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hOW CAN THIS RESOURCE BE reUSED?

This resource may be useful to learners, academic staff and employers in Ireland who want to explore the key ideas around learning to be a scientist. You can download the templates free of charge (please reference the developer in reusing elements of this resource) under creative commons attribution.

Reusable elements include:

-Web links to a skills database and threshold concepts for science professionals
-Templates for designing learning experiences
-Video and podcasts of science education in practice
-Education Jargon Index Explained

WHO DEVELOPED THIS?

Learning How to Be a Scientist

The creators and contributors are lecturers and learners who are experiencing and contributing to science education in Sligo. This resource has be designed and developed by Dr. Etain Kiely. Feedback and contributions are necessary and welcome.

Collaborations

BlueBrick.ie to search and compare accredited courses from 14 Institutes of Technology. www.bluebrick.ie

National Centre for Excellence in Science and Maths Teaching and Learning http://www.nce-mstl.ie/

The aim of this Community of Practice is to provide an appropriate forum whereby educators within the disciplines of chemical and physical sciences can share visions, experiences, information, databases, pedagogical developments and findings from education research.

http://www.ndlr.ie/cpscop/

The Education CoP is comprised of members from all Higher Education (HE) institutions in Ireland. The community welcomes participation from anyone working in the HE sector in a teaching or supporting role in the area of teaching and learning, primary teacher education, secondary teacher education, as well as any other interested individuals. http://www.ndlr.ie/educop/blog/

Learningscience.ie by Dr. Etain Kiely is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Contact the Developer