Communities for Sciences, towards promoting an inclusive approach in Science Education

Project: Commissioned research

Project Details

Description

C4S is a project whose objective is to promote the inclusive practice of science. The C4S consortium is integrated by 11 partners in 8 European countries.
It will last from 2020 to 2023. The C4S project has three main aims:
1
Work with communities in vulnerability risk situation by fostering science education in children and youths aged from 0-16 years old, and their families, through formal and non-formal pedagogical institutions.
2
Raise awareness at an institutional level
(policy-makers, museum representatives, schools, associations, etc.) of some value- laden practices in science education activities and provide tools to redress such practices.
3
Promote engagement in inclusive science education through the creation of working groups with scientists or science-related members of those communities in vulnerability risk situation co-participating
in different programmes to foster inclusive science education.

Popular science description

C4S is a project with activities aimed to foster inclusive science education among children and youths
Short titleCommunities for Sciences
AcronymC4S
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date2020/09/012023/09/30

Collaborative partners

  • Lund University (lead)
  • La Fundación Universitaria del Bages (FUB)
  • IB Hochschule, Berlin
  • Galileo Progetti Nonprofit Korlátolt Felelösségü Társaság
  • University of Milano-Bicocca
  • The “European Office” (EUB), Board of Education for Vienna
  • Sesto San Giovanni
  • Erasmushogeschool Brussel
  • Fundació Universitària Balmes (UVic)
  • Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • New Bulgarian University

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Medical and Health Sciences
  • Social Sciences

Free keywords

  • inclusive education
  • Children's rights
  • Migration