Bio-Inspired STEM topics for engaging young generations
Project details
Project number:
2019-1-DE03-KA201-060125
Timespan of the project:
01-11-2019 / 30-04-2022
ProgramME details
Contact details
CEIPES: International Centre for the Promotion of Education and Development
Contact Person:
Rosi Libertini
Fulvio Grassadonio
E-mail:
Objectives
- To provide students with the essential information & knowledge in order to raise their environmental, social and health awareness;
- To connect STEM fields with human concerns on environmental, economic, and social systems;
- To inspire students, and young women in particular, into pursuing STEM-related careers;
- To cultivate 21st-century skills such as creativity and innovation, critical thinking, communication and collaboration;
- To inspire and improve the competence of teachers in order to teach novel topics, such as bio- inspired science and engineering, biotechnology;
- To increase the teacher professional development, digital skills and competencies;
- To promote collaborative work and exchange of knowledge and ideas among teachers in Europe.
Activities
- To assess the awareness and the needs of the two target groups (teachers and students) about the connection between modern technology and natural mechanisms;
- To identify hot topics in biotech innovation of interest in STEM education, developing a BioS4You methodology for school curriculum;
- To establish the BioS4You e-learning platform adapted for STEM curriculum designing;
- To train at least 250 school teachers to develop learning units about nature-inspired topics for STEM education;
- To create 40 national (10 in each country) teaching/learning units and 5 transnational ones for STEM education;
- To implement pilot- study of bio-inspired teaching/learning environments in school curricula and in informal settings;
- To provide the possibilities to discover new and innovative curricula about STEM topics to a wide range of EU audiences including the sector of school education, stakeholders, the scientific community as well as the general public.
Results
- RESEARCH ON HOW TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING BRING STEM TO LIFE AND VICEVERSA
- BioS4You e-LEARNING PLATFORM
- BioS4You METHODOLOGY AND TEACHING/LEARNING UNITS DESIGN
- COLLECTION OF BIO-INSPIRED TEACHING/LEARNING UNITS EFFECTIVE IN STEM EDUCATION
- PILOT PHASE THROUGH FORMAL, NON-FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES, ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION