STEMSiL: STEM methodologies in Sign Languages

The project aims to:

• Identify the special needs and characteristics of deaf education and connect them with the STEM fields.
• Develop new methodologies and tools for teachers and Sign Language interpreters to transmit the main STEM concepts into deaf education.
• Harness the Sign Language and the special elements of deaf culture to promote STEM education in primary and secondary level of education.
• Promote the involvement of teachers, Sign Language interpreters and deaf students in real-life STEM projects.

The project will engage in the following activities:

• Need analysis through focus group and interviews
• Development of a STEM kit and vocabulary in Sign Language
• Design, pilot testing and realization of the platform
• Implementation of the STEM projects

The project has yielded the following results:

• A Transnational study for the existing methods of teaching STEM in deaf education and the needs of teachers and deaf students.
• A new tailor-made methodology for teaching STEM in deaf education in the form of Bilingual handbook– ‘STEM in Deaf Education’.
• An online Platform with a visual STEM lexicon in several EU Sign Languages.
• Real-life STEM projects co-created by deaf students and teachers/ Sign Language interpreters