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8.4 STEM careers fair organization. Strategies for successPick ONE main task for each of the phases (Planning - Implementation – Post event activities) and tell us why you think it is important) 

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8.4 STEM careers fair organization. Strategies for successPick ONE main task for each of the phases (Planning - Implementation – Post event activities) and tell us why you think it is important) 

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/886xwhfthqac

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8.3 Types of STEM Career Events (II)Through the padlet below tell us (in your opinion) which of the activities above is more suited to your students and why do you think so

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8.3 Types of STEM Career Events (II)Through the padlet below tell us (in your opinion) which of the activities above is more suited to your students and why do you think so

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/geqbu6a5l5t1

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8.1 What is a career event?(Activity 1: Share in the padlet below any science fairs that are currently taking place in your country. Have you participated? What did you liked the most?)

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8.1 What is a career event?(Activity 1: Share in the padlet below any science fairs that are currently taking place in your country. Have you participated? What did you liked the most?)

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/k799gu0b2t9

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7.4 Case study: Internship placement in PortugalWhich do you think is one benefit and one disadvantage of such an internship?

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7.4 Case study: Internship placement in PortugalWhich do you think is one benefit and one disadvantage of such an internship?

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/dllsw8a1hvug

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7.3 School-to-work transitionAre there any training opportunities or companies providing programs in your country, from which your students can benefit? 

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7.3 School-to-work transitionAre there any training opportunities or companies providing programs in your country, from which your students can benefit? 

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/dllsw8a1hvug

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7.2 Connect with the communityActivity: [Padlet] After you have read these steps to connect with your local community, share with us what are some ways in which you can connect with the business community in your town or city: what professionals can you bring to your school and how can you involve them? 

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7.2 Connect with the communityActivity: [Padlet] After you have read these steps to connect with your local community, share with us what are some ways in which you can connect with the business community in your town or city: what professionals can you bring to your school and how can you involve them? 

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/y8otadzhv627

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Let's all be honest with ourselves.....AS TEACHERS WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.  So let us stop pretending that we do.

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7.1 Business and education collaborationBased on the description above, where do you think your students are placed? What is their level of access and desire for employability? What are some actions you can take to improve the situation?

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7.1 Business and education collaborationBased on the description above, where do you think your students are placed? What is their level of access and desire for employability? What are some actions you can take to improve the situation?

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/wz4ozxsi1ybq

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7.1 Business and Education collaboration

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7.1 Business and Education collaboration

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When teachers keep a good level of contact between the school and the STEM businesses it helps them as professionals not to get disconnected from what is happening in the real world.

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6.4 Bringing parents into career counselingThink about your discussions with the parents of your students: are they encouraging their children toward STEM careers? What is their general attitude towards STEM careers? Reflect on this section and share in the Padlet below. Additionally, share some ideas you will keep in mind from now on, in your work with parents. 

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6.4 Bringing parents into career counselingThink about your discussions with the parents of your students: are they encouraging their children toward STEM careers? What is their general attitude towards STEM careers? Reflect on this section and share in the Padlet below. Additionally, share some ideas you will keep in mind from now on, in your work with parents. 

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/7vpzhe9msafu

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I love this quote: "If you think education is expensive you should try the cost of ignorance" quoted by Neil DeGrasse Tyson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZzckOX06N0

We are not valuing knowledge as a process rather then knowledge as an answer

WHEN YOU KNOW HOW TO THINK IT EMPOWERS YOU EVEN MORE THEN WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT TO THINK!!

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Teachers need to make the curriculum more linked to real world and real careers and not leave knowledge to exist in vacuum.
Students should learn to grow continuously and not to miss any opportunities that might come due to fear of the unknown.  This would help in widening their experiences.

James Branam stresses the importance not to limit students to options pre set by the system.  Although in Malta the list of possible options available improved a lot from the times when I was doing my career choices, still I must admit that we are somewhat limited and that we tend to guide pupils to options that we think they should choose rather then what they would like to pursuit.

Important points:
1. the teacher needs to guide their pupils towards options that would make the them happy.
2. teachers should keep themselves up to date with STEM career available.
3. the educational system should not be irreversible where a pupils is not allowed to change his or her mind on the studies to pursuit.

