Teacher training-CZ Teplice gymnazium

2018 October 12-16 Czech Republic, Gymnasium Teplice, Teplice, CZ.

Modern Education in Science for Industry 4.0 (MESI 4.0) is an ERASMUS+ K229 action that aims to increase students and teachers interest in natural sciences and mathematics, in general, and in Industry 4.0, in particular. The knowledge and methodolgoy needed to acquire these new concepts of Industry 4.0 contrast wiht the traditional teaching and learning approaches that they continue to dominate in natural science and mathematics. To surpass this traditional approach of learning sciences, a training course was designed under the thoeretical principles that modern technologies would provide teachers with the opportunity to better diversify their teaching and learning approaches including: visualizations, demonstrations and simulations.

Participants

The teachers' training course was implemented and assessed under these theoretical principles about what modern education in Science for 4.0 means. The teacher training course took place from the 11th to the 17th of November, 2018, in Gymnazim Teplice (Teplice, Czech Republic). Seventeen teachers with different backgrounds participated in the training course: six teachers from Gymnazim Teplice, three teachers from Colegio-La Salle Buen Consejo (Spain), four teachers coming from the German SZ Geschwister Scholl and forur from The Lithuanina Siauliu Didzdvario Gimnazija.

Teacher training peer-to-peer methodology

The teacher training used a peer-to-peer methodology to enhance teachers in seminars and workshops for teachers about ICT. Czech teachers presented three workshops aobut the use of Google Drive affordances for sharing information during the MESI 4.0; training about Webinars using the eTwinning platform; and a workshop about the use of software Logger Pro and Logger Lite Vernier with examples of experiments in physics.

Lithuanina teachers from the Slialiu Didzdavario Gimanzja organized a teacher training workshoo about collaborative platforms. We investigated about the potentialities of Edmodo, a virtual community, for students and teachers collaboration during MESI 4.0. Furthermore, we discussed the principles for creating the official webpage of the project (mesi4.eu).

German teachers of Geschwister School were in charge of a seminar presenting the first insights about what Industry 4.0 was and their pros and cons for the sustainability of the world. They initiated the teachers' deliberate dialogue through the analysis of the beliefs expressed by their students when designing the logo for the project.

Finally, Spanish teachers from La Salle-Buen Consejo were in charge of a seminar about how to improve students' presentation and communication skills in foreign language. Teachers agreed in training students accordingly to this presentation (https://prezi.com/view/ZoJ8nSRu77yIcCUiLVWL/). Moreover, they created a Google form for assessing the teacher training course.

Teachers expressed the benefits of the teacher training course for professional development through the integration of technological, pedagogical and content knowldege. Pedagogical Content Knowledge was enhanced and will facilitate the creation of the future activities for each project meeting. The teachers' Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge was increased through the recognition of the potentialities of the software used to share and organize general information, as a learning collaborative tool and a subject matter specific tool.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the seminars and workshops have been an opportunity for teachers' professional development through the peer-to-peer methodology and deliberate dialogue about Modern Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for Industry 4.0.