Inquiries through questionnaires put to evidence the basic role of the teacher concerning the image of science perceived by  students and their choice  in undertaking scientific studies and careers. In fact the teaching method and style can approach or avert  without remedy a student from science and  block the possibility to understand the scientific phenomena and the complexity of the reality. In a world where  more and more the science knowledge-based technology  influences our daily life,  basic scientific competences  are needed to participate as responsible citizen to the life of the country and  political decisions.   We believe that science stimulating a critical thinking favors creativity, intuition, freedom and democracy and is a powerful motor for development.

So the main actions should be addressed to teachers’ training, especially convincing them that  research should be an intrinsic resource for the educational professionalism. Such concept includes a wider idea than a simple set of  know -how that accompanies  the professionalisms in word,  since it alludes to the dimension of the research as a real professional habit  of everybody works in educational and formative field, or rather as ability   to express the  professional action with the competences  and the tools of the research.

 A cooperation has been set up involving  schools and university; researchers and selected teachers   worked together without any hierarchy.

In order to approach students to Physics (and other scientific subjects) in a modern way we proposed a new electronic device, attractive for  young people because it can be interfaced with IPAD, Iphone and may use the Bluetooth technology, very common among teenagers.

The teachers explored its  potential and flexibility   and  tested their ideas  designing new scenarios in teaching Physics, Mathematics, ICT, Statistics and Chemistry. 

R. Viganò - Challenge strategici ed epistemologici per la ricerca in educazione- in EDUCATION SCIENCES & SOCIETY n. 1 (2010)-p.91-100 M. Pilo, B. Gavio, D. Grosso, A. Mantero - Science education and teachers’ training. Research in partnership - accepted by Journal of US-China Education Review A, ISSN2161-6248, USA