Project description
A creative solution to break STEM barriers
In the vast landscape of STEM fields, a stark gender gap persists, hindering the full potential of future European innovators, especially women. The imbalance echoes across borders, ages, and socioeconomic divides, limiting access to scientific and technological opportunities. In this context, the EU-funded STEAMbrace project emerges as a pioneering force, poised to reshape the educational narrative. By merging STEM with arts, it aspires to establish a robust European alliance, employing creativity and evidence-based approaches to foster a sustainable and inclusive STEAM education methodology. The project’s multi-actor model engages cultural and creative industries, fostering innovation ecosystems. Anticipated outcomes include a digital networking hub, tailored training activities, a pilot EU-level STEAM week, and a roadmap for annual reproducibility.
Objective
This project aims to bridge the current gender gap in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields by unlocking the potential of STEAM (STEM + Arts) education approach for future European innovators, especially women. Thus, this project will establish a coordination Alliance at European level and develop numerous networking and educational activities using a creative thinking and a scientific evidence-based approach. This will lead to broad, sustainable (environmental-responsible, social-inclusive & economically-balanced) and inclusive (gender, geodemographic and socioeconomic wide-ranging) STEAM education methodology that will positively influence in the transition towards a cultural and social cohesion of Europe.
This EU interdisciplinary consortium will follow a multi-actor approach where cultural and creative industries (CCIs) are drivers of the cultural and creative-driven innovation ecosystems, combined with validation with 11-18 years old students, that will allow to better understand the gaps and limitations of STEM education regarding country, age, gender and other socio-cultural aspects and boost the change towards a sustainable, reproducible & inclusive European STE(A)M education.
As a result, this CSA project will deliver a digital hub for participant networking (both students and stakeholders); missing information on STEAM level of implementation in Europe; numerous country-adapted training activities to boost integration of STEAM approaches in secondary and vocational training schools, with specific activities for young women and rural students; a pilot of the STEAM week at EU level and a roadmap for annual reproducibility; as well as follow-up training courses and guideline of minimum requirements for teachers and educational managers to ensure a STEAM education across Europe. Moreover, the project will extensively disseminate and communicate project’s events, results and findings, including the development of recommendations
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.2.2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society
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HORIZON.2.2.2 - Cultural Heritage
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Topic(s)
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Funding Scheme
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL2-2023-HERITAGE-01
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50012 ZARAGOZA
Spain
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