Almost all contributions presented projects/programs in which the university played a role in the primary school teacher education, so it seems that the university is now generally involved in different countries in the preparation of teachers also for the Kindergarten and the elementary school level.
In same cases experience of collaboration of universities with schools and with school teachers were also presented. In particular:
- in Slovenia this is done by regular one-day-workshops organized by the university, during which either didactical proposals are presented or some physics themes, which are not commonly treated are explained and discussed;
- in Italy there is a full involvment of primary school teachers and of the schools in the conduction of the practical training of university students of the degree in Scienze della Formazione Promaria (SFP);
- in the presentation by Marta Zuvic-Butorac and Rajka Jurdana (Croatia) contructivistic worhshops werw discussed held for primaryschool children in collaboration between university teachers as moderators and preservice teachers as observers and participants; the aim is to establish a “three body interaction” between university teachers, preservice teachers and pupils to understand how children accept physics in the “pre-physics age” and develop physics concepts.