Objectives
- To develop innovative educational approaches to practical STEAM education that are based on Computational Thinking (CT) as related to trans-disciplinary and holistic STEAM perspectives.
- To improve pedagogical skills and competencies of prospective teachers, that are related to the teaching and training of various aspects of CT.
- To improve CT skills of prospective teachers.
Activities
- Developing a set of subject/educational environment specific educational modules;
- Testing/Piloting of the Modules;
- Intensive programme for higher education learners – Training to prospective teachers;
- Invited teachers at higher education Intensive Study Programmes;
- 3 Short-term joint staff training events.
Resources
- Framework for the development of the curriculum modules: CT & STEAM for education of prospective school and kindergarten teachers;
- General Introduction of Computational Thinking: a basic module suitable for all teachers;
- CT for pre-school (kindergarten) prospective teachers: specific features, approaches and practical solutions;
- CT for primary education prospective teachers: specific features, approaches and practical solutions;
- CT for STEM prospective teachers: specific features, approaches and practical solutions;
- CT for informatics (computing) prospective teachers: specific features, approaches and practical solutions;
- CT for languages, arts and humanities prospective teachers: specific features, approaches and practical solutions;
- Educational environments for CT: design and aspects of integration;
- Using Constructivism, and Project and Challenge Driven Pedagogy for learning Computational Thinking;
- Technological, pedagogical and instructional design aspects of teaching CT for STEAM;
- Newsletters.
Partners
- Vilniaus Universitetas (Lithuania, coordinator)
- Turun Yliopisto (Finland)
- Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan (Sweden)
- Ankara Universitesi (Turkey)
- Tallinn University (Estonia)
- CESIE (Italy)
- Technische Universitaet Wien (Austria)
- Stichting Katholieke Universiteit (Netherlands)
- Universitaet Paderborn (Germany)
- Centre for Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology LTD CARDET (Cyprus)
