

•Role to be played by guidance counselors

•Better information policy (MST career Portals).

4 KEY FACTORS


EUN Activities in MST area


Policy and Practice activitiesResource platform - Peer exchanges

EUN Activities in MST

Validation schoolsExperimentation with schools and teachers

Awareness activities –School competition


Xplora portalEuropean gateway

to science education (DG research)

SPICE liteScience Pedagogy Innovation Centre

for Europe(DG EAC)

EUN Activities in MSTInspire

60 schoolsuse a MST LRE

(DGEAC)

XperimaniaInquiry based science

education Petrochemistry

Future EnergiaInquiry based science

education Energy efficiency(Plastics Europe)

ITEMSTeacher training course

in the use of Los(DG EAC)

NanoyouAwareness of

nanotechnologiesamong schools

In Europe(DG research)

ICT careerperception survey

(Cisco)

Women in ITImagine cup(Microsoft)

POLICY

PRACTICE

VALIDATION

SCHOOLS

TEACHERS

VALIDATION

SCHOOLS

TEACHERS

VALIDATION

SCHOOLS

TEACHERS

POLICY

PRACTICE POLICY

PRACTICE

AWARENESS

COMPETITION

AWARENESS

COMPETITION

VALIDATION

SCHOOLS

TEACHERS


eSkills awareness week1st pan European information campaign on

eSkills challenges(DG Enterprise and Industry)

EUN Activities in MST

MST PlatformA large-scale online platform for the dissemination

of innovative practice and results arising from the FP7 and FP6 Science in Society actions.

(DG Research) – under contract negotiation

AWARENESS

POLICY

PRACTICE


eSkillscareer portal

Futurenergiacampaign onenergy

Xperimaniacampaign on chemistry

Cooperation with industry

ResearchNeeds analysis

+

Coordinate and support•Community platform•Coordination meetings•Matching tool

Disseminate and stimulate•Multilingual web portal•European level campaign and conferences

RepositoryPartnerships

Schools

Businesses

Observatory

Coordinate and support•Community platform•Coordination meetings•Matching tool•Special interest groups•Professional development

Disseminate and stimulate•Multilingual web portal•European level campaign and conferences

Evaluation

RepositoryDevelopment

European Coordinating

Body


European Coordination Body

IndustryEducation

cooperation

Provide a repositoryof practice

Disseminateand

Stimulate

Coordinate and

Support


How to cooperatewith teachers

Embed actions in the curriculum

Incentives throughcurricular-driven

competition

Provide examples of transferable good practice

Provideteachers with new

tools and approaches

Dissemination activities

Target the formal education

system

EUN Approach


Two main targets

Teachers Pupils

Provide them with new approaches in the way of

teaching science

Contribute to the attractiveness of

MST studies

Industry cooperation

EUN Approach


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