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International science education projects
Alexa Joyce
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Support schools in bringing about the best use
of technology in learning
Promote the Europeandimension in schools
and education
Improve and raise the quality of education
in Europe
Network of 31 Ministriesof Education in Europe
What is European Schoolnet?
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Situation of MST in Education
3 MainIssues
Attractiveness in Europefor MST studies
Image of science(difficult, few
interesting careers)
New pedagogicalapproaches
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MST portal
MST Activities
Schoolpartnerships
Learning Resources
Campaigns
Xplora: European gateway to science education
eTwinning: More than 280 MST school partnerships + community of practice
Access to digital resources in MST + other topics
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Research
Promotionof ICT skills
Genderissue
EYE: environmental educationMST in Games in Schools
Insafe – network of awareness nodeseSkills – ICT career portal
ICT and gender: white paperImagine Cup cooperation w/ MicrosoftWomen’s Forum debate + survey
MST Activities
Main goal: improve motivation, raise awareness
and interest in sci-tech studies and careers
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MST Activities
Some examples of our results…
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• For students aged 10-20 years old– To raise awareness of chemistry, materials science and
petrochemistry– To offer easy lab experiment activities for schools– To raise interest in science as a career and help
teachers make science lessons more fun
Xperimania 2007/08: 1000 participants from 18
European countries
Project with Associationof Petrochemicals
Producers in Europe(part of CEFIC)
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http://xperimania.net
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Activities:Lab investigations on properties of materials
Chats:Expert Q&A on petrochemistryin 4 languages
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MST Activities
Sci-tech / ICT studies and careers options…
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MST Activities
One of the top eTwinning science projects…
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MST ActivitiesTesting properties of materials on the eTwinning camp
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Newest project – on nanotech! Want to join?
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Visit www.xplora.org to stay up to date on all our maths,
science and technology education projects!