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home > Media services > News > PENCIL science teachers conference in Technopolis PENCIL science teachers conference in Technopolis The second Pencil Teacher’s Conference will take place on 14-16 June 2007 in Technopolis, Mechelen (Belgium). The conference is organised within the PENCIL project, supported by the European Commission's Directorate General for Research as part of Science and Society. Xplora, European Schoolnet’s gateway for science education supported by Pencil, plays a key role in the organisation of the event. For science teachers, the conference will be the opportunity to take part in workshops and debate on how schools and science centres can come together at the forefront of science education. The first PENCIL Teachers Conference was held at CERN, in Geneva in June 2006. After the success of this initial event, the second and final Teachers Conference in Mechelen will use the 14 PENCIL pilot projects as a starting point to highlight best practise through workshops, and to spark debate on the issues that arise when schools and science centres work together. The PENCIL project is coordinated by ECSITE (The European Network of Science Centres and Museums) which combines field programmes and academic research with the aim of identifying the keys of success that transform informal science activities into innovative quality tools for science teaching. 14 science centres/museums have created mini-networks involving schools, pupils, teachers associations, research laboratories, educational authorities, education and science communication specialists to run "pilot projects" on new ways to conduct science teaching. Xplora, the European science education portal, uses the most advanced communication technology to manage the project, set up the exchanges between partners and enable continuous monitoring and demonstration of the projects toward the science teachers' community. For the draft agenda click here [PDF]
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