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Join us for a pint at Mathilde Bar to learn about how education is measured, and robots cleaning up our oceans.
What if headlines about “failing schools” only tell half the story? The first talk unpacks how studies like PISA and TIMSS turn messy classroom realities into neat rankings—and how digital learning is changing the picture. The second talk dives into SeaClear2.0, where teams of robots scan the seafloor, detect marine waste, and bring it back to shore.
We recommend you to eat before the event - no food is served at Mathilde!
What if headlines about “failing schools” only tell half the story? The first talk unpacks how studies like PISA and TIMSS turn messy classroom realities into neat rankings—and how digital learning is changing the picture. The second talk dives into SeaClear2.0, where teams of robots scan the seafloor, detect marine waste, and bring it back to shore.
We recommend you to eat before the event - no food is served at Mathilde!
Measuring education, missing reality?
Celestine Kleinesper
(Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung)
"Declining education performance in Scotland, particularly in maths and science" or "Is Finland Still an Education Superstar?": such headlines try to summarize international education studies. But do they succeed?
International studies such as PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS compare education systems across the world and turn them into rankings that spark headlines, debates, and sometimes strong opinions. But what actually happens before learning becomes a number? Behind the data lies a complex process of measuring teaching, learning, and increasingly digital practices. Drawing on insights from TIMSS 2023, this Pint of Science talk takes a closer look at how educational data is produced and explores what recent developments in digital and media education can reveal about the realities behind the rankings.
International studies such as PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS compare education systems across the world and turn them into rankings that spark headlines, debates, and sometimes strong opinions. But what actually happens before learning becomes a number? Behind the data lies a complex process of measuring teaching, learning, and increasingly digital practices. Drawing on insights from TIMSS 2023, this Pint of Science talk takes a closer look at how educational data is produced and explores what recent developments in digital and media education can reveal about the realities behind the rankings.
SeaClear2.0 - Robots fight marine pollution
Cosmin Delea
(Fraunhofer Institut)
SeaClear2.0 brings together a group of aerial and waterborne robots, that together scan seafloor, detect marine waste and ultimately collect and bring it to shore. The process is automated and supervised by human operators from shore. The system aims 80% success rate for detection and 90% for collection of detected waste.
SeaClear2.0 is not only about the technology, but also about the bringing awareness among society and building a cleaner future for our waters.
SeaClear2.0 is not only about the technology, but also about the bringing awareness among society and building a cleaner future for our waters.
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