European projects in maths, science and technology

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International science education projects

Alexa Joyce

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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?

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Situation of MST in Education

3 MainIssues

Attractiveness in Europefor MST studies

Image of science(difficult, few

interesting careers)

New pedagogicalapproaches

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MST portal

MST Activities

Schoolpartnerships

Learning Resources

Campaigns

Xplora: European gateway to science education

eTwinning: More than 280 MST school partnerships + community of practice

Access to digital resources in MST + other topics

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Research

Promotionof ICT skills

Genderissue

EYE: environmental educationMST in Games in Schools

Insafe – network of awareness nodeseSkills – ICT career portal

ICT and gender: white paperImagine Cup cooperation w/ MicrosoftWomen’s Forum debate + survey

MST Activities

Main goal: improve motivation, raise awareness

and interest in sci-tech studies and careers

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MST Activities

Some examples of our results…

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• For students aged 10-20 years old– To raise awareness of chemistry, materials science and

petrochemistry– To offer easy lab experiment activities for schools– To raise interest in science as a career and help

teachers make science lessons more fun

Xperimania 2007/08: 1000 participants from 18

European countries

Project with Associationof Petrochemicals

Producers in Europe(part of CEFIC)

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http://xperimania.net

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Activities:Lab investigations on properties of materials

Chats:Expert Q&A on petrochemistryin 4 languages

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MST Activities

Sci-tech / ICT studies and careers options…

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MST Activities

One of the top eTwinning science projects…

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MST ActivitiesTesting properties of materials on the eTwinning camp

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Newest project – on nanotech! Want to join?

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Visit www.xplora.org to stay up to date on all our maths,

science and technology education projects!

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Thanks for listening!

Alexa Joyce – [email protected]