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SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2008

12h30-14h30 Lunch and Welcome. (Meeting at Ljubljana University – Main University building, Kongresni trg 12: Zbornična dvorana)

Introductory plenary session 14h30-15h00 Welcome address by officials: Boštjan Žekš, Slovenian Academy of

Sciences, Yves Quéré, French Academy of Sciences, Mojca Drčar Murko Slovenian member of the European Parliament.

15h00-16h00 Seminar presentation (Slovenian team / Pollen coordination team). General overview of Pollen results and assets for 2007 (Pollen coordination team). Objectives, steps and deliverables for 2008 (Pollen coordination team). Practical information (Slovenian coordination).

16h00-16h30 Coffee break 16h30-17h30 Key lecture : “Effective primary science pedagogy and its evaluation” by Wynne Harlen - University of Bristol 17h45 Adjournment 18h00 Welcome Cocktail at the Ljubljana city hall. Speeches addressed by Zoran

Janković, Major of Ljubljana and Cveta Razdevšekrazdevšek Pučko, The Dean of the Faculty of Education

20h00 Boat tour on the Ljubljanica River SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008 (ŠCRM-Šolski center Rudolfa Maistra, Novi trg 41A, Kamnik) Transport by bus 8h15: Bus Pick-up at Bitcenter Hotel (Litijska c. 57, Ljubljana) Morning session – Key issue presentation Each partner will have 15 minutes to explain how he/she plan to address his/her specific key issue through a slide presentation. 9h00-10h15 : Part 1 - Advantage and impact of inquiry-based science education in low-income areas (Belgium) - Advantage and impact of inquiry-based science education on children with special needs (Estonia) - Involvement of the scientific community through tutoring (France) - Gender issues and gender bias in science education (Germany) - Use of ICT in inquiry-based learning processes (Netherlands) 10h15-10h45 : Coffee break

Dissemination seminar program May, 17th-20th, 2008

Ljubljana, SLOVENIA

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10h45-12h15 : Part 2 - Family involvement in science education (Portugal) - Impact of science education in young immigrants (Spain) - Transition from primary to secondary school science education (Sweden) - Cross-disciplinary approach of science education (United Kingdom). - Starting an IBSE program with a community approach to science education (Hungary) - Starting an IBSE program a community approach to science education (Slovenia)

12h15-14h00: Lunch (cold buffet)

Poster sessions and Pollen material exhibition in parallel Afternoon session – Evaluation and Schools Networking 14h00-15h30: Participants will be split in 2 groups : Group 1 : Workshop on IBSE evaluation and assessment of teachers’ practice

Coordinated by : Wynne Harlen Group 2 : Workshop on Schools Networking

Coordinated by: Claudia Alsina

15h30-16h30 : Coffee break Poster sessions and Pollen material exhibition in parallel

16h30-18h00: Evaluation - plenary session on (three presentations of 30’ each)

- Teachers’ evaluation : Tina Jarvis - Pupils’ evaluation : Britt Lindahl - Community participation evaluation : Tatiana Mora

20h00 : Dinner in Kamnik (Bus transport to Bitcenter hotel provided)

MONDAY MAY 19, 2008 (At the University of Ljubljana - Faculty of Education, ) Kardeljeva ploščad 16, Ljubljana) 8h15: Bus Pick-up at Bitcenter Hotel (Litijska c. 57, Ljubljana) Morning session – Key issues, Tools improvement, dissemination & learning units. 9h00-10h30 : Participants will be split in 2 groups : Group 1 : Workshop on key issue implementation and deliverables

Coordinated by: Raynald Belay Group 2 : Workshop on Pollen tools and guides improvement

Coordinated by : Pasquale Nardone

10h30-11h00: Coffee break 11h00-12h30 : Participants will be split in 2 groups : Group 1 : Workshop on European and local dissemination

Coordinated by : David Jasmin Group 2 :Workshop on learning units and resources for teachers

Coordinated by : Ana Blagotinsek 12h30-14h00: Lunch (at the Faculty Canteen).

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Afternoon session - Sightseeing in Bled. 14h00 - 18h00 : Visit of Bled (free time) 18h00-19h00: Steering committee (national coordinators only). 20h00 : Dinner in Radovljica

TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2008 (At the Faculty of Education, Kardeljeva ploščad 16, Ljubljana) 8h15: Bus Pick-up at Bitcenter Hotel (Litijska c. 57, Ljubljana) Morning sessions – Dissemination and Pollen Charter (room 048) 9h00-10h30: Plenary session

Towards a European charter for Seed cities

10h30-11h00: coffee-break 11h00-11h45: Closing lecture by Johannes Klumpers, Science and society program –

European Commission : Science education in the 7th Framework Programme 11h45-12h15 Seminar conclusions

+ In parallel of the seminar and under request (room 026): personal interviews about financial and managing aspects

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PARTICIPANTS LIST :

SPECIAL GUESTS:

- Johannes Klumpers, Head of unit, scientific culture and gender issues - Science and society program, DG Research, European Commission (Johannes.Klumpers@ec.europa.eu) - Wynne Harlen, Visiting professor, University of Bristol (wynne@torphin.freeserve.co.uk.) - Yves Quéré, physicist, member of the French Academy of sciences (y.quere@academie-sciences.fr)

POLLEN seminar participants:

