Birger Brevik and Suyun Aidarov
Birger Brevik is at present educational researcher at Akershus University College Norway, and is presently earning a doctoral
degree in science education at the University of Oslo. He has previously ten
years of practice as teacher in the Norwegian upper secondary school. He has
used LEGO in his teaching practise since 2001. Through his involvement in the
development of the project “Teknobuss†Brevik has taught more than 3000 pupils
at elementary school level technology by using ROBOLAB. The title of his master
thesis: Technological work processes into elementary school, LEGO ROBOLAB as a
pedagogical tool. His present main interest is to increase the understanding
about the application of technology to teaching in technical and vocational
sections of the Norwegian upper secondary school, through his PhD thesis under
the title: Development of new learning environments based on pedagogical
robotics and on automatically controlled tasks
Suyun Aidarov is MSW, National
Coordinator of UNDP Vocational Education for Street Children Project (VESC) in
Kyrgyzstan. The VESC Project funded by the Norwegian Government is currently
being implemented by United Nations Development Program in Kyrgyzstan. The
Project helps the Kyrgyz government and civil society to reduce poverty and
increase quality of life through the establishment of vocational education
courses for street children in vocational schools. It strengthens the capacity
of vocational education system and helps the street children better reintegrate
into societal mainstream. Among a wide range of various activities the project
aims to develop street children methodology and concept with focus on the
issues of social inclusion.