Improving STEAM Education in Secondary Schools through the development and co-creation of new methodologies for teaching to and exploitation by pupils of GIS products related to climate impact on the environment
Marco GIANINETTO (docente coordinatore), Francesco POLINELLI, Renata VEZZOLI
Marco GIANINETTO (docente coordinatore), Francesco POLINELLI, Renata VEZZOLI
The focus of GIS4SCHOOLS is to improve STEAM Education in Secondary Schools through the development and co-creation of new methodologies for teaching to and exploitation by pupils of GIS products related to climate impact on the environment.
Foreseen outputs include: 1) development and implementation of a Training Package (TP); 2) suite of open source GIS products co-created with pupils involvement, including an open training material based on case studies (examples: increase in surface temperature, desertification, forest fires, flooding, etc.); 3) pupils-led final report based on GIS Products; 4) e-learning platform and Open Source Repository.
The methodology of the project will combine Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) and Problem Based Learning (PBL) approach to an interdisciplinary contextualization of the topic.
DABC role
The project involved research teams from DABC and DICA Departments.
Activities performed:
• preparation, organisation and delivery of a training course for high school teachers participating in the project on “Earth Observation and Geoinformation”;
• preparation, organisation and delivery of webinars;
• support to the projects developed by schools in Spain and Romania.
Partners
Euronike (coordinator), Association Europeenne Eurisy, Eagle Intuition - Formação e Consultadoria Unipessoal Lda, Blue Bubble World, Asociatia Urban 2020, IES Marc Ferrer, ITT Marconi, Escola Secundária Dr. José Afonso, Colegiul National Ion Neculce Bucuresti