The working group Citizen Science at/with schools is organising an online training course in the winter semester 2024 at the Vienna University of Teacher Education. In the half-day event on 21 November 2024 from 14:00 to 18:00, participants will be able to work together with researchers and experienced teachers on how Citizen Science can be used in schools.
Citizen Science as an educational and teaching tool, it offers great added value for pupils and teachers. Pupils benefit from active learning and engagement with scientific work and research processes. For teachers, citizen science projects offer an opportunity to integrate science and research into lessons in an interactive way.
The training is aimed at teachers from all types of schools and is independent of the subject area. In the training programme covers case studies from the natural sciences as well as the humanities and and social science case studies. The event will be held online.
Interested teachers can register for participation until 5th of October. To do so, the completed and signed "late-registration"-form must be sent to fortbildung.nachmeldung@phwien.ac.at (course number: 6624MKL521, course title: Kinder und Jugendliche forschen mit. When Citizen Science comes to schools). Further information can be found on the PH Vienna website.