6.4 Bringing parents into career counseling by EUN Partnership aisbl

Giusy, Italy

gy_ponticiello — 2017-04-12 11:07:19 UTC

In different moments, I have some opportunities for talk with parents of My student. Then I talk To their about The future studies their children.
We speak about attitudines, skills responsibilities of students and future careers.
Sometimes The parents have got other prevision of working for their soons. This situation is not very good for boy or girl and Often it'll be a failure for their careers.

Francesca Barile

2017-04-17 14:56:39 UTC

As I said before I teach in a professional school, where students don't study much but show a particular interest and attitude towards technology, science and " learning by doing. Often parents don't help much their children. Only if they are technicians, electricians and so on, they are happy to encourage their children in choosing the same activities and try to improve their firm, with more modern technology.
I often Inform them of activities they can do together with their children, of the events where they can participate together and activities they can put in practice at home or even at school. When they saw what is possible to generate, they become other persons and collaborate more with teachers, school projects etc.

gligomat

gligomat448 — 2017-04-17 15:40:21 UTC

I teach science in middle school and as I said, use the technologies in my teaching. When there are activities of particular interest that my school promotes, we involve the families I often Inform them of activities they can do together with their children, of the events where they can participate together and activities they can put into practice at home or even at school

Rebeca, Spain

rbkvica — 2017-04-17 16:43:35 UTC

I work with children from 3 to 5 years old. Most of the meetings with the parents are related to their kid development and most of them are interested on what they can do so their kids can indirectly work at home. We suggest them to work with music, make crafts, involve them in common daily activities and motivate them to investigate about different topics, from dinosours to mixing colours. Luckily most of the parents are incredibly involve and sometimes they come to class and do their experiments with their child's classmates

-Gema Rollán , Spain-

gema_rolgal — 2017-04-17 16:51:57 UTC

I would like they would, but, in my experience they are not encoraging enough.

Nevertheless, I am sure, there are other great collaborative experiences better than mine.

Luisa,Italy

rluisa392 — 2017-04-17 18:36:28 UTC

The parents of my students work in the career choice of their children.They should be addressed in the selection.I addressed them involved in scientific activities.In my school we prepare "Open Day".A day dedicated to activities that develop.My student have prepared and carried out experiments of Science and did also involve parents present.A success discovering that science supports our daily action.

Renata, Croatia

2017-04-17 19:09:40 UTC

The parents of my students promote STEM careers even some of them are opposite of STEM.
I will definitely call parents it present their careers more, I like the idea.

Passos, Helena Portugal

helenamariapassos — 2017-04-17 19:38:34 UTC

I find the parents of my students are not at all involved in their children's education. They only care about results. I know for a fact that many of the so called mess exploring and breaking apart things takes place on their free time usually when they hang out. It is a pity that parents sacrifice the best years of their children's studies due to the alleged lack of time.

Erki, Estonia

2017-04-17 20:06:43 UTC

Very often the kids and their parents do not want to think out of the box. They are both, like, predetermined. And often the professions tend to be inherited from the parents. Of course there are differences and 180 degrees turns too. If there are no examples from the family or common interests among the students friends, concerning the STEM careers, the main persuader is to be a teacher.

niko,thessaloniki

2017-04-17 21:05:01 UTC

STEM careers is a high priority for Greek parents. This is why they spend so much for the education of their kids. I think they r not so informed about all the STEM carrers opportunities and this is a field we teacher must focous more.

Christina, Malta

cgruppetta — 2017-04-18 07:06:11 UTC

I work at a school where there is a lot of neglect and lack of involvement/interest at home. The majority of parents do not even satisfy the basic needs of their children so most of them surely do not encourage children in any way regarding careers/school. When I tried to organise parents' conferences/ activities only 1 parent showed up from a whole class. Therefore I will do my best to promote these values & careers myself in the classroom with my students. Even though as mentioned in this topic parents are an important pillar in the children's career choice.

Clarisse, Malta

clarisse_frendo — 2017-04-18 08:31:27 UTC

Despite the fact that at the school I worked at, most parents had a high level of education with several having STEM careers, I could still observe certain issues in which the parents were leaving a strong stereotyped influence on the children. Thus I believe that working with the parents and making them aware of such issues is of utmost importance.

María, Spain

2017-04-18 08:46:11 UTC

In my country parents are less involved in the decission about their children future. The education level in general is low and this is reflected in the parents behavior. The environment is decisive in the choice and teachers can sometimes influences students to study a career.
On the other hand, it is not easy to get the note to enter in your first choose career; then you will have to find another one that you do not like so much.
I try to show parents your children's strengths to achieve a STEM career.

Konstantinos, Greece

kkarampelas — 2017-04-18 09:33:29 UTC

Parents in my school have helped a lot in STEM topics, especially if it is associated to their work or interests.

David, Spain

david_galiana — 2017-04-18 12:09:46 UTC

I good activity could be visiting a science museum with their children and explore science in family.

Cheryl-Ann Mamo, Malta

mamo_cherylann02 — 2017-04-18 12:34:45 UTC

During parents day, I had the opportunity to discuss with various students and parents regarding whether or not they are to continue studying science. There were many parents who were very encouraging towards their daughters. There also was another one who showed less faith in her daughter but I personally felt that it was not due to the actual science itself but due to an overall poor academic record.

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

damarant — 2017-04-18 14:12:29 UTC

Parents like projects involving Technology, Science, Engineering and Maths because they are innovative. I would invite them and suggest visiting Museums or STEM Centers with their children.

Mina, Italy

2017-04-18 15:33:16 UTC

Parents are very important for young boys and girls both for encouraging them and for appreciate what their sons and daughetr can do if they start when they were children

Rosa/ Italy

2017-04-18 16:18:00 UTC

A lot of times although parents put forward their best intentions, without realizing they may cause actually more harm than good. Therefore it is important to understand what role parents play in the career choices of their children, what are some of the barriers that they may unknowingly instill in and what can you, as a teacher, do in this relationship.

Rossella, Italy

2017-04-18 16:21:02 UTC

Education of the kids must be create with parents.
Often in my school parents came in and together palk about curriculum.
Together discuss on education and finally parents observe contest and kids in the class. So when parents observe their kids in another contest, they often change point of view respect STEM.

Bojana , Macedonia

boenov — 2017-04-18 17:09:15 UTC

Definitely parents should participate in such sessions, not only will they provide a platform for open communication but they will also serve as a window of new ideas and knowledge. If such sessions include a successful person from the chosen career (low income career) then the arguments will hold more value and weight age.
Parents to present their careers more i like that idea

Zeynep Merve OSKAY,Turkıe

2017-04-18 17:56:36 UTC

Parents in my country do not support students in terms of STEM careers. They are not yet conscious about STEM. The wels are guiding their children according to the salary they will earn more.

Michela, Italy

2017-04-18 19:30:58 UTC

M.Consuelo, Spain

2017-04-18 19:46:43 UTC

Parents of my students are involved in encourage their childs in STEM careers because they are suportive and active and give them their image and role.
They encourage to participate in sci games, labs, competitions , chess games...
They help us a lot because more of them work as teachers in a Stem career in Science University and DEpartment of Ingineering.

Teuta, Albania

2017-04-18 20:16:05 UTC

I talk to the parents about their children perspectives, but at the same time there are a few of them who are agree with my ideas.
Using technology in class for them is difficult to understand. When the internet is required to be used in home for doing projects or home works, they complain about this.
In other words, I found difficult to cooperate with parents.

Marija, Serbia

marijamikic — 2017-04-19 07:53:05 UTC

I work in the secondary school. In my country the students choose their careers on their own. The parents are mostly not motivated to hep them through this. Often, their future study is conected with their parents money problems. Is there enough money to pay their child"s schoolarship or not.

Felicia, Romania

2017-04-19 09:12:32 UTC

In my class parents are very less involved in their children's future. The level of parents education is low in general and they are not consciously that is important to guide his child’s careers to can have a better life. I feel that , despite of my efforts, they think in the same way.

Andrea Checchetti, Italy

dreache — 2017-04-19 09:17:46 UTC

Given that the parents of my students belong to a middle-low social class and in percentage terms students who will continue their studies or find a job for which they studied, are few, i believe it is necessary to involve parents in the activities proposed by the school to offer them the opportunity to understand why their children should be supported to start a STEM career.

Juan Pablo, Spain

maciajuanpablo2017 — 2017-04-19 10:15:01 UTC

Nowadays there are a lots of parents who are not worried about their children´s future, and that´s a real pity. What can we do as teachers to encourage them to STEM careers? We must show them the importance of investigation, research, etc. They must see that many of the things that they have or they use now is just because there were many scientists who had been studying how to make our world a better one.

Monica, Italy

2017-04-19 14:42:36 UTC

In primary school, parents rarely direct their children to STEM careers
because they are in an early learning situation and still lack clarity on what preferences and disciplines they will have. In this school period, skills are challenged with different methodologies to offer the most stimulus possible.

Maria Grazia G., (Italy)

mariagrazia_caltanissetta — 2017-04-19 15:34:23 UTC

Parents play an important role to meet the costs for studdi STEM, but we are rising enrollment in scientific and professional institutes

Sonia,Romania

ssn_27 — 2017-04-19 15:41:29 UTC

In the future I think to do hours of counseling and guidance to parents and children where I want to invite people with STEM skills .It is  efficiency and visiting places where he works engineers, scientists, biologi.Lesson trip is particularly effective because students see how they work, machinery needed

I everyday see parents who encourage they children toward STEM careers as well as parents who are indifferent about these topics. But it seems to me that I' have never seen a parent that discourages his/her child towards STEM careers.

