Overview
The ENGAGE project is part of the EU Science in society agenda to promote more Responsible Research and Innovation' (RRI). It aims to provide sustained professional development, through a online community built around the use of science-in-the-news OER curriculum materials, MOOCs for just-in-time learning, and a brokering system for creating school-scientist partnerships.
ENGAGE is about equipping the next generation to participate in scientific issues to change how science is taught. Traditionally students gain an image of science as a body of content, whereas RRI deals with uncertain areas of knowledge, where values and argument matter as much as facts. This shift is hugely challenging. High stakes education systems marginalise teaching about the nature of science. The greater challenge is to help teachers develop the beliefs, knowledge and classroom practice for RRI teaching.
ENGAGE focuses on a more inquiry-based methodology, which gives students opportunity for self-expression and responsibility for coming to informed decisions. Its approach synthesises contemporary models of professional learning and curriculum development. Going beyond training events, its three-stage path will propel teachers in their own inquiry to become expert with RRI:
- Adopt, which achieves take-up on a massive scale. We use a proven approach to provide an easy entry into inquiry-based teaching. It combines science-in-the-news contexts with strategies from informal learning to get students talking. An online community of practice supports teacher reflection, while online courses and workshops add coaching and feedback.
- Adapt, they learn an expert's toolkit of examples, explanations, anecdotes and activities to help students learn effectively.
- Transform, open-ended Projects put teachers and students into partnership with practising scientists, to learn about RRI directly.
ENGAGE CONSORTIUM brings extensive track records in Science Education, Inquiry based learning, Teacher Development and Curriculum Design. Building on best practice from previous projects, we intend to influence 12,000 science teachers from innovative schools across Europe, and extend this to pre-service teachers and their trainers.
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