1.3 STEM career awareness in schools by EUN Partnership aisbl

Challenges and solutions to infusing career information into the science classroom

2017-09-25 15:42:45 UTC

Science and Technology teachers at my scool don't have much time or training but they have a high degree of motivation to engage the students' interest, give them the tools they need for success and bring career awareness in their activities, with the help of former students, parents, universities and centers of research. They also have the support of the Head of School for the management and coordination of career activities across the school, the tutors, who helps the students in their overall academic and personal development, and the career counselor, who would meet the student and the student's family on request to analyze their skills and inclinations.

Alessandro Michele, Italy

2017-09-25 16:02:30 UTC

The teacher is, at first, a person: so, he has to mind he was a student. This is the right view to be an example for the students and for himself, too.

Preschool,Turkey

dilek_uzun88 — 2017-09-25 16:15:03 UTC

We do not even have a kindergarten and career counselor, our school is a guide teacher. I think this is the biggest problem. Our teachers may need a good Career Counseling training, including mine. What are the future science professions? When we access STEAM, we may need what we love science children.

Otilia M

otili26 — 2017-09-25 17:29:24 UTC

Romania
Teachers do not have enogh time and they lack this kind of career training.

Teachers dont know much about career councelling, they are not professional councellors

2017-09-25 18:02:52 UTC

Tanja

Burçak Turkey

OrduARGE — 2017-09-25 18:38:00 UTC

Teachers dont know much about career councelling, they are not professional councellors the importance of vocational training of teachers is not given

Seda Cengiz, Turkey

sedakoklu — 2017-09-25 18:48:57 UTC

We do not have professional councellors, besides science teachers are not aware of the 21st century skills including STEM.

Çetin KÖKSAL, Turkey

2017-09-25 19:43:57 UTC

Our teachers do not have the necessary focus, but they do the job orientation with room for exam score. this understanding can be found in reverse work.

Natalia Grushko, Ukraine

n_grushko — 2017-09-25 20:17:11 UTC

Many teachers do not want to work on themselves
to raise professional level

Vera, PT

2017-09-25 20:25:04 UTC

Teachers do not want to know the guidance of their students by leaving that responsibility to their parents.

Mladen Sljivovic, Serbia

sljiva — 2017-09-26 07:09:50 UTC

Lack of information is one of biggest challenges. we all know what is STEM, and we got some idea what they do, but career paths often stay mysterious to us. we also lack basic classroom resources often work with no projector or computer in classroom , and are in lack of practical demonstration of lectures.

aria, Romania

prof_mm2010 — 2017-09-26 08:44:25 UTC

Lack of information is one of biggest challenges, lack basic classroom resources,
Our teachers do the job orientation with students just in the last year of gymnazium.

Manuela, Italy

emanuela_antezza — 2017-09-26 09:12:57 UTC

I think there are too many challenges like Incorporate both formal and informal approaches, Connect the dots and so on...

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

2017-09-26 11:36:41 UTC

Career awareness in Greece takes place in Secondary Education. Students are also informed through special courses. Anyway, the specific area needs improvement.

Councelling for kids

v_marilena59 — 2017-09-26 16:26:50 UTC

Career councelling should be a process after school orientation and life long Learning activity. So it should start early at primary school.
A good key point is sharing stem career benefit with parents, they still have a too big influence on their sons and daughters.

Marià Cano, Catalonia

2017-09-26 16:58:37 UTC

.- Lack of time during the regular course to planning activities and visits
.- Schools in rural sites are often too far from cities where the scientist and labs are
.- Poor funds for students interships
.- No implication of the industries for promoting collaboration actions with high school teachers

Timos Theofanellis, Greece

2017-09-26 17:40:33 UTC

counseling in Greece is limmeted and taken as seriously as it should...

Schools in Malta:

2017-09-26 18:35:07 UTC

Classroom resources is th most common challenge and although there are teachers who part of their job is related to careers, they are not well informed regarding STEM careers.

