Descrizione del progetto
Rafforzare l’istruzione scientifica attraverso partenariati di comunità
In Europa si registra una carenza di persone con competenze nelle scienze. La Commissione europea sta cercando di espandere le opportunità di apprendimento scientifico in contesti formali e informali. Il progetto PULCHRA, finanziato dall’UE, svilupperà il concetto di scolarizzazione aperta, in cui le scuole collaborano con le comunità locali, le industrie locali e i professionisti attraverso le City Challenges (sfide di città), temi pilota che mirano a creare know-how, costruire fiducia, agevolare l’uso qualificato di strumenti e sostenere la costruzione della comunità. La piattaforma (tecnologica) City Challenges, ad esempio, collegherà scuole e altre parti interessate, mentre gli studenti fungeranno da giornalisti di città per esplorare e diffondere le sfide di città. Nel complesso, il progetto contribuirà a una società più interessata dal punto di vista scientifico-culturale e incentiverà l’interesse per le carriere scientifiche.
Obiettivo
"The PULCHRA* project will explore the open schooling concept in the theme ""Cities as urban ecosystems”, in view of creating new partnerships in local communities to foster science education for all citizens. Schools, in cooperation with other stakeholders will become agent of community well-being, taken that the theme to be explored encompasses the natural environment, the built environment and the socio-economic environment in cities. This is of great importance, taken that the urgency of cities to be approached as urban ecosystems is underestimated and limitedly linked to science education for all citizens.
The methodology is based on pilot themes (termed as City Challenges) which create know-how, built trust in the science approach based on own experience, facilitate skilled use of tools and support community building as they are based upon the identity of the communities in which they take place. A City Challenges (technological) Platform is developed to bridge partners, schools and stakeholders; mixed Science Teams and students acting as City Reporters will explore and disseminate the City Challenges respectively.
Our approach is situated in the own living environment. Engaging in environmental education has a direct impact upon the community and the personal lives of the participants. The benefit of international cooperation of the EU member states becomes obvious at the community level.
The consortium is coherent and brings complementary expertise, whereas the project is supported by a wide variety of stakeholders in the participating countries, a fact which is considered an asset of the project and shows its replication potential.
Finally the pilot themes to be explored within the project exhibit richness in science as they take note of several scientific fields as related to cities as urban ecosystems, they are supported by technology, bring in innovation and are directly linked to SDGs and the European policies for cities.
*beautiful in Latin"
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
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