Author: Armin Baur
Multiplier Event
Lesson Observations in Germany
The lesson observations in Germany had to be postponed to the end of the project due to the Corona pandemic. The lesson observations with preparation and follow-up took place over three days from 24.05.2022 to 26.05.2022:
Day 1: Preparation for the classroom observations at the University of Education Heidelberg
Day 2: Lesson observations at the community school in Ludwigsburg
Day 3: Reflection on observations at the University of Education Heidelberg
6. Project Meeting
5. Project Meeting
The fifth project meeting was a hybrid meeting (some project partners participated in attendance, others virtually). The reason for this was the Corona pandemic. The meeting took place from 29.09.2021 to 30.09.2021 at the University of Salzburg.
In the course of the meeting, the introductory chapter of the handbook was discussed, and the first examples of book chapter 7 (teaching examples with teaching material) were planned. As a further point, the schedule and program of the Multiplier Event was planned. In addition, the first modules for teacher training and suitable evaluation instruments were created.
4. Project Meeting
The fourth project meeting was again a virtual meeting, it took place on 08.04.2021 and on 09.04.2021.
The meeting served to revise and discuss the various chapters of the manual. In addition, initial ideas for the seminars and in-service teacher training events on differentiation in inquiry-based learning were collected and discussed.
3. Project Meeting
From 01.12.2020 to 02.12.2020 the third project meeting took place.
The project meeting was a virtual meeting! The reasons for this were the restrictions imposed by the Corona pandemic.
In the meeting, the first written chapters of the manual were discussed and points for revision were identified. In addition, ideas for the development of the differentiation concept for inquiry-based learning were discussed. The concept was concretized and chapters on the differentiation concept were divided into working groups. In addition, the schedule had to be adjusted due to the Corona situation.
2. Project Meeting
The second project meeting was held at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) from the 17th to the 20th February 2020. During the project meeting the results of the interviews were discussed and transnational conclusions were drawn. The formats of open experimentation and possibilities of differentiation were discussed in workshops taking into consideration the applicability in the school context. The results made it possible to structure the manual that is currently being written.
Lesson Observations in Finland
From the 17th to the 20th February 2020, the members of the participating universities and four teachers from Germany, Austria and Cyprus met at the Vaajakumpu School in Finland to observe lessons of the Finnish teachers. The teaching observations in biology, chemistry, physics and geography, which amounted to nine in total, allowed all participants to gain an insight into science teaching and school life at a Finnish school. The impressions and results gained in the reflections of the lesson observations showed possibilities of differentiation, and respectively revealed unresolved challenges in the development of the differentiation concept.