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6.3 STEM professionalsReflect on your upcoming lessons and plans for your students – which professional of your town/country could you bring to supplement your teaching activity? What would they talk about? How would you integrate their lecture/talk/activity in your lessons?

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6.3 STEM professionalsReflect on your upcoming lessons and plans for your students – which professional of your town/country could you bring to supplement your teaching activity? What would they talk about? How would you integrate their lecture/talk/activity in your lessons?

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/m6dtg12ocpqo

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6.2 Role modelsCan you identify a national STEM role model of your country who could be suited to discuss with your students about STEM careers? Write how this person fits with what you’ve learned in this activity and share with us at least one idea about how you will integrate him/her in a lesson with your students.

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6.2 Role modelsCan you identify a national STEM role model of your country who could be suited to discuss with your students about STEM careers? Write how this person fits with what you’ve learned in this activity and share with us at least one idea about how you will integrate him/her in a lesson with your students.

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/vgp5nrrwouh2

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It is suggested that pupils should be exposed to role models as an ongoing process throughout the curricular work.  Big events are effective but if this is spread out in a continuous was, it would leave an even bigger impact.  This is referred to as a "Drip-feeding effect".  The choice of the role models also has to be done carefully.  These should be diverse and include a wide range of individuals since not all kids like the same role models.

Role models also should be chosen in a way as to mitigate and try to eliminate stereotypes.  We should help pupils realise that these role models are not some super humans but rather normal human beings with personal lives, interests and hobbies.  Also point out any struggles and challenges that they encountered throughout their pathway towards their current career so making these individuals more human and realistic.

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6.1 Role of teachers in career counsellingRead pages 20-28 from the study presented above and reflect in the Padlet: Which roles do you use actively, which do you use less and why? Are there any roles you are not doing but want to do? Name at least one you would like to exercise more

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6.1 Role of teachers in career counsellingRead pages 20-28 from the study presented above and reflect in the Padlet: Which roles do you use actively, which do you use less and why? Are there any roles you are not doing but want to do? Name at least one you would like to exercise more

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/ac43taltcs2i

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6.1 Career and Employability learning (CEL)

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6.1 Career and Employability learning (CEL)

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a wide range of activities which support young people to think about their futures, build the skills they need, and make successful transitions.

The industry is complaining that the support given in school is not in line with the needs of the work place and industry.

Careers and employability has focused on the respective roles of career guidance professionals and employers. The role of teachers has often been lost in this discussion.

Teachers, being in contact with the pupils all the time have a greater opportunity to influence the pupils in their career choices thus teachers have to be on board during this process.

Role of teacher in CEL:
Tutorial role:
*career informant
*pastoral support
Teaching role:
*within subject
*Delivering CEL
Leadership role:
*Leading CEL
*senior leadership

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5.4 Projects about gender equality in STEMIn the padlet, share information about any project, awareness campaign or initiative related to STEM and gender equality. If you need any help, you can also search in the Scientix project repository. http://www.scientix.eu/projects

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5.4 Projects about gender equality in STEMIn the padlet, share information about any project, awareness campaign or initiative related to STEM and gender equality. If you need any help, you can also search in the Scientix project repository. http://www.scientix.eu/projects

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/67j1n1msq5oy

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5.3 Women in STEMShare who is your favorite female scientist of all time and tell us why

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5.3 Women in STEMShare who is your favorite female scientist of all time and tell us why

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/4mh33995botl

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I love Julie Baxter's comment to the question: Why should we encourage gender equality in STEM careers?  "Because its half the population!"  There is no other reason why....no SORRY we have been unfair to you girls in history and we want to make it up to you.  Being equal means not focusing more on girls but focusing equally on both girls and boys.

Diversity in behaviour is what increases the value of a team.

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http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-historic-female-scientists-you-should-know-84028788/#2EScWgUsCxmO5s6d.99

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5.2 Gender equality in the the job market and in the classroomIn the padlet, pick one of the tips mentioned in the info sheet “Your guide to ensure gender equality in the (STEM) classroom”. Apply it with your students and (afterwards) tell us your experience.

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5.2 Gender equality in the the job market and in the classroomIn the padlet, pick one of the tips mentioned in the info sheet “Your guide to ensure gender equality in the (STEM) classroom”. Apply it with your students and (afterwards) tell us your experience.

