Moshe Talesnik, Towards a ubiquitous good NST education

Towards a Ubiquitous Good NST Education

NanoEIS: Nanotechnology Education for Industry and Society

Brussels, 25 October 2014

Moshe TalesnikORT Israel

NanoEIS at a glance• Coordinated by Paris Lodron University, Salzburg

(Austria)

• 36 months (November 2012 – October 2015)

• 8 beneficiaries, 11 partners

• EU contribution: 0.5 M €

NanoEIS objectives

• Demonstrate that NST studies in school provide added values.

• Identify best practice models for transition from high schools into NST studies.

• Identify best practice models of how universities have developed curricula in NST.

• Provide a university curriculum as open course, including teaching modules and assessment tools.

Meeting the needs of the future job market

Academia

Industry Secondary school

The Challenge:How can NST be integrated into high school teaching?

The need for NST in secondary school

1. Exposing students to many new scientific and technological developments, is fundamental for their progress and change.Dewey, J. (1902). The child and the curriculum

2. An emerging science & technology - attracts and increases motivation to learn sciences

4. It is a girl (and a boy) thing

3. Interdisciplinary field (including humanities)

Blonder, R., & Dinur, M. (2011). Teaching nanotechnology using student-centered pedagogy for increasing students’ continuing motivation

Teaching NST in schools nowadays

• In its infancy.

• Great variation of hours allocated to STEM (and NST)

• The “trade-off” issue

What makes a NST program a “Best Practice”?

The selection of best practices

• Widely implemented (participants, geographically, etc.)

• In-depth: how rich and innovative the program is.

• Involvement of community, industry and academia.

• Award winners.

• Growing program.

12 Selected Programs(who initiated?)

• Nanoyou, NanOpinion (EC funded)• Ciencias para el mundo contemporaneo (Spain)• Sparkling Science (Austria)• Baden-Württemberg, Deutsches Museum,

Wertingen Gymnasium (Germany)• Nanotechnology: What a Small World (Israel)• Nanolab (Italy) • Nano in My Life (Ireland)• Immersive Education (Sweden)• Contipro (Czech Republic)

Parameters been Checked

1. Compulsory vs. voluntarily 2. Independent subject vs. integrated 3. Virtual vs. frontal teaching4. Involvement of industry/academia 5. Theoretical vs. hands-on 6. Community involvement

1. NanOpinion (EC funded)

Compulsory

Independence

Virtual

Involvement of industry / academia

Theoretical

Community involvement

Education portal: http://nanopinion-edu.eu/

2. Nanotechnology: What a small world (School network – ORT Israel)

Compulsory

Independence

Virtual

Involvement of industry / academia

Theoretical

Community involvement

Website: http://nano.ort.org.il

3. Nano in my life (University – CRANN, Trinity college)

Compulsory

Independence

Virtual

Involvement of industry / academia

Theoretical

Community involvement

4. School of Molecular Biotechnology (Industry – Contipro)

Compulsory

Independence

Virtual

Involvement of industry / academia

Theoretical

Community involvement

5. Time for Nano (Deutsches Museum)

Website: http://www.timefornano.eu/

Compulsory

Independence

Virtual

Involvement of industry / academia

Theoretical

Community involvement

6. Nano courses (Local initiative – Gymnasium Wertingen)

Compulsory

Independence

Virtual

Involvement of industry / academia

Theoretical

Community involvement

The Whole Picture (6 programs)

Compulsory

Independence

Virtual

Involvement of industry / academia

Theoretical

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Compulsory

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Theoretical

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So, what do we need?

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Thank You!For the full report:www.nanoeis.eu

moshet@mapa.ort.org.il