SCIENTIX- the community for science

education in Europe

Cornelia MelcuȘcoala Gimnazială Nr. 9 NICOLAE

ORGHIDAN Brașov

Scientix (www.scientix.eu)

The community for science education in Europe is funded under the European Union's Seventh Framework Framework for Research and Development. Scientix collects and promotes best practices in science teaching and learning in Europe, and organises trainings and workshops for STEM

Educational impact

Educational portals such as Scientix, eTwinning, inGenious, GoLab, etc. are tailored to the needs of young people as a blended learning method which links VET and general secondary education. All of these can help reduce ESL.

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- Teaching resources, learning resources exchange, training courses and reports related to STEM education. - News and Events related to STEM Scientix Live - Here you will find information about face to face activities organized by Scientix (e.g. workshops in European Schoolnet’s Future Classroom Lab or at other venues) and Scientix contributions to conferences, workshops and other events.- Projects (based on Science education)- Community- Here you will find about networking projects, online meeting room, discussion forum, community of practice and Scientix

Conclusions

Change needs to occur at grassroots; so schools must be a primary focus of new programmes to enhance curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in the field of STEM.

To conclude, there are plenty of opportunities in Europe- e.g. Scientix- which are perfect starting points for tackling the problem of STEM education in a more systemic and efficient way

REFERENCES

Premysl Velek, Victor J. Perez Rubio ( 2013), Sharing Open Educational Resources in Multilanguage Repositories - the Learning Resource Exchange and Scientix Learning Cultures in Online Education, European Schoolnet, Rue de Trèves, 61, B – 1040 Brussels, Belgium,

http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?pg=key

http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/education_training_youth/vocational_training/ef0018_en.htm

http://www.scientix.eu/web/guest/about