5. • VRWI study:
Students graduating in a STEM area:
‒secundary education: 43.4%
‒higher education: 19%
• Why don’t students choose for STEM ?
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[van den Berghe W., De Martelaere D., “Kiezen voor STEM. De keuze van jongeren voor technische en wetenschappelijk
studies”, VRWI, 2012]
6. ROSE project
• The ROSE project: Relevance Of Science Education
http://Roseproject.no
Sjoberg, Schreiner, “The Rose project: An
overview and key findings”
International study regarding the attitude towards
science and technology.
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11. Assumption
• Relevance of STEM must be obtained in
(primary and) secondary education through
integration of the different STEM subjects in a
school’s curriculum by creating a single STEM
course.
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13. STEM@School
• 4 year research project:
‒Start of the project: june 2014
‒End of the project: june 2018
• Financed by IWT
(Innovation in Science and Technology)
14. STEM@school - partners
‒KULeuven-ESAT-MICAS (Department of
Engineering)
‒KULeuven-SLO-physics (Teacher Training Centre)
‒KULeuven-HIVA (Research Institute for Work and
Society)
‒UA-educational sciences
‒VSKO (educational umbrella organization)
‒GO! (educational umbrella organization)
15. Goals of the project
• Developing, adaptation, testing, validation and
implementation of a STEM learning
environment / curricula …
• …While maintaining the current knowledge
level of mathematics and sciences (physics).
• …Based on the concepts of:
‒Integration
‒Relevance
16. Key concept 1: integration
• Subjects: mathematics, physics, informatics
and engineering…
• … By integrating them in a cross-curricular
(STEM) course…
• … Consisting of 4 modules
• Age: 14 – 15 y
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17. Key concept 2: relevance
• Integrating different learning content
(subjects) reveals the relevance of the specific
subject-related information regarding the real-
life and present (social) problem.