The main objective is to increase primary school pupils’ engagement in STEM by supporting inquiry-based learning and a multidisciplinary approach thanks to storytelling, with a special focus on the inclusion of students with learning disorders and girls.
We aim to support students’ self-recognition of their developed skills, by creating a collection of 35 boxes corresponding to the curriculum of elementary school students aged 6-12. Each box will contain a classroom activity and a suggested homework assignment. In addition, they will each contain a story, which will provide a guiding theme for STEM learning and stimulate communication skills.
This approach is known to be a more sustainable approach to reinforce students’ engagement and competencies in STEM-based professional fields and to encourage the new generations to find out multiple solutions to complicated problems. One of the main objectives of our project is to promote key skills, such as collaboration, communication, creativity and critical thinking, notably through the exercise of storytelling related to STEM, as well as oral expression and presentation skills.
Project results:
- A collection of 35 STEAM boxes along with tutorials to explain how to create them. They will cover all STEM subjects and follow the school curriculum for students aged 6 to 12.
- A pedagogical guide for teachers that will gather all our research about the subject to accompany teachers and schools in using engaging STEAM education tools and approaches.
- A box creation guide/roadmap that will allow teachers to create their own box tailored to their needs.
- An implementation guide to provide national reports of the testing phase and testimonies.
- A short research report analysing the strengths and weaknesses of existing STEM boxes.