We are increasingly becoming aware of environmental issues and their impact on our societies and everyday life. Teachers are trying to shape students into informed and active citizens who will work and build with nature instead of separately from it. However, the educational potential of nature-based solutions (NBS) remains largelyContinue Reading
The European Commission is calling on both teachers to enter the world of research, and on MSCA scientists to enter the world of primary and secondary education. The ‘EXPERTiment for the Classroom’ competition will give teachers and scientists a rare opportunity to team up in their subject area and co-createContinue Reading
The 4th Scientix Conference took place on 18-19 November 2022, online. Some 1,200 teachers, researchers, policymakers, STEM professionals, industry representatives and STEM project managers came together for two days full of learning, networking and sharing. The conference featured 32 parallel talks, 15 projects, 8 workshops, 2 round-tables and the exhibition of 98 posters – making it one of the major science education eventsContinue Reading
Maja Videnovik and Mirjana Jankulovska, as representatives from Dig-Ed participated at international conference, ULCA: Pathway to Excellent Schools, Knowledge-sharing & Networking in Education, that was held at the Faculty of Education, Catholic University in Ružomberok, on November 9 and 10 2022. This conference was a key event organized by a teamContinue Reading
The sixth episode of Scientix TV is out now. This month’s topic is environmental education. In this episode, you will hear from Francesc Baró, the activities coordinator for the COOLSCHOOLS project in Belgium; Tullia Urschitz, a teacher from Italy who implemented nature-based solutions in the classroom; and Deidra Parrish Williams, leader of global corporateContinue Reading
“Train the LCA Teacher-trainer” training took part from 24th to 28th of October 2022 in primary school “Straso Pindzur”, Negotino, North Macedonia. Maja Videnovik and Mirjana Jankulovska, as Dig-Ed representatives took active participation in this training. During each day original training courses led by the LCA teacher-trainers-to-be were delivered. FeedbackContinue Reading
Integrated STEM teaching is more important than ever. However, the number of tertiary students in STEM fields is falling, the STEM industry is experiencing talent shortages, and with the lack of STEM visionaries, innovation is stalling. That is why we need to start nurturing STEM experts today. To fix this,Continue Reading
Have you missed teaching STEM during the summer break? Then tune in to the fourth episode of Scientix TV! This month’s topic is how to encourage students to choose STEM subjects and careers. Àgueda Gras-Velazquez, Head of the Science Education Department at European Schoolnet, and Romane Leute, Coordinator of Impact EdTechContinue Reading
Looking for teaching resources in your own language? With the start of the new school year, Scientix and STEM School Label invite you to vote for your favourite resources in the Scientix Resource Repository . The most voted resources will be translated into 37 languages! The fifth edition of the Translation Service Campaign willContinue Reading
On 3 October, the 5th episode of Scientix TV was released. This month’s topic is immersive education. Àgueda Gras-Velazquez, Head of the Science Education Department of European Schoolnet interviewed Dr. Tunç Erdal Akdur, project coordinator at the Turkish Ministry of National Education. Under Dr. Akdur’s coordination, 28 teachers from 14 schools inContinue Reading
