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Bonacci, Enzo – Online Submission, 2023
In the years 2015-2018, the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and the Italian Ministry of Defense proposed the joint initiative "Space for Your Future. The ISS: Innovatio, Scientia, Sapientia" in partnership with the Italian Space Agency. It was a competition addressed to secondary school students and aimed at…
Descriptors: Astronomy, STEM Education, Science Projects, Competition
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Bonacci, Enzo – Online Submission, 2018
In the Italian education system, secondary students (ages 14-19) face the foundations of quantum physics during the final term of scientific high school (pre-university year). The Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) has remarked its importance in the syllabus to address the high school exit examination (30% of the 5th…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, Quantum Mechanics
Giordano, Giuseppe – Online Submission, 2021
Scientific English is a section of academic English which refers to the study of scientific subjects like biology and chemistry rather than humanistic subjects such as history and literature. The teaching of Scientific English can be a demanding task for language teachers since it concerns not only the common instruction of linguistic aspects of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, English for Academic Purposes, Science Instruction
Bonacci, Enzo – Online Submission, 2013
The Livio Gratton is a small size "Planetarium" (40-seat capacity) located in Latina (near Rome, Italy); it belongs to the Scientific High School G.B. Grassi since its construction in 2003. In less than eighteen months of activity the number of admissions has been superior to 4000, but the situation was rather different previously, when…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Recreational Facilities, Science Education, Astronomy
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Bonacci, Enzo – Online Submission, 2016
The educational project "From Soccerene to Fullerene" (FSTF) was a pioneering interdisciplinary experience accomplished by six pupils who discussed it in the 2013 Italian school-leaving examination. The author illustrated the FSTF in the 2014 national conference of the Italian Physical Society (Pisa) eliciting a genuine interest. Here we…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Plane Geometry, Physics, Mathematics Education
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Bonacci, Enzo – Online Submission, 2015
A modern school should encourage students to deepen the subjects autonomously and beyond the normal curricula. Such aim, requiring both well-disposed pupils and cooperative teachers, was reached by the pioneering interdisciplinary project "From Soccerene to Fullerene" in 2013. The scientific education was noticeably improved, especially…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, Constructivism (Learning)
Pilo, Miranda; Mantero, Alfonso; Marasco, Antonella – Online Submission, 2011
We present a science centre established in Genoa on an agreement between Municipality of Genoa and Department of Physics of University of Genoa. The aim is to offer children, young people and community an opportunity to approach science in a playful way. The centre staffs guide the visitors through the exhibits, attracting their interests towards…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Exhibits, Science Course Improvement Projects, Resource Centers
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2017
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2017), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (W.I.A.R.S.). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Models, Vocational Education, Outcomes of Education
Boujemaa, Agorram; Silvia, Caravita; Adriana, Valente; Daniela, Luzi; Nicola, Margnelli – Online Submission, 2009
The study was carried out within the European research project "Biology, Health and Environmental Education for Better Citizenship" that joined 18 European and North-African countries. We report here the methodology and some of the conclusions drawn from an analysis of science textbooks that considered the topics ecology and…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Textbooks, Ecology, Cultural Differences
Pracana, Clara, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2014, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 4 to 6 of April. Psychology, in our time, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Prevention