2017-04-19 16:18:29 UTC

I must add that parents who I have konwn do not follow any my suggestion about how encourage or discourage their children toward any career.

Héctor, Spain

2017-04-19 16:51:00 UTC

I work at a primary school,and parents do not direct their children to STEM careers
because they are so young.
I think most parents in Spain do not want their children to study STEM careers, because they know that most of spanish STEM workers have to go abroad to find good jobs.

Sofía, Spain

2017-04-19 17:06:11 UTC

I have never had contact with the parents of my students. They are students who are over 18 years old, and they decide what they do.

However, I think children today decide what they want to study. Parents let them do what they want, and do not guide them.

Marta, Spain

2017-04-19 17:18:54 UTC

1-2. In Bachillerato level parents are important for my students, they give the proper encourage for their future education because all parents know about the efford of a STEMM career.
3.All of us could:
* Avoid gender-stereotypes
* Introduce proper books
* Provide the right toy
*Give a good hobby for our boys and girls
* Etc.

Germelina. Spain

2017-04-19 17:40:14 UTC

As primary teacher, I contact parents, but it is not yet the moment to worry about it. However, in case they ask for, I would ask them to allow students experiment with their environment, and above all let them know and investigate the reasons.

José María, Spain

josemaria_diazfuentes — 2017-04-19 17:46:17 UTC

Our Orientation Department holds annual meetings with parents to discuss the choice of subjects for the following year. However, they are very general briefings and do not speak of more personal aspects such as the ones we are dealing with here. It will be an excellent idea to include these aspects in our quarterly parent-tutors meetings.

Angeliki Kougiourouki, Greece

akougiou — 2017-04-19 18:18:29 UTC

I think that in primary school level parents don't yet think about their kids STEM careers as it is early enough. As far as I can see they like watching their kids playing with robots or doing some simple experiments but I am not sure if they are gender neutral orianted.

Anita, Croatia

anita_simac — 2017-04-19 19:00:33 UTC

'An adult scientist is a kid who never grew up' what a great quote. We need to encourage our children to experiment and be creative.
'If you think education is expensive, you should try the cost of ignorance' another brilliant message.

Ivan, Italy

perlanio — 2017-04-19 19:10:17 UTC

I think parents can positively influence their children's academic choices if they provide them with adequate support. Parents' level of education also increases propensity for science and, as far as fathers are concerned, mothers who are able to perceive greater value in the importance of STEM's subjects. The boys, if adequately supported, can achieve great success even in the fields that objectively seem to be more difficult. Sometimes it seems that the choices of our children are just unattainable dreams, but as demonstrated, they can be successfully realized if instead of directing them to something simpler, safer and easier to reach, they are supported and motivated. Every parent wants the good and the best of their children and at the same time the boys behave in such a way as not to disappoint the expectations of their parents. If both are able to find a meeting point, through communication and comparison, nothing becomes unattainable, the kids can become in the fields where they feel more worn and the parents will only be able to find great satisfaction from seeing their happy and accomplished children.

Alessia, Italy

alessia_bartolucci75 — 2017-04-19 20:53:19 UTC

I think that parents have a fundamental role in encouraging students towards STEM careers.
I notice parents' general difficulty, however, in having enough time to spend with their children for experiments, practical activities, etc

Ariana-Stanca Vacaretu, Romania

ariana_vacaretu — 2017-04-19 20:54:17 UTC

I'm working in a high-school which offer 2 specializations: mathematics and computer science & natural sciences. Most of the students (and parents) are interested in STEM careers. However, when I worked in another school (lower secondary education) - the parents were an issue. I organized sort of 'STEM evenings' for parents & students - they had to explore together some challenging problems .... and there was a lot of fun.

LOli Hernández, Spain

2017-04-19 20:54:31 UTC

I try the pupils investigate at home about some questions we are studyint at the school and I try to involve the parents. I inform them about scince events in our town so they can go with their sons or daughters.

Costantina, Italy

c_tina — 2017-04-19 21:05:08 UTC

In my experience, parents play an important role in the early years of life.
Afterwards the teachers are the most important models in the choices of the students. The teacher is strategic if he loves STEM involves pupils in choices. Pupils must feel valued and at the center of their scientific training.

Stanislao, Italy

2017-04-19 21:47:22 UTC

According to my experience, parents are a model with which students always compete from primary school to secondary school. However, not always parents are an opportunity for students, in some cases they are the parents themselves who need to be educated and assisted in exploring the world around them and understanding the STEM skills that their sheep should have to face with greater Determination the future.

Gjergji, Albania

2017-04-20 07:46:12 UTC

Parents play a important role for children career. We invite parents in school to work together with children in different project or to visit together science museum.

Josefa G., Spain

jguarner — 2017-04-20 10:08:55 UTC

Parents in my school have helped a lot in STEM topics, especially if it is associated to their work or interests. For example:
A doctor tells us about the human body.
A mechanical woman talks about her job.
A scientist woman talks about her problems to study.
It's a very interesting activity to the students.

James, Ireland

jthompsonscr — 2017-04-20 11:29:19 UTC

I have never thought about this before. However, with many of the student assignments that are given for homework, there are many parents who love to get involved in helping and coming up with bigger and better ideas - perhaps this could be harnessed by me as a teacher in a better way.

Alessia R, Italy

2017-04-20 13:40:33 UTC

My own view is that parents are a model for children, however they must help man and girl to discover theire attitudes and skills and not to impose theire preference. A nice tool to play is Arduino, it is a mix of IT, electonics, robotics easy to learn and to practice and on-line there is a lot of materials.

Giulia Italy:

giulia_carlone73 — 2017-04-20 15:11:24 UTC

Parents play a crucial role in choises of their children. It's important theyr support to encourage their chidrens avoid gender differencies.

Isabel, Spain

misjih — 2017-04-20 15:41:10 UTC

Many parents think STEM subjects are difficult for children; also they think these subjects are important in order to get a STEM career. Most of them know that Stem careers are good.

From now on, I will encourage parents to participate in stem activities with their children.

Yalçın, Turkey

myalcingungor — 2017-04-20 15:58:23 UTC

In my Country, Most of People think that my child will have difficulty finding jobs in the future, if they choose one of the STEM jobs. Because in my country it is not given importance STEM Jobs. Generally, These occupations are valued: Doctors, pharmacists, lawyers and maybe some engineering.

Benedetta, Italy

2017-04-20 18:03:49 UTC

I think they are moderately interesting in STEM and I hope I could interst them by explaining the work possibilities for their children

Mariano, Spain

mariano_medgom — 2017-04-20 18:47:49 UTC

REUBEN, SPAIN

RUBS — 2017-04-20 19:12:21 UTC

I cannot say that the parents of my students try to influence them so that in the future they choose a career related to STEM, this decision leave it in the hands of their own children, but in general I think it can be said that most the parents do not see their own children in this type of work because they consider it very difficult, this type of bias is something that we as teachers have to face.

MariCruz Nieto, Spain

2017-04-20 22:00:57 UTC

it depends on the parents' academic background. I work with those parents, they are my students, and most of them don't think playing with eggs it could be a kind of experiment their children are doing, they just see, children are wasting resources.

Clara Sousa, Portugal

2017-04-20 22:04:42 UTC

Parents should take advantage of children's natural curiosity and encourage it in order to develop the child's abilities. Without having gender.
As a teacher I should alert parents to the future importance in their development and the importance to STEM careers.

Paula Madeira, Portugal

9c — 2017-04-21 00:06:41 UTC

I work in a school located in an area with many needs (economic, social) and therefore the vast majority of my students' parents have few studies. There are, therefore, two groups, a group of parents has great expectations regarding the courses that the children must follow and, indeed the courses in the STEM areas are preferred, on the other hand there is a group of parents that still does not value the studies of the Children and rarely help them in their choices, simply agreeing to the selection their children make. As a math teacher I should show parents of students with more math skills the importance of guiding them to STEM careers.

Gökhan, Turkey

gokanhoca — 2017-04-21 00:14:19 UTC

My students' parents do not have much information about STEM careers. I am informed to overcome this problem. I'm trying to do activities outside of school with them.

Amelia De Chiara, Italy

amelia_dechiara — 2017-04-21 05:14:39 UTC

The parents' attitude towards STEM depends on their cultural/academic/ecnomic/social background. Some parents don't have the means nor time to be involved in their children's interestes: they rarely help their children in their choices. On the other hand, there are parents with great expectations about their children's future careers that prefer STEM but maybe are too insistent

Sonia, Spain

2017-04-21 09:10:37 UTC

I think most of parents don´t have a good information os stem careers and we could solve this problem encouraging the students to show their interest in science, giving them oportunities to get in contact whith science whith gess lectures, science camps, and visits

Julián Garrido - España

jgarridomartin — 2017-04-21 11:48:22 UTC

In our country parents usually don´t have a good idea of what STEM is. So they realy on teachers this responsability. They allways trust us in the way we teach and counsell their children.

