Posts Tagged ‘Education’

The development of critical thinking in teaching the subject of social studies using collaborative methods

Critical thinking can be defined as: (1) a cognitive process that is formed by analysing, comparing and evaluating information obtained as a result of experience, as well as through observations and verbal communication; (2) a kind of combination of logical and creative thinking; (3) mental functions that are performed...

Teaching Science, Technology and Mathematics in the Developing Society

CC-BY, Adobe Stock We live in a time where technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and the innovations and developments that come with it are pretty impressive. After reading this, you might find yourself looking at things in a different way. Teachers are helping to build a future...

Learning to teach science when science matters: teacher training in the age of citizen participation

CC-BY, provided by author Abstract We live in a world marked by climate crisis and scientific misinformation. In this context, the educational challenge lies in training future teachers capable of delivering meaningful science education. This document explores how citizen science, integrated into initial teacher training for primary education, transcends...

In Pursuit of the Future in Nature for a Sustainable World

CC-BY, provided by author In Pursuit of the Future in Nature for a Sustainable World   The rapid depletion of natural resources, environmental pollution, the increasing scarcity of energy resources, inadequacies in waste management, and climate change are among the most important problems facing the world. Developing awareness of...

When Technology Meets Nature: Growing Smart Green Spaces at School

CC-BY, provided by the author   When Technology Meets Nature: Growing Smart Green Spaces at School What happens when students step outside the classroom and begin learning with their hands in the soil, sensors in their hands, and data on their screens? At Primary School “Strasho Pindjur” in Negotino,...

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What’s Your Moonshot? What Your Team Can Learn from Artemis II

Image Source NASA/ Public Domain: Artemis II NASA astronauts (left to right) Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen In March 2026, humans are returning to the Moon. Four astronauts will strap into the Orion spacecraft and travel farther from Earth...

Meeting STEM Experts

CC-BY, provided by the author While using STEM education, teachers implicitly aim for students to choose STEM fields in the future as well as trying to develop 21st century skills in students. One of the reasons for this aim is the idea that employment in STEM professions will increase...

STEAM and tinkering: a successful connection

CC-BY, provided by the author Some STEAM topics related to physics, for example, motion, friction, acceleration etc. and related to Genetics, for example protein and DNA structure, can be difficult to understand for 12-13 year-old students or sometimes even boring. Starting from that I decided to use a different...

You don’t have to grow up to be a scientist

CC-By provided by the author This project includes multidisciplinary STEM activities. English and Science teachers are the ones who participated in this project. My students and I integrated all the activities to the objective of English, Science and ICT curriculum. Students used English language for all the activities. We...