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SMEC
is a
European Cooperation
project, funded
by the Socrates
programme of the
European Union,
carried out by
a group institutions
in Italy,
Belgium, France,
Germany, Hungary
and Spain.
The project is
funded for three
years, from October
2001 to October
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project
partners |
Aims
and objectives
of the project
The
main aim of the
project
is to encourage
the use of the
museum as educational
resource for the
teaching and learning
of science in
primary schools,
and to contribute
to the training
of teachers for
the development
of competence
and expertise
in using museums.
In particular,
the project aims
to:
a.
encourage collaboration
between educational
institutions and
museums for improving
training practice
and raising the
quality of school
teaching and learning;
b.
develop
pedagogical methodologies
and resourses
for producing,
acquiring and
applying knowledge
in science, to
be used individually
or jointly by
schools, training
institutions and
museums;
c.
offer support
to the teacher
in terms of his/her
professional development
and delivery of
the subject in
a competent and
confident way
that can also
encourage the
creative development
of the pupils;
d. improve
museum provisions
in order to make
museums more effective
training and teaching
resources;
e. develop
a European dimension
through sustained,
long-term collaboration
between trainers,
teachers and museum
educators across
countries;
f. contribute
to raising teachers’
and pupils’
awareness of the
shared European
scientific heritage;
g.
through
various
activities
and dissemination
of educational
material
encourage
communication
and collaboration,
as well
as reflection
and debate
in the fields
of science
education,
teacher
training
and museum
education.
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and courses
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Target
groups
The target
groups are primary
school teachers,
head teachers,
advisory teachers,
teacher trainers
and museum educators.
The project aspires
to reach not only
members of the
partner institutions,
but more widely
educational staff
in schools, training
institutions and
museums in different
countries, mainly
through the production
of educational
materials in several
languages and
by utilising the
web as a communication
and distance learning
tool.
Envisaged outputs
The
envisaged
outputs
of the project
are mainly
publications
and training
courses
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a.
An introductory
book, joint
publication
of the partner
institutions
presenting
methodological
and pedagogical
approaches
to in-service
training
in the sciences
should come
out by the
end of 2002.
It is intended
for use
by teacher
trainers
and museums
that want
to work
with teachers
and by any
other type
of educators
and institutions
involved
in the field.
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and courses
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b.
Educational
material for
use by teachers
and museum educators
in the context
of educational
projects devised
for use of science
and natural
history museums
will be developed
and published
in 2003.
c. A
European in-service
training course
is to take place,
starting in
2004, and will
be open to teachers
and museum educators
from all over
Europe. We aim
to offer more
than one edition
of the same
course, starting
from one in
Italy.
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