Innovation in Teacher Education: An Integrative Approach to Teaching and Learning Science and Mathematics

Abstract

CreativeLab_Sci&Math is a project set by the Department of Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Polytechnic Institute of Santarém / School of Education, with the purpose of promoting innovative teaching of science and mathematics, involving students in interdisciplinary activities that connect content and processes of knowledge from both areas, using inquiry-based learning and the 6E teaching model.

Keywords

• 6E teaching model
• earth and life sciences
• inquiry-based learning
• integrated mathematics and science education
• innovative learning environments
• interdisciplinarity
• mathematical modelling
• teacher education