ROSA MEDEIROS, PORTUGAL

rosa_medeiros1 — 2017-04-21 14:05:55 UTC

I think the approach to STEM should be the same as for other professional areas. The STEM is a theory that has led / can lead, in many places, to the disinvestment, to a greater or lesser degree, in the areas of Humanities and the Arts. Decisions in several countries to end offers in History, Philosophy and the Arts (Australia, Japan, but there are also cases in the US) makes all this regrettable.

It is a reflection that must be made by all those interested in finding candidates for STEM without endangering other humanistic areas equally important to civilization.

Antonella, Italy

atlantac — 2017-04-22 06:59:22 UTC

The parents incouraging the students towards STEM careers in the way where there are good opportunities in the job market to become economically independent.I think that the teachers with parents should not only open the eyes to pupils around many possibilities in STEM careers, but help them to realize what they want for be happy. The teachers furthemore give to the students all the skills for a possibility of change your job until realize themselves.

Javier Manzano, Spain

1fjmanzano — 2017-04-22 07:36:44 UTC

In my opinion, parents should be involved in school life not only to encourage kids towards STEM careers. Some years ago, I participated in a European project titled "Involve parents, improve school":
http://www.involve-migrants-improve-school.eu/index.php?id=15
developing materials, which will be a suitable foundation for school-specific programs to improve parental involvement.
That was a general project for schools so in our specific case, STEM, the conclusions should be the same.

Bianca B, Romania

bbyancka — 2017-04-22 07:51:29 UTC

Unfortunately, parents are not that involved in their kids school progress, but it would be interesting to promote some activities that are require parents and students collaboration.

Ana, Spain

annargarcia — 2017-04-22 08:56:52 UTC

I teach in a Primary School, so when I talk to parents we do not usually talk about their future jobs. We talk about their progress in the different areas and how to improve it since their are very young. Anyway, I must say that unfortunately most parents are only interested in the final marks of their children and not in their real learning and motivation.

Marina, Italy

2017-04-22 11:59:43 UTC

The problems about this topic are different, in fact actually scientific subjects
are presented not linked, there isn't STEM culture in high schools and difficult for single teacher working in innovative and collaborative way also with parents about .

Vasiliki Psaridou/Greece

psaridou — 2017-04-22 12:45:43 UTC

When I usually discuss the future of a child with his /her parents, they react differently according to the gender of their child. If he is a boy they listen carefully, ask questions and keep notes of what they should do. If she is a girl they usually shake their head like when they hear something they do not believe that can happen. However, the last few years I saw change to that situation and parents keep equally their interest.

Rosario Sorriguieta, Spain

2017-04-22 13:10:10 UTC

The social background of my school is not very related with STEM careers. Usually, parents don't have university studies. Teenagers are encouraged toward STEM careers because they think they can earn more money. I agree with the opinion saw in one of the videos in this module that it's very important listen to the students.

Jasenka, Croatia

2017-04-22 13:41:23 UTC

I work in rural part of Croatia where a small number of parents has college education. In general they are not that much interested in encouraging their children to pursuit college education esp. STEM careers. Very small number of parents is supportive and actually allow their child to choose their own path.

Lana, Croatia

2017-04-22 14:36:41 UTC

Since I work in a mostly rural part of Croatia where the parents barely have finished elementary school it is not to be expected of them to encourage their kids to STEM careers. There are some exceptions and those are great but in general, it is up to us in schools to do that.

Luigi, Italia

lferrari1 — 2017-04-22 14:48:05 UTC

Parents often encourage their children to study STEM disciplines, but often without taking into account their tendencies: They often want their children to do their own job (or that of their own boss...)

Silvia, Spain

2017-04-23 08:37:13 UTC

In my opinion, both, parents and children consider any subjects more important than others. For example, they don't mind computer science because is an optional subject. Sometimes seems that it is only important pass maths and languages but there are other disciplines which could awake the kids curiosity but they don't mind.

Francesca Lauta, Italy

2017-04-23 11:22:04 UTC

As from what I noticed so far, parents are mostly concerned about their children studying in general, regardless the subject. I work in a Lower Secondary school and at this stage parents care a lot about children studying and doing well at school, no matter the subject. At the end of the course, parents often ask teachers support to help their children decide the kind of high school they are more suitable for, either scientific or classical or technical.

Christina Papadopoulou,Greece

christi_pa — 2017-04-23 13:39:39 UTC

Based on the discussions we have done with parents about their childrens career counseling, I find that the information they have is quite incomplete. I believe that in my country, the pupils' parents are not properly informed about the prospective in the future STEM professional careers of their children.For this reason, an information campaign by scientists and teachers should be launched in schools so that parents get to know the new data in the professional sector and then be able to support their children''s choices.

Chantelle Cremona

chantellecremona — 2017-04-23 14:28:52 UTC

We are going to introduce the 'one tablet per child' scheme in the next scholastic year. I will inform parents that even though pen and paper activities are important to learn handwriting skills, tablets are excellent tools to encourage stem careers.

Teresa Capano, Italy

2017-04-23 15:50:02 UTC

I teach in a primary school for children of 8 years who still have no ideas on their future. Parents do not therefore care to direct them to Stem careers. My school is located in areas at high risk of social degradation, with high rates of school leakage. The role of the teacher is therefore to seek to educate parents about the importance of a different future for their children. It is also important to eliminate the stereotypes that ignorance and fear create

Laura Gasque, Spain

laugasal — 2017-04-23 16:27:17 UTC

In my school, most parents do not have a degree and they are not very well informed. Maybe it would be a good idea trying to organise activities and meetings with parents. I will think about it.

Daniela, Italy

d_preda — 2017-04-23 16:43:21 UTC

Parents today seem very interested in STEM and consider them a great opportunity for the future of their children. That's why when we discussed a lot of STEM topics, they urged their children to engage and review videos or materials at school at home. I think even parents are aware that STEM careers are the future.

Maria Grazia Prestigiacomo

maryprestigiacomo — 2017-04-23 17:12:19 UTC

Palermo,Italy
My students are too young and they don't have the clear ideas about what they want to do, or what career they will undertake in the future,yet. The school where I work is at high risk of dispersion so my primary task is to make clear to parents ,first of all ,the importance of providing their children with an education that will allow them in the future to be able to choose what to do in their life.

Monica R., Italy

2017-04-23 17:14:07 UTC

When I speak with my student parents the first question they ask to me is if their son or daughter is able to undestand STEM subjects. A lot of students have problems with maths and their parents are often really worried when the moment to do a choice on the future arrives. Frequently I must exhort them to have trust and to encourage kids to do what they want without being afraid of a disappointment.

Jose Luis García, Spain

JLGD — 2017-04-23 18:04:05 UTC

In my opinion, parents usually gives excuses to extra work: I have no time, I have not enought knowledge to try that,...
It is easier for them send their children to academy or extra classes where they can do that.
In my opinion the best way is give links to web pages where they can try things with their children.
And shared experiences with them

Anamaria, Romania

2017-04-23 18:27:10 UTC

I will try to involve parents in our STEM activities.
I have been able to bring a few parents to the astronomical observations organized in the school yard in last october.

Anaely, Mexico.

anaelypb — 2017-04-23 22:33:48 UTC

I always thought that parents are as fundamental or more that teachers in the education of their kids. Unfortunately, the stereotype of a genius, introvert, no-social life and poor scientific is still in the minds of parents (and even some teachers) and scientists or STEM-related professionals sometimes don't help in breaking it. Even when STEM careers are interesting and with great possibilities I believe that STEM-skills are the most important thing to learn by parents, teachers and kids, because they will help them in anything they will pursue. And when possible that is the thing that I try to focus on... the way of thinking, the look for evidence-based answers and asking the right questions.

antonella a. ITALY:

2017-04-24 07:32:31 UTC

I think we should do a bit like in the United States, where they periodically point to "inventions". I think it's a fun and effective way to entertain the kids, pass them on to STEMs, and at the same time show their parents what they are capable of doing. All this in Italy is not contemplated unfortunately ...

2017-04-24 08:08:38 UTC

Monica, Italy

2017-04-24 09:12:17 UTC

Usually parents are very interested to a possibility for STEM career for their children but they are worried about Maths difficulties: in Italy there is a big problem for students to learn Maths (probably it's a wrong school's method) so parents often don't encourage enough their sons.

Ivanka, Croatia

2017-04-24 15:07:36 UTC

Parents encourage their children to STEM careers. Their general attitude is positive and does not make career better and worse than boys and girls. The idea is to invite parents to a parent's meeting where the STEM Career Expert advised to support the children for technical, mathematical and engineering professions. Students can also visit universities on open doors.

Diana, Italy

diana_zotti — 2017-04-24 17:16:40 UTC

Parents who encourage their students towards STEM careers are few. Most of them think that these careers are too difficult and aren't suitable for their children. We could demonstrate that their ideas are false by inviting some professional to speak with both students and parents.

Maria Pia , Italy

marandolamariapia — 2017-04-24 17:40:23 UTC

Only children should be educated about the professions that could be undertaken following STEM study but also parents. Parents need to have accurate documentation and specific training on the utility of STEM disciplines.
It is positive to propose more and more positive models of women who have done it, legitimate professionals who work at very high levels and who, in most cases, also have a family.

Maria, Spain

2017-04-24 19:29:17 UTC

We need to involve parents in their child education. Encourage students towards Stem careers. I used to invite people who work with science to show kids the importance in our lives.

