Partners:

Technical University of Gabrovo

Name of the person involved in the event:

Maria Nikolova, Milena Koleva

Date of the event:

06 December 2012

Type of Dissemination event:

Conference or Fair

Description of Dissemination Event:

Paper titled “Setting up a scientific school project as a method of increasing students’ motivation for studying natural sciences and ecology” was presented during the International Conference on Innovative Learning in Chemistry, held in Prague in December 2012. The paper reports the experiment of a team from the National Aprilov High School – associated partner of TU – Gabrovo in Chemistry is all around Network Project - to increase the motivation of students interested mainly in the humanities for the natural science subjects through the development of a school project. The aim of the project entitled “Science from Granny’s Chest Drawers” is to build a bridge between present days’ science and technology and the history of Bulgarian crafts of the mid and the late 19th century. The old technology of braiding and dyeing woolen threads is interpreted attractively and unconventionally on modern scientific level.

Target group:

Teachers in natural sciences, chemistry and ecology, scientist, secondary school students

Number of people reached by event:

more than 50

Held in:

Prague, Check Republic

Outcomes and Results:

The final outcome of the project has been identified as positive with regard to students’ attitude towards natural sciences and motivation to learn.
The development of the project “Science from Granny’s Chest Drawers” proved to be a good practice in the National Aprilov High School, Gabrovo, and a successful method of enhancing students’ motivation and altering their attitude towards natural sciences and ecology.
The conference helped to share the Aprilov school practice among
Chemistry teachers and researchers participated in the conference

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