News . Events Rewilding Greece: Implementing Open Schooling with hybrid lessons supported by an online meeting with the Natural Museum scientist and classroom activities (Best Practice Greece)

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CARE: We started it during the second lockdown, using on-line teaching; however, the biggest part of the CONNECT scenario was applied in the classroom at the end of the second pandemic. The only online part of the Rewilding Greece scenario was the online meeting (1hour) with the invited scientist Dr. Iasmi Stathi from the Natural Museum of History at Heracleio, Crete. Dr. Iasmi had a great interaction with all 19 students participating at the programme and there was a bombardment of questions during that hour. The family was involved in the learning process and their task was to discuss with students and choose the animal for rewilding Greece.

KNOW: Teachers need to have their teaching a priority and that pushes the implementation of CONNECT towards the second half of the teaching year. However, the procedures needed to follow were clear.

DO: the last `DO` part really made a difference for having the students organize their learning for a purpose. However, it took a burden on curriculum programme, and it left us with the aftertaste of having fewer hours for applying the scenario.

We decided to make an action writing a letter of intent to government departments responsible for the environment.

Black Francolin:
https://connect-eu.exus.co.uk/?attachment=805&document_type=document&download_document_file=1&document_file=91

Lynx :
https://connect-eu.exus.co.uk/?attachment=804&document_type=document&download_document_file=1&document_file=90

Findings about open schooling: The science needed to make a scientific argument was easy to incorporate, however the task to fit the programme into school curriculum was cumbersome.

Outcomes for students: It took some effort to keep the students focus on the scientific argument when the initial joy of participation passed. The science was not difficult; however the students found the competition a long process. During the teaching the students never complaint about not being able to complete the task.

News . Events Science action on Health: prevention of Covid.19 at the school supported by participatory research (Best Practice Spain)

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CARE: The socio-scientific issue was on how to improve the prevention of Covid.19 at the school. The professionals that gave support were the scientific community from Escoles Sentinella project: science communicators, biologists, epidemiologists, paediatricians among others, helping on the dynamization of the participatory research activities and interacting with students at the final congress to support with the creation of the final recommendations.

KNOW: The activity we did is adapted to the curriculum, for example, in the subject Sciences of the Contemporary World in the 1st year of Baccalaureate, we work on the concept of Science and Pseudoscience and the importance of the working the scientific method. This is also worked on throughout different Obligatory Secondary Education (ESO, from 12- to 16-year-old) science subjects. The transdisciplinary knowledge included the following areas: social, technology, environment, economic, politics and Microbiology.

DO: Students developed Inquiry skills, communication skills, participation skills and transdisciplinary methodologies. The science actions included teamwork, collaborative learning within the class and with other stakeholders and that science useful to solve real-life challenges.

Findings about open schooling: Most of the skills and attitudes addressed in this activity are described at the curriculum, but far from that, as a teacher said, this is a need for the educational community.

Results for students: Discussion supported by participatory science has led to greater awareness of Covid-19 prevention and how the measures to achieve that can be improved by a participatory research process.

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