SCHOOL OF BUSINESS,
TECNOLOGY AND EDUCATION
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

School of Education, associate professor





Ekaterine Slovinsky has been working in the field of general education since 1996 and has been involved in university education since 2014. Her research interests focus on science and technology education and teachers’ professional development. Before university, she worked on developing the National Curriculum and led the direction of mathematics, natural sciences, and technology at the Ministry of Education and Science. She is experienced working with both the public and the private educational sectors. At the university, she performed as a researcher in several international projects funded by the European Union.

She has a doctoral degree in Education from Ilia State University. Her thesis topic is “The role of Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) at General Education Schools in Georgia.” She earned a master’s degree in biology from Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University.
She is the author of several publications; Currently, she researches students’ interest in science education under the international project “ROSE Second.”

Scientific interests / research interests

Science Education, Inquiry-Based Science Education, Science Curriculum Development, Students’ Interest and Motivation, Teachers’ Professional Development, School Curriculum Development

  • Slovinsky, E., Kapanadze, M., & Bolte, C. (2021). The Effect of a Socio-Scientific Context-Based Science Teaching Program on Motivational Aspects of the Learning Environment. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 17(8), em1992. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11070
  • Kapanadze, M., Bagatrishvili, N. & Slovinsky E., (2017) Science Education for Sustainable Future and project ‘‘Chain Reaction’’ in Georgia. Vol. 44/2017, DARUNA, (pp. 59 – 66)
  • Kapanadze M., Slovinsky E., Bagatrishvili N., (2016). Pupil Research Briefs – Implementation of the project Chain Reaction in Georgia, 23rd Symposium in Chemistry and Science Education
  • Kapanadze, M., Bolte, C., Schulte, T., Slovinsky, E., (2015) Stakeholders’ Views on Science Education – Curricular Delphi Study in Georgia. American Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 3, No. 7, 2015, pp 897-906.
  • Kapanadze, M., Bolte, C., Schneider, V., Slovinsky, E., (2015) Enhancing Science Teachers’ Continuous Professional Development in the Field of IBSE and other Aspects of Innovative Science Lessons. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2015, Vol.14, (2), (pp. 254 -266).
  • Kapanadze, M., & Slovinsky, E., (2014). Teacher’s Ownership towards developing new PROFILES Modules. In: C. Bolte, & F. Rauch, (Eds.). Enhancing Inquiry-based Science Education and Teachers’ Continuous Professional development in Europe: Insights and Reflections on the PROFILES Project and other PROJECTS funded by the EUROPEAN Commission. (pp. 118 – 121). Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) / Klagenfurt: Alpen-Adria- Universität Klagenfurt (Austria).
  • Kapanadze, Marika, Slovinsky Ekaterine; (2014)Science Education for Sustainable Development and Project Chain Reaction in Georgia, In: I. Eilks, S. Markic, & B. Ralle (eds.), Science education research and education for sustainable development, Publisher: Aachen: Shaker (2014), (pp. 291- 296)
  • Vincent Schneider; Marika Kapanadze; Claus Bolte; Ekaterine Slovinsky.: Project PROFILES and Development of In-service Teachers’ “Stages of Concerns” Regarding IBSE in the Context of the Implementation of PROFILES Modules in Georgia. Proceedings of the International Conference on Physics Education, ICPE-EPEC, 2013, Prague, (pp.1039 – 1043).
  • Makashvili, Malkhaz; Slovinsky, Ekaterine. (2009) On the Advantage of Integrated Science Education in the Middle School Years (ED506711). ERIDOB, Braga.

Current Courses

Course Catalog

  • ICT in Science Education; Content and Language Integrated Learning) in Science on Primary Level – CLIL;
  • Teaching the Basics of the Earth and the Environment at an Elementary Level; Master’s Thesis;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 2;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 3
  • Integrated teaching of natural science;
  • The role of practical work within teaching of natural sciences;
  • Creating resources in science teaching;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 1;
  • Doctoral Colloquium 2

2022-2023 

Bachelor-Master

  • The Role of Hands-on Activities for Sciences in Primary Education (T180)
  • Effective Educational Resource Development for Science Curriculum (T907)

Doctoral level

  • Doctoral Colloquium (R267/S148/S851/T059),

2021-2022 

Bachelor-Master

  • Inquiry-Based Science Education in Primary Education (S996),
  • Earth Sciences in Primary Education (T426), Bachelor-Master
  • ICT for Science In Primary Education (T430), Bachelor-Master

Certification courses

  • ICT for Science In lower and Upper Secondary Education (O365)

2021-2022 

Bachelor

  • Science Teaching Innovative Methods in Primary Education (M841)

Bachelor-Master

  • Inquiry-Based Science Education in Primary Education (S996),

2020-2021 

Certification courses

  • ICT for Science In lower and Upper Secondary Education (O365)

2020-2021 

Bachelor

  • Science Teaching Innovative Methods in Primary Education (M841)

Bachelor-Master

  • The Basics of Teaching the Science in Primary Education (S801)

2019-2020

Bachelor

  • Science Teaching Innovative Methods in Primary Education (M841),
    ICT for Science In Primary Education (M838)

Certification courses

  • ICT for Science In lower and Upper Secondary Education (O365)

2018-2019

Bachelor

  • ICT for Science In Primary Education (M838)

Certification courses

  • ICT for Science In lower and Upper Secondary Education (O365)

2018-2019

Bachelor

  • Science Teaching Innovative Methods in Primary Education (M841)
  • ICT for Science In Primary Education (M838)

2017-2018 

Bachelor

  • ICT for Science In Primary Education (M838),

2017-2018 

Bachelor

  • Science Teaching Innovative Methods in Primary Education (M841),
  • ICT for Science In Primary Education (M838)

2016-2017

Bachelor

  • Science Teaching Innovative Methods in Primary Education (M841)
  • ICT for Science In Primary Education (M838)

Certification courses

  • ICT for Science In lower and Upper Secondary Education (O365)

2015-2016 

Bachelor

  • Science Teaching Innovative Methods in Primary Education (M841)
  • ICT for Science In Primary Education (M838)

2014-2015 

Bachelor

  • The Basics of Teaching the Science in Primary Education, (D756),