CONCETTINA ITALY

titti71_2005 — 2017-04-24 21:09:56 UTC

Caterina R, Italia

2017-04-24 21:37:26 UTC

Domenico, Italy

2017-04-25 07:05:42 UTC

In my classrooms parents encourage their pupils to STEM careers for better jobs market without a comparison with teacher.
They choose through the television news, newspapers and themselves background.
In my opinion the school have to organize much more scientific events open the families to promote a better collaborative environment.

Ezgi Ulutan, Turkey

ezgigunal5 — 2017-04-25 07:23:19 UTC

Most of the families encourage their children common job such as doctor, teacher etc. But every child is uniqe features. They do not realize the importance of STEM careers.

Esra. TURKEY

esraduyguu — 2017-04-25 08:13:15 UTC

The families do not enter the test-oriented STEM career.That's why families
The child is good at the exam, you study at a good school ... They have ideas like.
STEM and STEM career
Right now in the back plan of our country.

Julio, Spain

2017-04-25 09:15:27 UTC

I think that, on the one hand, parents would like their children to take a STEM university career, as they enjoy great prestige and professional output. On the other hand, often parents are not well prepared or do not have the free time to offer their children all the help and support they need.

Marta, Spain

ikutram — 2017-04-25 10:15:57 UTC

Sometimes, tackle with parents is the most difficult thing I've found working as a teacher. It varies a lot between students, but usually they don't like to be given advice. It's a difficult task, but we may persevere on it

Bianca, Italy

giangrande_bianca — 2017-04-25 10:41:34 UTC

Theacher and parents:Coipled winning!

My Students in the competition...

http://iccoriano.scuolerimini.it/index.php?idinfo=2967

Monika, CRO

monika_lukavecki — 2017-04-25 13:19:30 UTC

nope, in my countries parent only encourage kid to have all As (only the best grades).. theory, knowledge, what their kids learn.... all that is not important. only grade...

Elisa - Italy

2017-04-25 13:55:47 UTC

The parents of my students are usually interested in STEM careers only if their son/daughter is very good at Maths or Physics. Otherwise they don't consider Scientific courses of study at all.

Francesca R.-Italy

2017-04-25 15:15:47 UTC

I’m so tired to listen to parents telling me “I was so bad in Math, I didn't like it, I really don’t understand a thing”. I always tell them “Please, don’t say so to your child!”. And it happens that they are really surprised if the child is good in Math, almost they can’t belive it.

Perhaps if the school could organize meeting between students, workers in STEM's field and parents, something could change in parents's minds. I want to propose this to my principal

Radu, Romania

raduprisacaru — 2017-04-25 15:19:06 UTC

Unfortunately, in Romania parents are very low interested in the future of their children.

Cosimo Italy:

2017-04-25 15:25:02 UTC

I'm teaching in a area of my town relatively poor, both economically and culturally ( most of the parents attained a middle school certificate or a high school certificate ). So many parents are interested in the economic perspectives of a job, their economic conditions often stop their children to pursue a stem degree. There is also a gender problem, a lot of girls ( and boys too ! ) attain a low level certificate and are not interested in stem career, due to persistent cultural stereotypes ( wife, mother and caregiven ) about the role of woman in the society that are very difficult to eradicate. So, I think, is very important inform the parents about stem careers and try to change their mindset about the role of woman and, at the same time, encourage these girls to attain a higher level of instruction. This is not only a responsability of the school but of the others political and social institutions too.

Andrea

2017-04-25 17:23:13 UTC

Parents are often very difficult to convince. Their interest is about money.
What I found out is that they are not in general interested to a hard but satisfactory career, but to a simple and low level job. It is much more difficult teaching in a small village, where people look at science as a very far thing

Vesna , Serbia

vesnica_hem — 2017-04-25 17:49:41 UTC

My colleagues and I,wrote the project which is supported by Club of parents and teachers.We designed very interesting game which children and parents can play together .Students can learn many scientific data through solving some interesting puzzles , crosswords, quizzes, associations , etc.

This game is some type of competition where the prize for the winner is opportunity to do some interesting experiments.

Christina L., Greece

crest_lou — 2017-04-25 19:59:16 UTC

In my country parents are often not aware of STEM careers. They usually prefer the so-called "classic" jobs for their chilrden (e.g. teacher, lawyer, doctor etc); jobs that offers a quite good life level. Although (STEM careers) are far away from parents knowledge, I do not hesitate to encourage students in different careers, if they love to. Parents, as time passes by, become open- minded to new ideas in order to do their best for their children.

Paqui, Spain

2017-04-25 21:19:46 UTC

In my opinion, it depends on the parents. Some of them tend to think that STEM careers are very difficult for their boys or girls. However, others ones are interested in encouraging their children toward STEM careers. Also, there are some parents who do not want to be advised; they have their own option for their children instead of listening to the opinion of them. Maybe, we should show parents the real interests of their children.

Gamze Siper/ Turkey

gamzesiper — 2017-04-26 07:26:42 UTC

In my country, parents work really hard and I am sure they will say “oh I have no time for this”. In my 3^rd, 4^th and kindergarten class, when I say to children “oooh you can try it at home, you know what to do” they always say “but my mom does not let me” but “my dad doesn’t buy me …. (You can fill this blank with the things are not expensive like cardboard, straw, a piece of rope, plastic table or a cloth hanger). Like Neil DeGrasse Tyson mentioned; adults are problem. We need to work as school environment for changing their attitudes. It can start with one or two class’s parents but we should change all school also other teachers. Because school is an ecosystem, it has too many components like students, teachers and parents. First we should motivate our all teachers to think scientific liberal arts, arts, science, math, even English, Turkish and German teachers.

Nuria, Spain

2017-04-26 08:42:09 UTC

Depending on the class or group the possibilities are different. In some the parents are doing nothing in general. In other cases they are really interested in this question. Frequently they are only worried about high marks but not in the real future.

Alanna, Spain

2017-04-26 13:00:27 UTC

At least in Catalonia, where I live, there is the growth of a new educational trend among parents, of "laissez faire", of letting children being the ones who choose, do what they like most, what make them happy ... they do not like their kids to come home with many homework, they want children to have time to play, to have fun, to be children. From my point of view, I think children have the right to have fun, of course, but also to learn habits of study and effort. I believe that the society of comfort guides parents to act in one way or another respect to their children, and if the laissez faire's culture drive parents to valorate a most relaxed study metodology, we should approach the science to their children in a ludic way, otherwise if the parents don't see that the kids are enjoying, they won't foster science studies to their sons and daughters.

Lara, Italy

2017-04-26 16:56:06 UTC

I have found a general aptitude to follow present sterotypes. In particular, in this crysis period, it is growing upthe idea of a job as a source of money and nothing more. It is very sad and unconfortable to me. We should encourage and teach possible and concrete career path where motivation and happiness could exist.

Iuliana, Romania

lili_ana_9 — 2017-04-26 18:36:28 UTC

Many parents are interested in having their children follow a STEM career

Jose M, Spain

josem_vervel — 2017-04-27 11:32:06 UTC

There are quite different parents, some of them have very clear ideas of what their children should study, other dont want to have any influence in their children choices.

I think we should encourage them to fet to a "grey" point

Nacho, Spain

2017-04-27 17:48:05 UTC

Every time we live in a society where parents are less involved in the education of their children. In my country, high working hours and low wages make parents spend a few hours at home. I think that even though parents' opinions are important, they have less and less impact on their children.

Jan, Czech Republic

preclik — 2017-04-27 18:48:38 UTC

I feel that today parents are less interested in their children than before. Exceptions, of course, exist. Many parents of girls still think that the STEM career is not for girls - a girl and an engineer, it sounds weird...

Çelebi, TURKEY

muallim3858 — 2017-04-27 20:31:49 UTC

Because my students participate in STEM events my parents have done in my class, there is a lot of interest and curiosity to know. In the past days we did a study called "STEM in the kitchen" and made them do the activities at home as well.

Judith, Spain

jvasco — 2017-04-27 21:42:58 UTC

Module 6
6.4 Bringing parents into career counseling
There are different parents, some of them accept new ideas about some experiment and activities and are involve in them. We should encourage the collaborative work in betwee, by giving information, experiments, activities, visits, etc
New ways to show Stem careers currently.

Ivana, Catania

2017-04-28 09:01:35 UTC

There are different type of parents. Thee are some of them have very clear ideas of what their children sould study, other don't want to have any influence in their children choice. I think that is important encourage them

António Gonçalves, Portugal

2017-04-28 09:35:57 UTC

In Portugal there is a "Doctor" tradition, meanning that mostly of the parents encourag their children to became a "doctor" in language and history, etc. Meanwhile the paradigm is changing and parents accept better that there is no need to became a "doctor" to be some one. In other way school are doing efforts, within parents communities, to contribute to changing the paradigm.

Giovanna, Italy

g_maloccu — 2017-04-28 10:16:09 UTC

I always try to explain to parents that they should gratify and encourage their children in what they are doing. I suggest guiding them to do everything: to read, to write, to make experiences of different types, of mathematics, science, coding, art. It is very important for the children if they see their parents interested in what they are doing.

Diana Szasz, Romania

dianaszasz — 2017-04-29 08:54:31 UTC

I am a class master of maths and computer science class. Those parents are very interested in STEM careers. Some of them have STEM careers.

Sertan BALLI,Turkey

darknatres — 2017-04-29 17:13:33 UTC

They approach the STEM careers positively.They are interested in STEM careers.they want their children improve in STEM fields.They like participating in the activities and like encouraging their student in STEM fields.

