CRIPSIE. Children AS Researchers In Primary Schools In Europe

Project summary

The main aim of the CARIPSIE project is to explore, compare and identify the best ways to teach young children of all abilities in primary schools and pre schools the skills they need to become active researchers and how this can be further developed and embedded in their curricula. It will encourage comparative research to topics so that children from the seven project countries can learn from each other. This will empower children who will contribute to existing knowledge providing adults who work professionally with them, new insight into the children?s own perspectives.The project partners represent different European regions and six of them have worked together before in projects on democracy and conflict resolution and are members of ETEN (European Teacher Education Network). The project will include local primary and pre primary schools in each partner country. They will be encouraged to set up their own links and projects.The main activities will involve the sharing of expertise and good practice via real and electronic linking plus visits and conferences for lecturers, students, teachers and children to trial materials and methods. It will also include student teaching practice.The model of practice that emerges will be published. Disseminated and used in the planned in-service course.