fullsteamahead – De-gendering STEM through STE(A)M and creative thinking in secondary education

Duration: 01/11/2021 – 01/11/2023

FullSteamAhead is a project that combines degendered teaching approaches with cross calicular methodology in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) secondary school education. Research shows that girls gradually lose interest in STEM at the age of 12-15 and beyond while this gendered pattern extends into tertiary education and career choices.  For that reason, our main goal is to support teachers in motivating young girls towards science through STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, ART, Mathematics) by combining science with humanistic subjects within practical and innovative educational methods. Project also aims to minimize gender stereotypes by offering the tools and activities for students’ development of critical and creative thinking, self-awareness and character-building skills.

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PROJECT COORDINATOR:

• Association “Petit philosophy” (Croatia)

PARTNERS:

• Business School škola Braća Radić (Croatia)

• MILITOS Consulting SA (Greece)

• THE MORAITIS SCHOOL AE (Greece)

• Innovation Training Center, S.L (Spain)

• Secondary Education Highschool (I.E.S), La Cala de Mija (Spain)

• STEPS SRL (Italy)

GOALS:

• Supporting teachers to equally promote STEM studies and careers to girls and boys students

• Support teachers to deconstruct the notion of STEM as a ‘masculine club’

• Support teachers to exploit the STEAM framework igniting critical thinking, problem-solving and the creative process in STEM teaching, rather than within conventional, isolated knowledge compartments

MAIN ACTIVITIES:

• Development of methodological framework for the definition and development of training material for STEM teachers

• Online teacher-training modules for a de-gendered STEM teaching approach

• Handbook for teachers

TARGET GROUPS:

• Secondary level schoolteachers (STEM and humanities)

• Supporting teaching staff (supporting learning environment and parents’ involvement)

• School principals/leaders (as teacher and school program evaluators/monitoring actors)

• Secondary target groups are parents including parent-teacher-students associations, institutional bodies, and governing

• Structures for secondary education at regional and national levels (including also VET), HEI-secondary education

• Collaborating bodies

TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROJECT:

• 215.254,00 € (funded by the Erasmus+ K2, Croatian Agency for mobility)

CONTACT:

• Ivana Kragić (kragic.ivana@mail.com)