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/tscmv0esqxbw

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http://www.europeanschoolnetacademy.eu/documents/2352026/0/infosheet.png/e98aa266-accd-4c3d-916d-a4029dbcc203?t=1492082317660

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5.1 Gender equality and the gender gap in STEMIn the padlet, discuss about “the gender gap in STEM” in your country. Are your female students interested in STEM areas? Are there many women in research careers? Share your insight!

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5.1 Gender equality and the gender gap in STEMIn the padlet, discuss about “the gender gap in STEM” in your country. Are your female students interested in STEM areas? Are there many women in research careers? Share your insight!

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/v3mqys8yt6s4

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4.3 STEM career activities: teacher practicesBased on the 10 practices presented above, post in the Padlet below 3 practices you already use and 3 practices which you are NOT currently using but would like to implement in your classroom/school.

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4.3 STEM career activities: teacher practicesBased on the 10 practices presented above, post in the Padlet below 3 practices you already use and 3 practices which you are NOT currently using but would like to implement in your classroom/school.

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/523icy39mv22

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4.1 STEM career activities: how to use them?1. Choose a strategy from above 2. Choose a career material/activity/tool 3. Write in the Padlet below how you would combine these two in a lesson (add also any relevant links, information, etc.)

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4.1 STEM career activities: how to use them?1. Choose a strategy from above 2. Choose a career material/activity/tool 3. Write in the Padlet below how you would combine these two in a lesson (add also any relevant links, information, etc.)

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/jqbp4bzfbdux

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3.5 STEM skills and STEM careers. Tools for match-matchingExplain which of the matchmaking tools presented is most interesting and the reasons for it. Do you have any such tools in your country? Post your links in the padlet!

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3.5 STEM skills and STEM careers. Tools for match-matchingExplain which of the matchmaking tools presented is most interesting and the reasons for it. Do you have any such tools in your country? Post your links in the padlet!

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/euawkrs4qtgt

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3.4 Classroom methodologies to promote STEM skillsShare your thoughts on pedagogical approaches or classroom tools you can use in the classroom to promote STEM or soft skills. Which one is the best one? What tools are you using? Share your experiences, success stories and challenges!

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3.4 Classroom methodologies to promote STEM skillsShare your thoughts on pedagogical approaches or classroom tools you can use in the classroom to promote STEM or soft skills. Which one is the best one? What tools are you using? Share your experiences, success stories and challenges!

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/ftr9o4lwp0ty

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Kahoot!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAfnia7-rMk
https://create.kahoot.it/

Class flow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqT3tNaKkec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSvdZNlVmVg
https://classflow.com/

PhET simulations:
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMCZvGesRz8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNNff-hVg2s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pou61mRWzlE

http://www.bie.org/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzCGNnU_WM
Fab video
PBL is just fab...I wish I was taught in this was.  Still I can imagine that a lot of teachers will be afraid of this method.  To be able to implement this in our schools there has to be some retraining to change the way we view teaching and the role of the teacher in the process.

It would also be a great idea if the project given to the pupils would be cross-curricular where they would have a tutorial with the design and technology teacher, another with the IT teacher, one with the science teacher and maybe one with the English teacher to give the possibility to the pupils to get different skills from different individuals and be able to ask as many questions as possible. They should also meet a professional that is currently working in the field they are studying. A project like that would be mind blowing!!

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PBL is the ongoing act of learning about different subjects simultaneously. This is achieved by guiding students to identify, through research, a real-world problem (local to global) developing its solution using evidence to support the claim, and presenting the solution through a multimedia approach based in a set of 21st-century tools.

Kids show what they learn as they journey through the unit, interact with its lessons, collaborate with each other, and assess themselves and each other. They don't just take a test or produce a product at the end to show their learning.

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Looking at the way we teach STEM subjects, I feel a bit confused. We shout out the need for Soft Skills and adaptability; creativity; team work and flexibility and yet we compartmentalize out subject in such a way that we separate the rainbow formation process (physics) from the structure of the eye (biology) from the composition of materials that result in color (chemistry). Isn't this limiting. There are no boundaries between sciences in nature! How can we teach in such a sectioned and segmented manner with no interlink between the science fields and pretend to instill creativity, innovation and adaptability? I wonder!!

