STEM in action Erasmus Project

Project Title

STEM in action

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : School Exchange Partnerships

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

The project “STEM in action” has been carried out by two schools with common interests that share the need to increase the students’ motivation for the STEM subjects, as well as their attainment in these areas. The project has helped reach this objective by introducing innovative pedagogical approaches that lead to the integrated learning of science and arts, having mathematics as common denominator. Thanks to the incorporation of non-formal education activities in formal education and the generalised use of IT in class, the students have been able to implement their knowledge in practical and real situations.

The project has attained the following specific objectives:
1. To develop the European dimension and cooperation between the partner schools organising two 12-day school exchanges for 10 students from each school aged from 12 to 14 years old. During these exchanges the students worked together on STEM cooperative learning activities.
2. To encourage the exchange of good practices and methodological approaches through the integrated activities (mathematics, science, arts) designed and carried out in both partner schools, in order to increase the involvement and interest of students from 12 to 14 years in the activities of the STEM classes during the two school years of the project.
3. To consolidate the partner schools’ ability to develop common teaching resources by creating and doing activities in common that have been shared by the students from both partner schools through a common digital platform. This has helped them improve their attainment in mathematics and science during the project.

During the two school exchanges, the two groups of ten students each got used to working by cooperating in a European context and to develop their critical thinking skills by taking an active part in their own training and education. The partner schools carried out integrated STEM and arts activities focused on attractive topics like: Architecture (symmetry and asymmetry); Music: science or art; Fractals: nature, art, science; Eco-friendly buildings, STEM and cooking; Cosmopoetry, Open-air Maths.

The implementation of this project has set the basis to elaborate an integrated curriculum of mathematics, science and arts that will be used in the long term, thanks to the materials that have been created, which become free teaching materials available to anyone interested.

The project has supported the promotion in the partner schools of key factors to reach the Europe 2020 Strategy, this is the development of basic skills (mathematics, science and technology), as well as communication in foreign languages. Furthermore, the project has encouraged the development of social and cultural skills as well as other transversal skills related to the ability to learn together and to implement scientific knowledge in real-life situations.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 43316 Eur

Project Coordinator

El Salvador de Enseñanza Sociedad Cooperativa Limitada & Country: ES

Project Partners

• LICEUL PEDAGOGIC ANASTASIA POPESCU