Emel, TURKEY

mlaydn — 2017-09-26 19:20:03 UTC

Career awareness is not important in our schools and in our education system. Teachers themselves have to create a plan and reflect the class.

Giulia.Italy

2017-09-26 19:23:33 UTC

Giulia.I

2017-09-26 19:23:35 UTC

I think it is essential to integrate experiential activities in the classroom.
This helps students understand the tasks of each position in the search
set and "connect points" between what they are learning and how it can be used in real life.
Students working in groups can design research based on classroom activity, present them, and ask questions.

Nevra,Turkey

2017-09-26 19:33:27 UTC

Unfortunately, STEM career awareness is not available in our schools. Also, there is not such a counselor training for teachers. We must teach the core curriculum in our lessons. Of course , when we teach a subject to our students, we can relate it to the real life, give a challenge and want them to design a product. So, we can educate ourselves about being a career counselor although there are no training opportunities for teachers.

in 21 st century We should design stem class instead of traditional class.Hence We can take attention your student to Stem careers.Especially Stem careers counselling importantance shoul be taken place in schools.Altough School management and government support the science teacher about STEM carriers. These supporties are not enough. Our traditional class capabilities is not good.

ahmetfaruk76 — 2017-09-26 19:36:19 UTC

Zeynep Ceren Çiftsüren,TURKEY

2017-09-26 20:32:36 UTC

We dont have professional councellors.Career awareness is not developed in our schools.We cant take attention our students to STEM careers.Its our main problem.So goverment should support teachers about STEM carriers.

Marija

marijadikic73 — 2017-09-26 20:59:29 UTC

In my country,in the school, the role of career counselor is taken by teachers. Often, they have not any informations about situation on jobs market, so they can not give right direction to students.But that's not their fault. The system does not work, there is no cooperation between the education system and the economy and the system suffers.

Vanesa

2017-09-27 06:26:07 UTC

We don't have counselor in our schools.

Ayşegül ÇELİK TÜRKİYE

2017-09-27 09:35:18 UTC

Most schools in Turkey do not have career coaching. We are preparing the student for his life, but we are not aware that we can not stop living. First of all, we understand the importance of career planning in our senses. Then we need professional support for this job. Once we have done all of this, we have to integrate training in STEM with other training. This process is unfortunately very difficult for my school ...

Cristina Italy

cristina_stocco91 — 2017-09-27 10:41:41 UTC

In my school we have not professional councellors or coaching. Information about the different courses and secondary schools has been given by teachers.

SEYİDE EROĞLU, TURKEY.

seyideeroglu — 2017-09-27 10:59:52 UTC

In our schools, there are exam counseling instead of vocational counseling. generally, this task is limited to guidance services in schools. whereas the occupational preferences of students are mostly concentrated on popular occupations such as medicine and law.

Esra Kizilay, Turkey

2017-09-27 11:22:01 UTC

Career counseling in schools in Turkey has not improved very well. Career counseling is usually undertaken by guidance teachers. Other teachers are not able to undertake career counseling. There are many reasons for this. Teachers must stay connected to the curriculum. Because of the examination-based training, students often focus on getting high marks. For this reason, students often choose the careers they will be placed on with the points they receive. The placement system in the university ignores the interest of students in their careers.

Zehra ATEŞ,Turkey

2017-09-27 11:41:09 UTC

Career counselling in Turkey needs to be improved as it started at not early ages.

Ayşegül/İzmir TR

2017-09-27 12:09:09 UTC

I am teaching in a private school. My school policy is emphiseed on students future career. for this reason, every year we orginize a career fair, also they have a chace to talk with proffesions, in adition on 11th grade students do a job shadowing.
As science teaching department, we try to give students a scientific view as mush as we can ( with lab experiments, science projects, etc.) but I think The main deficiency is that we don't have a connection with science subjects and future careers

Canelo, Colombia

2017-09-27 13:36:12 UTC

One challenge I find in my school is to implement conjointly with my peers strategies in the classroom with the result student be aware of the importance of studying some issue form STEM.

