Innovating in the way STEM is taught through Sports in School Education
This innovative Erasmus+ project aims is to enhance secondary school students’ STEM skills and competences with sports as real- life applications to teach those subjects, with a special emphasis to be given to girls.
Start: 01-10-2024 End: 31-10-2026
Project Reference: 2024-1-BE02-KA220-SCH-000244223
EU Grant: 250.000,00 EUR
Programme: Erasmus+
Key Action: KA220-SCH
Action Type: Cooperation partnerships in school education
Project Partners:
- VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (Belgium)
- UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA (Spain)
- INQUIRIUM LTD (Cyprus)
- Sant Vicenç (Spain)
- ASD Sport Compass (Italy)
- Gymnasio Latsion (Cyprus)
- Koninklijk Atheneum Etterbeek (Belgium)
Project TOPICs:
- Creating new, innovative or joint curricula or courses
- Key competences development
- Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
TARGET GROUPs
- 12-15-years-old students, with special emphasis to be given to girls on how to increase their interest in STEM topics.
- Secondary-school teachers, those teaching any of the STEM subjects at school, and teachers teaching Sports and/or Physical Education.
- Moreover, the project’s topic addresses an important challenge for educators, youth organizations and youth boards, NGOs, universities, policymakers, training organizations, afternoon clubs, educational organizations, researchers interested in STEM learning, Ministries of Education, and educational trainers at the national, European, and international level.
PROJECT’S OBJECTIVES
1. Make STEM Sports topics accessible to secondary school students,especially girls, and promote their increased participation in non-formal learning activities that combine the STEM and Sports subjects.
2. Develop secondary school students’ STEM skills and competences through the context of Sports, developing at the same time core motor skills, spatial awareness etc.
3. Raise awareness among teachers, educators, and trainers for the interplay between STEM and Sports and offer support to them on how to promote the development of STEM and Sports and competences for students, especially girls.
4. Encourage sharing of experiences from all the partners across Europe to identify best practices for the incorporation of ideas related to STEM and Sports in non-formal learning contexts.
5. Promote a multidisciplinary pedagogical approach at school education.
6. Facilitate the widespread dissemination and sustainability of resources and innovative pedagogical approaches to the wider EU community and internationally.
PROJECT RESULTS
- Mapping National and International Standards (R2.2) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15364912
- Mapping the practical needs field research (R2.3) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15340852
- STEM Sports Education themes and Learning outcomes (R2.4.) DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15645607
- A conceptual and pedagogical framework for STEM Sports Education (R2.5).
- An innovative toolkit with learning activities on STEM Sports (R3.5).
- A training program for educators for the facilitation of the STEM Sports toolkit (R4.5).
APPROACH / METHODOLOGY
NFE
Project ACTIVITIES
- Local Forums (1 per partner country)
- Pilot testing and evaluation of toolkit in each partner country
- Train-the-trainer activity in Italy
Pilot implementation and evaluation in each partner country
STEM Sports Education Final Conference in Belgium - TPM1 (KOM) , Where: Cyprus
- TPM2, Where: Spain
- TPM3 Where: Italy
- TPM4 (Final Meeting).