Juan Pablo, Spain

jpabloteba — 2017-04-29 19:43:15 UTC

In my opinion, parents shouldn't control their sons and daughters activities to the end. On the contrary, their should leave their kinds to experience more freely. I would organize activities with parents where other scientist parents would explain their experiences wiht their kids in these fields.

Aušra, Lithuania

rastdarbai — 2017-04-29 19:51:06 UTC

Some parents are interested in STEM careers, some of them are indifferent. Younger parents usually are interested in their children having career in STEM or if the parents are in STEM themselves.

Bilgen TAŞ,TURKEY

bilgenoca — 2017-04-29 22:26:28 UTC

Most families in Turkey consider their children to be successful in written examinations rather than their scientific thinking.
For this reason we are trying to incorporate them into the STEM process with promotional meetings with our parents.

Susana, Spain

sosososana — 2017-04-30 09:57:04 UTC

I do not know what the general attitude towards STEM careers is, it depends on the town or the region or the country. In primary school I think we are not encouraging our children toward STEM careers. We do not spend enough time playing with Lego or something like that; we spend a lot of time doing exercises on the book, reading or writing. Fortunately, this trend is being challenged.

Leo, Spain

2017-04-30 11:06:53 UTC

Of course the parents of my students are interested in focus their children to a STEM career , they know it´s important for their future job opportunities. The problema today is that students like play with science but they don´t like to think about it or to study science subjects.

Azucena

2017-04-30 19:05:47 UTC

Some parents are interested in having their children follow a STEM career.

Jorge, Spain

2017-04-30 20:07:43 UTC

Most parents of my students are very interested in STEM and encourage their sons to study STEM careers.

Jose, Spain

2017-05-01 10:25:42 UTC

Carmela, Italia

2017-05-01 10:49:46 UTC

Not always parents are aware of the importance of scientific studies and not everyone knows STEM careers. Others, however, are not convinced of the math skills of their children. I think that parents should be encouraged to talk about issues on the topic to document them and make them understand the benefits from the early school years when it is still unclear for the children to choose for their future career.

Maia, MOLDOVA

informatica_salcuta — 2017-05-01 12:09:02 UTC

In my country, many parents are interested in having children follow an STEM career. But the graduation exam scares the students to choose a real profile. More than 70 percent of high school students are studying on a human profile
Parents who encourage students to pursue their STEM career do so from primary classes. I think teachers with parents should open the eyes of students around many possibilities in STEM careers

Helena, Portugal

2017-05-01 14:47:11 UTC

Most parents seek careers for our pupils where they think students will have an economic stable life. There are many encouraging to follow STEM careers, however they forget that student have their own ideas and wishes and end up feeling unhappy and miserable.

Pilar, Spain

2017-05-01 14:54:51 UTC

I agree with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Curiosity is a natural and essential feature of children. And parents tend to reduce that passionate willing to discover and experiment. I can understand sometimes... because if the explore freely at home it could be a complete awful mess sometimes hahaha. But a good idea to encourage children is to encourage parents and give them resources to guide their children in their activities.

2017-05-01 14:54:59 UTC

In my country, most of parents prefer STEM careers because they consider these careers will help their children making a lot of money.

Ivana, Czech Republic

2017-05-01 15:37:05 UTC

There are some parents that encourage children in STEM career in my school. But some parents afraid that this subjects are so difficult and they think that it is better to find another career. I would like to encourage children and also parents, because they have big influence for next education of their children.

David González, Spain

2017-05-01 16:26:22 UTC

Here, in Spain, some parents want their children study STEM careers because they think that the will earn more money.

Ana, Spain

2017-05-01 20:31:21 UTC

I think that most parents encourage their children toward the subjects they like, no matter if they are STEM careers or not. Sadly, the problem is when parents are not able to encourage their children even to finish secondary school.

Alba, Spain.

2017-05-01 22:10:32 UTC

This year, I am working in a rural area, this means that parents are not collaborative enough when we refer to STEM careers. Sadly, most of the times they give up with the education of their children when these are failing in some subjects. In this village, children spend many hours playing in the streets and they dedicate little time to study, so the results are not good enough.
I would like to raise awareness about the importance of study, about the future, the careers that will be more demanded as well as more rewarding. The school can organize lectures for parents, but some of them will not assist… nevertheless, as teachers our duty is to inform and try to improve the situation.

Sonia T P, Spain

sturrion — 2017-05-01 22:46:40 UTC

On my experience, parents always encourage their children for subject they like and it makes them happy

Luigi, Roma

2017-05-02 08:24:52 UTC

Unfortunately, in my school the parents of my students are not so interested in STEM careers.
This situation is caused by the poor social situation of belonging

Krunoslav, Croatia

prof_stefanek — 2017-05-02 10:11:46 UTC

I don't believe they realize what STEm can give to their children in the future. And maybe there is a fear that their knowledge won't be appreciated in our country.

Lagle, Estonia

lagle_sangernebo — 2017-05-02 10:56:35 UTC

I believe parents want best for child. Parents have life experience and treams. They have experience gender-stereotypes and job lost and so on. Most time they believe, when childe have best best scores, childe have happy life. My concer is, what pupils want tell parent and how encouraged to try new and intresting and ... many work.

Grażyna, Poland

sp171wesola — 2017-05-02 22:12:23 UTC

I don't talk much with parents, not about students' careers. I am going to change my classroom into art-science lab. I will ask parents to bring some things for children to dismantle. It will be good opportunity to talk about children's careers, especially STEM.

Ivana, Croatia

ivana_milasin — 2017-05-03 08:26:03 UTC

It depends of the age and education of parents. Mostly younger and better educated parents are encouraging students in STEM, but there are always exception from this.

Hasime, Macedonia

hasime — 2017-05-03 17:31:19 UTC

Last year, I had a conversation with a parent; his son had special skills in physic field. They have financial problems, and I wanted to find for him a high school which he can continue his career. I found a school (totally free) and I proposed to the student's parents to send his son there, but they did not send him there. Still I feel sorry for this boy because during the primary school, hi could made generator with water, he was interested in physic fields (Electrical circuit). Also, he was interested for technology, He could format the computer sins he was a 7 grade (13 years old) in primary school.

I will continue to have conversation with parents for advising them for their children career. I will use “Pastoral role for my pupils” and “Addressing the needs of each pupil”, “Career Information role”, but I want to use “a stable careers programme” for giving a pupils right path to their life job.

Iztok, Slovenia

2017-05-04 08:21:49 UTC

Most parents don't encouraging students in STEM.

Lavinia, Italy

2017-05-04 08:43:50 UTC

In the area where I live, families encourage their children to follow cares related to scientific technical studies: biology, nutrition science for girls and technical, computer science, mechanics for males

Laura, Spain.

2017-05-04 11:06:48 UTC

I don´t usually speak with parents because my students are , the most of them adults, but as a mother of a preschool child, in my opinion, nowadays, (and at least at this level), most parents are very happy when their children are taugh through projects, in which the students have to research about the subject-matter they are studying.

Lucia, Italy

lucia_dore — 2017-05-04 14:34:09 UTC

In reason of my teaching in a secondary school specializing in classical studies, weekly hours dedicated to scientific areas are limited and they are often regarded as less relevant by parents. So, it’s very important to change this mentality by involving them in perceiving STEM subjects as a passport to a wide range of opportunities and to profitable and interesting jobs.

Iris, Spain

2017-05-04 16:53:06 UTC

At the moment I do not know nor I have relation with the parents of my students, because in Spain only they relate with the tutor, which is a mistake in my opinion

Merit, Estonia

merit_luik14 — 2017-05-04 19:38:09 UTC

There is a strong support from society and parents towards stem fields, but the main focus usually the money, Be more aware of the real interests of your child....

Mercedes, Spain

mmorenoeoi — 2017-05-04 22:33:21 UTC

STEM subjects are believed to be difficult and some parents think their sons and daughters are not good enough for them. I always tell them that of course, there are people who find it easier, but most of the times the problem is not that they are not good at them, but that they study by memory and they don't understand what they are doing. So, they must help their children to concentrate in learning the process to study STEM subjects, which includes a lot of work of redoing exercises until they understand what has to be done and why. Once they change the way of learning, they become not so difficult and from that moment, their attitude is more positive.

Silvia, Italy

2017-05-05 16:29:03 UTC

I teach in a primary school, parents aren't interested in future careers of their children because they feel too soon to discuss that topic.

Ivana T., Croatia

itunjic2 — 2017-05-05 20:47:23 UTC

Parents equally support and do not support STEM careers - depending on the parent's own expertise. I think that's the biggest reason for that, find a job in our country

Tiziana, Italy

parisitiziana6 — 2017-05-06 15:06:57 UTC

Not all parents encourage their children to a specific job career. Some do not do it because they do not have the proper preparation, others because they think it is within the freedom of the child to choose independently. In any case, the parents' cultural background plays a fundamental role. Certainly, parents who have made scientific studies in their field are more informed and will tend to encourage their children to follow this path.However, in recent times in Italy is spreading the idea that studying at university does not pay for the efforts made because it becomes increasingly difficult to find a well-paid job in the field where you have studied. This is especially true in the field of scientific research: few are able to become researchers in Italy because the resources are scarce. So parents who know these things encourage their children to play a scientific career abroad.However, I believe that to guide their children to a scientific career is essential to stimulate curiosity from small to children, for example by offering fun games and playful experiments that explain the scientific reason.

