Session 5: Science & Industry and Schools

5.1 Little Scientists Programme - fostering innovative science teaching methods in Colombia
Margarita Gomez, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Abstract
Pequeños Científi cos is an initiative of several institutions in Colombia (including universities and the private productive sector) that for more than 10 years have been focusing on training in-service teachers in elementary schools, in order to develop innovative teaching practices that promote scientifi c ideas, skills and attitudes, and inquiry-based teaching. What has become a landmark project in Latin America also has the ambition to address the problem of the quality of science education, from engineering to citizenship skills.