The S-TEAM Project Science-Teacher Education Advanced Methods

1. The S-TEAM ProjectScience-Teacher Education Advanced Methods Geir Karlsen & Peter Gray Presentation for: DG EAC & MST Cluster S-TEAM

2. Four themes • An overview of S-TEAM • The S-TEAM deliverables • Issues from the FP7 process • A long view of science and teacher education research in Europe S-TEAM

3. What is S-TEAM? • 100 people/25 institutions/15 countries • Involved in science teacher education • Potentially 480,000 science teachers • Providing a tool kit for science teacher education S-TEAM

4. NORWAY DK GERMANY SWEDEN SCOTLAND FINLAND ENGLAND ESTONIA FRANCE LITHUANIA SPAIN CZECH TURKEY CYPRUS ISRAEL S-TEAM

5. Institutions • IPN • Strathclyde • NTNU • UPMF S-TEAM

6. The S-TEAM story • Original Idea - improve teacher education in Europe • SiS 2008, action 2.2.1.1 : widest possible dissemination of inquiry based methods in science teaching (IBST) • AHA!: improve teacher education and science education at the same time! S-TEAM

7. The Number is three… • Three vital key-words: Partnership, Life-Long-Learning, Repertoire of Actions • Three levels: Policy-level, action level, teacher education and professional development level • Three phases: Gathering, production, dissemination S-TEAM <Presentation title>. <Presenter>. <Date>

8. Why S-TEAM? • Comprehensive geographical and technical coverage relative to Call • Multiplier effects through teacher education and range of training packages • Critically listening to the Call S-TEAM

9. The consortium • Building on Mind the Gap • Adding SINUS • Gaining critical mass • An open door? • Many ideas, one proposal S-TEAM

10. S-TEAM Aims • Improve scientific literacy and.. • Increase popularity of MST careers • Through.... • Better student engagement • Through... • Better teaching S-TEAM

11. S-TEAM Objectives All science teacher educators in the participating institutions, and all science teacher education departments in participating countries, will be informed about S-TEAM (achieved by M18) All new science teachers graduating from participating institutions in the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years will have been told about S-TEAM and will be able to access information on IBST from either the project itself or the European Central Information Provider (ECIP) (achieved by M30) At least 50% of science teachers in the participating countries will have heard about S-TEAM and will be avble to access relevant material (achieved by M30) S-TEAM

12. Success criteria for S-TEAM • Crossing boundaries between science education and teacher education • Moving from information to learning • Taking account of national contexts and agendas through National Liaison Partners • Creating a European pedagogical field in (science) education S-TEAM

13. Working principles • Regular communication • Strong central team (4-6 persons) • Competent WP leaders (x 10) • Listening to partners • Diversity: more than one way... S-TEAM

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15. Work Packages • Management • Policy overview of the interaction between science and teacher education in Europe • Powerful learning environments: disseminating the successful SINUS programme • Teacher collaboration in changing science education. • Innovative methods in initial teacher education for science teaching. • Professional development for science teaching S-TEAM

16. Work Packages, ctd. • Argumentation in science teaching; structures underpinning talk about science in the classroom • Scientific Literacies: engaging with the discourses of science • Indicators - measuring our results • Media and dissemination: making sure our results are widely known S-TEAM

17. Delivery • Multiplicity: Wide range of support materials for teacher education in science • Diversity: Comprehensive overview of policy regarding IBST and other science teaching innovations in national contexts • Amplification: enabling teachers’ voices to reach European policy arenas S-TEAM

18. What are the Deliverables? • National Workshops (15 +) • Conferences (2) • Reports (14) • Training packages (43) • Books (2) • DVDs(2)... S-TEAM

19. More deliverables: • Workbooks for teachers • Guidelines for teacher educators • TV documentary on IBST • Website and digital repository • Indicators, Instruments and data • Conference presentations/papers S-TEAM

20. Science education in S-TEAM (1) • Scientific literacy: • Argumentation • Nature of Science • Sustainable development • Use of art, drama, design & technology in science education S-TEAM

21. science education in S-TEAM (2) • Teaching & pedagogy: • Teacher collaboration • Cross-curricular work • Subject differences • Dialogic teaching • Multi-lingual contexts S-TEAM

22. science education in S-TEAM (3) • School-University collaboration • Parents and IBST • Student motivation in science • Use of computer-based animations • Teachers and Social networking S-TEAM

23. An example • Work (sub)package 6g: the use of open investigations and Vee-heuristics within science education (Abo Akademi University, Finland) • Deliverable 6.10 - a training package with supporting book chapter in 6.15 S-TEAM

24. Contents of training package 6.10: (1) 1.What is a V diagram?/What are Vee-heuristics? a.Theoretical background: PowerPoint presentation. b.How can Vee-heuristics be used in the classroom? Description of practical teaching examples. 2.What is an open investigation?. Text. Examples. 3.How can open investigations and Vee-heuristics be used in the classroom? S-TEAM

25. Contents of training package (2) Approx. 20-minute DVD and/or protected web material showing classroom work (in Swedish, with English subtitles). 4.How can open investigations and Vee-heuristics be used in the classroom? Text. 5.Guidelines on how the learning of both content and language of students from non-mainstream backgrounds can be supported. Text on-line, including comments on recorded material, + book chapter. S-TEAM

26. The Process • Complex - need for experienced administrative and financial team • Expensive - even if successful • Need for better integration of documents • More scope for collaboration with unsuccessful applicants? S-TEAM

27. Benefits of • SiS provides challenges and opportunities for Teacher Education Research in Europe • Developing the European Pedagogical Field • Projects can provide strategic leadership across national contexts • Legitimacy - internal and external S-TEAM

28. The Pedagogical field and European Science Education • The pedagogy of science education in any national context is determined by • Curriculum design • Assessment frameworks • Teacher knowledge base • Teacher education • Research influence and dissemination • Resources • Prevailing social policies and attitudes S-TEAM

29. S-TEAM and the European Pedagogical Field • In order for there to be change at a European level, S-TEAM has to become part of the pedagogical field in a large group of countries. Teacher education is the best way into the field, as a catalyst for sustainable change. S-TEAM

30. The European field • Joining up the isolated players • Supporting FP7 and the DGs • Jumping into the unknown - expected results, unexpected reactions S-TEAM

31. The future • Building research and support capacity • Synergy as a result of coordination • Moving towards common teacher education frameworks? • Democratic research & support - moving development upstream S-TEAM

32. Start up meeting • 7/9 May 2009, Trondheim S-TEAM

33. Thank you for listening! Geir.karlsen@plu.ntnu.no graypb@gmail.com S-TEAM