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Science Pedagogy Innovation Centre for Europe<br />
Comenius Multilateral Project<br />
Institutions involved:<br />
Thematic Field: Maths, Science and Technology<br />
Direcção Geral de Inovação e Desenvolvimento Curricular (Portugal), Dum<br />
Zahranicnich Sluzeb MSMT (Czech Republic).<br />
Coordinating institution:<br />
European Schoolnet (Belgium)<br />
Key words: Teacher education<br />
Description:<br />
The project was targeted at secondary school students and teachers and established a<br />
Science Pedagogy Innovation Centre for Europe (SPICE). The main objective was to<br />
collect, analyse, spread innovative pedagogical practice, especially those which<br />
enhance pupils' motivation for science studies.<br />
The SPICE project is a continuation of cooperation started under the project INSPIRES<br />
(Innovative Science Pedagogy in Research and Education). The SPICE project involves<br />
teachers and experts from 16 participating countries. In each country one maths<br />
and/or science teacher has been selected to be part of the SPICE teacher panel,<br />
which, along with a science expert panel, has helped the SPICE partners in defining 24<br />
good practices, so that they could be transposed and tried out in schools in other<br />
countries. Each selected good practice was tested in more than one country.<br />
The project is a successful example of how teachers from across Europe can work and<br />
learn from each other. The positive feedback received proves the need for<br />
collaborative projects that allow teachers to exchange good practices and are an<br />
important opportunity for professional development, encouraging teachers to reflect<br />
on their own practice. The importance of assessment methods in IBSME should be<br />
stressed and more collaborative efforts are needed. The partners and teachers that<br />
participated in the project will furthermore continue to disseminate the results of the<br />
project via conferences, presentations, teacher training, etc.<br />
Duration:<br />
2009 – 2011<br />
Webpage:<br />
http://spice.eun.org/web/spice<br />
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/llp/projects/public_parts/documents/comenius/com_mp_50<br />
2244_spice.pdf<br />
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