Project
Intrface EuropeUNIPV structure involved
Department of PhysicsUNIPV Team
Prof. Lidia FalomoProject Duration
24 monthsStart Date: 01 Nov 2015
End Date: 31 Oct 2017Coordinator
IndustrimuseetPartners
Istituto Comprensivio Acerbi; Liceo Classico Ugo Foscolo Sezione Associata a Istituto Superiore Taramelli – Foscolo; Chester Beatty Library, Aarhus Katedralskole, Universita Degli Studi Di Pavia, St Oliver’s Community College, Aarhus Universitet, Horsens Gymnasium
The background of the intrface europe project is intrface denmark, an association of 75 upper secondary schools and local museums in Denmark, who collaborate in partnerships to produce and carry out museum-based, school-related coursework for students.
The leaders of intrface denmark initiated the present project with the ambition of combining the Danish experiences with similar experiences originating from the collaboration of two Pavia University museums with secondary schools in Pavia, Italy, and the Chester Beatty Library’s work with St. Oliver’s Community College in Drogheda and with other schools in the Republic of Ireland in order to develop and produce – for the first time ever – a European school-museum collaboration and coursework Methodology and Best-Practice Handbook. 18 teachers and museum professionals from these 3 countries have come together to realize the aims and ambitions of the intrface europe project, which will be followed by researchers from Pavia U. and Aarhus U. in Denmark.
The 1st main aim of the project is the development and formulation of a European methodology for securing structured, permanent, pedagogically and didactically sound, innovative and productive partnerships between museum professionals and secondary school teachers, who collaborate equally to develop and carry out museum-based coursework for the students, innovating and strengthening their collaborative, pedagogical and didactic practice, skills and competences in the process.