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Best practice guide of STEAM methodology in eTwinning projects for future teachers

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Best practice guide of STEAM methodology in eTwinning projects for future teachers

STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) is an increasingly popular way of schooling, in which the student, through an interdisciplinary approach to learning, becomes a creator of knowledge, not just a reproducer. However, this educational model lacks a well-described framework and methods, which makes it difficult for teachers, especially young ones, to implement it.
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The present study aims to fill this gap by presenting the idea of STEAM teaching on the example of eTwinning projects implemented at Kazimierz Nowak Elementary School in Dąbrówka, Poland, and analyzing them in terms of STEAM methodology, assessing the key skills achieved by students, and preparing a scenario for future teachers of an original lesson based on the STEAM model.

 

We examined the five basic elements that make up the STEAM method in four projects. Students' knowledge and skills before and after the project were compared by conducting in-depth interviews with 16 students. Educational effectiveness was compared with the core curriculum in the partner schools' countries. In addition, the research potential of the year-long project was evaluated. Based on the STEAM projects analyzed, it can be concluded that they provide a base of good practices on which to build an eTwinning STEAM project model, because project activities confirm that the arts can serve as a basis for hypotheses and scientific discoveries, students develop key competencies in many directions, curricula of various subjects are integrated, projects shape in students the competencies necessary for the next stage of education and prepare them to enter the labor market.

 

Keywords: science lessons, STEAM, project method, eTwinning, school-university collaboration, science education

Authors: Katarzyna Sieińska & Tomasz Ordza, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

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This paper was submitted to the 2022 call for papers targeted to early-career researchers and it has been reviewed by external peer-reviewers. See here all the articles selected within the same call

 

Additional information

  • Education type:
    School Education
  • Target audience:
    Head Teacher / Principal
    Researcher
    Student Teacher
    Teacher
    Teacher Educator
  • Target audience ISCED:
    Primary education (ISCED 1)

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