PARRISE – Promoting Attainment of Responsible Research and Innovation in Science Education
(Promoting Attainment of Responsible Research & Innovation in Science Education)
Leading team
Project members
- Dr. Rachel Cohen
- Dr. Yossy Machluf
- Eran Zafrani
Summary
Education through an inquiry approach in science and technology prepares young citizens to participate in socio-scientific debate, and thus contribute to citizens’ agency. For this purpose, students need to have an understanding of the process and products of science and technology and to appreciate them as human endeavor. In addition, students need to exercise informed decision-making considering and balancing relevant facts, interests, values, costs and benefits.
The PARRISE (Promoting Attainment of Responsible Research & Innovation in Science Education) project aims at introducing the concept of Responsible Research and Innovation in primary and secondary education. It does so by combining inquiry-based learning and citizenship education with socio-scientific issues in science education. The project also aims to collect and share existing best practices across Europe and develop learning tools, materials and in/pre-service training courses for science teachers based on the SSIBL approach.