This Working Paper is meant to inform participants of the WP2 – Knowledge sharing and mutual learning training workshop, Brussels, 8^th-9^th April 2014 about needs and wants of educators and communicators. Therefore it concludes with an invitation to SYNENERGENE partners with different expertise to answer some urgent questions.  In addition, the Working Paper provides background information for the workshop session on framing and dialogical inquiry. 

Aims of the Working Paper

• To make a SWOT analysis of the shaping, implementation, processes and outcomes of socio-scientific issues-based learning in classrooms and to further articulate the rhetoric-practice gap
• To learn from past experiences and research and to inform the design of educational materials and activities for students and teachers aimed at public engagement and participation in the development of synthetic biology
• To share the gained knowledge with SYNENERGENE partners and to identify common ground with Ecsite partners so as to enable fine-tuning of activities in formal and informal learning environments based on a shared vocabulary and mutual understanding
• To get feedback and input from partners with various backgrounds to further elaborate this Working Paper for inclusion of relevant parts in the toolkit and to make it available to a wider audience
• To provide a context and rationale for the workshop session on frame reflection

Download the Deliverable now: Waarlo, A.J., (2014). Enhancing Socio-Scientific Issues-based Learning in Schools, D2.1 SYN-ENERGENE, co-funded by the European Commission under the 7^th Framework Programme, Karlsruhe, Germany / Utrecht University, Freudenthal Institute for science and mathematics education (NL). (PDF)

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