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The idea to transform young people’s attitudes towards science through the use of the most widespread digital tool, the smartphone, is the main motivation behind the project. The structural lack of scientific tools and instruments in most schools (even in our schools, as evidenced by the “SELFIE” report 2019) has led us to consider BYOD as the only alternative to the endowment of expensive scientific laboratories: an internet connection and a mobile phone, in fact, are not just for taking pictures and shooting video stories for instagram, or to watch the YouTube channel of your own favourite celebrity. Nowadays mobile phones are equipped with operating systems that enable them with an impressive computing capacity. This motivation is in line with the “European Framework for Digitally-Competent Educational Organizations” is to improve schools' innovation capacity and exploit the full potential of digital technologies and content. Starting from this intent, we developed the idea we will implement in the next 2 years, originated from the reading of the “Science education for Responsible Citizenship report”. The introduction of this document states: “Science education, innovation and practices must become more responsive to the needs and ambitions of society and reflect its values. They should ...support people of all ages and talents in developing positive attitudes to science. We must find better ways to nurture the curiosity and cognitive resources of children. We need to enhance the educational process to better equip future researchers and other actors with the necessary knowledge, motivation and sense of societal responsibility to participate actively in the innovation process”.The project primarily aims to:-stimulate an active involvement of the students towards STEM subjects, in particular enhancing awareness of the importance of STEM education for girls-promote meaningful learning, fostering cooperation and collaboration-promote the conscious and critical use of digital devices, exploring their potential-motivate the learning of basic scientific knowledge-stimulate logical skills, creative resolution of problems and critical thinking-foster tolerance, respect and understanding of other cultures-motivate teachers to enrich their methodological and practical competence about teaching STEM-know curricular aspects of the partners countries-promote intercultural dialogue The partner will engage in a shared collaborative approach when delivering the planned project activities, objectives and results. The project will see approximately 180 staff and pupils engaged in 5 mobilities in Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Italy and Turkey, over a period of 2 years.The full list of project outputs comprises the following:- Activities organized during the meetings in autumn: training sessions, workshops, focus groups, class-laboratories, on the main and specific subjects of the project involving students, teachers parents and educators/operators- 5 mobilities (4 for both teachers and students and a final one for teachers)- 2 Science fair competitions in May- Pupils training peers upon their return to their school- 2 eTwinning projects- A website where we’ll upload videos of the experiments, documents, photos, articles, lesson plans- Newsletter and flyers- Logo contest - Youtube channel and social media pages of the project (facebook and instagram)- Innovative lessons plans (4/year each school; curriculum linked) related to STEMWe envisage that the project will impact at various levels from staff to pupils and it will improve theskills of those engaged in teaching and learning in education, which in turn will provide scope for changes directly into the wider community. We would hope that the project will:-achieve a path of construction of an innovative horizontal curriculum (between institutions in different countries ) in STEM disciplines-plan new and innovative ways to teach Scientific subjects, building a teaching methodology that helps teachers acquire new skills-document the steps for dissemination of results-promote the involvement of families, local associations , municipalities, institutions and professionals-Improve the participation, achievement and continuation of girls and women in STEM education and careers to reduce the gender gap in STEM professions-promote and increase the initiatives related to the contrast of gender stereotypes in the scholastic pathways, in the specific case those that see female students less interested in STEM subjects compared to male studentsThe benefits the project brings are long lasting. Therefore they will support modernisation of curriculum and provide the learners and staff with the skills and competencies needed to be active European citizens.
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