Description du projet
Apprendre les sciences en milieu extrascolaire
Les activités liées aux sciences en dehors du cadre scolaire peuvent stimuler l’intérêt pour les sciences. Mais cela est-il également suffisant pour améliorer les compétences scientifiques globales des jeunes? Le projet SURROUNDEDbySCIENCE, financé par l’UE, réunira des experts en recherche sur l’enseignement des sciences, des centres scientifiques et des éducateurs de musées, des prestataires d’activités de sensibilisation et d’apprentissage informel, de solides communautés d’utilisateurs et des décideurs politiques pour concevoir et développer une méthodologie d’évaluation systématique afin d’analyser l’impact des activités scientifiques extrascolaires. Le projet s’appuiera sur une boîte à outils numérique d’instruments de recherche innovants pour collecter des données auprès des citoyens participant à des activités liées à la science. En associant études de terrain et autres méthodes de collecte de données, SURROUNDEDbySCIENCE évaluera l’impact d’activités extrascolaires spécifiques.
Objectif
Every day, people of all ages are engaged in powerful science-related activities outside the classroom that spark interest and foster their understanding of science. However, it is not fully understood how outcomes of such activities relate to the outcomes of traditional formal science education. Surrounded by Science brings together experts in science education research, science centers and museum pedagogues, providers of outreach and informal learning activities, strong users communities, and policy makers to design and develop a systematic assessment methodology that will analyze the impact of out-of-school science activities.
The project team will conduct a series of field studies and use innovative research instruments (Digital Toolbox) to support the data collection from citizens actively participating in science related activities to assess the impact of specific out-of-school activities. The project will integrate the collected information in matrices to advise science organizations in the design of their activities. Furthermore, the project will propose an accreditation scheme for science education providers and offer guidance on their effective integration to (formal) science education policies. In total, more than 10.000 participants will become part of the assessment, either by interacting with one of the selected activities or by participation in an in-depth assessment of their science proficiency.
Surrounded by Science aims to have a long-lasting impact on the ability of science educators to design more effective, targeted, and meaningful learning activities at all levels. The Digital Toolbox is available to partners within and beyond the project, allowing them to evaluate and set up more effective activities to achieve meaningful impacts on learners? science proficiency. It seeks to enable formal science education to benefit by providing schools with recommendations on how to integrate successful activities to formal learning settings.
Champ scientifique
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Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.5. - SCIENCE WITH AND FOR SOCIETY Main Programme
Régime de financement
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
7522 NB Enschede
Pays-Bas