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6.11).

Design

will

be

based

on

their

previous

analysis

of

nation-wide

data

from

the

ROSE

project20

and

from

the

PISA

2006

Scientific

Literacy

Assessment.

   The professional development package for science teachers in pre- and in-service

training

will

enable

them

to

integrate

motivational

and

interest

features

to

science

activities

in

order

to

increase

students'

motivation,

through

support

for student  autonomy,

competency,

social

relatedness,

interest,

and

feeling

of

relevance

of

science

studies.

In

the

interdisciplinary

perspective,

the

classroom

instruction

will

also

include

material

for

developing

student

awareness

of

the

nature

of

careers in  Science,

Technology,

Engineering

and

Mathematics

(STEM).

   Contents of training package 6.11:

The

package

will

consist

of

5

modules.

Each

module

will

contain

some

video clips  captured from real classroom situations (subtitled in English) and guiding themes for discussion in a teacher training session which carried out face-to face or in a virtual space. There is an introduction and background information as well as examples of  relevant learning activities in each module. Finally each module has some tasks for teachers. These modules will be evaluated in real classroom situations. The modules of the professional development package for science teachers are designed as  follows: Module 1. Learning science through reading and writing activities Module 2. Narratives in science  Module 3. Use of graphical network presentations (GNP) in science learning Module 4. Science inquiry activities Module 5. Industry site visit as an out-of-school activity  The development of the professional development package for science teachers will start in M2. First version of the package will be available by M8. The package will be published on the S-TEAM website, and the embedded video clips will be installed in  a streaming server. (Product 6.11)