Maureen UK

2017-05-07 14:33:29 UTC

We recently held an open day at our school where prspective students and their parents could visit and see what the school had to offer. We put on various demonstrations of experiments for students and parents to take part in including fingerprinting, how nettles sting you and dissections of hearts and kidneys. I had one set of parents that were more involved than their son and complained that their son wasn't interested in science but they were especially the father. my advice to him was to get involved in activities at home with his son. Hearts and kidneys can be bought from the supermarket and kitchen utensils can be used to explore their structure. Nettles can be plucked from roadsides and gardens for free. Fingerprinting can be done with an inkpad or latent prints can be lifted with some sellotape and some charcoal powder or chalk. The father was really enthusiastic at this advice, it had not occurred to him that his interest in science could influence his son's interest by getting involved together. There are plenty of online or local library resources available

Lora Italy I think that parent’s cultural level or background plays an important role in their children’s future. More they are learned more they are interested to favourite instruction intellectual curiosity, cultural experiences in the routin life af their children.

lora_bonomo — 2017-05-07 15:18:09 UTC

Alexandre Costa, Portugal

alexandrejcosta — 2017-05-07 18:33:10 UTC

In my country are mostly interested in what are the professional outcomes and if the way is easy enough for their sons. Teachers have an important role in showing them that the 21st Century jobs will be mostly in STEM areas, but if these jobs are not well payed (which is the case in present times, with the exception of medical doctors) then parents will motivate them to search for other careers that can be more profitable with less effort.
I think things are slowly changing and engineering careers are have a growing request by students

Sergio, Spain.

2017-05-07 18:57:18 UTC

In my secondary school, parents participate in a lot of educated activities. They encourage students using competitions.

Suela Braushi Albania

2017-05-07 19:54:16 UTC

Parents equally support and do not support STEM careers - depending on the parent's own expertise

Laura G.- Italy

laurega — 2017-05-08 11:31:44 UTC

Parents cultural background is really important. In my school many parents encourage their children in sport and haven't a good attitude towards STEM. Only a few among them consider STEM as really important and support their children in getting interest in it.

Laura Poveda, Spain

2017-05-08 14:05:01 UTC

The problem I Have with most ofparents is that they encourage neither STEM nor language.

Rosa Ana, Spain

rossantos10 — 2017-05-08 14:46:53 UTC

I think that parents are a strong influence in our students. If they believe that some jobs are not suitable for their child they will not allow to them to try it. I encourage. parents to give freedom to their children and support them in their activities. They can be wrong but if they do not try it they would never know if something is suitable for them. A good idea is that parents should be an active participant in children activities.

Daniela, Italy

2017-05-08 20:01:01 UTC

In my experience I must say parents encourage their children but to do what they want them to do or what it is more attractive from a financial point of view. They rarely listen to them, ask them what their interestsreally are or what they want or need. That's what I advise parents to do and I always will. I will also start to suggest exploring the worls together with their children and explaining that STEM is for everyone.

Judith Smith Mifsud, Malta

judith_smith — 2017-05-09 15:37:53 UTC

Through my observations I have noticed that the parents that actively promote STEM careers with their children are the ones that are in STEM themselves. Unfortunately many parents still have a stereotype outlook on STEM careers and limit your children accordingly. Another negative influence that parents tend to have on the children choosing STEM is that STEM careers are considered as difficult and so they guide their children towards "easier options". I would like to be able to talk to parents and try to influence them in the way they view STEM careers since I believe that this would have a great influence on the children's final choice.

Maria Daniela, Italy

mariadaniela_renna — 2017-05-09 16:07:05 UTC

Parents often encourage a STEM professional of their children, but often think that a STEM career is too difficult especially if their child is a daughter.

Marianna, Italy

mariannafebbi — 2017-05-11 07:23:41 UTC

I like this course because each chapter is related to the previous ones. Thinking of encouraging parents to advise STEM careers on their children, I can not help but recommend using games. So remember that Lego and Maincraft are for girls too!

Alan

2017-05-11 16:23:04 UTC

Parents play a pivotal role in the children's career choices. In our state colleges, we organise a good number of activities and talks for parents but unfortunately their involvement is still quite low

Iván, Spain.

2017-05-11 17:51:35 UTC

Parents play a crucial role in the education of their children, and normally, they have a good attitude to STEM careers. But also, and talking from experience, I have to admit that there are also some parents (fortunately a minority) that are not very implied in encouraging their children.
As father, I would say that a good form of encouraging children to STEM careers is sharing time and plays with our children since the first childhood. Toys like LEGO (R), MECANNO (R), etc. are excellent for this aim. We cannot delegate our responsability as parents in the teachers.

Barbara, Italy

barbaradipa — 2017-05-11 19:42:23 UTC

At school we work a lot to guide students in their future choice, considering their inclinations and gifts, but many parents influence their children according to their tastes or to stereotypes (especially with daughters), which is the worse thing they can do. There is the idea that STEM careers are more difficult than others. We teachers try to understand what the students want, which are their abilities and competences, which kind of jobs the future market could offer to them which is the cornerstone of the topic.

I love these words:
"If you think that education is expensive, you'll try the cost of ignorance!"

Angel Juan, Spain

sothis2005 — 2017-05-12 14:19:10 UTC

The majority of parents have not a define position in relation with STEM carriers. When I am tutor of a A levels science group parents are supportive of the decision of their children but they do not push pressure in any concrete option (the only exception is the predilection of some parents for “prestigious degrees” (medicine, telecommunication engineering...).

Previous to A levels (previous to the separation between science and arts) I consider a good idea trying to involve parents in doing experimental work with their children. One thing I did some times is “experimental homework”. I did not with the idea of involving parents but I remembered that lot of times parents were happy to participate. I keep in mind to redesign the activities trying to make that happen

In the A levels I do not have a clear idea about how to deal with this question. This course has discover to me a new range of strategies to handle this topics with my students and I will try to do some similar things with parents.

Sara, Spain

sarabarbapenas — 2017-05-12 15:48:13 UTC

MOst of the parents I deal with are very negative about STEM careers, as they think they are too difficult and so they only focus on the difficulties their children will have if they choose to follow that path, which is often quite discouraging for students. On the other hand, some parents involved in STEM career themselves put pressure to their children to follow the same path, even when they are clearly not at all interested in the área. I think in general parents do not take the time to share thoughts on profesional guidance with their children and many times they are surprised to find out what children are attracted to. From my point of view, parents should get much more involved in the counselling field and be ready to always listen to their children's ideas, opinions and enquiries.

Miriam, Spain.

miriam_gutort — 2017-05-12 16:58:10 UTC

I think parents play a key role for children when choosing a career. I see big differences between parents that are interested in Science or parents that feel indiffirence about it. For explample, parents interested in Science spend time with their children making experiments, reading magazines or going to museums. I think these children have more opportunities to feel interest in STEM careers. As a teacher, I advise parents to offer the children different opportunities to enjoy it.

Gabriella, Italy

gabriella — 2017-05-12 21:23:30 UTC

In my experience parents tent to encourage choices toward safety: they are fond of children following in their tracks, not so much of young boys and girls with innovative ideas, I hav to admit both STEM or artistic ones. They tend to suggest careers they are familiar with, I'd like to try to assess their children's inclinations and dreams before giving their opinion, also trying to understand the teacher's advice before stating the right path for their children regardless

Elena, Spain

luzelena_guzman — 2017-05-13 07:05:39 UTC

Parents play an important role in the future of their children however the environment also influences. But if children have more opportunities to work with science
They will be more interested in careers related to science.

Iggie, Spain

2017-05-13 10:54:23 UTC

It is true that parents play and important role, almost decisive role in their children degrees. Education is the most valuable invest one can do in his entire life.
However, not all parents are the same, some are interested in the future of their children but other not. Not every family have discussions in their house about the future or how is the children's future going to be...Some parents, and in my little town in Spain, are very ignorant-they do not care about the future- even those with high education do not care.
I think that it is important to make parents aware of the society changes and the importance of investing in education. Parents need to be counselled.

Eva, Spain

2017-05-14 07:33:14 UTC

I my opinion, parents have a leading role in the education of their children. Parents must motivate them and promote enough experiences in their lives to grow with an observant, active and critical spirit. I know that the education of children is a difficult task but I think it is good for kids education to have parents, teachers and leaders working in the same direction.
Regarding some ideas in my work with parents could be:
- Facilitate the involvement of parents in STEM activities with their children, for example, giving them information about science fair in my city.
- Help parents see their children´s experiments and curiosity as a natural scientist- attitude.

Paola Bevilacqua, Italy

paolaida_bevilacqua — 2017-05-14 09:43:57 UTC

Most parents are worried about the future, as unemployment has rocketed to 40% and above for young people in Italy. Usually parents are on STEM side but some students feel uncomfortable with maths and choose studies in order to avoid it as much as possible.

Ana, Spain

2017-05-14 11:19:39 UTC

From my experience, I see enormous differences according to the social context (big city, small town ..., economic situation of the family ...).
In small towns, parents often want their children to continue with family business and don't encourage them to pursue higher education.
In larger cities they do encourage them, sometimes even pressure them because they think STEM careers will make easier to find a good job, even though the son or daughter don't always show vocation or aptitude for them or, simply, they are passionate about other areas of knowledge.
I suppose that to arrange some 'face to face' interviews with their parents would be useful.

