Information about STIPPS Meetings

Meeting Malta (19/12/05-21/12/05)
Kick off meeting of the STIPPS project.

On the agenda: 
Focus on general workplan and outcomes of the STIPPS proposal:
Focus on Stage 1 of the STIPPS project:

• Theoretical vision on Scientific Thinking (see state of art in partner institutions)
• Creating a model for Scientific Thinking (based upon this theoretical vision)

Agenda of the meeting in Malta (download)
Report of the meeting in Malta (download)

Meeting Belgium, Ghent (11/05/06-13/05/06)
2nd STIPPS meeting

On the agenda:
Focus on Stage 2 and 3 of the STIPPS project                                                                      

• Final version of the didactical STIPPS model
• Working on layer 1-4 of the STIPPS model (see ‘how children learn science’on website)

Agenda of the meeting in Belgium  ( download)
Report of the meeting in Belgium (download)

Meeting Scotland, Dundee (23/01/07-27/01/07)
3rd STIPPS meeting

On the agenda:
Focus on the progress report (setting out deadlines)
Focus on Stage 4 and 5 of the STIPPS project

• Final versions of layer 1-4 of each pillar of the STIPPS model
• Working on layer 5 of the STIPPS model (see ‘how children learn science’on website)
  

Agenda of the meeting in Scotland (download)
Report of the meeting in Scotland (download)

Meeting Poland, Lomza (23/10/07-26/10/07)
4th STIPPS meeting

On the agenda:
Focus on Stage 6 and 7 of the STIPPS project 

• SWOT analysis
• Dissemination (website, articles,...)
• Com 2.2 course will be held in Nancy: Sun 30/11/08-06/12/08
• Interactive STIPPS model (will be published in "How children learn science")
• Collecting good practices

Workshop for teachers in primary school in Lomza
Dissemination session on conference "Life long learning" in Bialystok

Agenda of the meeting in Poland (download)
Report of the meeting in Poland (download)

Meeting Germany, Karlsruhe (06/05/08 - 10/05/08)
5th STIPPS meeting

On the agenda:
Focus on Stage 6 and 7 of the STIPPS project

• Dissemination of the project in Europe & Partner Countries (website, articles,...)
• Outcomes: working on handbook and booklet
• Workshops in different partner institutions: state of art
• Com 2.2 course will be held in Nancy: Sun 30/11/08-06/12/08
• Interactive STIPPS model ( published in "How children learn science" on the website)
• collecting and producing good practices for layer 5 (video clips) 

Agenda of the meeting in Karlsruhe (download)
Report of the meeting in Karlsruhe (download)

Meeting France, Nancy (22/09/08 - 26/09/08)
6th STIPPS meeting

On the agenda:
Finishing the STIPPS project

• Dissemination of the project in Europe & Partner Countries (website, articles,...)
• Outcomes: finishing handbook and booklet
• Com 2.2 course in Nancy: setting a new date?
• Interactive STIPPS model ( published in "How children learn science" on the website)

Agenda of the meeting in Nancy (download)
Report of the meeting in Nancy (download)

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Some useful documents used during meetings or conferences (download):

•   Approved Comenius 2.1 STIPPS proposal (February 2005)
•   Progress report of the STIPPS project (December 2006)
•    List of references of articles concerning scientific thinking
•    State of art concerning expertise about scientific thinking of  the partners institutions
•    Presentations about expertise ‘scientific thinking in partner institutions’
            — Presentation Belgium (Teacher Training, KATHO Tielt)
            — Presentation Germany (University of Education, Karlsruhe)
            — Presentation Malta (University of Education, Malta)
            — Presentation Poland (Teacher Training Centre, Lomza)
            — Presentation Scotland (University of Education, Dundee)
            — Presentation France (Academic Inspection, Metz-Nancy)
            — Presentation ‘diffusion of innovation’(Liverpool Hope University)
•    The didactical STIPPS model concerning ‘Scientific Thinking’
            — Methodology of the working session (finding the model…)
            — The didactical STIPPS model
            — How the STIPPS model is worked out
            — STIPPS learning line
•    Video conference as a useful tool in between meetings
•    Dissemination powerpoint STIPPS (long version pdf)
•    Dissemination powerpoint STIPPS (long version ppt)
•    Dissemination powerpoint STIPPS (short version pdf)
•    Evaluation workshop STIPPS in Lomza
•    Article on peer learning in electronic journal of Research in Educational Psychology
•    Mini poster STIPPS (used during Symposium ECFUN project 31/01/08-03/02/08)