Rossella , Italy

2017-09-27 13:56:05 UTC

I teach in a primary school where the career counselor figure is non-existent. Despite this I think it is imperative that when our students are so small they provide them with concrete bases and apply the 4 pillars species the second showing them that scientists are real people who, as they have had difficulty and who have had to learn to reflect and count on their logical and creative abilities to form and improve themselves.

Regina,Lithuania

romreg — 2017-09-27 16:07:06 UTC

Our school has not got a career counselor. Basically career information is provided by the teachers during the lessons. Also representatives of universities are invited to school.

Daiva, Lithuania

2017-09-27 18:45:00 UTC

Teachers integrating career-counseling activities in the classroom (lessons, informal activities).

Banu, Türkiye

2017-09-27 22:15:27 UTC

There is no professional career counselor in my school and in many schools in my country. Career motivation is being tried by the guide teacher.
According to me, challenge is because we are directing them (our students) to certain existing vocations.
The solution is directing to imagine a formation other than the existing vocations. -not yet known vocations-
What it will need first for this to be determined.

Algirdas, Lithuania

Keblikas — 2017-09-28 02:07:30 UTC

I am a teacher integrating career counseling activities in math lessons

Olga Keramida/Greece

olkeramida — 2017-09-28 03:18:26 UTC

I am teaching in a kindergarten and STEM career aware

Çiğdem YETER

morsalkim24 — 2017-09-28 03:44:19 UTC

TR

innovation development

Moreno, Italy

moreno_concezzi — 2017-09-28 06:51:14 UTC

One of the greatest challenge of a teacher is to instill in student a real interest for a matter, not really linked to the test result, technology and everyday facts are helpful.

Marina

athanasakimarina — 2017-09-28 07:46:33 UTC

Most schools in my country don't even have a counselor. Only in some of them a teacher has to be the counselor, with of without being educated for that role. Otherwise, students only get a book about career awareness

Rachele

2017-09-28 09:36:30 UTC

In my opinion, one of the challenges that teachers face in the classroom is that they are not up-to-date with current employment opportunities and the current gaps. Some teachers to not liaise with a career counselor (when one is provided) in order to gain further information about STEM employment opportunities. Teachers should be educated about STEM skills and the current gap

Sevi, Greece

sevasti — 2017-09-28 16:04:20 UTC

We don't have science counselor in Greece. All the job is made by the science teachers. They search the web for new achievements to show to their students. Even if therea are many science teachers workshops in Europe you have to pay in order to get informed and to pass the information to your students.

Ivonne, Mexico

2017-09-28 16:37:35 UTC

I think the most common challenges found in my country are the lack of resources as well as poor information on the topic.
We don't have professional counselors who infuse career awareness and the love for science

Stella Siouli, Greece

stellasiouli — 2017-09-28 18:31:50 UTC

The most common chalanges are:
1. lack of classroom resources to support student STEM learning,
2. difficult to support science career awareness.

Hale,Turkey

haleekim101 — 2017-09-28 18:41:35 UTC

There are two important challenges ;
first is lack of awareness about science career and importance(science is life not a diffuculties in school)
Second is lack of equipments ,labs in schools

Adina, RO

2017-09-28 19:10:43 UTC

For vocational schools Erasmus+ mobilities are a good oportunity for career guidance and future orientation on the labor market. Visits in entreprises or meetings with people who followed a STEM career and are successfull

Alberto Brochado, Portugal

2017-09-28 19:51:08 UTC

In my school we are thinking to create career counselling.

José María, Spain

2017-09-28 21:02:29 UTC

The mix of formal and informal education is very important: is the way to get outside of the schools what is learned within them but there is an important problema, the problem is that teachers - or other people - want to spend time to other activities outside the established times

Giuseppe Ammaccapane

2017-09-28 22:34:26 UTC

For sure one of the biggest problem in my school and country is the lack of lab classroom to support STEM learning. There are no carrer counselling, teachers sometimes get this role by themselves.

