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EUROPEAN
IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE FOR TEACHERS AND MUSEUM EDUCATORS
First edition of the course
8-13 november 2004
Deutsches Museum Munich, Germany
PRE-REGISTRATION
FORM
The
European In-service
training course
School and science
museum: cooperation
for improving
teaching, learning
and discover
is aimed at
primary school
teachers and
at museum educators.
The
objective of
the course
is the development
of knowledge
and competences
relative to
science education
through the
use of museums
as educational
resource. The
first edition
of the course
will take place
at Deutsches
Museum of Munich
from 8 to 13
November 2004,
while the second
edition will
take place at
the National
Natural History
Museum in Budapest
in 2005 (date
still to confirm).
The
course will
be held by a
group of experts
from Belgium,
France, Germany,
Hungary Italy
and Spain specialising
in museum education,
science education,
teacher training,
research and
evaluation,
new technologies,
etc.
The course consists
of lectures,
round tables,
museum visits,
interactive
workshops and
practical activities.
The language
of the course
will be English
but the materials
used will be
available in
different languages.
How
to participate
To the course
can participate
primary school
teachers and museum
educators who
are citizens of
the countries-participants
to the Socrates
programme.
Both teachers
and museum educators
interested have
the right to apply
for funding
of the expenses
of the course
through Comenius
o Grundtvig grants.
The course is
inserted in the
catalogue of the
Socrates Comenius/Grundtvig
training courses
for 2003-2004,
which can be found
at http://comcdb.programkontoret.se
with the title
School and
Science Museum:
A Cooperation
to improve teaching,
learning and discovery
(DE-2004-030).
The teachers and
museum educators
interested in
participating
can:
Find information
about the procedures
for applying at
the
websites of the
Socrates National
Agency
of
their own country;
Contact:
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-
the Socrates
National
Agency of
their own
country;
- Maria
Xanthoudaki,
SMEC project
coordinator,
at the National
Museum of
Science
and Technology
‘Leonardo
da Vinci’
at tel 02.48555.424
or xanthoudaki@museoscienza.it;
- Ms Traudel
Weber at
the Deutches
Museum G.Weber@deutsches-museum.de;
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The course participation fee is 600 Euros
(cancellation fee 100 Euros).
The maximum Comenius/Grundtvig grant given
by the NAs is 1500 Euros, amount that can be used for covering
the course fees, travel, accommodation and subsistence.
Deadline for applying for grants:
Comenius 2.2 grants (for school teachers): 1 March 2004
Grundtvig 3 grants (for museum educators): 31 July 2004
The National Agencies usually confirm grants to applicants
within the summer of 2004.
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