Promoting Open Schooling across Europe to make school science relevant to real-world challenges.
All good things come to an end – with this month marking the official conclusion of MULTIPLIERS as an EU-funded project. On October 29th, our partners and wider network gathered at the LVR-LandesMuseum in Bonn, Germany, to celebrate three years of cross-country collaboration, culminating in the MULTIPLIERS Final Open Schooling Event. It was memorable seeing …
How can policymakers support Open Schooling initiatives and improve science learning by fostering collaboration between schools, society and scientific institutions? Throughout the past three years, MULTIPLIERS has demonstrated the effectiveness of Open Schooling Communities in addressing socio-scientific issues and enhancing student engagement with science. Sustaining these networks and supporting the establishment of further communities in …
Šmarna gora, the highest hill in the city of Ljubljana, is now more than an iconic landscape monument and a destination for hikers. With the opening of the first “marteloscope” in central Slovenia, its slopes have been transformed into an outdoor classroom for school pupils thanks to an initiative of the EU-funded research and innovation project MULTIPLIERS.
Outdoor classes are a great way to get students excited about forests. But did you know teachers can use tablets and new media in forestry training sites too? Watch the video and learn all about the training sessions our students had with experts from the European Forest Institute in a ”marteloscope” site in Bonn, Germany.
What do you see when you look at a forest? The first, obvious answer could be “trees”, but the more nuanced reality is that forests have different meanings and values to different people. Trees provide important habitats to animals, such as cavities for bats to sleep in and branches for birds to build their nests …
By Lina Varg and Christina Ottander, Umeå University The MULTIPLIERS partners from Umeå, Sweden, are working with the theme Forest use vs forest protection, which includes a great deal of complexities, and involves different stakeholders’ perspectives. Forests contribute to society in a multitude of ways. In Sweden, apart from providing a space for recreation, reindeer …
The MULTIPLIERS project has just launched its new MULTIPLIERS Open Schooling Hub: a platform hosting a wealth of teaching and learning resources for educators looking to address some of today’s most relevant real-world challenges, such as vaccination and biodiversity protection.
By Lina Varg and Christina Ottander, Umeå University Society benefits from the forests’ contribution of a variety of services such as wood production, climate control, and spaces for recreation. However, the different stakeholder perspectives could lead to conflicts of interest which need to be considered with regard to economical, ecological, cultural and social aspects. Umeå …
How can students develop skills such as argumentation and critical thinking? The Umeå University is investigating the topic using the Forest Lab learning materials around forest use and forest protection By Teresia Borgman Action competence is all about knowledge and abilities such as critical thinking and argumentation. According to the Swedish National Agency for Education, …
Watch our new video to get an impression of our first year of activities!