Derya ,Turkey

eminekoc08nisan — 2017-09-29 06:31:18 UTC

The most common challenges are :
1) lack of awareness on STEM
2) lack of professionals

George Tsitsilegkas, Greece

2017-09-29 06:41:20 UTC

1. Lack of classroom resources to support student learning.
2. Difficult to support science career awareness.
3. Continuous networking with fellow teachers and research scientists.

George Koutsoumpos

2017-09-29 07:49:49 UTC

Greece
In my school we do carrier concelling and really helps our students.
We try to attract students curiosity to stem subjects

Sevasti, Greece

sev_asti — 2017-09-29 08:29:59 UTC

The biggest challenge is to link theory with practice.

Valentina, Italy

2017-09-29 09:21:08 UTC

I think the biggest challenges are fundings and time. It would be very useful to take pupils to science fairs, interactive museums, guided tours in manufacturing plants, hospital lab or inviting scientists with different backgrounds to talk about their careers, but it requires money and we cannot expect pupils to pay for all these activities. There should be programs investing in young people development. These government programs should be based on the real needs of society and industry.
Also the teacher can be a good guide but he/she needs time to prepare him/herself in the role of counsellor. I think from my little experience that the problem in Italy is that there is limited o not at all collaboration with a counsellor or a counselling agency. We should accept the limit of the teacher who cannot become a counsellor without a proper training and work towards an increased collaboration with people trained in this job.

Ayça, Turkey

aycailkyaznur — 2017-09-29 15:01:42 UTC

Teachers at my school also have difficulty finding funds. Parents' interest is minimal in this regard. We have material trouble.

Iryna Kharchenko, Ukraine

pcv2002irisha — 2017-09-29 15:55:46 UTC

In my school we don't have a special person assigned as a career counsellor. There are some tests done by a school psychologist on what careers could be suitable for a student, and there are some field trip to nearby enterprises, but there is no awareness about the connection between what they are taught in the classroom and their future career. Only lately we started speaking about STEM careers and still teachers lack knowledge and skills in how to make them interesting for students

Adnan AKYÜZ Zonguldak, TURKEY

adnanakyuz — 2017-09-29 16:52:09 UTC

Not to follow the latest scientific information about teachers. Lack of content knowledge about teachers' professions. The need for trainers to experiment in business and industry. The trainers' information is not only theoretical exercises, field work

Valeria Purcia, Romania

2017-09-29 18:11:00 UTC

My school prepares students in the profile: science, mathematics and I.T. We work to expand opportunities for students to link their knowledge to career options. The Career Counseling Office encourages students to meet with our career counselor (I am the counselor !) in one-on-one appointments to discuss about their career . We offer for students career meetings, discussions with experts , visits to university, internships in IT firms... Evaluating personal preferences, skills, personality and interests is an important part of the process.
The challenge at the national level is to ensure the existence of a career counselor in each school (unfortunately, not all schools have a counselor!) and the need for greater openness of science teachers to collaborate with the counselor and link their knowledge with practice.

Helen

2017-09-29 19:03:09 UTC

Limited time - need to focus on exams. Teachers not being aware of all potential or emerging careers. No centralised databases of opportunities for teachers to get exposure to industry or labs, or of funding available, or of off-the-shelf classroom activities. No school policy on incorporating Careers education. I hope that this course will provide me with the evidence to change many of these in our school.

Özen Tarı , İSTANBUL/TURKEY

ozentari — 2017-09-29 22:29:00 UTC

I am a science teacher in a secondary school . And we have a lesson at 8th grade named "Guidance and Career Planning" . But all of teachers including me in the school don't know what we have to do and how we can help students about this subject . I think we need a counsellor .

