Objective The key concept of this project is inquiry-based teaching of secondary school science. Research and development done in Europe in the area of inquiry-based science teaching (IBST) is abundant, however, the knowledge is spread and indistinct, and thereby not utilised to its full potential by teachers and educators throughout Europe. The project aims to gather, exchange, develop and disseminate ideas of good practices in IBST. The overall aim of Mind the Gap is to stimulate a more engaging and interesting science teaching based on principles of IBST so that more young people in general, and girls in particular, wish to pursue educations and careers in science and technology. We argue that if the science teaching shall succeed in meeting young people in their interests and concerns, we will need to examine and connect • The gap between theory and practice in inquiry based science • The gap between teaching and learning • The gap between research, policy and practice • The gap between educational policies and in-service training • The gap between instructional designs and preferable tools • The gap between cognitive demands and available tools • The gap between the culture of science and marginalized groups (including girls) The Mind the Gap project and network will focus on such gaps and aim to bridge them across different European contexts (Norway, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, United Kingdom, Spain, and France). The project design involves six work packages (WPs), including one management WP, each lead from different Europeans countries with relevant expertise. One of the WPs provides an overall background for IBST, three WPs go more in-depth into three specific themes (scientific literacy, ICT, and communication and argumentation). And the last WP will try out models for disseminating knowledge and ideas for best practice of IBST through teacher professional development (including SINUS) in different countries and contexts. Fields of science social scienceseducational sciencesdidacticssocial scienceseducational sciencespedagogyinquiry based learning Keywords European educational contexts best practices gender inquiry-based teaching secondary school science Programme(s) FP7-SIS - Specific Programme "Capacities": Science in society Topic(s) SiS.2007-2.2.1.2 - Teaching methods SiS-2007-2.2.1.1 - Links between science education and research Call for proposal FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2007-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions Coordinator UNIVERSITETET I OSLO EU contribution € 269 452,00 Address PROBLEMVEIEN 5-7 0313 Oslo Norway See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Oslo Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Anne Turid Hågå (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS France EU contribution € 53 885,00 Address RUE MICHEL ANGE 3 75794 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Anne-Marie Helle (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark EU contribution € 114 712,00 Address NORREGADE 10 1165 Kobenhavn See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ivan Kristoffersen (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL United Kingdom EU contribution € 80 684,00 Address BEACON HOUSE QUEENS ROAD BS8 1QU Bristol See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bristol, City of Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Vince Boyle (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE RENNES II France EU contribution € 56 068,00 Address PLACE DU RECTEUR HENRI LE MOAL 35043 Rennes Cedex See on map Region Bretagne Bretagne Ille-et-Vilaine Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sylvain Laubé (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR DIE PADAGOGIKDER NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN UND MATHEMATIK AN DER UNIVERSITAT KIEL Germany EU contribution € 60 217,00 Address Olshausenstrasse 62 24118 Kiel See on map Region Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Manfred Prenzel (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KUTATO TANAROK ORSZAGOS SZOVETSEGE Hungary EU contribution € 49 006,00 Address DOHANY UTCA 10-14 1074 BUDAPEST See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Istvan Lagzi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Spain EU contribution € 54 583,00 Address COLEXIO DE SAN XEROME PRAZA DO OBRADOIRO S/N 15782 Santiago De Compostela See on map Region Noroeste Galicia A Coruña Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Martín Cacheiro Martínez (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITÄT JENA Germany EU contribution € 41 669,00 Address FÜRSTENGRABEN 1 07743 JENA See on map Region Thüringen Thüringen Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tina Seidel (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data