Students creating geometric shapes at StarT festivals

Want to learn more about Project-based learning? – Join our free online course now!

Would you like to get support for designing your own project-based learning unit in line with current research into science education?Would you like to discuss and share ideas with teachers from other countries? 

If you answered yes than this is an opportunity just for you. LUMA Centre Finland, a network of Finnish universities, offers a free online course on project-based learning (PBL) for teachers and educators from early childhood education to upper secondary schools. 

The free online course “Project-based learning and the theory behind it – create your own project!” is now open. The course is designed to support the participants in the creation of a project-based unit that is in line with science education research, and you will learn about the essential features of PBL. It takes about 25 hours of work and four to five weeks to complete the course. Sign up to the course by the 8th of November!

The course is a part of the StarT programme. In StarT students learn together by carrying out interdisciplinary projects related to science, technology or mathematics. The programme  offers support to teachers implementing PBL in their teaching.  

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