How do we create a unified approach to learning about nature in primary education? Can the humanities help us to integrate the natural sciences? How do scholars working in the sciences, humanities, and education interpret this challenge? How can the humanities help the natural sciences come together? What do the sequestions have to do with education in general and primary education in particular?

Speakers: Tiziana Altiero, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Giorgio Bolondi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Michele Cagol, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Marco Caracciolo, Ghent University Annamaria Contini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Elisabeth Dumont, Zurich University of Applied Sciences at Winterthur Hans Fuchs, Center for Narrative in Science, Winterthur Alice Giuliani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Stuart Glennan, Butler University Francesco Gonella, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Shannon Lambert, Ghent University George Santi, Università di Macerata Jorg Zabel, Leipzig University Albert Zeyer, Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern.

Objectives of the workshop:

1. To integrate natural sciences (physics, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, astronomy) with the help of the humanities (philosophy, linguistics, narratology, cognitive science) for establishing an integrated primary science education (IPSE) project at the Faculty of Education of UNIBZ.
2. To create an educational environment for future kindergarten and primary school teachers and in-service teachers that supports them in unifying their activities, practically and philosophically.