Inspiring Science Education

This deliverable corresponds to the general objective of Work Package 2 to guarantee coherence and integration of all project components in order to provide a system view of the project. It includes a detailed analysis of the state-of-the-art of technology enhanced science education in schools, an exploration of learning innovation in Europe over the past decade and a description of an optimization/integration approach which aims to guarantee all possible synergies among WP activities of the project and related projects/networks/resources that might help maximize the project impact.

The Deliverable 2.3 'Stakeholders' Validated Project Implementation Plan and Report 2' is intended to serve both as a reflective progress report and as a formative instrument of a holistic approach to the implementation of the project. It is consolidating the current understanding, established through partners' dialogue and stakeholders in early phases of consultation, of how the ISE project will meet its demanding objectives of contribute to a successful systemic innovation in European school education. It is introducing, on a more operational level, the foreseen inter-Work Package activities, centred on the role of the National Coordinators that are intended to guarantee coherence and to maximise project impact in the national education systems, well beyond the life-cycle of the project. It is further foreseen that an updated (revisited and where necessary revised) version of the validated Project Implementation Plan will be delivered by the end of this task (M24).

This deliverable document is the outcome of task 3.3. It presents the functions that tools can support within inquiry-based teaching and learning scenarios.

This deliverable provides all background information about the ISE Demonstrators: What is a Demonstrator? Why do we need Demonstrators? What characterises a Demonstrator? Furthermore we describe the development of the template for the collection of the Demonstrators. In the third part of this document Demonstrators are categorized according to the Big Ideas of Science, the addressed age group and the used eLearning element. For a better usability of the document the 50 collected Demonstrators of the first project's year are located in annex 2.

This deliverable provides information about progress in WP3. It focuses on the adaption of paper-and-pencil Demonstrators from the first project year to a digital learning environment and quality characteristics of the recently digital Demonstrators. Following these criteria Demonstrators are: clear (for teachers and students on what they have to do) and simple (to use, adopt, change, flexible), inspiring and motivating, relevant to students (real world problems) and teachers (syllabus connection), working (complete, all links and material available), Inquiry based, containing online tools and resources and follow at least one Big Idea of Science. In this deliverable it is explained how these characteristics can be implemented and verified. Furthermore, we give an overview over collected Demonstrators in the 2nd project year and show some example Demonstrators. In the annex you can find guidelines about designing new digital scenarios/Demonstrators and more detailed guidelines for review of Demonstrators for quality assurance.

Deployment of Initial Inspiring Science Education System

This deliverable reports on the work done in WP5 with respect to the development and deployment of the final version of the Inspiring Science Education (ISE) System following the feedback received from the usage of the ISE System during Phase B of the ISE Project's pilots. Phase B of ISE project pilots started on November 2014 and it ended on August 2015. To this end, this deliverable deals with (a) the additional technical development of different components of the ISE System based on the feedback received from ISE Pilot users, namely teachers and students, (b) a study that was conducted to received feedback about the usability of the different components of the ISE System and (c) summative data (until the end of M36) about the usage of the different components of the ISE System, so as to provide evidence about the large scale capacity of the ISE System.

This Deliverable 6.2.2 presents the integrated view of the work undertaken within Tasks 6.1 on Participatory Engagement Activities, 6.2 on Pilot Schools Clustering and Networking and 6.3 on Teachers Community Support between 2014 and 2016. It centres on the progress of the participating ISE Communities of schools and teachers that have been supported throughout the second and third year of the project. All activities were aiming at forming active networks of schools and teachers at national, European and international level, with exchanges and collaborations within those Communities of Practice and Learning. Moreover, the Deliverable summarises the results of an integrated set of Participatory Engagement Activities ranging from Practice Reflection Workshops (PRWs), Summative Workshops (SWs) and Large Scale Online Surveys.

This deliverable gives detailed information about the evaluation instruments used and strategies as well as an overview about first results. It describes the theoretical background of fostering and measuring problem solving skills within the ISE approach and displays possibilities and limitations for conclusions. Finally, first elements of the validation strategy are carried out and described in detail.

According to the Description of Work (DoW), the Task T9.7 "will develop the roadmap towards the Inspiring Science Education Federation. According to the consortium approach the proposed process will be integrated in the evolution of the EPS European Science Education Academy, that could provide not only a standardized framework for teachers professional development but also a series of recommendations on how the consortium re-imagine the science education and the role of eLearning tools and resources in developing this vision.' This deliverable presents the alternatives, discussions and decisions in relation to the ISE Federation and sustainability beyond the ISE project lifetime.