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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2018 Newsletter
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Students have developed their knowledge about
metals and nonmetals, their physical and chemical
properties, uses and importance. By comparison,
they identified the similarities between the personal
values and the characteristics of the chemical
elements, being fascinated by the harmony of the
universe in which we live.
Little STEMists
by Merve Akyol Kiliç
STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of
educating students in four specific disciplines —
science, technology, engineering and mathematics
— in an interdisciplinary and applied approach.
Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate
and discrete subjects, STEM integrates them into a
cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world
applications.
We need employees that are motivated, well
prepared and trained now and in future. Especially
the STEM area (Science, Technology, Engeneering
and Mathematics) is important for the further
developement of European Economy and wellfare.
At the moment we have to face the problem that
not enough young people choose the STEM area for
studying and work. With our project we try to close
this gap. We intend to interest our students for
STEM topics and to motivate them to work for the
further development of modern technologies.
Analyzing the results of the evaluation
questionnaire, we found that The Chemical Tree
project was appreciated as very interesting by
78.7% of the respondents. The students considered
that the project helped them to develop the
following skills: collaboration - 70.2%,
communication in English - 68.1%, creativity -
61.7%, elaboration of a scientific presentation -
53.2%, research - 44.7%. They have learned to
research the chemical elements and to analyze their
personal values and characteristics, to
communicate in scientific language and to
collaborate.
All our eTwinning projects have had a great impact
on students' motivation to learn Chemistry,
enhancing the quality and relevance of the
educational process.
Rita Godoroja is a Chemistry teacher at Liceul de
Limbi Moderne si Management in Chișinău, Republic
of Moldova and an eTwinning Plus and Scientix
ambassador. She holds a PhD in Pedagogy.
The main aim of this project is to make STEM
education more relevant and meaningful for our
students in ways that respect gender differences
and cultural diversity. The other aims are:
• Improving the study of scientific subjects
• Fostering the basic and transversal skills,
especially in maths and logics
• Encouraging the auto-production of multimedia in
science
• Using philosophy as a tool not a subject
• Acquire 21st century skills; critical
thinking&problem solving; collaboration across
network and leading by influence; agility and
adaptability; initative and entrepreneurship;
effective oral and written communication.
“Little STEMists” was the product of a collaborative
work carried out in coordination with 11 countries.
During the Project, we investigated, how students
were easily motivated, education circumstances
became qualified by putting creative activities into
the process. In the practice, prepared according to
Piaget’s “Active Learning”, students were totally
centered in the process and they were enabled to
learn with hands-on, because learning needs
students to join the process actively. For this
reason, during the practice, the learning activity
was put into active mod by making the class
arouse, the students cheer up and feel at ease. As a
result, students took an active role in the process
as the individuals who were conscious, creative,
curios, aware of the source of the knowledge and
importance of learning it.
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