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“Schools: Future Labs”
Anna SlaviProject Coordination,
Goethe-Institut Athen, Greece
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The project:
Schools: Future Labs is an Erasmus+ project (KA2) and has been funded with the support of the European Commission. It aims to unite creativity in
Science (Physics, Biology, Chemistry) and language in years of primary education. It implements a new approach wherein language learning (German / Spanish)
and STEM subjects are combined, by applying the STEM/CLIL methodology in the 5th and 6th grade.
Duration:
Three years (01.09.2014- 31.08.2017)
Countries involved:
Bulgaria, Greece, Poland, Rumania
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The innovative aspects:
• Teaching of a foreign language in combination with a STEM subject.
• Experimental, self-directed learning approach.
• Exploratory methodology both within the classroom and as a method of teacher training.
• Strengthening the teachers’ profile
• Partnership and cooperation between different types of institutions all concerned with improving teaching practices.
• Implementation in primary schools, nurturing an early interest in STEM subjects and reaching students before they reach an age where they are too
embarrassed to try to speak in a foreign language.
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Partners:
Goethe Institut Athen, Greece
Instituto Cervantes, Athens, Greece
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
University of Shumen (Department for Information, Qualification and Lifelong Learning), Varna BG
Mazowieckie Samorzadowe Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli (MSCDN), Poland
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura y Deporte, Spain
Ministerul Educației și Cercetării Științifice, Romania
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Partners:
Uwekind International School, Bulgaria
49th Primary School "Benito Juarez“, Bulgaria
Colegiul National Ion Maiorescu, Romania
Liceul Teoretic Bilingv Miguel de Cervantes, Romania
Społeczna Szkoła Podstawowa nr 4 STO, Romania
Ellinogermaniki Agogi S.A., Greece
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The outputs of the project:
A teacher training Course for the Schools: Future Labs methodology (Output 01: Teacher training Course)
www.sflabs.eu
A series of “plug‐and‐play” STEM‐CLIL teaching modules, applied to a variety of STEM subjects and applicable to any foreign language
(Output 02: Lesson Plans)www.sflabs.eu
A virtual student learning portfolio which documents each student’s learning outcomes (Output 03: E-Learning Portfolio)
www.schoolsfuturelabs.eu
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What we have achieved:
Kick-off meeting
Train the Trainers
Teacher Training in all six schools.
Development of Lesson Plans for the 5th and 6th grade.
Implementation of the methodology in the classroom.
Purchase of „Mobile Labs“
In the first two pilot years three partner meetings and two joint trainings took place, where all teachers and trainers met to compare the results and set new aims.
Constant evaluation of the methodology.
The Project Outputs are available.
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The evaluationbased on research questions
Students- Do they achieve a higher and deeper level of knowledge in STEM?- Do they develop better fluency in their chosen FL?- Are they are more interested in STEM and FL?- Do they acquire useful skills?
Teachers- Do they find their SFL classes more interesting, fulfilling and motivating?- Are their profiles strengthened by the acquisition of additional teaching skills?
The project in general- Is the methodology feasible and implementable?- Is this methodology useful and successful?- Is it feasible to promote it in more schools to more countries?
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•Statistically significant improvement in participants attitudes / motivation/ performance in both in STEM / FL
•Satisfied with the methodology
•Improvement in participants’ skills
There were statistically significant differences betweenparticipating and non-participating students in both STEM and FL.
Participating students achieved higher scores
The results: Students
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• They are satisfied with the SFL methodology,
• SFL methodology raised students’ interest and improved theircooperation
• Students were able to respond adequately
• They managed to have more fun during the lesson
• They would recommend this methodology to their colleagues
• Almost all of them would like to participate again.
The results: Teachers
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Comparison of participants - non participants students after
Independent samples T-Test: t= 9,146, p<0,001 (interest), t= 8,776, p<0,001 (competence), t= -2,245, p=0,02(tension), t= 9,875, p< 0,001 (value), t= 5,406, p<0,001 (science learning), t= 9,031, p<0,001 (FL learning),t= 1,742, p=0,05 (cooperative learning)
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General impressions: Students
• They show interest and great enthusiasm
• They respond successfully to the activities of the course (comparing, identifying , predicting …), conduct the experiments with great enthusiasm and complete successfully the worksheets
• They use the German/Spanish language during most time.
• They seem to understand the instructions they are given in the German / Spanish language and it is not difficult for them to present their work in front of the class using this language.
• They embraced teamwork!
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• very careful preparation of the course (withworksheets, the necessary vocabulary and appropriatevisual material)
• show considerable enthusiasm for the course andlove for their work
• good cooperation between the teachers
General impression - Teachers
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Closing Confrence –June 2017
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Closing Confrence –June 2017
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