Work Package 4: Implementation

Specific objectives

By completing WP4 we aim to implement the developed experiments in real classroom settings and eventually, we aim to obtain feedback from in-service teachers, preservice teachers, and students. Each of the partner countries will take part in the implementation of the experiments. Every county will implement one virtual and one real experiment and we will make sure to work with five teachers from at least two different schools in each country. The developed experiments will be implemented in university courses with preservice teachers and high schools with students. Feedback will be gathered from the students and teachers in a written form, via interviews as well as lesson observations. Since the implementation of the experiments will add to the improvement of the developed experiments, the objectives of this work package will contribute to achieving a more qualified set of experiments.

Results

After this part of the project is finished, the piloted activities will be implemented at partnering universities and in schools. Pre and in-service teachers will have undergone the activities and are aware of their impact (on students). In this work package activities, we aim to see how the developed experiments work in real classroom settings. Ten activities in total will be implemented. Pre-service teachers will provide their feedback about the activities, their impression as well as ideas on how to use them in their own teaching in the future. Since every in-service teacher has a unique perspective and every classroom has its own dynamics, the implementation will give us valuable feedback as to how the developed experiments could be improved more. For instance, teachers might provide us feedback regarding each of the steps of the experiments, appropriateness to the curricular programs in different countries, appropriateness to students’ grade levels, etc. Information about the activities’ functionality and impact will be gathered.