Project description
The project “DOTS...Development of transversal skills in STEM” is being implemented within the framework of Erasmus+ The general goal of the project is to improve transversal skills for both STEM teachers and other teachers and trainers in innovative teaching approaches.
The specific objectives of the DOTS project are:
- development of methods, materials, and tools to support the learning and teaching of transversal skills
- Teacher training for the application of developed methods, tools, and materials in teaching.
The projects aim to include highly motivated teachers who will undergo a series of train-the-trainer programs to equip them to disseminate acquired knowledge in their respective environments. Furthermore, through the project, teachers will be enabled to exchange examples of good practices from various European countries and the broader international community.
In addition to specific, subject-related STEM skills for teachers, the project will also develop transversal skills that will contribute to open communication and collaborative work, both within the school collective and between teachers and students. Some of the transversal skills include presentation skills, communication skills, critical thinking skills, teamwork skills, and others.
Through the project, partners will develop a set of practical materials, tools, guidelines, and a manual that will contribute to the implementation of new teaching methods in STEM subjects. Additionally, a series of training sessions will be held in all partner countries. Part of the training is intended exclusively for teachers, while another part of the training is intended for partner project teams to raise their professional competencies, develop mutual cooperation, and devise new, innovative methods, tools, and materials for learning and teaching.
The project emphasizes the participation of teachers and schools in the project. For these reasons, partner organizations include Jelkovec High School, the Greek school Ellinogermaniki Agogi, and the University of Vienna. In addition to the aforementioned, partner organizations in the project implementation also include Science View (Greece), Science Center Netzwerk (Austria), Tvornica znanosti (Croatia), DOREA (Cyprus), and ATiT (Belgium).,
CARNET sees an opportunity in this project for quality international cooperation, exchange of good practice examples, collaboration of international experts in the development of creative, innovative methods, tools, and materials for teaching transversal skills, the possibility of spreading project results within each partner country, expanding the network of international partners, and the possibility of piloting designed activities with a larger number of teachers and indirectly students, which will enable the revision of created outputs during the project's duration.
The project duration is three years – from September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2022.
More information about the project can be found at www.dots-project.eu
Co-financing
