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Constantly changing European societies and economics require permanent focusing on new developments. In our project, we want to aim at stimulating high-quality, innovative ways of teaching and learning through a new approach. Opening up education proposes actions towards more open learning environments to deliver an education of higher quality and efficacy and thus contribute to the Europe 2020 goals. To succeed in this new information-based and highly technological society, students need to develop their capabilities in STEM to levels much beyond what was considered acceptable in the past. STEM education creates critical thinkers, increases science literacy, and enables the next generation of innovators.The general objective of our project is to motivate teachers of STEM and other vocational subjects to use a multidisciplinary approach of teaching with the support of ICT. The more specific objective is to suggest and recommend for implementation a model of integrating STEM subjects and ICT in teaching and project-based learning. By using this approach, students should gain enhanced learning outcomes.To achieve and fulfil the objectives, we plan to develop these main outputs:a) Survey on teaching STEM containing a list of STEM subjects taught in each partner school, list of topics/chapters, learning outcomes, textbooks used, digital tools involved, methods of teaching and assessing students in partner schools, experience with a multidisciplinary approach in teaching, examples of best practices;b) Survey on the digital potential of partner schools made by a SELFIE test;c) The methodological guide will contain practical guidance for planning and creating a STEM lesson and for implementing it in common teaching practice;d) eBook will form a portfolio consisting of multidisciplinary lessons. It will integrate STEM subjects (possibly also e.g. history, geography …) according to partner schools focus and needs. Use of ICT and digital tools will be integrated as well. Creating the eBook will be followed by implementation/pilot testing and then it will be adjusted if needed. It will be produced in national languages, half will be translated in English as a source for CLIL method. Three e-evaluation forms (e-evaluation of teachers toward students, e-self-evaluation of students toward themselves, e-peer-evaluation of students toward other students) will be an integral part of the e-Book;e) Project for students. Teachers from partner school will specify together content for one project with various kinds of complex assignments/tasks covering the entire area of STEM subjects. It will contain various activity components: videos, quizzes, problem-solving etc. Two student groups in each school will be selected and will solve these tasks within a team. Solving of the Project will last up to 2 months. In the end, teams will present their results and findings using various kinds of digital presentation tools in their home schools. The final assessment will befollow 3 types of e-evaluation forms that had been developed as a part of the eBook;f) International team competition for students. Teachers of all schools will prepare together specific requirements and conditions for collaborative work of students. Two students from each school will participate. They will form 3 teams consisting of 4 students and will produce a visual presentation on a given topic The competition will be held during the last Blended mobility.During the project lifetime, we will organize three Short-term joint staff training events for two teachers from each school and one Short-term exchanges of groups of pupils for two students from each school accompanied by one teacher. Virtual meetings will take place between partner meetings.
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