In an uncertain context of global environmental and health crises, it is of paramount importance considering the ways in which science education is to open pathways for students and citizens to envision and actively generate more sustainable futures.
In this seminar guest lecturers Professor Olivia Levrini and Post-doc researcher Giulia Tasquier will be giving a talk with the title, "Future-oriented Science Education and open schooling in the society of acceleration and uncertainty". Their talk will be followed by a discussion and shorter presentations from the Norwegian SEAS local network, including a presentation by PhD candidate Hanna Røkenes.
Schedule
- 10:15 Welcome, with Professor Erik Knain
- 10:20 – 11:20 Future-oriented Science Education and open schooling in the society of acceleration and uncertainty, by guest lecturers Olivia Levrini & Giulia Tasquier (UNIBO)
- 11:20 – 11:30 Coffee break
- 11:30 – 13:00 SEAS Norwegian local network presentations, and overall discussion
- 13:00 – Lunch
About our guest lecturers
Olivia Levrini
Olivia Levrini is Associate Professor in Physics Education and History of Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy "A. Righi" of the University of Bologna, Italy. Her current research work includes:
- interdisciplinarity in STEM education;
- educational reconstruction of advanced current topics in physics (thermodynamics, relativity, quantum physics);
- cognition and conceptual change;
- identity and processes of appropriation;
- instruction design on future-oriented STEM issues (climate change, artificial intelligence, quantum computing).
She coordinated the European Erasmus + Project called I SEE - Inclusive STEM Education to Enhance the capacity to aspire and imagine future careers (iseeproject.eu), and, currently, she is coordinating the European Erasmus + Project IDENTITIES - Integrate Disciplines to Elaborate Novel Teaching approaches to InTerdisciplinarity and Innovate pre-service teacher Education for STEM challenges (identitiesproject.eu) and the Horizon 2020 project called FEDORA - Future-oriented Science EDucation to enhance Responsibility and engagement in the society of Acceleration and uncertainty.
Levirini served as Conference President for the 2019 ESERA conference (esera2019.org).
Giulia Tasquier
Giulia Tasquier is a 'Junior Assistant Professor in Physics Education at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Bologna, Italy. Her research interests include:
- design and implementation of innovative teaching materials on modern physics and SSI
- the correlation between knowledge and behaviour in dealing with climate change
- the role of epistemological knowledge on models and modelling in teaching/learning physics
- instruction design on future-oriented STEM issues
She is the coordinator of the national network of the Horizon 2020 project SEAS (seas.uio.no), and has served as Conference Manager for the 2019 ESERA conference (esera2019.org).