Project-Based Education and Other Student-Activation Strategies and Issues in STE(A)M Education

The conference about project-based education and other student-activation strategies and issues in STE(A)M has been organised at the Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Education, Faculty of Education, Charles University with support of other departments focused on teacher training. Pre-service training is crucial to promote these methods oriented on students’ activity effectively. Based on empirical data, it is obvious that activating strategies need to be trained in pre-service teacher training as teachers who have not tried these activities themselves are unlikely to apply them in their future practice. At the same time, it seems that applying these strategies (namely project-based and inquiry-based education) requires gradual steps. Students need to get used to growing autonomy of their own learning step by step. From the teachers’ competences point of view it is important to choose appropriate amount of scaffolding and its successive decreasing.

Contributions of both practical and theoretical nature in this respect offer an increasingly broader information platform. The outcomes of the conference are aimed at both practice and research, so not only examples of good practice, but also evidence of the effectiveness of specific activities would help expand the number of teachers and researchers focusing on this area.

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Conference venue

The conference is held at IMPAKT Buil Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University. The nearest public transport stop is Kuchyňka, which can be reached by bus 201 from the metro station Nádraží Holešovice.

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The conference dinner is held in Café Therapy restaurant. The nearest public transport stop is a tram stop Vodičkova or metro line Můstek.

 

 

Call for papers!

Papers must be written in English and should describe original work. The length of the paper is limited to a maximum of 8 pages (see the template), including figures, tables and references. For inspiration, see the proceedings from previous years. Templates for authors is available here.

Paper submission

The papers’ submission deadline: 30th of November 2025.

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To register for the conference, please, use this link. The registration is open till 20^th Oct 2025.

Registration forms:

The registration started on 15^th September 2025.

Requirements for the format and content of publications are available in the guideline for authors.

In case of any problems please contact: pbe@pedf.cuni.cz.

Contact us!
pbe@pedf.cuni.cz

Honorary chairman	Chairman
prof. RNDr. Pavel Beneš, CSc.	doc. PhDr. Martin Rusek, Ph.D.
pavel.benes@pedf.cuni.cz	martin.rusek@pedf.cuni.cz

 

Members
Mgr. Dominika Koperová, PhD.	Mgr. Tadeáš Matěcha
dominika.koperova@pedf.cuni.cz	tadeas.matecha@pedf.cuni.cz

Mgr. Tereza Tesárková	Mgr. Lucie Hamerská
tereza.tesarkova@pedf.cuni.cz	lucie.hamerska@pedf.cuni.cz

 

Address:

Department of Chemistry and Chemistry Education

Faculty of Education, Charles University

M. Rettigové 4

116 39 Prague 1

Czech Republic