Up-sTEAm

The Up-sTEAm Erasmus+ project aims is to provide university students studying to become teachers and/or science communicators with the skills and knowledge necessary to design effective and meaningful STEAM activities for non-formal learning contexts, that are appropriate and adapted to school pupils’ needs and particularities. The goal is to increase access to non-formal STEAM education for these students.

The aim of the Up-sTEAm project is produce tangible and intangible outcomes that will provide learning opportunities to university students to develop their competences in designing and delivering inclusive and non-formal STEAM activities. The project’s main objectives (O) are:
• O1: Make STEAM topics understandable and approachable to university students and promote their increased interest in designing and delivering inclusive STEAM curricula for non-formal learning settings through innovative teaching practices.
• O2: Develop university students’ digital and transversal skills in designing inclusive STEAM curricula and applying them in innovative initiatives linked to their profession.
• O3: Raise awareness among university students across Europe of the applicability of STEAM curricula in out-of-school settings through different methodological and instructional approaches to engaging pupils, regardless of their particularities and special characteristics.
• O4: Encourage sharing of experiences from all the partners across Europe to identify best practices for the incorporation of ideas related to STEAM in non-formal learning contexts.
• O5: Facilitate the widespread dissemination and sustainability of resources and innovative pedagogical approaches to the wider EU community and internationally.

Consortium partners:
• University of Groningen (RUG)
• INQUIRY FUSE (formerly known as INQUIRIUM)
• University of Nicosia (UNIC)
• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
• Stimmuli for Social Change