This page describes the national workshops programme which has two purposes. Firstly, it will gather information and make contacts concerning the 'state of the art' in inquiry-based science teaching and education (IBST/E) in the 15 consortium countries. Secondly, it will present the principles, modules and techniques of the successful SINUS project in Germany.
The programme will run from September, although earlier meetings may be arranged. There will be one meeting in each partner country plus a summing-up meeting of the National Liaison Partners and others involved in the workshops. Each national meeting will be a small-group discussion to which perhaps 10-12 people will be invited, as representatives of the different stakeholder groups for science education in that country.
What sort of information do we want to collect?
Our central purpose is to find out about science education in each partner country. This breaks down into:
- Pedagogy. We have to work around the theme of inquiry based science teaching & education (IBST/E). In some countries IBST/E is a concept which is well known and widely used. In others, there may be a more traditional approach involving the learning of facts, formulae etc. without any of the characteristics of IBST/E.