SkyLight - a Global Science Opera
by Oded Ben-Horin (Stord Haugesund University College, Norway)
SkyLight – a Global Science Opera
endorsed by IAU \ IYL2015
Norway
UK
Portugal
Indonesia
Italy
Sri-Lanka
Greece
East-Timor
USA
Spain
China
Cape Verde
Chile
Angola
Belgium
Mozambiqu
e
Palestinian
Territories
São Tomé e
Principe
Israel
Poland
Brazil
Australia
Serbia
India
Canada
Kenya
Tanzania
Project Framework
Science
Arts
ICT
Education
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.
SkyLight – a Global Science Opera
Norway
UK
Portugal
Indonesia
Italy
Sri-Lanka
Greece
East-Timor
USA
Spain
China
Cape Verde
Chile
Angola
Belgium
Palestinian
Territories
Mozambique
São Tomé e
Principe
Israel
Poland
Brazil
Australia
Serbia
India
Canada
Kenya
Tanzania
Collaborative creative science learning on 2 levels:
Preparation & performance
Professor Carl Pennypacker, University of Berkeley, som er leder i IKT i
Læring nettverket Global Hands on Universe (www.handsonuniverse.org)
skriver følgende om «SkyLight» prosjektet:
“In a time when our world Governments seem to be not acting
very carefully or rationally, it is so important for projects like
Skylight to come to fruition! To me, Skylight, if I might take a
verbal liberty here, is a fantastic example of "Crowd-Sourced
World Peace and Cooperation." That is, you have discovered a
way of using the Internet for all people on our planet to work
together to inspire, educate, and lift us all above our selfimposed limits and oppression by others. Certainly one of the
spiritual foundations of Global HOU/GTTP is that all Earthlings
learn to work together to study the stars”.
Previous iterations
LinkCast by Petros Stergiopoulos
(Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Greece)…
ESA ”Rosetta Wake Up!” winning
video
http://www.yout
ube.com/watc
h?v=Sbx64eRtn
a0
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/