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project,

funded

by

the

EU,

  which

aims

to

disseminate

inquiry-based

science

teaching

methods

(IBST)

to

the

widest

possible

range

of

teachers

and

teacher

educators

across

Europe

and

associated

countries.

The

three

main

objectives

of

the

S-TEAM

Project

are:

®

To

improve

motivation,

learning

and

pupil

attitudes

in

European

science

education,

resulting

in

o

increased

scientific

literacy

and

o

recruitment

to

science-based

careers,

by:

®

Enabling

large

numbers

of

teachers

to

adopt

inquiry-based

and

other

proven

methods

for

more

effective

science

teaching

by:

®

Supporting

teachers

by

providing

training

in,

and

access

to,

  innovative

methods

and

research-based

knowledge.

These

objectives

can

be

summarised

as

pupil

engagement,

teacher

empowerment

and

teacher

education.

S-TEAM

recognises

that

these

objectives

cannot

be

imposed

on

national

systems,

which

in

any

case

is

not

part

of

the

EU

role,

but

must

be

implemented

through

existing

structures,

agencies

and

actors.

In

order

to

achieve

this,

we

are

conducting

national

workshops

to

gather

information

about

IBST

implementation

in

the

partner

countries.

S-TEAM

also

has

some

numerical

objectives

.