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The work presented in this document is supported by the European Commission’s H2020 programme –
project Scientix 3 (Grant agreement N. 730009), coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN). The content of
this document is the sole responsibility of the organizer and it does not represent the opinion of European
Schoolnet or the European Commission (EC), and the EC is not responsible for any use that might be made
of information contained herein.
Opening minds and schools to
STEM careersNoëlle Billon, Scientix Deputy Project Manager
Bucharest, 03/11/2017
EUROPEAN SCHOOLNETTRANSFORMING EDUCATION IN EUROPE
ABOUT US
European Schoolnet is the network of 31 European Ministries of Education, based in Brussels. As
a not-for-profit organisation, we aim to bring innovation in teaching and learning to: Ministries
of Education, schools, teachers, researchers and industry partners.
Information and
services relating to the
innovative use of
educational technology
Outreach campaigns
on specific educational
topics including STEM
Research activities on
various topics including
use of ICT in education
and STEM on which to
base policy
recommendations
EUN AND STEM
STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
• Attract more people in STEM
• Address future skills gap in Europe
• More than 30 STEM projects
• Activities: science awareness, teachers training (e.g.
Amgen Teach)
• Innovative teaching practices, tech. enhanced
learning (e.g. Next-Lab)
EUN AND STEM
Two strategic initiatives
The community for science
educators in Europe
www.scientix.eu
Industry and Education come
together to improve Science,
Technology, Engineering and Maths
in Europe www.stemalliance.eu
EUN STEM Programme reinforced with additional initiatives
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http://scientix.eu
The work presented in this document is supported by the European Commission’s H2020 programme – project Scientix 3 (Grant agreement N. 730009), coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN). The content of the document is the sole responsibility of the organizer and it does not represent the opinion of the European Commission (EC), and the EC is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained.
Running since 2010, present contract till March 2019
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• Coordinated by European Schoolnet and supported by Scientix• The members of the MoE STEM WG are appointed by the Ministries of Education
directly• 19 Ministries of Education from 18 countries have confirmed their participation and
appointed a STEM representative as of 03/11/2017
Objectives: • Platform of discussion and exchange for Ministries of Education regarding their
STEM education policies. • Lay the foundations for medium and long-term strategies and activities between
Ministries of Education and European Schoolnet in the field of STEM education, following an agenda that addresses the ministries priorities and main interests.
Ministries of Education STEM representatives Working group (MoE STEM WG)
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The main priorities for the MoE STEM WG resulting from the 1st meeting (Mar 2016), and reconfirmed in the following meetings (Nov 2016 and Oct 2017):1. The importance of supporting primary schools with the teaching of STEM.
2. The limited information on STEM careers.
3. Results from projects presented by teachers and teacher collaboration as a way of sharing results with policy makers and among themselves.
4. Getting leading schools from different countries to work together and share expertise.
5. Supporting exchanges in the working group via regular on line discussions, webinars, etc.
6. Scientix should support the federation or cohesion (dissemination) of national initiatives.
7. Ways to make research results more accessible to teachers.
8. How to mainstream innovative practices, validation and piloting from different initiatives.
MoE STEM WG priorities
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Examples of action decided underPriority 2: The limited information on STEM careers
Action 2.2 (Mar16): Organize a STEM careers MOOC at the EUN Academy for teachers (online course). (Done: 03 Apr – 06 Jun 2017)
1260 participants started following at least one course module
600 participants passed the MOOC and received the course certification
Action 2.3 (Nov16): 2nd MOOC for career advisers + Heads of Schools.
1002 participants registered to the course
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Opening Minds to STEM Careers
Results based on course registration and participation data.
Top 10 countries
by number of participants that
Started the MOOC Completed the MOOC
Italy (345) Italy (169)
Spain (262) Spain (148)
Romania (100) Romania (51)
Croatia (64) Greece (41)
Greece (63) Croatia (27)
Portugal (35) Portugal (22)
Lithuania (31) Lithuania (9)
Slovenia (22) Malta (7)
Malta (14) Slovenia (6)
Bulgaria (13) Bulgaria (5)
Participants’ profile
EU28 course participation
Started the MOOC: 1014 Completed the MOOC: 510
Course Dates Topic In collaboration with
2 Sep – Nov 2017 Opening Schools to STEM Careers STEM Alliance and SYSTEMIC
1 (2nd Ed) Apr – Jun 2018 Opening Minds to STEM Careers STEM Alliance and SYSTEMIC(907 e- 336 s)
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Summary :
- 42 Scientix Ambassadors
- 29 teachers were selected to follow the 3rd
edition of the ScientixAmbassadors Training Course (over 105 Romanian applications)
Scientix Ambassadors in Romania
• Builds on inGenious project (2011-2014)
• STEM Education – careers, Promotion of STEM jobs, in all industry sectors
• STEM-skilled-workforceJoin forces to support & promote:
• existing industry-education STEM collaboration
• development of new ways to teach STEM
STEM Alliance actions
1. Encouraging STEM Professionals Going Back to Schools
- #PGB2S
2. Advancing Teachers Placements in Industry -
#TeacherDiscoveryPlacement
3. Building knowledge, providing trainings and resources
Status update on outreach and impact
Source: STEM Alliance Infographic October 2016 – April 2017
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