PROFILES - WP3: Stakeholders involvement and interaction. PROFILES Curricular Study on Science Education : Interim Report on the second round of the UL, Slovenia working group

摘要

The overall objective of the PROFILES Curricular Delphi Study on Science Education is to engage as many as possible different stakeholders (students, science teachers, sceince teachers educators, scientists, school polititions…) as experts. These experts should reflect on contents methods, and aims of science education in general as well as in outlining aspects and approaches of modern and desirable science education such as Inquiry Bases Science Education. The PROFILES Curricular Delphi Study on Science Education thus aims at illustrating contours of desirable science education in the opinions of different selected groups from society. The outcomes of this study will be used to prepare continuous teacher training courses (WP5) “aiding the implementation and dissemination of PROFILES ideas, intentions and objectives to facilitate the uptake of innovative science teaching and the enhancement of scientific literacy” (PROFILES Consortium, 2010, p. 20). Hence, the main and general focus of the PROFILES Curricular Delphi Study on Science Education is on aspects of science education that are considered relevant and pedagogically desirable for the individual in the society of today and in the near future (Schulte & Bolte, 2011a).