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Permanent European resource centre for informal learning

Objective

PENCIL combines field programmes and academic research with the aim of identifying the keys of success that transform informal science activities into innovative quality tools for science teaching. 14 science centres/museums will create mini-networks invol ving schools, pupils, teachers associations, research laboratories, educational authorities, education and science communication specialists to run "pilot projects" on new ways to conduct science teaching. In parallel, an academic "Resource Centre" is crea ted that will provide the state of the art in education research, science communication, formal/informal learning and best practices. The resource centre, based on the collaboration of two universities and two Ministries of Education, will assess and monit or the pilot projects in order to generalise the outcomes, and identify the criteria of innovation and quality that should become the standards for setting up future science teaching efforts. A web based "science education portal" will use the most advance d communication technology to manage the project, set up the exchanges between partners and enable continuous monitoring and demonstration of the projects toward the science teacher's community. The resource centre will conduct a motivation study amongst t he youngsters participating in "PENCIL" to identify the elements that make the change in their attitude towards science thanks to the project. At the end of the process, the hundreds of teachers involved will be brought together into a new "Science Teacher s Network" that will validate the outcomes and the identified criteria. This network will become the core users of the "European Science Education Portal" (ESEP) an improved web tool that should become the reference for innovative science teaching, includi ng new created teacher's training tools. ECSITE and EUN will guarantee a large use of "ESEP"# t'

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FP6-2003-SCIENCEANDSOCIETY-5
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Coordinator

ASSOCIATION EUROPÉENNE DES EXPOSITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES, INDUSTRIELLES ET TECHNIQUES
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