Form-it – Take Part in Research
There is deep concern about the quality of science teaching, the low level of scientific literacy, and the low attractiveness of careers in science and technology. A closer, authentic contact between researchers, teachers, and pupils or students can improve these areas. |
| «Form-it – Take Part in Research» provides a Specific Support Action for connecting European experts working with and on new didactic concepts for science teaching. The project assembles twelve partners from universities and research institutions, ministries, foundations, and education (research) organisations, all of them either practicing, financing or having expertise in science education using collaborative approaches. |
| In a first step, «Form-it» looked at 159 existing cooperative projects in the eight partner member states – Austria, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland (survey leader), and UK – to document the situation and variety of research and education cooperations (RECs) in Europe. A REC is a cooperation between at least one research partner (e.g., public or private science or technology research institutes, museums, individual researchers) and at least one educational partner (e.g., schools, individual teachers, pupils or students, teacher education, school authorities). |
| Further steps will be the compilation of a catalogue of good practice examples of RECs and the setting up of guidelines and policy papers to support this innovative form of science education. |
| (European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme, Project no. 042938 Nov 06 – Oct 08) |
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Leitung
Prof. Dr. Regula Kyburz - Graber (UZH) |
Mitarbeiterin
Dr. Christine Gerloff-Gasser |
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