STEAM For Kids Erasmus Project

Project Title

STEAM For Kids

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 : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Early childhood education and care; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

Context:
The developments in the field of science and technology today have created the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) component and made it almost mandatory for this component to take place in the education system. For this reason, the STEM component has taken its place in the education system of many countries, especially in European countries. STEM, which initially took its place at the primary and secondary level, formed the STEAM component by incorporating the concept of art and started to take its place gradually in the preschool education system. STEAM is an approach that allows children to learn by experimenting and exploring and aims to maximize their interaction with the environment. This approach that leads children to research, question, produce, creativity, critical and analytical thinking plays an important role in the development of their skills in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. For this reason, it has become an important approach in today’s preschool education system. However, the lack of innovative vocational training modules and educational materials on STEAM for kids negatively affects the spread of this approach. Today, although the STEAM approach tries to take its place in the pre-school education system, the insufficiency of education modules and materials in this field is the most important factor in not using the STEAM approach widely and achieving the expected success from this approach. Achieving success in STEAM for kids will be possible with the development of innovative education module and educational materials in this field. By collaborating with project studies at an international level, information sharing on STEAM for kids and transfer of innovative applications will be provided.

The purpose of our project; STEAM for kids is the transfer of international knowledge and innovative applications.

The concrete objectives of our project are as follows:
1. Training module about STEAM for kids
2. Training materials about STEAM for kids
3. Training videos about STEAM for kids
4. Pilot trainings
5. Web page

Number and profile of participants:
Yenice Multi-Program Anatolian High School (Turkey), Ukmergė darželis -lopšelis “Eglutė” (Lithuania), Detska gradina “Sv. Sv. Kiril i Metodiy” ( Bulgaria), Vrtec Najdihojca Ljubljana (Slovenia), Gradinita cu program prelungit nr. 15 (Romania) : They are active teachers in pre-school education. 1 participant from Yenice Multi-Program Anatolian High School (Turkey) and 2 participants from other institution.
Safranbolu Municipality: 1 participant who works in Safranbolu Municipality as an engineer.

Description of activities:
1. Signing necessary contracts with the National Agency and project partners
2. Creating project Facebook and web pages
3. Selection the participants for LTT activities
4. Preparation trainings
4. LTT activities
5. Preparation training module and materials
6. Pilot tarinings
7. Dissemination activities
8. Preparation final report

Methodology: Origin activity plan has been prepared for project studies. This plan will be complied with in project works. In this way, activities will be carried out according to milestones. Duties and responsibilities will be recorded by signing a project contract with the project partners and participants. In this way, the project works will be carried out smoothly. A dissemination plan has been prepared for project dissemination activities. In this plan, activities and the persons and institutions in charge are specified. This plan will be taken as reference in dissemination studies. In this way, dissemination studies will be carried out smoothly.

Short description of the results and impact envisaged:
a. Professional profiles about STEAM for kids will be created
b. Information sharing about STEAM for kids and transfer of good practices will be provided.
c. Awareness of different cultures and different languages will increase
d. Cooperation between participants will develop and know-how transfer will be provided on STEAM for kids.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 68844 Eur

Project Coordinator

YENİCE ÇOK PROGRAMLI ANADOLU LİSESİ & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Vrtec Najdihojca Ljubljana
• Gradinita cu program prelungit nr. 15
• Safranbolu Belediyesi
• Detska gradina “Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodiy”
• Ukmerge darzelis -lopselis “Eglute”