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The European project Stimula, which
is investigating new ways of embedding STEM education, will have
a conference in St Mary’s on 22 and 23 March.
Background information on the project:
St Mary's University College Belfast, in partnership with five
other European partners, has been successful in gaining over a
quarter of a million pounds of research funding for a STEM project.
The funding, which comes from the Education, Audio-visual and
Cultural Executive Agency's Lifelong Learning Programme, is to
support a project titled, 'Stimulating Science and Technology
Competences Through Innovative Means for Teaching and Learning'
(STIMULA). A central dimension of the
project is working closely with local post-primary schools and
local STEM-related industries. Sentinus, a local organisation
that promotes engagement with STEM, is also working closely with
the College.
STIMULA aims to support teachers in
developing more effective strategies to foster pupil motivation
towards, and engagement with, STEM subjects, by facilitating improved
working relationships between schools and local STEM-related industries.
The ultimate goal of the project is to improve the acquisition
of key STEM competences by pupils, therefore contributing to their
personal development and future employment prospects.
The European partners are Elhuyar Fundazioa, an education foundation
in Spain, Universidad de Zaragoza, Phaenovum, an R&D Company
in Germany, Steinbeis Innovation Centre in Germany and Colegiul
National Nicolae Titulescu Craiova in Romania.
The project's website address is http://stimula-project.eu.
The project at St Mary's is managed by Kieran McGeown, working
with colleagues Martin Hagan and Damian Knipe. |
