Meta-Scientific Literacies in the (Mis-)Information Age: SciLMi

Programme(s): Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+)

Topic(s): ERASMUS-EDU-2022-PEX-TEACH-ACA

Type of action: ERASMUS Project Grants

Project ID: 101104523

Objective: Pandemics, climate change and natural resource scarcity are just three of the critical global issues facing our world today. The flood of socioscientific mis-, dis- and malinformation is making matters even worse: it has eroded trust in science and in the authorities, posing the single greatest threat to European democracies of our times. Education must lead the way out of this crisis. Teachers need to be equipped with the competences and attitudes to foster the meta-scientific literacy skills that empower all learners to act as responsible, competent and effective democratic citizens in our increasingly digital world. The SciLMi Teacher Academy is rising to the challenge. It develops, pilots and evaluates crossdisciplinary blended intensive mobility programmes and trainings (BIP, BITs). Pre- and in-service teachers will acquire transversal competences, digital skills and inclusive teaching strategies to educate the future generation to critically engage with socio-scientific issues and to research and evaluate scientific claims and arguments for decision-making and action (PISA 2025 Science Competency 3). The BIP and BITs participants will be guided to compose lesson plans that encourage teachers to incorporate SciLMi skills into their day-to-day teaching practice. After the project’s lifetime, the programmes and trainings will be continued utilising Erasmus+ KA 1 funding. Given the pan-European dimension of the challenge, the SciLMi Teacher Academy will build a pan-European Hub consisting of providers of initial and continuous teacher education, schools, teacher associations, education authorities, foundations, NGOs, libraries, science centres and other stakeholders. The SciLMi Hub members will not only be actively involved in the development process but will also contribute to the project’s long-term impact and sustainability by disseminating the deliverables and facilitating the integration of meta-scientific literacy skills into the education systems across Europe.