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This project will help improve teacher''s and student''s STEM skills, modernize, and aquire equipment that will be used to conduct STEM activities at school. Improving teachers'' and students'' STEM skills, including students with special educational needs, will be carried out by equipping STEM classrooms with equipment and modern information and communication technology, as well as various educational workshops. The project implements activities and programmes aimed at improving students'' skills and the abilities of teachers and other educators in teaching entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial competencies and active citizenship.
Summary of project results
The project sought to solve major challenges and problems in all three partner schools that were very visible and recognizable - insufficient and weak school equipment with teaching aids and ICT equipment, insufficiently developed STEM skills of students and outdated ways of teaching students.
By implementing project activities, schools tried to improve their work by acquiring equipment and improving the STEM skills of students and teachers.
The project sought to solve the problem of equipping schools with school furniture and modern information and communication technology that serves the successful implementation of STEM activities at school. The project wanted to solve the problem of insufficient and outdated equipment in STEM classrooms and ICT equipment in the school. All three schools work in similar conditions and have similar needs for equipping with teaching aids and aids and ICT technology that would improve teachers'' STEM teaching skills. Therefore, the individual and joint activities of all three partner schools in this project sought to solve the problem of improving the STEM skills of teachers and equipping schools, and as a final result to have improved STEM skills of students.
With accelerated changes in IC technology, the project sought to solve the problem of improving the STEM skills of teachers and other educational workers in the creation and use of new digital materials and their application in STEM teaching. By implementing project activities for students in and out of school, the problem of insufficiently developed STEM skills of students, including students with special educational needs, was solved.
Also, the project solved the problem of insufficient knowledge of other educational systems and the possibility of applying acquired knowledge and competences in one''s work with students. Exchange of experiences and examples of good practice with the Norwegian educational system, an effort was made to familiarize teachers with an example of a very successful educational system.
The implementation of this project solved the problem of developing the entrepreneurial spirit and entrepreneurial qualities of students and teachers, as well as raising young generations for sustainable development and active citizenship.
The project achieved great progress in the work of all three partner schools.
Teachers and other educational workers developed their skills in STEM teaching in workshops on working with gifted students and students with developmental disabilities. Teachers are trained to recognize and identify a gifted student and ways to stimulate student creativity. Teachers successfully apply entrepreneurial skills and knowledge acquired through entrepreneurship education in teaching students. Using ICT in teaching STEM subjects - teachers are trained to use tools for creating digital content for classes. Teachers have developed their communication skills. In cooperation with the Norwegian partner, workshops were held on the topic of developing interactive teaching materials. Through the study visit to Norway, the teachers were introduced to the work of primary schools and teaching methods, as well as the Norwegian education system, through examples of good practice.
Students developed their STEM student skills through various activities - education and workshops. Through the application of educational programs in the field of STEM within the framework of optional and extracurricular activities, students'' competencies have been developed. The acquisition of equipment created conditions for the formation of new extracurricular activities: robotics and young meteorologists. By conducting field classes in the Science Park in Oroslavje for students of primary classes and in the Technical Museum in Zagreb for students of subject classes, students'' STEM skills were developed and a positive attitude towards natural sciences was created through learning, play and fun. The students use the acquired knowledge and skills in their further education and daily life, passing them on to other students and thus supporting sustainable development. Students developed their knowledge and skills through activities at the workshops of the winter school of mathematics, the summer school of physics and the STEM week.
By implementing project activities, all three schools are equipped to teach STEM subjects according to school curricula (eg school furniture for the physics classroom with complete teaching aids for modern teaching of these subjects). Classrooms are equipped with interactive screens, robotic equipment, a 3D printer, a laser printer for A3, a weather station and other equipment used in teaching students have been purchased.
The implementation of project activities contributed to the realization of very positive results in the work for all three partner schools. Schools are equipped with modern ICT equipment and teaching aids and aids that enable high-quality and successful teaching in STEM subjects for teaching according to school curricula. Also, schools are equipped with new school furniture and other equipment. The equipment acquired through the project is very important for the schools because the old school furniture was replaced with new ones.
The project advanced and improved the skills and teaching methods of teachers in the STEM field, which resulted in a more successful and high-quality maintenance of the teaching process, and thus the adoption of the teaching material by the students. As a result of the exchange of experiences on examples of good practice with teachers from Norway, the teachers improved their teaching methods and improved their entrepreneurial skills, and thus the students'' skills.
By holding workshops for students and carrying out project activities, students have developed various skills and easier acquisition of knowledge that will enable them to continue their education more successfully. Students have developed entrepreneurial qualities that help them to enter the world of work more easily. The developed STEM skills of students are a very important result of the implementation of project activities.
The final effects of the project are great. Schools are equipped with modern ICT equipment to carry out the teaching process in STEM subjects. Teachers have highly developed competencies for new ways of teaching in STEM subjects. Students have developed STEM skills necessary for more successful acquisition of teaching materials needed for further education and everyday life.
The end users of the project are students, teachers and other educational workers, the school and the wider local community.
Summary of bilateral results
1. Project activities have progressed significantly since the bilateral partnership with the Norwegian partner. Cooperation with the Norwegian partner has significantly improved the conduct of classes and the ways and methods of teaching students. The teachers were also introduced to new tools for creating digital teaching materials that can be very successfully applied in the teaching process. The collaboration was very successful and significant for the School.2. Bilateral cooperation significantly improved the implementation of project activities and stimulated greater interest on the part of our teachers. By organizing a study visit to Oslo and exchanging experiences, the teachers got to know a new and different system of education. Mutual understanding and cooperation of all members of the school''s professional teams has been developed. Based on examples of good practice, teachers adopted new ways and models to involve students in participating in society, developing awareness of responsible behavior, work for the common good, development of social skills, involvement in volunteer actions and development of solidarity. The end result of this collaboration is improved STEM skills of teachers in teaching students about entrepreneurship and qualities important for active citizenship. 3. The issue of further cooperation is possible, but still remains open. Further contact will be maintained.