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Dates of “Question-Driven Learning in STEM” Summer school

Start: Sunday early evening, June 29, 2025
End: Tuesday late afternoon, July 1, 2025
Maximal number participants: 25

Location

The ECTN “Question-Driven Learning in STEM” Summer School will take place at the Faculty of Chemistry at the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Photos: N.Brouwer

The address of the Faculty of Chemistry is Gronostajowa 2, 30 – 387 Krakow. Note that the entrance to the building, located on the Campus of the 600th Anniversary of the Jagiellonian University Revival, is from the Profesora Stanisława Łojasiewicza street (see image).

Important deadlines

Start date application: December 16, 2024
Early Bird application deadline:  April 18, 2025
Regular application deadline (if there are still places):  May 30, 2025

Intended learning outcomes

The participants will get acquainted with and will be able to describe the pedagogical benefits of question-driven teaching through experiencing it as a student in the summer school.
After the Question-Driven Learning in STEM Summer School the participants will be able to:

  1. design questions with different goals to implement in their teaching practice
  2. design a short guided inquiry session for their students
  3. take a role of a “guide on the side” in a session with students in an inclusive way
  4. discuss how this type of teaching could be adapted to available teaching facilities
  5. share experience about the guided inquiry teaching method with colleagues

Organisation

The “Question-Driven Learning in STEM” Summer School is organised by the ECTN Working Group Eurolecturer Academy in cooperation with the Jagiellonian University (local organising university of this event). The Organising Committee of the “Question-Driven Learning in STEM” Summer School and the “ECTN Teaching and Learning in STEM Summer School Scientific Committee assure high quality organisation and academic level. Organisations who find CPD in teaching and learning in higher education important are welcome to support these initiative.

ECTN Working Group Eurolecturer Academy
  • Dr. Natasa Brouwer (chair) (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Prof. Iwona Maciejowska (vice-chair) (Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland)

 

Organising Committee Question-Driven Learning in STEM Summer School
 Scientific Committee “Teaching and Learning in HE STEM” Summer Schools
  • Dr. Natasa Brouwer (ECTN WG Eurolecturer Academy)
  • Dr. Nineta Hrastelj (ECTN)
  • Prof. Iwona Maciejowska (Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland)
  • Prof. Sanjiv Prashar (University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain)
  • Dr. Martino di Sario
  • Dr. Natasa Brouwer (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Emer.Prof. Bill Byers (University of Ulster, Ireland)
  • Prof. Cristina Femoni (University of Bologna, Italy)
  • Prof. Iwona Maciejowska (Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland)
  • Dr. Claire McDonnell (Technological University Dublin, Ireland)
  • Prof. Erwin Rosenberg (University of Vienna, Austria)
  • Prof. Livia Sarkadi (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary)