Going back to school after several months of lockdown highlighted the need for us teachers to reflect on the ways we teach and interact with our students. For this reason, a team of Italian Scientix Ambassadors organized an online event to exchange ideas and discuss with experts. During the...
The virus caught us by surprise. It got into our lives suddenly. It was far away, and it did not seem like a threat. But it spread very fast and became a threat to us all. The classes were full, the projects underway, illusions on, students motivated, science through...
Image: shutterstock_75642172 Dr Lianne Hoogeveen, developmental psychologist and director of the Radboud Center for the Study of Giftedness (CBO) of the Radboud University in the Netherlands, presented on the 3rd of July 2017 the latest research developments in gifted education, including that by ECHA (European Council for High Ability) to more...
Image: shutterstock_270465959 I was quite sure, from the very beginning on, that being part of the Scientix project would give me new challenging opportunities for my job and for my life. Yet, I did not expect it would be so incredibly real so quickly… here is the whole story. As...
Image: Tiina Kähära The year after Kodukup my four pupils, age 13, participated in Code Camp for girls that took place in Helsinki in October 2015. The camp was organized by Frantic, a digital agency providing high technology services. Week long day camp was all about learning the basics...
Image: Shutterstock/Viktoria-Kazakova The school year is here again and I would like to introduce everybody who will read this blog to the outstanding tradition of Latvian teachers – to learn from each other. Hopefully this experience will be, at least, interesting or maybe even useful for colleagues in other...
Image: Shutterstock/Monkey Business Images I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country that has recently been hit by war. This war, despite the huge casualties on all sides, caused divisions that are still visible. They are based on religious and ethnic grounds. This is mostly noticeable in the education system...
Image: Shutterstock/Rawpixel In the UK we have four different education systems thanks to the UK being made up of four different nations. In Scotland we have always had an education system different to that of the rest of the UK. For example, our school leaving examinations, “Highers”, were first...
Teacher training in STEM education works. I have seen it in numerous workshops and I know it is a well-developed expertise of European Schoolnet. I know workshops organized by Scientix, Pathway, eTwinning, inGenious, S-TEAM, SAILS, Open Discover Space, Inspiring Science Education, Quantum Spin-Off, and numerous other projects are well...
Throughout the first half of September, the Scientix team organized two kick-off meetings to welcome the new (and renewed) Scientix Ambassadors and Deputy Ambassadors who form the Scientix teachers panel and who were about to start the Scientix second cycle of activities. From the 5th to the 7th of...