Athina, Greece

2017-09-30 06:38:06 UTC

We have very good collaboration with the responsible of the Career Counseling Office in my region and we organize every year common activities.

VAHAP,TURKEY/IZMIR

walbayrock — 2017-09-30 06:58:54 UTC

OPERATIONS MUST HAVE MORE COST MONEY FUND FINAL REQUIRED TRAVEL AND OPPORTUNITIES VISITORS CAN NOT BE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ETITIM DISTANCE TO THE COURSE OF THE COURSE LIKE THE LEGISLATION CHALLENGES

Şule Şenol,

susenol2015 — 2017-09-30 10:10:21 UTC

The biggest obstacle in front of the teachers is the central examination system in the country and the prepared teaching staff. Teachers who have to apply standard curriculum within the class hours can not find time to work on STEM. Also, because of the test-based test system, many schools can not even use science labs.

Matthias, Switzerland

mattgig — 2017-09-30 12:34:06 UTC

The main challenge you face as a secondary school teacher is a lack of time. A lack of time to knowing what is going on in the professional world, and a lack of time to teach your students about the little you know during classes.

As there has been a shift for more professionalism in teaching, direct contact between teachers and reseachers has diminished. As a teacher you can't just take part in a conference or visit a research centre because you have teaching obligations and now most conferences take place during workdays.
On the other hand, you teach several subjects and in each you have to cover many topics. All these makes it hard to devise carefully planned interventions which guide students towards a scientific career.

Kadim CAN

kadimcan_teacher — 2017-09-30 14:03:32 UTC

TURKEY/ISTANBUL

1- School environment and curriculum
2. We must encourage teachers to encourage more.

Yazgı Albay

yazgicik — 2017-09-30 17:53:03 UTC

Yazgı Albayoğlu Akyüz, Zonguldak Turkey

yazgicik — 2017-09-30 17:53:03 UTC

The biggest problem is the lack of a career specialist in schools. 
job selection is usually done by the school's guidance service, at a younger age the choice of school is entirely by the family, 
the rate of asking an expert is low. 
Another problem is the examination system in our country.
the student must be directed to the right profession by the experts in the field and appropriate assessment scales.

Nataliya Orlyk, Ukraine

n_orlyk — 2017-09-30 18:27:51 UTC

I've been a teacher of foreign languages for 23 years but I can name the main problem of loosing interest to science in our pupils as this is also the reason of low grades in all the subjects. It's very complicated and loaded with too much information curriculum. Very often pupils loose interest to learning and loving science subjects and thinking of them as connected with their future profession after they have problems trying to learn this mass of formulae and difficult words. They just stop studying. As a result, too much theory not liked with the real life don't let the teachers think of STEM and show the pupils possible career prospects.

Lito Ath, Greece

2017-09-30 19:03:41 UTC

The main challenges in Grecce can be divided in two categories. The first one is the lack classroom materials and science equipment. The second one is the demanding nature of keeping up with a career in an area with such a rapid development and changes.

Vasilis G, Greece

2017-09-30 19:08:28 UTC

I consider that the most important challenges are the linking of theory to practice, the lack of logistical infrastructure in schools as well as the lack of special advisers in order to properly train teachers for STEM.

Maja, Macedonia

maja_informatik — 2017-09-30 20:00:39 UTC

I think that the most important issue is to show the students the benefits from STEM career and STEM education in their lives. On that way students will like to learn STEM subjects by themselves and will raise others' students interest and motivation for STEM subject

Yudum Özkan, Izmir Turkey

ydmzkan — 2017-09-30 20:14:50 UTC

1- Central exams
2- Degrees gives students trust to know that they will be accepted to schools if they have enough success. 3- Inflexable Curriculum

Giovanna, Italy

2017-09-30 22:40:17 UTC

In my school we haven't career counseling, and it's a real shame. Last year I took my students to the University of Phisics, 30 km far from my place, as we were invited to partecipate to a science divulgation event. It was amazing, both for me and my students. Apart from this episode, Ifeel there is a lack of opportunities of job counseling, even if my school is very well equipped with technology.

