Gustavo Avitable, Naples, IT; Tony
Ashmore, RSC, UK;
Marcus Bäumer, Bremen, DE; Kurt
Begitt, GDCh, DE; Peter E.
Childs, Limerick, IR; Michele
A. Floriano, Palermo, IT;
Johannes Froehlich,
Vienna, AT; Alan
Jones, Northumbria, UK; Malgorzata Krzeczkowska, Krakow, PL;
Iwona Maciejowska, Krackow, PL; Kalina
Mutafchieva, Sofia, BG; Anda
Priksane, Riga, LT; Josep
Ricart, Taragona, ES;
Alexander Zahriev, Sofia, BG.
Aim of the group / Rationale:
The 'Links with schools'-group will survey what is currently done in
each of the partner countries, analyze the impact of these activities,
and hence create a collection of examples of good practice. The group
will also collect materials used in links with schools and make these
available (subject to any copyright restrictions) on the ECTN Image of
Chemistry website. The survey will consider questions such as: Are the
links initiated by schools or universities? Do university staff visit
local schools, and if so at what level and for what activities? Is the
chemical industry involved in visits to schools and do they provide
materials? Can these materials be made readily available? Do
universities target school teachers rather than students? At what level
should the target be - primary or secondary? Can we evaluate the impact
of these activities? Are there examples of anti-chemistry material that
we can identify and counteract by providing competing material? A
second-year activity of this group would be to provide assistance for
the translation of materials (we would emphasize that the primary role
of the ECTN is not to translate materials, but it does have a role in
providing assistance in translating, for example in providing suitable
contacts).
Period of activity:
2004-2006
Meetings:
28 February 2004, Dortmund, DE ; 25 April 2004, Toulouse, FR ; 5 May
2005, Thessaloniki, GR ; 21 April 2006, Vienna, AT.
Reports
1)
Ingo Eilks with Anthony Ashmore, Gustavo Avitabile,
David Barr, Kurt Begitt, Peter E. Childs, Marc Devisscher, Michele A.
Floriano, Johannes Fröhlich, Alan M. Jones, Malgorzata Krzeczkowska,
John Leach, Kalina Mutafchieva, Anda Priksane, Jozep M. Ricart,
Jean-Louis Rivail, Doris Soevegjarto-Wigbers, Alexander Zahariev:
Links
with Schools - A position paper.
European
Chemistry Thematic Network Newsletter
Vol. 5(5), December 2004 (view)
Links with Schools - Paper/ PDF 61 Kb
8)
Ingo Eilks with Jan Apotheker, Loukia
Anastasiadou, Tony Ashmore, Gustavo Avitabile, Ludo Brandt, Peter E.
Childs, Hana Ctrnactova, Rita Dambrauskiene, Ivan Dukov, Peter Labudde,
Iwona Maciejowka, Silvija Markic, Istvan Matrai, Hanne Moeller-Anderson,
Pernilla Nilson, Anda Priksane, Miia Ranikmae, Jozep M. Ricart, Helga
Voglhuber:
Links with Schools: Chemistry (science) teaching and chemistry
(science) teacher education in Europe – An ECTN survey. European Chemistry Thematic Network
Newsletter, Vol. 7(2), April 2006 (view)
Links with Schools -_Scientific Teaching and Scientific Teacher Education
in Europe - An ECTN Survey
/ PDF 214 Kb
