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During the weekend of 15 and 16 March 2019, the Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico de Santarém (Portugal) organized a conference about innovation in teaching of Mathematics and Sciences. More than 150 attendees took part in a very varied programme of keynotes and discussions, as well as engaging hands-on sessions. The conference promotes the ideas of active and project based learning.
In order to provide better frameworks of support for teachers to mainstream the impact of Teacher Academy (TA) courses, a newly established study group will carry out school-based case studies during 2019.
European Schoolnet is looking for teachers (teaching either in secondary or primary education) covering a range of disciplines and curriculum topics to join the Europeana Education User Group (January 2019 – August 2020).
Microsoft opens its door to innovation by creating the #MicrosoftEDULab, the second innovative lab in Madrid after the creation of the Aula del Futuro of INTEF, in December 2017.
Since August, European Schoolnet has been supporting EU Code Week, a run by volunteers grassroots initiative that invites everyone to try coding with or without electronic equipment. The idea is to make programming more visible, to show young, adults and elderly how to bring ideas to life with code, to demystify these skills and bring motivated people together to learn.
One of the main challenges of educators is to plan lessons that stimulate a classroom by putting students at the center of the learning process and by actively involving them. What are the key action verbs to be considered to this end and how can the environment encourage active learning?
Student Talent Bank (ST Bank) is a project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme and aimed at offering relevant high skills and competences about entrepreneurial education to teachers to foster their professional development to manage diversity, early school leaving and increase school engagement.
European Schoolnet is looking for 130 teachers* from Croatia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Turkey (teaching either in secondary or primary education) covering a range of disciplines and curriculum topics to join the Europeana Education User Group (January 2019 – August 2020).
European Schoolnet is looking for 130 teachers* from Croatia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Turkey (teaching either in secondary or primary education) covering a range of disciplines and curriculum topics to join the Europeana Education User Group (January 2019 – August 2020).
Programming and computational thinking skills are already ever more important in our society and working life. Learning to code develops various skills such as problem-solving, logical reasoning and creativity, and can help student motivation in mathematics theory as it encourages them to apply their knowledge. Schools are key players in introducing programming to students in an engaging way, and help defuse negative stereotypes around computer science.