Reach Out Toolkit – a guideline on how to reach your STEM education stakeholders efficiently
The DESIRE project (Disseminating Educational Science, Innovation and Research in Europe) was set up to formulate recommendations to make STEM educational research more accessible to its target audience, mainly teachers. From 2011 to 2013, a range of STEM professionals were consulted to identify the main challenges they face in accessing new ideas from STEM educational research, and the best ways to make research available to help develop innovative teaching. The Reach Out Toolkit is based on two years research carried out by the DESIRE partners: European Schoolnet together with, INDIRE (Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione per l'Innovazione e la Ricerca Educativa), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Dansk Naturvidenskabsformidling and Ecsite (The European Network of Science Centres and Museums). The project has been funded under the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme (DG Education and Culture). The Reach Out Toolkit is intended to project managers and project coordinators running initiatives to improve learning and teaching of STEM in formal education (schools) and informal education (science centres, museums, fairs, events). It gives information on how to plan and implement dissemination and exploitation strategies. The Toolkit also provide recommendations on how to make a difference by adapting its behaviors when communicating and looking for results from STEM education projects. The recommendations included in the Toolkit are based on the results of a survey and several discussion events run with the main STEM education stakeholders: Project managers, policy-makers, teachers, science event’s organisers and professionals from science museums. The DESIRE project will reach its end on the 30 November 2013. During the month of November DESIRE is organising Discussion Events for its stakeholders. The events give participants the opportunity to express their opinion on the Reach Out Toolkit findings and recommendations. You can find out more about the events on the DESRE website. Useful links: DESIRE’s website http://www.desire.eun.org/welcome(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) DESIRE Reach Out Toolkit http://bit.ly/1cP4NJ7(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) “Science teachers: using education research to make a difference”, article in the Science in School Magazine. http://www.scienceinschool.org/2013/issue27/desire(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) --- About European Schoolnet You can find out how in the article “Science teachers: using education research to make a difference”. Read the full article in the Science in School Magazine. European Schoolnet is the network of 30 European Ministries of Education, based in Brussels. As a not-for-profit organisation, we aim to bring innovation in teaching and learning to our key stakeholders: Ministries of Education, schools, teachers, researchers, and industry partners. www.europeanschoolnet.org. Follow us on Twitter @eu_schoolnet and on Facebook european.schoolnet About Ecsite Ecsite is the European network of science centres and museums, linking science communication professionals in more than 400 institutions in 50 countries. Founded 20 years ago, Ecsite connects member institutions through projects and activities and facilitates the exchange of ideas and best practice on current issues. To find out more about Ecsite please go to http://www.ecsite.eu/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) About INDIRE INDIRE is the National Institute of Documentation for Educational Innovation and Research. It is the oldest research institute of the Ministry of Education in Italy and has the aim of improving the Italian school system by managing teacher training initiatives, by supporting innovation through the use of ICT and by carrying out research projects on school change factors. To find out more about INDIRE please go to http://www.indire.it(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) About Danish Science Factory Danish Science Factory is an independent, non-profit project organisation that works to create engaging science experiences for the next generation. To find out more about Danish Science Factory please go to http://danishsciencefactory.dk/(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie) About Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona The Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) was founded in the 1968 and is one of the more prestigious universities in Spain, ranking among the top 5 Spanish universities. The UAB Centre for Research in Science and Mathematics Education (CRECIM) is devoted to research on Mathematics, Science and Technology (MST) education for all educational levels, including teacher training. It was created by a national excellence research group with a focus on teaching and learning science with the use of ICTs. To find out more about CRECIM please go: http://www.crecim.cat/portal/index.php/en(odnośnik otworzy się w nowym oknie)
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