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  Science teachers network in Georgia Prof. Dr. Marika Kapanadze Ilia State University, Tbilisi
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Georgia
Independence
Rose Revolution – 2003
Reforms in Education - from 2004
Area: 69,700 km2
Population: 3,720,000
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Ilia State University
www. Iliauni.edu.ge
FACTS AND FIGURES
4 Faculties
252 professors and 520 researchers
18 Emeritus Professors
Students
Around 50 Bachelor’s and around 50 Master’s programs.
Around 30 research institutes and centers.
Educational and research bases throughout different regions of Georgia. 
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Dr. Peter Childs, UL
10 Universities
6 Countries
Coordinator – Ilia State University, Georgia
This project has received funding from the European Union’s TEMPUS Programme
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PROFILES
PROFILES promotes IBSE
through raising the self-efficacy
of science teachers
to take ownership
of more effective ways of
teaching students, supported
by stakeholders.
22 Universities
21 Countries
Coordinator – Free University of Berlin,
Germany
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme
for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no [266589]
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Teacher Professional Development
PROFILES
50 Hours - F2F + Distance
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Chain Reaction
Project Chain Reaction - development of Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) across twelve partner countries.
12 Universities
Countries
Coordinator – Sheffield Hallam University, UK
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no [321278]
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Teacher Professional Development
Chain Reaction
50 Hours = 25 F2F +25 Distance
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SoC Theory
Stages of Concern model according to Fuller (1969), Hall and Hord (2011)
Schneider and Bolte (2011)
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SoC
PROFILES
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SoC
Chain Reaction
N =10
N=11
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Teachers’ Constructs Study
Constructs Changes
Personal Construct Theory (PCT) (Kelly, 1955) - to frame the study and explore teachers’ constructs of IBSE and the Chain Reaction project.
Pre
- Practical work vs less support from the administration
- New Approaches of Teaching vs less support from the administration
- Professional development vs less support from the administration
Post
- Motivation vs non motivaiton
- Inquiry Based Learning vs less possibility for cooperation
- Project based learning vs bad planning
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SALiS Centre
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Teacher reports
- We’ll share our  experiences, novelties. We’ll solve problems together - With this cooperation we’ll improve our practice - We’ll do together new experiments and projects - Teachers Conference is the best possibility for me to present my work
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Chain Reaction
International Networking
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, May, 2016
Teacher reports
The idea of building teachers international groups was quite good and effective. The working process made a lot of fun. Working in international groups was very interesting and funny. Despite the language barrier, everyone tried to express their opinion and choose the best way of problem solving.   Working in international group was really interesting. We had different views related to the same problems. We were trying to fifififind the solution in different ways, that’s why working process was very interactive and interesting. The working process was very interesting - in my point of view, this format of working was the best for the effective communication, collaboration and friendship.
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Chain Reaction
International Networking
Plovdiv, May, 2016
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