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Details: Written by Sevil Akaygün, Bogazici University; Published: 20 September 2015

Project Irresistible was presented at 11th Conference of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA), in Helsinki, Finland, between August 29th - September 4th, 2015. Two symposia, poster and paper, were conducted on two different days. Each symposium started with a brief introduction of the Project Irresistible.

Details: Written by Ron Blonder and Sherman Rosenfeld, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel; Published: 14 September 2015

How can a publically-funded curriculum development project, which produces a successful curriculum unit, sustain its use after the funding ends?

Details: Published: 17 August 2015

The first blog-post about teachers’ attitudes related to RRI teaching dealt with results in IRRESISTIBLE’s first round. Even though the model could identify four different profile types, most teachers (58%) fell in the category of a ‘co-operator’. This means that teachers are willing to work and collaborate about RRI teaching but are not overly excited about it. However, this result is not entirely satisfactory because there was a possibility that the questionnaire did not differentiate teachers in a realistic way. This suspicion rose partly from the observation that many of the questionnaire items had a ceiling effect and some items had high ‘I cannot say’-percentages. There were also many other ideas on how to improve the questionnaire.

Details: Written by Gabriel Gorghiu, Valahia University Targoviste; Published: 03 August 2015

The post-modern society claims uncompromisingly the necessity to complement formal education with the informal and non-formal one, by initiating and conducting trans- and inter-disciplinary education and extra-curricular activities, in various forms. In this context, non-formal education is reflected as an essential component of lifelong learning that capitalizes educational partnerships with the view to develop students’ competences and skills, more oriented on understanding the real world and involving practical settings.

Details: Written by Rita Marques, Universidade de Lisboa; Published: 17 July 2015

Research shows that a visitors’ experience in a museum is greatly influenced and shaped by the social interaction and dialogue developed between visitors (vom Lehn et al, 2001; Crowley, 2000; Leinhardt et al, 2002). In addition, it has been shown that learning and cognitive development are supported when the participants engage in lasting activities with artefacts, and when they are engaged in social interactions and discussions with other participants (Heath, vom Lehn & Osborne, 2005).