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At the Junior High School of Giannopoulos Schools in Greece, Ms. Melina Charatsidou, Head of the Prevention Centre for Addiction and Promotion of Psycho-social Health of the Municipality of Glyfada, conducted an experience-based workshop and engaged the 2nd-grade students in activities related to the educational scenario "Function of vaccines, vaccination hesitancy, and misinformation" which was implemented by the students and their teachers, as part of the PAFSE program.

At the Junior High School of Xenopoulos Schools in Greece, 2nd-grade students, under the guidance of their teachers, Ms. Rebecca Koutsikou and Mr. Charalambos Papas, implemented the scenario “Social determinants of health during epidemic/pandemic outbreak”, as part of the PAFSE program. The students presented the results of their research to their peers during an event held at their school. On the same day, Dr. Elisavet Lykoudi, a nurse working at Thriasio General Hospital, recounted her experiences in tending to Covid-19 ...

With the end of the schoolyear, June 2023, the PAFSE high schools supervised by UOI, organized their open schooling events. Eleven schools enacted the scenarios “The mathematical representation of an epidemic: the case of SIR (Susceptible, Infectious, or Recovered) modeling” (5 schools), “Social determinants of health during an epidemic/pandemic outbreak” (4), “Function of vaccines, vaccination hesitancy and misinformation” (7), and “Cognitive and affective determinants of health during an epidemic/pandemic outbreak for students with Intellectual Disabilities” (1) and organized their events ...

Within the framework of the PAFSE program, the students of the 1st Junior High School of Agios Dimitrios (Attica, Greece) actively engaged in the educational scenario titled " Social determinants of health during epidemic/pandemic outbreak” which was carried out under the guidance of their teachers, Katerina Asimakopoulou, Eirini Kovaiou, and Anastasios Koimas. As part of the program, Dr. Eustratia Simou, Associate Professor of Communication, Mass Media, and Public Health in the Department of Public Health Policy at the University of ...

Within the framework of the PAFSE program, Dr. Martha Georgiou, a Biologist and member of the Teaching Staff at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, visited the 4th Middle High School of Agios Dimitrios in Attica, Greece. During her visit, she delivered a presentation to the students, focusing on the social aspects of the recent pandemic and drawing comparisons with previous pandemics in human history. Under the guidance of their teachers, Ms. Chara Drampalou and Mr. Dimitris Papadakis, the ...

On the 13th of October 2023, Portugal’s Ciência Viva Agency organized the National Meeting of "Clubes Ciência Viva na Escola 2023", this is, the national meeting of School Science Clubs, at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento (Pavilion of Knowledge), in Lisbon, Portugal, which brought together over 600 science and technology enthusiasts, including representatives from municipalities, companies, and scientific institutions, which emphasized the significance of science and technology in the educational arena. The PAFSE Project attended the event as invited by the ...