Affiliation:
1. Drukshiai Ecological Education School, Lithuania
2. Vilnius Adult Secondary School „Akiratis“, Lithuania
3. Vilnius University, Lithuania
Abstract
The objective of International Scientific-Practical Conference „MuseumScouts“ – Transforming Learning – Teachers developing innovative practice using interactive technologies and teamwork“ was promote dialogue between cultures and modern methods of students' education, bringing together people interested in information technology application in education, to examine the humanitarian and natural education topics, share experiences and disseminate it. As well as to stimulate the development of education process, pupil self-teaching and search of new effective teaching methods. This conference was a great opportunity to share the lessons of the creation of interactive experiences.
The conference deals with the contemporary problems of teachers. These are the quality of humanitarian and natural education, relations of people and the different cultures as both formal and informal education object, information technology application in formal and non-formal education. In this international conference the representatives of schools participating in the Museum Scouts project (CBT + L Computer Based Training + Learning GmbH (Herrshing, Germany), the Institut fuer independent Environment (Berlin, Germany), Pedagogische Hochschule des Bundes (Linz, Austria), blended learning Network ( Ponte de Lima, Portugal), The Hermatige Technical College (Durham, the UK), Graduate School of Education of the University of Bristol (the UK), Lithuania schools of general education) will share their experiences. Conference meetings was of mutual cooperation, training and learning, based on modern information technology application in education. CBT + L Computer Based Training + Learning GmbH (Herrshing, Germany) program EVOLUTION in frames of the project was dedicated to secondary school teachers of all subjects, looking for new approaches and seeing interesting things integrity of its relationship with different direction and content of museums.
Most of the lessons have been created by using the information on the great cultural arts, cultural and scientific values stored in various museums. These values are important not only for human spiritual development, but, as experience shows, can be limitless, training promoting, raising the appropriate contents source of knowledge.
The relationship that can be easily found between educational content and museums of arts, nature, and technology creates the preconditions of interesting, new content subjects with content meeting the educational process requirements. Clearly visible and foster is close cooperation between several subjects and the cooperation of teachers, because well-designed training materials for use in lessons or extra-curricular activities help to properly shape worldview and values. It is very important to expanding knowledge society with the capability to use all modern information technologies and their opportunities and self-learning, not only now but also throughout life.
Key words: The „MuseumScouts“ project, the formal and nonformal education, virtual chemistry and information technology lesson, the collaboration and the dialogue of cultures.
Publisher
Scientific Methodical Centre "Scientia Educologica"
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