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I really believe in the need for soft skills and this does not only apply to STEM subject but rather to all education.  I believe that having a better soft skill baggage would make a better individual overall....a better citizen and a better society.

Teaching such skills should start at an early age...even pre-school. To be able to work in group and to accept criticism is not an easy task.  I teach 11-13 yr old boys and girls and they have not been taught many soft skills...Unfortunately, the amount resistance that I face when I present situation where they have to apply soft skills if tremendous and really difficult to overcome...it takes time.

Pupils do not like to be spoon fed knowledge but they arrived to a point now where when presented with critical situations, they find themselves at a loss. Pity. Still a lot of work to be carried out in this aspect.

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3.3 Soft skillsShare which 3 soft skills do you think are the most important within STEM fields and explain, in your own words, how you would address them in the classroom.

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3.3 Soft skillsShare which 3 soft skills do you think are the most important within STEM fields and explain, in your own words, how you would address them in the classroom.

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/uz3jokj8n1kc

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3.1 STEM skillsUse this padlet to answer the following questions: 1) In your opinion, which is the best definition of STEM skills and why? 2)	Provide at least one example of non-STEM professions that use STEM skills.

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3.1 STEM skillsUse this padlet to answer the following questions: 1) In your opinion, which is the best definition of STEM skills and why? 2)	Provide at least one example of non-STEM professions that use STEM skills.

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/fozkar5ahxxj

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2.4 Current STEM industries and professionsThe demand for STEM careers in specific fields can vary between geographical regions. Use the padlet to let us know:  What do you think are the most highly looked after career paths in your regions? Reflect: what qualifications would the applicants need to secure those jobs?

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2.4 Current STEM industries and professionsThe demand for STEM careers in specific fields can vary between geographical regions. Use the padlet to let us know:  What do you think are the most highly looked after career paths in your regions? Reflect: what qualifications would the applicants need to secure those jobs?

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/rc8e2twefg92

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2.3 Jobs of the futureWhat do you think are some of the future STEM jobs we should start preparing for? Share your thoughts here

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2.3 Jobs of the futureWhat do you think are some of the future STEM jobs we should start preparing for? Share your thoughts here

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/y84z0s9y0qrl

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Tomorrow's Jobs: I was intrigued by the notion that 65% of today's students will be doing jobs that don't even exist yet. This would make our job as educator pretty tricky....It's like aiming at a target blindfolded. After doing some reading, it seems that the general belief is that tomorrow's STEM jobs will be oriented around the following: Virtual Reality; Digital media and its management; Technology and biological manipulations; Ethics; Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence. But there is no such thing as fortune telling science and therefore what should educators do? How can we adequately prepare our students for tomorrow's jobs?
Generalized education:  I believe that our educational systems should not just deliver knowledge based education. Schools should build adaptable individuals armed with logical skills. I do understand that STEM career needs are changing very quickly and that pragmatic changes in school require a change in mentality, and this takes time.  My concern is that the mainstream schooling system will not manage to catch up.
What can be done? What if we inform our students about this change and make them active participants in their own skills building quest? Example: What if mainstream education requires the pupils to have a Portfolio of skills where the pupils are asked to get training in a formal or informal manner in designated areas; areas which are identified as vital skills for STEM worker of tomorrow? These areas could include: arts; communication; software; ethics; managerial; media studies etc. This could be compiled over a number of years and will result in the pupil being aware of the importance of the acquisition of a range of skills. What if we provide skills training through MOOC s designated for pupils which they can do during the summer holidays? This could be a way how educators could fill this skills gap in parallel with mainstream education which in general resists change....let alone quick and progressive changes.

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"We are creating a world where we are going to have glittering technology embedded in kind of a shabby society and supported by an economy that generates inequality instead of opportunity."

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Module 2:  We are living science fiction 05/04/2014

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Module 2:  We are living science fiction 05/04/2014

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"More things that look like science fiction and less things that look like jobs" Andrew McAfee

We are in an era where we are Automating the economy....technology is winning over job opportunity. This is the machine age. On one side we see positive implications of this where we have an abundance of material, more free time (robots are doing our jobs) and less boundaries between science and art (time to be inspired) but on the other hand we see more consumerism and waste production; decrease in the sense of self worth and increase in depression.

