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Fibonacci_Nantes

2010 - 2011

State schools: in disadvantaged areas

20 teachers from primary schools + 3 teachers from middle schools

Private schools (Catholic) :

9 teachers from primary schools + 6 teachers from middle school

38 teachers in Nantes City

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2010 – 2011

AIMS

• Spreading out good practices in inquiry based education in science and technology :

- using « hands on » experience:

Inquiry, active learning, notebook …

- developping coordinated cross-disciplinary teaching at middle school

• Support of teachers to develop their skills and get confidence in inquiry based education :

- Training and educational support

- support in class

- material and logistics backing

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Partners involved in the coordination group come from differents institutions

- Department of education = 1 ressource teacher

- Diocese direction = 1 official representative

- City Hall of Nantes = sciences centre « SEQUOIA »

- Ecole des Mines of Nantes = four part times scientists

2010 – 2011

COORDINATION GROUP (1/2)

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• Educational :

* Teachers training

- Department of education + diocese direction

- coordinators for disavantadges area

- Ecole des mines

- to be done : secondary school teachers training

* Support in class by the coordination group

* 1 Ecole des Mines continuous contact for each school

2010 – 2011

MEANS : A SUPPORT NETWORK TO TEACHERS TO GET CONFIDENCE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY

IN INQUIRY BASED EDUCATION (1/3)

(in progress)