SkyLight - a Global Science Opera by Oded Ben-Horin (Stord Haugesund University College, Norway)

SkyLight – a Global Science Opera endorsed by IAU \ IYL2015

Norway Portugal

Italy

Greece

USA

China

Chile

Belgium

Palestinian Territories

Israel

Brazil

Serbia

Canada

Tanzania Kenya

India

Australia

Poland

São Tomé e Principe

Mozambique

Angola

Cape Verde

Spain

East-Timor

Sri-Lanka

Indonesia

UK

Project Framework

Science

ICT

Education

Arts

Write a Science Opera (WASO) is…

• A multi-disciplinary teaching concept based on the ”professional development” Write an Opera method. In WASO, scientists and opera artists work with teachers/pupils to create original science

operas: Ownership of creative science and art output.

WASO Portugal EEA Grants

SkyLight – a Global Science Opera Norway

Portugal

Italy

Greece

USA

China

Chile

Belgium

Palestinian Territories

Israel

Brazil

Serbia

Canada

Tanzania Kenya

India

Australia

Poland

São Tomé e Principe

Mozambique

Angola

Cape Verde

Spain

East-Timor

Sri-Lanka

Indonesia

UK

Collaborative creative science learning on 2 levels: Preparation & performance

Previous iterations LinkCast by Petros Stergiopoulos (Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece)…

ESA ”Rosetta Wake Up!” winning video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbx64eRtna0

In practice….

Who?????

• Master Students \ PhD students: ICT, Management, Arts Education, Design, Composition, Science Education, Pedagogics, International Relations

• Integration with research institutions

• Sponsorships

• Volunteer work

How????

• Online trainings (3-4 sessions)

• eLEarning units made available publicly

Integration of CREAT-IT pedagogical principles with theoretical framework -by University of Exeter team

Portuguese Experience

• Participants from school Fontes Pereira de Melo; 5th to 8th grade, ages 10-14/15

• Common topic: Earth, a living planet

• Opera related activities; Science related activities

• Cycle of recitals

• The outcome...

WASO Training Materials Strengthening/Supporting Creative Activities in an Inquiry-Based

Science Education Model (Cosmos Project, EU)

• Phase 1 - Questions Eliciting Curiosity

• Phase 2 - Active Investigation: Propose preliminary explanations or hypotheses

• Phase 3 - Creation: Gather evidence from observation

• Phase 4 - Discussion: Explanation based on evidence

• Phase 5 - Reflection: Communicate explanation

Analysis by Prof. Marianne Ødegaard, Forskningsleder, Naturfagsenteret, UiO (2)

CREAT-IT proposes the following working

definition for creativity in science education:

Generating ideas and strategies as an individual or community, reasoning critically between these and producing plausible explanations and strategies consistent with the available evidence. Such scientific creativity as fuelled

by ‘little c’ creativity, i.e. purposive and imaginative activity generating outcomes

that are original and valuable in relation to the learner. - from the CREAT-IT Pedagogical

Framework Deliverable D2.1

Dissemination examples

European Space Agency competition: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Wake_up_Rosetta

ESA winner (Oda Var Best, Sunnhordaland): http://www.sunnhordland.no/article/20140206/NYHENDE/140209837

http://www.vilvite.no/nyheter/show/vitenskapsopera-9-mai/

Music Cycle: ”Earth, a

Living Planet”

4 school projects (Porto)

2 school projects

(Norway)

Research

Dissemination/Exploitation

Activities in Porto WASO Project

Partners in Portugal WASO Project

Coordinator: CMSM (Portugal) – Management, producer of 4 WASO school projects in Portugal, musicians.

Escola Básica e Secundária Fontes Pereira de Melo – students and trainers

Bergen National Opera (Norway) – Quality Manager and producer of 2 WASO school projects in Norway

University of Stavanger (Norway) – APM for Norway and musicians

Stord Haugesund University College (Norway) – Concept developers, Dissemination/Exploitation and musicians

WP5: Additional Examples of International Presentations (Nov. 2013-August 2014)

• Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC

• Alzheimer’s conference at Univ. of Haifa, Israel

• Arts & Sciences Salon, NYC (hosted at Opera America)

• University of Georgia, USA

• Neurodegenerative Disease conference (Greece)

• International Congress for Qualitative Inquiry (Univ. of Illinois, USA)