| dc.description.abstract | One very promising model of learning designs is the model of Research and Education
Cooperation activities. The ERIS project proposes exploitation of research results in school
practice. ERIS is EU funded project (ERASMUS+) aiming to increase the interest of pupils in
lower and upper secondary schools in science, and the choice of a scientific career. Thanks to
the development, pilot implementation and dissemination of educational packages and
methodological materials, research results will be exploited in the education systems of at least
3 European countries: Poland, Romania and France. ERIS packages are dedicated to various
topics, e.g.: glaciers, earthquakes, geomagnetism, meteorology in the Arctic, UV radiation,
etc. They use freely available research databases or results published online, which may be
analyzed by pupils with the help of instructions prepared by scientists. The packages include
materials for teachers to work with pupils during classes or extracurricular activities. They
contain worksheets for pupils and guidance for teachers. 30 packages were tested in schools
in Poland, Romania and France. The results of evaluation studies are presented and discussed.
Teachers found packages interesting and useful for school practice. They found the tasks for
pupils rather difficult, as it was a challenge for pupils to apply a new approach, which wasn’t
taught at schools before. Pupils could not solve tasks in a schematic ways, which they often
use when solving typical school exercises, and it might have caused difficulties. However,
challenging tasks are developing interest and engagement. ERIS packages and proposed
teaching approach may be considered as an efficient way of increasing pupils’ interest in
science and scientific topics. | en_US |
