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Title of Initiative / Project
Pathway
Name of Organiser
University of Bayreuth
Start and ending date of the Initiative
2011-ongoing
Web site
http://www.pathway-project.eu/
Level
European
Was the initiative carried out in the framework of a funded project?
Yes
Funding Programme
7th FP
Title of the project
The Pathway to Inquiry Based Science Teaching
Promoter
University of Bayreuth
Project number
grant agreement no. 266624
Type of deliverables
Teaching Methodology, Didactical resource
Thematic area
Chemistry, Maths, Physics, Biology, Science
Language of the deliverable
English
Target Group
Teachers
Description of the initiative
The objective of the project is to set the pathway toward a standard-based approach to teaching science by inquiry. The project aims to

- support the adoption of inquiry teaching by demonstrating ways to reduce the constrains presented by teachers and school organisations
- demonstrate and disseminate methods and exemplary cases of both effective introduction of inquiry to science classrooms and professional development programmes
- deliver a set of guidelines for the educational community to further explore and exploit the unique benefits of the proposed approach in science teaching.

In this way the project team aims to facilitate the development of communities of practitioners of inquiry that will enable teachers to learn from each other.
More Information
The PATHWAY project offers resources for inquiry based science teaching. The PATHWAY repository: http://www.pathway-project.eu/content/pathway-repository offers access to school-based and research activities. The PATHWAY best practices: http://www.pathway-project.eu/content/pathway-best-practices offer access to inquiry activities for schools, networking between schools and science centers, resources for teachers' professional development and a PATHWAY best practices book. The website also offers a booklet “The pathway to inquiry based science teaching” - http://www.pathway-project.eu/content/pathway-booklet (it is available in Bulgarian, Dutch, English, German, Greek, Italian, Romanian and Spanish).Another very useful resource is the teachers’ guidelines - http://www.pathway-project.eu/content/pathway-teachers-guidelines (available in Bulgarian, Dutch, English, Finish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Romanian and Spanish).
Teachers’ Opinion
This initiative is one of the best initiatives identified in the project. It has a lot of resources to be directly used in the teaching practice. It has also resources for teachers to build their own activities in science teaching. A serious advantage of this practice is the fact that the resources are available in many languages, including Bulgarian, which makes them easily used. Another strong side of the project is that it has a quiz (also available in many languages) to define the typology of teachers and how they can best work with students.
Students’ Opinion
The project website has a lot of links to resources, video materials. But they are more to be used from teachers rather than students themselves.

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