ARANTXA ORIA VIDAL, Spain

Arantxa_Oria — 2017-05-14 11:28:53 UTC

Regarding point 4, I think it is important to advise parents about the immense variety of resources that exist on the internet for students to learn, experiment and have fun. Since our students spend hours with their mobiles and tablets, parents should be encouraged to allow them to use them but to guide them to achieve a more rational use.
In addition to this, I find it important point 2, let the children experience at home, if you think about the mess they can do.
Finally, parents need to be encouraged to provide their children with educational toys and lots of reading

Fatih TOY / Turkey

mrtoy — 2017-05-14 14:42:25 UTC

In my city, most of the parents bring their prejudices towards the economical advantages of STEM careers. They are not likely to consider the needs and interests of their children. In my school, I am trying to convince my students' parents of the fact that what is important to be taken into consideration is the aptitude and attitudes of the students but not the economical advantages of careers.

Yessica, Spain

2017-05-14 16:46:02 UTC

In the very few past years I've been working in a school where unfortunately the students and their families are quite difficult to encourage, due to the fact that they do not participate or show any interest on what their children do, so managing this is very difficult. I hope, that in the future, in another school, parents will show a positive attitude towards STEM careers and they may even actively participate sharing their experiences with the students.

Fabiola, Italy

ciottifab — 2017-05-14 17:18:16 UTC

I teaches maths and I usually have discussions with the parents. I ask them to help me to encouraging their children to study maths because Mathematics is a primary gateway to a STEMM career.

Ramón, España.

2017-05-15 16:39:52 UTC

It's better in some cases keeps parents so far away of our job, specially in cities or conflictives neighbourhood, because they are not concerned enoug about the future of their daughters or sons. They are worried about marks and always blame to you if the teeneagers dont pass your matter.
There is also exceptions, and many families are worried an concerned abot future studies of their sons and daugters, and they (the parents) trust on you in order to encouragin the teenager to STEM careers.

Inma, Spain

2017-05-15 18:10:37 UTC

In my opinion, there are enormous differences related with the social-ecomomic level of the families.
Some years ago, it was usual that some students leave their studies because they earn more money in the construction section than studying whatever grade. Nowadays, it seems that Spain is leaving the crisis and many families are concerned about future studies of their children. I think that some of the parents think about the money that their sons or daughters will earn depending on the grade that they study.
I always encourage parents to have confidence in their children ability instead of the economical results of future studies.

Vanda Serpa, Azores

vandaserpa — 2017-05-15 22:16:06 UTC

As I teach in an island region I believe that the universe of parents who understand the concept STEM careers is very small. My opinion is it is in families where children were strongly encouraged to go to college.

The parents needs to know that based on the statistical analysis it appears that those who have graduated from STEM degrees have higher chances of employment that those who have gotten their higher education degree in other fields. Because on the basis of statistical data and general opinion on STEM degrees in Portugal, one concludes that STEM courses are mentioned in a positive way in relation to the labour market since they have long been put in relation to a good employment outlook and a high salary.

Everyone knows that numbers are better transmitted more often than words. We must make them reach the parents.

Luisa, Spain

luisamafer — 2017-05-16 17:03:01 UTC

I work in Primary education and parents only think in this level, they dont think in the future.
We try to advise them about the importance of STEM studies and the use of Technologies but I think they take this into account in high School.
For the future I will try to give more information about STEM to parents and students.

Iskandar, Malaysia

izs125 — 2017-05-16 18:03:35 UTC

Parents wants what is best for their children. To get them interested (and to support) in STEM is to let them aware the fact that STEM career earn more money. The article with the title "Fact:
Eight of the ten highest-paying jobs in Canada are STEM-related" helps.

MARISA ITALY

marisacosentino77 — 2017-05-16 20:35:39 UTC

If the parents enroll themselves in STEM career the kids will be fine because they are interested in science experiments and the kids need parental help.

Stefania Bertone, Italy

stefaniabertone — 2017-05-16 21:42:17 UTC

Yes, it seems to me that a lot of parents are encouraging their children toward STEM careers with a positive attitute. In some cases financial constraints in a household can be an impediment for parents to expose their children to science opportunities, as well as in following their children with the appropriate helps at home for homeworks for example. In this cases, I think that school should do more for them, in orde to give them the same opportunities.

Roberto, Spain

rsilvavet — 2017-05-17 15:22:59 UTC

I think most parents encourage they children towards STEM careers, but they also think they are more difficult than other type of careers. I have also to say that parents with lower level of studies tend to think that engineer careers are more suitable for male students and health careers such nurses are more suitable for female students.

Guadalupe, Spain

2017-05-17 16:19:49 UTC

It´s so difficult to understand to the parents some times. There are more types of different kind of parent than students and in a lot fo cases they want different things for ther childen than the students. In a lot of cases they prefer that the student finish their studies that offer them better oportunities for the future.

Simona, Italy

srifici — 2017-05-17 19:56:17 UTC

In my opinion parents too often encourage their children to follow their track. In addiction, they usually don't know enough about STEM carreers so they are scared about them.

Elísabet,Spain

2017-05-18 09:46:44 UTC

Most parents think that their children have to choose themselves and the general idea is that a STEM career is more difficult...

Luis E. González. Spain

luisgf — 2017-05-18 16:57:04 UTC

In the families of 15-year-olds, they usually think that the sciences have more future than the letters, but they try to impose this criterion without much explanation, which often provokes the opposite effect.
There is also a problem that STEM-related subjects are more difficult and has become a scourge in school.

Eduardo Spain

2017-05-18 17:33:23 UTC

Usually many children follow the profession of their parents

José Luis, Spain

jose_mart1617 — 2017-05-18 18:30:49 UTC

Usually parents have a big influence on their kids' decisions. Most of them have a first approach for their children to do. Anyway, we, as teachers may try to encorage parents to look STEM careers as a good path for their kids.
From now on I will give some tips to parents that I have learnt in this module.

Raquel, Spain

granjaraquel — 2017-05-18 19:01:28 UTC

I find myself in a rural environment, where parents know only the technology associated with agriculture and livestock, and only promote in their children the learning of it. And they are quite stubborn in that they teach their children another type of technology or different science.
But from now on, I will try to follow the robotics line, to see if the change is possible.

Antonio, Spain

2017-05-18 19:32:46 UTC

There are parents that guide their children for his gender, the teacher must change these ideas in them. Unfortunatly parents are insuffiently time with their children, for that they can't play or talk with them that it is required.

Anna, Italy

2017-05-19 13:17:26 UTC

The idea that parents generally have is that math is important but also difficult. I try to make them understand that anyway math is really for everyone!

Antonio J. Blasco

ajblasco — 2017-05-19 18:05:22 UTC

The one thing parents are worried about STEM careers is the difficulty of the subjects and if their children will be able to succeed. What I usually try to bring to the table is the fact that hard work makes everything easier.

María, Spain

isasama10 — 2017-05-21 09:34:20 UTC

My school is located in middle-class residential area where a lot of professionals live. Therefore, parents usually encourage their children towards STEM careers, though girls are more addressed towards health care careers. From now on, I will work hard to balance focus in STEM for both girls and boys. Furthermore, I will also make sure to advise parents to encourage their kids to experiment from early age as freely as possible and play STEM games as a family routine.

Maja Videnovic, Macedonia

maja_informatik — 2017-05-21 21:07:34 UTC

I agree that parents are important link between students and STEM careers. But in most of the cases parents should be educated about this so they can transfer the knowledge to their children. I think that the first step in education of the parents about the STEM careers and different ways to raise children interests in this field.

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Loles, Spain.

2017-05-22 09:34:10 UTC

It’s widely known that education its a hard work not only for the teachers but also for the parents for this reason we need to be able to join us as much as we can, I mean it’s worth highlighting the implication as well as the motivation for both parts. Sometimes the parents attitude is null or very low due to lack of knowledge, so teachers should involve more families by making them more involved in the education of their children by proposing activities that they do together as well as giving them talks to guide them.

Luis Palencia(Spain)

2017-05-22 17:50:36 UTC

- Parents say they want thir sons and daughters to be happy, but actually they want them to be succesfull. Never mind if they want STEM careers or others. It is difficult to them let them to discover what they really like. Parents usually want to lead thir sons pathways, and I think they should somply be aware what their son want to do, and support them. As a teache in conservatory, I insist in the fact thay boys and girls equally can play every different instrument, never mind the size or the amaunt of air you have to blow. They consider some instruments as masculines and others, femenines.
In the same way, I suspect that STEM careers are stereotyped as masculines, and girls are not banned, but not encouraged to do them.

Aneta Popiołek, Poland

2017-05-23 17:28:18 UTC

The parents of the girls are rather sceptical about STEM carriers their daughters. Sometimes I have to convince the parents stop blocking their girls from STEM studies.

Mirela Emilia, Romania

mirelaemiliapop — 2017-05-24 18:27:44 UTC

I work in a small village in a rural area.
Many parents are interested in having their children follow a STEM career : doctor, pharmacists, nurse maybe some engineering.

Andrew UK

andrew_welch1 — 2017-05-24 21:21:39 UTC

I have had a few parents ask about STEM careers. It has always been positive The advice I have given has typically been about routes through education

coldra, Spain

rebecapeso — 2017-05-24 21:29:03 UTC

Some parents are interested in Stem carreers, but mostly if they are boys.... and if they are girs..... they empazise another qualities..

