News & Announcements
PAFSE at the 4th Junior High School of Agios Dimitrios (Attica, Greece) – Part 1
As part of the PAFSE program, students from the 4th Junior High School of Agios Dimitrios (Attica, Greece) implemented the educational scenario titled “The social dimensions of health during an epidemic or pandemic outbreak” under the guidance of their teachers, Ms. Chara Drampalou and Mr. Dimitris Papadakis. During their English class, students took part in activities at the computer science lab where they utilized the PADLET app to explore the social inequalities that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic and worked ...
PAFSE at the 3rd Junior High School of Palaio Faliro (Attica, Greece)
On May 9th, 2023, Mr. Alexandros Vontas, Dr of Virology from the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology at the Medical Faculty of the University of Thessaly, and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis of Viruses, delivered a lecture to the 2nd-grade students of the 3rd Junior High School of Palaio Faliro in Attica, Greece on the topic: “How diseases are transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa”. Following the lecture, students presented their research findings to their fellow ...
INESC TEC open-schooling events
From May 29th to June 14th, INESC TEC joined hands with the 5 pilot school in organizing the Open School Events for the community! Different activities were carried out, from showcasing of the work performed by the students for the three educational scenarios (3D modeling, 3D animation and 3D printing), to special talks regarding technology applied to health, the events were embraced by the the students, parents, teachers, school boards, and stakeholders. Even the President of the Vila Real City ...
PAFSE at Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna (Attica, Greece)
On May 24, 2023, at the Evangeliki Model High School of Smyrna (Attica, Greece), students of two Science Clubs, who participated in the PAFSE project, presented to their classmates, teachers and parents the research projects they conducted during the PAFSE pilots. The 1st Science Club, guided by Mr Pantelis Diamantis, implemented the educational scenario “Social determinants of health during an epidemic/pandemic outbreak”, while the 2nd Science Club enacted the educational scenario “The mathematical representation of an epidemic using the SIR ...
A role-playing game on “Social determinants of health during an epidemic/pandemic outbreak”
Students – future teachers Sofia, Helene, Rafaela, Vasiliki and Spyridoula at the University of Ioannina created the didactic transformation of the PAFSE educational scenario “Social determinants of health during an epidemic/pandemic outbreak”. The didactic transformation incorporates a role-playing game concerning health disparities due to social inequities, economic status, demographics, place of residence, etc. The five students created certain personalities and wrote a series of 28 statements relevant to a pandemic situation (e.g., I have easy access to medical care; I ...
PAFSE at the Model High School of Smyrna (Attica, Greece)
At the Model High School of Smyrna, in Athens, the PAFSE scenario “The mathematical representation of an epidemic: the case of SIR (Susceptible, Infectious, or Recovered) modelling” is being implemented in the Science Club referred as "Small and Big Stories from Science". During one of their meetings, students conducted role-playing, according to which “experts” met in order to discuss how to deal with Covid - 19 in their city. The “expert committee” consisted of a representative of the scientific community ...
