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4. SERVICE TO
SOCIETY
University Priority: Enriching society through sharing knowledge with both Estonian and international networks, ex- ecutive boards, and strategic planning work groups as well as through planning public cultural events and occasions.
Key Indicators
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
University aim 2014
Study books, popular- scientific publications, including those in Estonian
–
181
194
158
127
Growing trend
Number of conferences and cultural events organised
–
122
334
357
425
Growing trend
4.1 THE CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN EDUCATION
In 2014, the Centre for Innovation in Education (CIE) had eight didactics laboratories (the laboratory of history and civic studies, the laboratory of pre-school pedagogy, the laboratory of languages, the laboratory of natural sciences, the laboratory of creativity, the labora- tory of technology, the laboratory of health, the general laboratory), which were supported by the Eduko programme in network-based realization of several development activities for promoting coopera- tion between the university, schools and the private sector. The labo- ratories also implemented practical development projects; the study materials created in the framework of these are available to all inter- ested people in the didactics repository and the teacher education
environment eDidaktikum.
One of the aims of the CIE is the creation of practical examples
of the changing approach to teaching and learning. In support of this aim, an interdisciplinary study scenario/project day “Garbage as an opportunity” was developed at the CIE for students of different ages with the support of the history, language and the creative laborato- ries. Students, members of teaching staff and educational technolo- gists were involved in elaborating and implementing a study scenario based on the changing approach to learning and learning. A total of 125 students from five schools, including eight teachers, partic- ipated in the project days in 2014. The CIE also initiated the idea for the university to support the organisation of elective courses in upper secondary schools that the schools alone cannot offer to their students. The CIE prepared and coordinated the organisation of the courses. Three elective courses were conducted in 2014 in coopera- tion of students and teaching staff, with 87 upper secondary school students participating from 3 different schools (Pirita Economics Gymnasium, Tallinn Kadriorg German Gymnasium, Tallinn Ger- man Gymnasium).
A Storehouse of Ideas for educational innovation was created both in a physical (Room T-410) and virtual form. The objective
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