Ozrenka, Croatia

ozrenka_mestrovic — 2017-05-25 07:46:53 UTC

Some parents are interested in STEM careers but mostly if they have boys or themselves are in STEM. They encourage IT and engineering careers (because of the money) but math and science not so much (because of the lack of money and because they don’t see good job opportunities). Educate parents about new jobs, jobs of the future so they can become better alliance in career guidance.

Luis, Spain.

2017-05-25 09:11:48 UTC

I think most parents are insterested in STEM careers but also they believe it's complicated and sometines not reachable to their children.

Maria del Mar, Spain

2017-05-25 09:47:48 UTC

In spite of of the economical crisis, most of the parents like the STEM careers for their childrens, because they think it would be easy to find a job in the future and also it would be very well paid and with a good social status.

Rukiye, Turkey

2017-05-25 14:10:14 UTC

Many parents are interested in STEM careers and they try to encourage their children to have this kind of careers.

Monica, Italy

2017-05-25 20:33:58 UTC

Stem careers (engineering, physics) are considered especially for boys. Girls are more oriented towards medicine, biology, and science.

Unfortunately, very often, girls instead of practicing the profession end up becoming teachers.

Arianna, Italy

2017-05-25 22:04:27 UTC

In my opinion, I think no, expecially with girls; it's different if parents work in STEM.
I could organize meeting with parents at school so they could explain their jobs and what they had to study.

Teresa C. Italy

2017-05-25 22:27:51 UTC

Parente encourage STEM careers for boys.

Nuria, Spain

2017-05-26 16:26:09 UTC

Some parents are interested in STEM careers, over all if their children are boys, but if their children are girlssome of them prefer other qualities.

Raquel, Spain

raquel_blamar_1 — 2017-05-26 18:24:02 UTC

Yes, I think most parents wish their children to study STEM careers, because they are awareness they are going to give them more opportunities in the labour market

Denise, Italy

denemi181 — 2017-05-26 23:28:41 UTC

I think that most people think that Stem careers are male careers. In my class one of the biggest thing I have to do is to fight against the idea that girls are not good in maths. I think the problem is that we give dolls to girls and lego to boys. The day that girls will receive lego as birthday present things will change.

Vicky, Spain

victoria_zotes — 2017-05-27 08:53:22 UTC

My students are legally of age so I don´t have contact with parents.

Patrizia Lampis, Italy

patrizialampisf5 — 2017-05-27 10:05:03 UTC

A good part of parents are aware that STEM careers could be the future of their children, but I'm convinced it is important for them to find the right information on how to support their children. I do my best to communicate with them and inform them.

Giuliana, Italy

juxylla73 — 2017-05-27 21:15:11 UTC

In my opinion in Italy we have still many gender stereotypes in STEM career, and so parents tend to encourage boys, not girls. From now on, in the talks with parents we need to stress more accessibility of STEM career by girls.

Claudia S., Italy

claudiascriffignano — 2017-05-27 22:46:48 UTC

I think that the most of my students' families don't know enough about STEM careers and should be informed about them.

Maria Concetta Catalano, Italy

vifrasa — 2017-05-27 23:00:13 UTC

Unfortunately I will not be able to talk about STEM careers with my parents, because I am currently teaching at a hotel school

Alessandra, Italia

alessandrapulinas3 — 2017-05-28 00:19:37 UTC

Most of my students will seek parents' career. Parents avoid considering real attitudes of children.
In many cases female studens dislike STEM

Ana M Espino, Spain

2017-05-28 12:56:25 UTC

I have perceived a great different in parent’s career counselling to their children depending on the parents themselves’ level and kind of studies.

Usually, parents who have university education tend to orient their children to the same kind of studies, but this doesn’t imply an STEM direction. In fact, I have found several cases of parents (male) formed as engineers, who advise their daughter (I can’t know if they would be the same with a son…), against these kinds of studies.

I have found some parents who are not confident at all in their children’s possibilities. As they associate STEM to difficult subjects, they tend to guide children towards a “more easy and less effort demanding profession”.

On the contrary, there are cases where they try to force pupils to study STEM careers, in the thought that these have a better future.

It is very difficult to describe a general tendency. I use to guide both, pupils and parents, to look in their mind what would they like to do in their lives. I always find a STEM related job for them!

Lotte, Denmark

tingsager68 — 2017-05-28 19:19:46 UTC

Parents are encouraging their children to choose a path that gives them more time to explore the possibilities for jobs. Often the advice them to take the same path as themselves but that is not always so wise.

Jose Molto, SpainUsually, most of parents are willing to encourage their children to study STEM careers - it doen´t matter if the student is male or female- One reason for that is because STEM careers are generally related to well paided jobs and respected job careers. But, for those parents who are not convinced to let children to study STEM careers, schools could prepare kind of "open days in STEM fields" to parents for giving them better knowlege about what kind of professions kids have ahead of them if they choose one of this options.

2017-05-29 09:34:35 UTC

Haluk Karatas Turkey

shkaratas — 2017-05-30 07:05:23 UTC

In Turkey, taking STEM major in University is what the parents want. Because in STEM related positions are huge demand and they are prestigious in society. That is why most of the parents encourage their kids to take one of these subjects. Yet, the education level of parents has big impact on the parents' approach and mentoring. Yet, the problem is the sterotypes for girls taking engineering as major.

A. Jorro Spain

2017-05-31 13:45:07 UTC

I will organise a parents meeting in order to make them aware that parental encouragement is a decisive factor for a student to pursue higher education and choose major in a STEM field. I will start the meeting telling them an experiment carried out years ago. A group of people came to a school telling the teachers that they can test their students in order to tell them which students will fail and which ones will succed. Despite this is imposible, they make them belive this and carried some tests. They save the reasults to see them at the end but they told the teachers that a group of random students did great in the test so those will be the one who will suceed, while another random group was going to fail in their live. Of course, they told them this as the results of the test. But between the group of the best students there were some of them who really struggle. The teachers believe this and unconsciously, they encourage the "outstanding" pupil and "ignore" the "failers. As a result of the experiment they could see that the expectations that any adult has on a kid are so important as it will determine his or her suceed, no matter which C.I. that pupil has.
With this I want to make them aware that is soo important their actitude.

Mariangela Fabiana Gramegna, Italy

2017-05-31 15:19:36 UTC

Some parents of my students are encouraging their children toward Stem careers to get in a eay way a good job in the future. The need of stem is known everywhere although there are still old ideas that stem are good for boys and not for girls but together school and societ y should work to overcome this stereotype and to encourage young students to study Stem develop ing curios ity interests, involving parents too in stem activities.

Cristina, Italy

cristina_spinucci — 2017-06-02 06:41:30 UTC

In Italy, studying is not a priority goal. The kids hope to become footballers and the girls become showgirls and most parents support them in these dreams. In one of my primary school classes, consisting of 22 children, only parents of 5 students think and hope their children will go to college ... So it's very difficult to convince their parents to do something about it. I can confirm that my passion for STEMs is generally born in the family. At 11, I helped my father in his laboratory for assembling electronic components. At first for car radio, then for computers and finally for televisions, but when I asked to study in a scientific faculty in Rome, my father prevented me because a girl could not go to a town to live alone, so I had to attend the only University faculty in my city.

Noelia V., Spain

noelia_velasco_perez — 2017-06-02 14:37:14 UTC

Some parents encourage or require their children to study certain careers according to their personal expectancies; regardless of the students´ interests, motivations and skills.
For some families, one priority is to choice a career that give rise to highly paid jobs, leaving aside some STEM careers. It is also common for some parents to encourage their children to do careers that they couldn´t do in the past.
However, there are parents who guide career counselling efectly, showing their children all alternativatives, and analyzing careers that best fit their personal skills and interests.

Reyes, Spain

2017-06-02 17:13:43 UTC

Lots of times parents think that if their children´s marks aren´t good, they don´t have any chance in the STEM career, and sometimes I try to convince them that they have a lot of STEM skills because I can see them working in the workshop.
There are many ways to develop this skills.

agnieszka

2017-06-02 19:50:04 UTC

I'm chemistry teacher my students on the first lesson in this year say me that chemistry is very difficult, I say why?? and they say me because ouer parents don't like chemisty. I have a very difficult conversation on parents's my students.

Emel, TURKEY

mlaydn — 2017-06-03 20:32:24 UTC

parents of my students are they encouraging their children toward STEM careers

Aiki

aiki — 2017-06-03 21:10:34 UTC

I have met all kinds of parents. Some of them are very supportive but others think that STEM is only for scientists and their child is not becoming a scientist. Parents influence their children most of all. I will keep in mind that teachers should explain things first to the parents and then to the children.

Miguel A., Burgos (Spain

kapy83 — 2017-06-04 09:45:03 UTC

In general, the parents of my students are heavily involved in the academic future of their children. They ask for a lot of school orientation. They want their children to study STEM careers, but they respect the opinion of their children.

Juan Gutiérrez, Spain

jgutierrezs — 2017-06-05 10:13:39 UTC

In Spain, majority oj parents are interested in STEM

Jeane de Fatima, Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

jeanedefatima — 2017-06-07 18:11:59 UTC

I create activities that arouse curiosity.
I encourage parents to post the photos and always present their participation and highlighting their potential.