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Science Teaching Laboratory

Director: Dimitris Stavrou, Professor, Dept. of Primary Education, dstavrou@uoc.gr , +302831077115

The Science Teaching Laboratory aims to:
a) train undergraduate and postgraduate students on science teaching by familiarizing them with the experimental process and supporting their practicum in schools

b) conduct research on science education and especially on the following disciplines: Mathematics in Education, Science Education, ICT in Education, Environmental Education
c) promote the cooperation among diverse stakeholders in order to reinforce the relationship between science and society.

Current Research Projects

STEM Digitalis

Δ. Σταύρου

EU ERASMUS+ KA2

https://stemdigitalis-project.eu/

The STEM – DIGITALIS project aims at designing and developing blended and distance learning environments for teaching prospective science teachers advanced STEM topics. Particularly, the specific objectives of the project are the:

Development of innovative digital teaching scenarios on advanced STEM topics
Development of teaching and learning strategies that promote meaningful use of digital technologies for teaching advanced STEM topics in blended and distance learning environments
Development of an open-access educational platform where digital teaching material on advanced STEM topics may be shared across Europe in diverse educational, economical, and cultural contexts

Development of guidelines and recommendations for teaching prospective science teachers advanced STEM topics in online environments

STEM Digitalis

Δ. Σταύρου

EU ERASMUS+ KA2

STAGE project aims to train scientists, and especially females who are currently underrepresented both in science and in science communication, to communicate science effectively and engage the public in climate change action. By adopting a gender-inclusive approach to public engagement with science, the project aims to address the following objectives:

Train scientists, especially female, to engage public with scientific issues, concepts and actions related to climate change
Build the capacity of scientists, especially female, to reflect critically on the social, historical, cultural and ethical dimensions of science, particularly in the field of climate change
Develop scientists', especially females’, writing and oral skills needed to engage with the public in various spaces: popular science magazines, newspapers, websites, social media, TV, radio, TEDx talks, science festivals etc.
Improve scientists’ understanding of the factors causing distrust towards scientists and disengagement with science

Develop scientists’, especially females’, understanding of how public engagement can benefit their career

STEM Digitalis

Δ. Σταύρου

EU ERASMUS+ KA2

The project "Innovative Schools: Teaching & Learning in DIGITAL STEM LABS" aims at creating a strategic partnership for Digital Education Readiness (School education). The specific objective of the project is to enhance the provision of the STEM education at (lower/ upper-secondary) level through wider integration of digital contents into the school curriculum in full compliance with the distance learning and teaching. The project also aims to improve the competencies of secondary school teachers for the development of digital teaching methodology in line with the new applying of distance STEM education (innovations, smart specialisation, design-based innovation). The partnership of secondary schools and higher education institutions will promote networking of institutions across the EU, sharing of resources and expertise, and collaboration with digital technology providers and experts in educational technologies and relevant pedagogical practice, to develop tailor made solutions adapted to local challenges and realities in STEM education.

Research Projects

Members

Publications

1. Giannakoudaki, K., & Stavrou, D. (2022). Guided school visits to a research center: Perspectives from teachers and staff. International Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education, 14(1), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.51724/ijpce.v14i1.241

2. Kokolaki, A., & Stavrou, D. (2022). Pre-Service Primary Teachers Develop Teaching Artifacts on Contemporary Socioscientific Issues. Journal of Science Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2022.2078546

3. Nipyrakis, A., & Stavrou, D. (2022). Integration of ICT in Science Education Laboratories by Primary Student Teachers. In S. Papadakis & M. Kalogiannakis (Eds) STEM, Robotics, Mobile Apps in Early Childhood and Primary Education (pp. 55-78). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0568-1_4

4. Michailidi, E., & Stavrou, D. (2022). Supporting the implementation of a nanotechnology teaching-learning sequence through post-induction science teacher mentoring. International Journal of Science Education, 44(2), 297-323. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2021.2024914

5. Metaxas, I., Michailidi, E., Stavrou, D., & Pavlidis, I. V. (2021). Educational reconstruction of size-depended-properties in nanotechnology for teaching in tertiary education. Chemistry Teacher International, 3(4), 413-422. https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2021-0011

6. Mandrikas, A., Michailidi, E., & Stavrou, D. (2021). In-service teachers’ needs and mentor’s practices in applying a teaching–learning sequence on nanotechnology and plastics in primary education. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 30(5), 630-641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-021-09908-1

7. Michailidi, E., & Stavrou, D. (2021). Mentoring in-service teachers on implementing innovative teaching modules. Teaching and Teacher Education, 105, 103414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2021.103414

8. Mandrikas, A., Michailidi, E., & Stavrou, D. (2020). Teaching nanotechnology in primary education. Research in Science & Technological Education, 38(4), 377-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/02635143.2019.1631783

9. Sgouros, G., & Stavrou, D. (2019). Teachers’ professional development in Nanoscience and nanotechnology in the context of a Community of Learners. International Journal of Science Education, 41(15), 2070-2093. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2019.1659521

Stavrou, D., Michailidi, E., & Sgouros, G. (2018). Development and dissemination of a teaching learning sequence on nanoscience and nanotechnology in a context of communities of learners. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 19(4), 1065-1080. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RP00088C

Τίτλος	IDENTITIES
Επιστημονικά υπεύθυνος	Δ. Σταύρου
Χρηματοδότης	EU ERASMUS+ KA2
Ιστοσελίδα	https://identitiesproject.eu

Τίτλος	IRRESISTIBLE
Επιστημονικά υπεύθυνος	Δ. Σταύρου
Χρηματοδότης	EU Fp7
Ιστοσελίδα	irresistible-greece.edc.uoc.gr

Τίτλος	Bringing the gap between school and out-of-school learning environments
Επιστημονικά υπεύθυνος	Δ. Σταύρου
Χρηματοδότης	ΙΚΥ-DAAD

Τίτλος	RISK
Επιστημονικά υπεύθυνος	Π. Μιχαηλίδης
Χρηματοδότης	EU
Ιστοσελίδα	www.clab.edc.uoc.gr/RISK/

Τίτλος	PRI-SCI-NET
Επιστημονικά υπεύθυνος	M. Kαλαϊτζιδάκη
Χρηματοδότης	EU

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