LEVERS: LEarning VEntuReS for Climate Justice

我们生活在一个日益分裂和不平等的社会。民主正处于危机之中，对科学的不信任正在上升，但我们面临的前所未有的挑战，如气候和生物多样性危机，需要全社会提高科学素养和参与。教育需要提供科学知识，以建立参与和知情的社会，但也要使学习者具备全面的能力，以支持和激励他们成为勇敢的思想家和实干家，积极塑造自己的未来。我们迫切需要采取相互关联的全系统对策，这些对策应纳入各种观点，同情不同利益攸关方的需要，并以社会正义和关怀为中心。为了实现这一目标，我们需要更加灵活和包容的教育模式，并推动终身学习，以增强所有公民的权能。LEVERS提供学习风险投资，这是一种可复制的模式，通过多方利益相关者区域伙伴关系进行广泛的科学学习，共同探索挑战并设计科学学习经验以解决当地问题。在9个学习创业示范区，来自正规、非正规和非正式教育的利益相关者，包括教育水平、社区组织、研究和创新、行业和政府，将得到支持，采用系统的设计方法创建气候正义项目，提供有意义的现实世界学习经验。能力建设和指导方案将在区域学习企业内部和之间提供榜样和指导，将研究和创新与教育联系起来。杠杆学习框架和实地指南将使伙伴关系模式能够适应其他区域和挑战。专业学习方案和开放式教育资源将使青年和成人教育工作者能够广泛吸收。行业参与指南、商业模式和政策建议将确保对欧洲未来科学教育产生变革性影响

We live in an increasingly fragmented and unequal society. Democracy is in crisis, and mistrust in science is on the rise, yet the unprecedented challenges we face, such as the climate and biodiversity crises, require greater scientific literacy and engagement across society. Education needs to provide the scientific knowledge to engender engaged and informed societies, but also to equip learners with the holistic competences to support and motivate them to become courageous thinkers and doers, actively shaping their own futures. We urgently need connected, system-wide responses that incorporate varied perspectives, are empathetic to different stakeholders’ needs and centre social justice and care. To achieve this, we need models for education that are more flexible and inclusive and advance lifelong learning to empower all citizens. LEVERS delivers Learning Ventures, a replicable model for expansive science learning through multi-stakeholder regional partnerships that collaboratively explore challenges and design science learning experiences to address local issues. In 9 Learning Venture demonstrator regions, stakeholders from formal, non-formal and informal education across education levels, community organisations, research and innovation, industry, and government, will be supported to adopt a systemic design approach to create climate justice projects offering meaningful real-world learning experiences. Capacity building and a mentoring programme will offer role models and guidance within and between regional Learning Ventures, linking R&I with education. The LEVERS Learning Framework and Field Guide will enable the partnership model to be adapted for other regions and challenges. Professional learning programmes and Open Schooling resources will enable widespread uptake from youth and adult educators. Guides for industry engagement, business models and policy recommendations will ensure transformative impact on science education in Europe into the future