Mariangela Fabiana Gramegna, Italy

2017-10-01 07:11:44 UTC

STEM teachers should warm up students' motivation helping them to understand that STEM path gives more chances in working world, giuding them to choose the best direction to be satisfied in their lives.

Stefania Altieri

stefaniaaltieri73 — 2017-10-01 13:22:29 UTC

Rimini/Italy

Maria Barreto- Portugal

mmcuca — 2017-10-01 13:55:06 UTC

the great challenge is to provide conditions and training to teachers so that they feel motivated and committed to developing STEM projects in their classrooms, giving their students space to be creative, reflective and able to work in teams by sharing knowledge and helping to grow mutually in the society in which we live and not to create a competitive spirit of non-sharing.

Pedro Nunes - Portugal

pedronunesnomundo — 2017-10-01 13:56:17 UTC

I can say that this paper sums up very well the main challenges in helping students to choose a career pathway in STEM. First of all, and naturally, the inevitable uncertainty about "tomorrow’s jobs" in a hyper speed-changing world… But also the absolute lack of organized information on STEM, provided to teachers/counselors; the lack of opportunities to research, digest and organize the existant information, simultaneously with teaching/counseling daily routines; the overwhelming distance between pure theoretical school counseling and the meaningful experience in real life contexts, that unfortunately don’t exist…
All these are severe obstacles to a proper, enlightening, motivating, future building help.

Gabriella - Italy

gabriellaricci — 2017-10-01 15:35:16 UTC

The teachers should work to motivate the students to the stem careers showing the scientist as a real people, but there is very important the career councelor that is not present in every school

Gabriela Bruno, Portugal

gabrielabruno357 — 2017-10-01 16:19:30 UTC

Although my school has good labs, we don't have a lot of time to try other things because of the extent of the curriculum. Also, science teachers don't know the new careers available and can't give counselling because we lack the knowledge. The information about STEM careers all over the world should be organized and available online. Neverthless, here in Portugal, in the different schools where I've worked, we do go with the secondary students to different universities on their open day to the community. There is a lot of different activities available and counsel to the students that helps them choose a STEM career.

Vedat TURKEY

2017-10-01 17:31:30 UTC

Since the objectives are based solely on the acquisition of documents, complete learning is not achieved. Full learning will be provided when students learn by doing.

Burcu ŞIK/Turkey

2017-10-01 20:18:25 UTC

I think that children are very interested in knowing from a young age. However, when they meet a teacher who is not equipped enough, the knowledge related to the students becomes lost. The teachers need to find ways to improve themselves in order to have adequate equipments for the developing scientific processes. the teacher needs a set of training and time to develop this direction. So most teachers are not looking at new trainings.

Irène, Belgium

irene_indemans1 — 2017-10-01 20:28:57 UTC

This report merely focused on infusing career information into the science classroom in high school. I was glad to read that one interviewee said that science after grade 10 is not inclusive. So why waiting so long for supporting the STEM pipeline? Luckily, in our 8th grades, there are already state standards for sciences subjects that deal with STEM careers. The activities the teachers develop and integrate to meet the concerned standards can be improved. That's were professional development enters the scene...

Mayra - México

2017-10-02 01:28:35 UTC

The lack of information about it, and how to encourage students to investigate and understand how stem works, because we work all the time with different disciplines but not all the students are really interested on it and how make it work.

Maria Rosaria Buono, Naples Italy

positano96 — 2017-10-02 01:47:25 UTC

I am a graduate in foreign languages and I am an English teacher with over 20 years experience. I teach in a grammar school and there is a great problem that we encounter in our schools . Teachers , in general, should devote time to infusing career information and be aware of the importance too.

