What can pedagogy achieve?

Wynne Harlen, University of Bristol
Inquiry-based Science Education programs, need to start young and foster science interest from a young age.
Younger children, teachers are doing the teaching but more responsibility for the learning is shifted to the students.

Report: "Working Group on International Collaboration in the Evaluation of Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) programs.Download the PDF here.

Peter Csermely, Network of Youth Excellence
Inquiry-based Science Education. Need for entrepreneurship for girls and young women, and the ways they are approaching science. Definiton of talent: there are different types, like social, artistic, manuality, intellectual, sports, etc. How can we recognize talent? Competitions, creative tasks, complex tasks + cooperation. We need people at all levels of talent and age to build the top of the pyramid. Showing the complexity of the Hungarian National Talent Support program, to try different ways that can work where some can not.

See http://www.nyex.info for more info.

Pierre Lena, Delegate for Science Education, Academie des Sciences, France
Showing a Wide assortment of official reports on science interest among students around the world.

http://lamap.fr
http://pollen-europa.net

Science education is a mixture, a convergence of views. Focus must be on interdisciplinary and language learning are key points. The scientific community should play a central role, even in primary school. In the scientific community, many of the best scientists are prepared to give their time to help the younger generation to emerge. The internet helps because it breaks isolation and promotes mutualisation and consultation. Help teachers to understand 'what is science'.