MEMBERS 4 Belgium GRILLENZONI Nicola nicola.grillenzoni@skynet.be 5 Belgium CORIERI Patricia pcorieri@ulb.ac.be 6 Belgium NARDONE Pasquale pnardon@ulb.ac.be 7 Estonia HELLAT Karin karin.hellat@ut.ee 8 Estonia TENNO Toomas toomas.tenno@ut.ee 9 Estonia KRUDA Maiki 10 Estonia RANDJARV Leili 11 France LUCAS Pamela pamela.lucas@inrp.fr 12 France JASMIN David david.jasmin@inrp.fr 13 France BELAY Raynald raynald.belay@inrp.fr 14 France REBOUL Helen helen.reboul@voila.fr 15 France TRANSETTI Clémentine transetti@emse.fr 16 France RAMOS Marie marie.ramos@ac-lyon.fr 17 Germany SKIEBE-CORRETTE Petra skiebe@zedat.fu-berlin.de 18 Germany RICHTER Bernd brichter@chemie.fu-berlin.de 19 Germany THOMAS Benjamin Benjamin.Thomas@t-online.de 20 Hungary GOLYAN Szilvia golyan.szilvia@avkf.hu 21 Hungary GAJDOCZKI Zsuzsanna gzsuzsa@enternet.hu 22 Hungary SZABO Istvan 23 Netherlands VAN DEN BERG Ed eberg@science.uva.nl 24 Netherlands SCHWEICKERT Frank schweick@science.uva.nl 25 Netherlands VAN DEN BERG Rosea 26 Portugal OLIVEIRA Rosario roliveira@cienciaviva.pt 27 Portugal MATA Paulina paulina.mata@netcabo.pt 28 Portugal GUERREIRO Margarida mmguerreiro@netcabo.pt 29 Spain MORA Tatiana tatiana.mora@paueducation.com 30 Spain OCHOA Lydia lidia.ochoa@udg.edu 31 Spain ALSINA Claudia claudia.alsina@paueducation.com 32 Sweden LINDAHL Britt britt.lindahl@mna.hkr.se 33 Sweden MAGNUSSON Joakim

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34 Sweden BARMAN Karin karin.barman@kva.se 35 UK JARVIS Tina jar@le.ac.uk 36 UK HINGLEY Phil prh14@le.ac.uk 37 UK STUART Karen klstuart44@msn.com 38 Slovenia PERHAVEC Suzana suzana.perhavec@guest.arnes.si 39 Slovenia GOSTINCAR

BLAGOTINSEK Ana ana.gostincar@guest.arnes.si

40 Slovenia RAZPET Nada nada.razpet@guest.arnes.si OBSERVERS

41 Slovakia ZOLDOSOVA Kristina kzoldos@truni.sk 42 Slovakia VRETENAROVA Lea vretenarova@azet.sk 43 Romania SPOREA Dan dan.sporea@inflpr.ro 44 Romania IOFCIU Florentina 45 Luxemburg MICHALIK Kerstin Kerstin.Michalik@t-online.de 46 Ireland MEIGHAN Oonagh oonagh.meighan@forfas.ie 47 Denmark JUULSGARD

LARSEN Jens jj@cfu.dk

PRACTICAL INFORMATION GENERAL INFORMATION ON LJUBLJANA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana

TO AND FROM THE AIRPORT: - TAXI : The taxi rank is right in front of the terminal. Taxis are available according to the actual arrivals of flights. A fare from the Airport to Ljubljana City costs approximately 35 EUR (depending on the desired destination of the trip). For reservation or more information you can call this telephone number: 00 386 4 2061 678.

- REGULAR URBAN BUSES: Departures from the central bus station (in the city centre) to Ljubljana Airport

From Monday to Friday 5.20 6.10 7.10 8.10 9.10 10.10 11.10 12.1013.10 14.10 15.10 16.10 17.10 18.10 19.10 20.10Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays 6.10 9.10 11.10 13.10 15.10 17.10 19.10

Departures from Ljubljana Airport to Ljubljana City (central bus station):

From Monday to Friday 5.00 6.05 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.0013.00 14.00 15.00 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays 7.00 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00 20.00The journey time is approximately 45 minutes. Tickets are purchased on the bus or at the bus station. For information about ticket prices, please call: 090 4230 or at www.ap-ljubljana.si

- SHUTTLE CONNECTION Ljubljana Airport- Ljubljana City- Ljubljana Airport: the journey time of the one-way trip is 30 minutes. Tickets are purchased on the bus. Departures (including Sunday and Holidays)

Departures from Ljubljana: 5.20 6.15 10.25 12.15 14.00 15.30 17.00 18.00 22.30Departures from the Airport: 5.45 6.40 10.55 12.40 14.30 16.00 17.30 18.25 22.55 00.00

Airport

U of Ljubljana : Faculty of education

U of Ljubljana : Main building

BitCenterhotel

MAIN PLACES OF THE SEMINAR :

University of Ljubljana - main building = MEETING POINT

On Saturday, May 17th, the venue is at the main building of the University of Ljubljana, located at Kongresni Trg 12, in the very centre of the city.

University of Ljubljana - Faculty of educationOn Monday and Tuesday, the seminar will be held at the Faculty of education, located on Kardeljeva Ploscad, 16.

Bit center Hotel

Bit center Hotel Litijska 57, Ljubljana

Tel: +386 (0)1 54-800-55 Fax: +386 (0)1 54 800-56eMail: hotel@bit-center.nethttp://www.bit-center.net

How to get there:

From central bus or train station as well as from the city centre (2,5 km from the hotel) - Take the bus No. 9 or No. 5, direction Štepanjsko naselje or

- Take the bus No 13 direction Sostro,

get off on the emona bus stop (operates from 5.00 -22.00 hours)

From the airport: Go to the Ljubljana city center or central bus / train station as mentioned on the first page of this document then take the buses N° 5, 9 or 13 as indicated above.