Pathway conference

The Pathway conference will be held from 23 to 26 October 2013 in Bad Hofgastein, Austria.

The Pathway conference is the opportunity for science teachers from all over Europe to meet together with their peers and education experts. Workshops and plenary lectures will be organised under the theme of the inquiry-based science education [IBSE]. Workshops for teachers will be held in English as well as in German.

The conference is the closing event of the Pathway project. During 3 years, materials and resources have been…

The Pathway to teaching science by inquiry

The Pathway project, financed under the 7th Framework Programme [FP7] is exploring new approaches to inquiry-based science education [IBSE]. Based on the examination of best practices in IBSE, Pathway aims to promote the effective widespread use of inquiry and problem based science teaching techniques in primary and secondary schools in Europe. Running from 2011 to the end of 2013, the project consortium – the European Physical Society included – organizes workshops and events all over Europe and develops guidelines and resources.
Amongst the Pathway tools, the ASK-Learning Design Tool [ASK-LDT] has been designed for teachers…

Pathway summer school

In the framework of the PATHWAY project, a workshop for science teachers will be organised in Crete, Greece, from 30 June to 5 July 2013.

The course’s main objective is to introduce teachers to inquiry-based science teaching techniques with the view in to adopting them in classroom practice. Participating science teachers will be immersed in the process of science-inquiry via their interaction with collections of open digital educational resources…