The Department of Maths, Science, and Technical Education, in collaboration with the Malta Council for Science and Technology, organised the third Science Education Seminar.
The seminar, held earlier this month at Villa Bighi, Kalkara, was organised by Dr Deborah Chetcuti, of the Faculty of Education, and hosted by Wilfred Kenely, chief executive, Malta Council for Science and Technology. Students from the Faculty of Education specialising in science subjects attended the seminar.
Presentations were made by Jesmond Xuereb from MCST, who explained current research projects in which MCST is involved; Doreen Mizzi, who chairs the Co-ordinated Science Focus Group, and who explained current developments regarding the introduction and implementation of co-ordinated science in schools, and Dr Anna Rumin from Bishop's University, Canada, who gave an interactive writing workshop during which students were encouraged to write and discuss the importance of writing both as a means of communicating information as well as a means of expressing thoughts and ideas in a poetic manner.