MOJCA OREL

Gymnasium Moste, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Friday, 21th March 2014

 

100 opportunities for the new ways of teaching

STO

Science Teaching Opportunities

    

 

THE BOOK OF ABSTRACTS

 

International conference  STO is meant for teachers and other skilled professional staff in educational institutions, teacher trainers, pedagogical consultants and research workers in the field of education and upbringig.

The conference programme will cover various topics and has been out together by Slovene and international lecturers and teachers practitioners.

Slovene lecturers are lecturers at different faculties, ministries and other institutions of national importance. Their contributions will enlighten current fields of modern science: neuroscience, ecology, education ...

Foreign lecturers come from the Chech Republic, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Latvia.

One hundred minutes will be given to the teachers to present their own practical work and exchange ideas in teaching under the tithe 100 minutes from teachers to teachers.

 

At this international scientific conference we will present and lead a debate on the challenges of modern approaches and methods of teaching and evaluation skills that enable future generations to increase motivation for learning, encourage creativity of pupils / students, intensify higher proceeds of knowledge and interaction with everyday life and, not ultimately, individual personal growth.

We will also discuss how to introduce innovations in teaching that are enabled by new technologies. Investing in human capital is one of the most important cornerstones of sustainable development of human beings as well as human society in general.

 

 

 

               CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

 

 

13:00 - 13:30

Arrival and registration of participants

 

13:30 - 15:00

 

OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE

STO

Science Teaching Opportunities

 

The cultural program
Welcome speech

Špela Škof Urh,headmistress Gymnasium Moste

Andreja Lenc (CMEPIUS, Head of Unit)

Àgueda Gras-Velázquez (Science Programme Manager, Scientix Project Manager), Belgium

 

PLENARY PART I

Brain sciences in teaching: blessing or curse?

Zvezdan Pirtošek (Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana and Univesrity Medical Center Ljubljana)

Brain organisation and its function
Grega Brecl (Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Ljubljana)

100 years of neuroscience 1914 - 2014
Jurij Dreo (Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana)
Enriching contextual framework for teaching chemistry

Chemistry in Art

prof. dr. Margareta Vrtačnik (Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana)

5 rhythms as a dynamic body-oriented movement practice to support personal integrity of a teacher

Bojana Boh (Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering, University of Ljubljana)

Self-evaluation of school informatisation

Borut Čampelj (Ministry of Education, Science and Sport)

 

Moderator: Mojca Orel

 

15:00 - 15:10

Break (coffee, tea, cakes, juice)

15:10 - 16:15

 

PLENARY PART II –  foreign speakers

Comenius

The 4 elements. How to introduce enviromental education trough IBL in an international project

Daniel Aguirre-Molina (Colegio Pedro Poveda de Jaén), Spain

Irena Šterman (Gymnasium Moste), Slovenia

European projects and our school

Monika Bartova (Zakladni skola, Klasterec nad Ohri), Czech Republic

Scientix2: easy to find high quality science and maths teaching resources

Carlos Cunha (Escola Secundária Dom Manuel Martins), Portugal

Language - Cognition - Science

Malgorzata Zajaczkowska (Zespol Szkol Integracyjnych No 1), Bialystok, Poland

Alternative ways of teaching environmental studies

Baiba Karlsberga (Priekuļi Secondary School ), Latvia

Teaching science trough inquiry based learning  (IBL)

Daniel Aguirre-Molina (Colegio Pedro Poveda de Jaén), Spain

 

Moderator: Mojca Orel

 

16:15 - 16:30

Break (coffee, tea, cakes, juice)

16:30 - 17:10

 

PLENARY PART III

Green economy for our future and for future generations. The alpstar best practices

Darja Piciga (Ministry of Agriculture and the Environment)

How loud is too loud?

Sonja Jeram (Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia)

Wolves from Slovenian forests
Miha Krofel (University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Forestry and Renewable Forest Resources)

Teaching guidelines for the future generation

Mojca Orel (Gymnasium Moste)

 

Moderator: Alenka Perko Bašelj

 

17:10 - 17:20

Break (coffee, tea, cakes, juice)

17:20 - 19:10

 

100 MINUTES FROM TEACHERS TO TEACHERS  

 

Examination paper in pair: an opportunity or a connivance?

Đulijana Juričič (Primary school Trnovo)

Inquiry based learning in chemistry

Ana Logar (Primary school Metlika)

Research activity at GESS Trbovlje

Darja Užmah (GESŠ Trbovlje)

Project?! Why? – Why not?

Tjaša Milijaš (Primary school Dravlje)

A survival camp for high school students

Matej Mlakar, Alenka Špan (Gymnasium Krško)

The evolution of learning and teaching

Mirela Kapetanović Mujkić (Primary school Polje)

Modernism on different way

Martina Golob (Primary school Sostro)

Basic statistical analysis in the 3rd and 9th grade with the help of IKT

Anita Smole, Sonja Strgar (Primary school Vide Pregarc)

Development of social and civic competences through intercultural cooperation

Iris Kravanja Šorli (Primary school Martina Krpana Ljubljana)

The use of »KWL« reading strategy at a regional geographic research

Tatjana Pecin Završan (Primary school Polje)

Communication skills and other Transactional analysis knowledge for better teaching

Irena Lukić (Primary school Spodnja Šiška)

Hot potatoes – retro, but usefull
Mladen Kopasić (Primary school Polje)

E-book as an interdisciplinary project work

Miha Vrčko (Primary school of national hero Maks Pečar)

Teaching poetry

Katja Rotar (Gymnasium Moste)

A poem about Carbohydrates

Tanja Vičič (Primary school Brinje Grosuplje)

 

Moderator: Lovro Dretnik

 

 

 

19:10 - 21:00

 

Quality teaching encompasses also efficient rhetorical appearance

Tomaž Petek (Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana)

 

THE CONFERENCE CONCLUSION

Titles link to abstract.

 

PROGRAMME & REVIEW COMMITEE 

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
 

mag. Mojca Orel, Head of Programme commitee
Moste High School, Ljubljana

Alenka Perko Bašelj
Moste High School, Ljubljana

Špela Škof Urh
Headmaster of Moste High School, Ljubljana

dr. Elizabeta Tratar Pirc
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana
 

 

Alenka Perko Bašelj, Head of Organising commitee
Moste High School, Ljubljana

Lovro Dretnik
Moste High School, Ljubljana

mag. Mojca Orel
Moste High School, Ljubljana

Špela Škof Urh
Headmaster of Moste High School, Ljubljana

Katja Rotar
Moste High School, Ljubljana