As a network of science communication specialists, we have created a partnership across different scientific disciplines to create a sustainable and multi-faceted approach to science education.
We wanted to properly introduce you to our core team of partners and to encourage you to connect with us.
For more information on who we are and what we stand for, check out this blog post from a few months ago.
Our natural, pedagogical and social discipline partners are: the WasserCluster Lunz, the Austrian Education Competence Center Biology and the University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria.
The WasserCluster Lunz (WCL) is a non-profit research center made up of an international team to investigate scientific problems of aquatic ecosystems – including the effects of global change and effective management strategies between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. It is equally supported by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), the University for Continuing Education, Krems, and the University of Vienna and financed by the Provincial Government of Lower Austria and the Municipality of Vienna.
Austrian Educational Competence Center Biology (AECC) is the center for teacher education of the University of Vienna. This Center deals with teaching and learning in the subject of “Biology and Environmental Studies” from a scientific point of view. National and international research at the center uses innovative and hands-on approaches to develop the way biology is taught in schools.
The University College of Teacher Education Lower Austria (PHNÖ) offers training for further education and deepening understanding in a special field. It is here where the next generation of leaders in education is being developed, with courses on teaching at all levels. The PHNÖ also offers insights into approaches to teaching in this specific epoch – the anthropocene.
We also partner with The Haus der Wildnis, which is the UNESCO World Heritage Center in Lunz am See and offers unique insights into the primeval forest in the Alps in the Dürrenstein-Lassingtal wilderness area. Along with it’s modern exhibition, the Haus der Wildnis has a learning laboratory to offer children the opportunity to learn about the diversity of habits and their animal world. Check out our most recent blog post on workshops that have recently been carried out the Haus der Wildnis.
Of course, in developing science education, it is important for us to have direct partnership with schools and to hear from them, rather than making decisions about them. We currently have two main school partners – BORG Wiener Neustadt and the Primary and Middle School in Lunz am See.
Our project would also not be possible without the support of our administrative partner – the directorate of education in Lower Austria.
We would also like to partner with others who share our vision for developing science education, so please do contact us if you would like to hear more about us or ways in which you could connect with us.