One wonders.....if robots/technology is causing a shortage of labor needs and unemployment, how can we then expect that this same population would become the consumers of the goods created by this technology

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I believe that the new unprecedented challenges that future generation will be facing will need a population armed with skills rather then just knowledge.  We need critical thinkers and innovators.  We need life-long learners and dreamers.    Pupils in today's schools should not target their education towards one particular career but rather focus on collecting as many different varied skills as possible.  This is much like the process of evolution and natural selection....if you are too specialized (few skills)...you risk extinction.

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2.1 The Fourth Industrial RevolutionWatch The Fourth Industrial Revolution video: Artificial intelligence, integrated energy supply chains, neuro-technological brain enhancements, genome modification… Can you name other advancements you think this revolution will entail? How do you think it will affect your everyday life?

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2.1 The Fourth Industrial RevolutionWatch The Fourth Industrial Revolution video: Artificial intelligence, integrated energy supply chains, neuro-technological brain enhancements, genome modification… Can you name other advancements you think this revolution will entail? How do you think it will affect your everyday life?

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/luuu7snlzm8l

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Wow!! What a concept! And it seems that the change and revolution will be a very speedy one. Hopefully we, the educators will manage to keep up. This also raises the issue of revolution and morality. What is acceptable?  Where should we draw the line between industrial revolution and natural processes?  Humans are always fighting against aging (for example)....what if technology and IT would be able to provide a memory chip implanted at birth and downloaded before death...aren't we just a collection of memories and experiences?!?  Is this science fiction or a reality just round the corner?!? Food for thought.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khjY5LWF3tg

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respond

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respond

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The First Industrial Revolution used water and steam power to mechanize production. The Second used electric power to create mass production. The Third used electronics and information technology to automate production. Now a Fourth Industrial Revolution is building on the Third, the digital revolution that has been occurring since the middle of the last century. It is characterized by a fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between the physical, digital, and biological spheres.  (https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/)

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1.3 STEM career guidance in schoolsRead Section 3 “Challenges and solutions to infusing career information into the science classroom” from the report presented in this section (1.3), and, in the Padlet below, name which of those challenges are most present in your daily professional activities and how do you overcome them

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1.3 STEM career guidance in schoolsRead Section 3 “Challenges and solutions to infusing career information into the science classroom” from the report presented in this section (1.3), and, in the Padlet below, name which of those challenges are most present in your daily professional activities and how do you overcome them

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https://padlet.com/eunacademy/6sbrbb8rqmvr

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What if before we introduce the STEM professionals during a Teen Science Cafe, we just make them line up and describe something abut their life (not work) - family, hobbies and interests. Then we tell the pupils that among these individuals there is an archaeologist, a nurse, a nutritionist etc and allow the pupils to try to guess who is who. This exercise would help to break down some stereotypes associated with particular STEM carriers.

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I believe that in Malta we are still lacking in the last two points.  We are increasing the awareness and creating a better link to STEM careers thanks to the Teen Science Cafe initiative.  We have to work on better skills and this needs a pedagogical change, a change in the culture of education in general.

Teen Science Cafe
http://www.sncrabatms.com/2017/02/02/teen-science-cafe/

http://sciencecentremalta.net/teen-science-cafe/

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Over the years, students were opting away from STEM subjects since these subjects had the taboo of being very knowledge intensive and thus difficult and scary. In my opinion, today's market demand is not mainly for high fliers but for knowledgeable, critical thinkers with visions and entrepreneurship skills.

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1.2 STEM careers in the job market

Use the padlet below to answer the following questions: 1) Do you think there is a lack of STEM skills in Europe? 2) If so, which is the main reason for that? 3) If not, why are employers finding difficulties to employ workers?

https://padlet.com/eunacademy/6dh32maugksp

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I see basic skills lacking in our kids which are inhibiting them from opening up to more exciting STEM opportunities. These are less complex skill that one would imaging but which hinder growth. These are the skill to communicate, to be reflective thinkers and critical when it comes to their own work. The skill to accept criticism and wait for your turn to discuss a point.  The notion that every occasion, every discussion can be a source of education and personal growth.

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1.1 The world of STEM

Through the padlet below, describe why (and if) for you, as a teacher, STEM education is essential in our current society.

https://padlet.com/eunacademy/eb0chr0oqfcz