Open Schools take the Stage in Education Trends by Rosa Doran
1. Schools in the 21st Century: Challenges and opportunities
Summer 2018 - Planet Earth
Open Astronomy Schools
Rosa Doran
2. www.galileoteachers.org
• Empower teachers to embrace
modern trends for science teaching
• Create a strong support and
collaborative network
• Introduce cutting edge science in
school
• GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP AWARENESS
9. what is the role of schools in facing global
challenges and finding local solutions
10. What are the existing challenges and
opportunities in each community?
Migrants
Criminality
Refugees
11. How can local communities
contribute for the education of
their citizens?
12. Which are the innovative pieces ?
• Training
• Tools
• Resources
• Methodologies
• Creativity
• Colaboration
• Cooperation
• Ideas
• ….....
13. Urgent need: EDUCATION and Global Perspective
Global Citizenship Awareness and Science Literacy
Flat Earth Proof
14. 21ST CENTURY INSTRUCTIONS OF USE
DIGITAL LITERACY: know how to use it effectively to achieve goals,
safety, science literacy, computational thinking, etc.
21ST CENTURY SKILLS for teachers and students: communication,
collaboration , critical thinking, creativity, learning to learn, etc
HUMAN SKILLS: tolerance, patience, education, persistence, positive
attitude, resilience, etc.
21ST CENTURY METHODS: visual thinking, design thinking,
personalized self-learning, etc.
17. A holistic approach to
schools as science
hubs
A new model is necessary: Open Schools
for Open Societies (OSOS)
18. The school at the centre of the community as
innovatin and knowledge hubs
19. Open Schools for Open Societies (OSOS) provide innovative ways to
explore the world: not simply to automate processes but to inspire, to
engage, and to connect.
Open Schools for Open Societies (OSOS) at the centre of communities: a
space to discover, to share to be called also home.
Open Schools for Open Societies (OSOS) a place to teach, to
learn, to share and to jointly build a more fair and literate
society. A space to learn beyond our imagination. A place to
prepare for the challenges of the future.
27. Communities fighting
Light Pollution
• Students as change makers:
• Promoting Awareness about
its impact in our lives
• Investigating the impact on
the local flora and fauna
• Exploring possible solutions
• Establishing connections with
all relevant stakeholders
• Becoming change makers in
their locality
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30. PLATON: Promoting Learning Approaches
for the Teaching of Natural Sciences
Promoting Innovative Learning Approaches for the Teaching of Natural Science
2016-1-PT01-KA201- 022881
Framework for IBL and the Big Ideas of Science
31. Next-Lab project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731685.
38. Teacher Training
Window to the Universe100 Astronomy Tools and Resources
Dark Sky Rangers
Open Astronomy School
100 Asteroids
My Sky, Your Sky
Moon Above Me
Eratosthenes Experiment
100 Astronomy Images
Design Thinking with Stars
39. Teacher Training
Window to the Universe100 Astronomy Tools and Resources
Dark Sky Rangers
Open Astronomy School
100 Asteroids
My Sky, Your Sky
Moon Above Me
Eratosthenes Experiment
100 Astronomy Images
Design Thinking with Stars
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41. REMEMBER: In the end it is all
about people and the choices we
all make. Choose wisely !!!!