Scientific inquiry must be known more as an integral part of daily life and less as a faraway myth occurring in isolated institutions. In the increasingly knowledge-based economy, incorporating scientific creativity early into the educational experience of young people will enable European initiatives to achieve rapid transition from innovative ideas incubation to activation. Education system needs the imaginative force of culture, the curiosity that comes from cultural expression in order to realize Europe’s creative scientific potential and create new learning methodologies which will be implemented in practice via a number of structured training activities in multinational level. Education policymakers all too often narrow teachers’ focus to lists of facts and formulas, which become tempting to resort to so-called “drill-and-kill” teaching methods that cover information in a generic, surface-level way. Unsurprisingly, instead of fostering curiosity, which is much more important in the long term than rote memorization, this approach often causes students to “tune out”. Under this framework enhancing teacher skills, strengthening their ability to motivate innovation and creativity is crucial.

The main pillar of the project will be students’ collaboration and co-creation. School students will have the opportunity to develop services and products, and operate the network as a learning organisation that will produce annual performances, educate other school students and teachers at the local and/or National Level through the cooperation of relevant stakeholders and promote the creative methods of GSO4SCHOOL in Europe and beyond. Furthermore, the project proposes an impact assessment methodology in order to capture the interest and motivation of students in science education as well as the social impact of the activities.