Spano Giacomo, Italy

2017-10-02 12:34:59 UTC

It would be great if the schools could have a great deal of tools to create ever active science labs, but the resources available to the school are very limited. It is necessary to provide tools and methodologies to facilitate the acquisition of STEM skills.

Serkan ASLAN, Pamukova Vocational and Tecnical High School, Sakarya/TURKEY

serkanaslan54 — 2017-10-02 13:33:14 UTC

I think science awareness in our schools is very low. The importance of science is unknown. Many students are not aware of their talents. In addition, physical deficiencies and lack of equipment in our schools are an important part of this problem.

2017-10-02 17:08:24 UTC

Because of the central exam system, our students have to memorize some knowledge. However, they do not develop their handcraft and their creativity.

Artur Tallada / Catalonia

2017-10-02 17:19:34 UTC

Teachers aren't concerned with the necessity to approach local Science institutions to the students. Schools need resources, materials and new pedagogical guides to improve lessons and motivation of teachers and students.

Mūsų mokykloje dirba karjeros specialistas, bet dar trūksta pastovios sistemos šiam darbui. Tai tobulinama palaipsniui.Kaunas, Nijolė

2017-10-02 17:24:37 UTC

Giuseppe Micciché, Aragona Italy

2017-10-02 17:39:33 UTC

Factors that lead to poor information on possible careers in STEMs are many. There is little use of scientific instruments and dedicated environments (scientific and informatics laboratories) that are present in the school, to a low level of knowledge by some teachers in the STEM careers world. Surely a major problem is the scarcity of school resources to go to places that could trigger students in the ambition of a STEM career. Another problem is the low attendance of STEM disciplines, which are often in the minority when decisions are made, for example, on the goal of a trip. Often, they prefer "tourist" destinations to scientific-technological destinations such as the "City of Science".

Aliya Ahmadova/Azerbaijan

2017-10-02 18:24:16 UTC

Its very important to train XXI skills to students at the school years not in career life

Aliya Ahmadova/Azerbaijan

2017-10-02 18:27:15 UTC

Its very important to train XXI skils to students at the school years? not in career life

Çelebi, TURKEY

muallim3858 — 2017-10-02 19:14:32 UTC

Due to excessive bureaucracy and paperwork obstacles, we can not have enough career activism in our schools.

Madalina, Romania

2017-10-02 19:16:37 UTC

Our high school is theoretically, and our students have IT and linguistic skills at the end of the courses. The Career Counseling Teacher provides students with resources about the professions they can have after completing their university studies.

Isil Turkey

2017-10-02 20:07:45 UTC

I think there is a vlde problem is we teach student only disciplines nd they dont know how to use them to invent somethibg new

We have a general career counselling in the school, but it is encharged of every career and our students make different choise so it is not possible than career counselling will be specialised in STEM. It should be STEM teacher who encourange and inspire their students to incline them to STEM career

2017-10-03 04:50:50 UTC

Marilena, Bari Italy

2017-10-03 09:27:37 UTC

To improve the STEM careers in our school is planning a project to support student access to science professionals and worksites such as academic research laboratories and companies.

Dragana Petrovic , Serbia

2017-10-03 12:16:28 UTC

Teachers are often in lack of general knowledge how to be a career consultant. They lack of resources, and that is biggest issue.

Gabriella, Italy

2017-10-03 19:35:04 UTC

I think a quite difficult challenge teachers encounter is practising career-counseling since they are not required to possess a specific knowledge about science or more generally stem careers

monica_luciani — 2017-10-03 21:21:01 UTC

Maria Joao Coelho, Portugal

mjoaocoelho1 — 2017-10-03 21:39:46 UTC

The biggest challenges in Portugal are funding and time, our curricula is too extensive and teachers don´t have enough time to career counselling.

Vincenza Pinetti

2017-10-03 22:22:35 UTC

Italy

Unfortunately in our schools i
Career counselor are not present. School is lacking funds and laboratories; the theoretical lessons leave little space for the imagination, initiative and autonomy of individual students.

Emine ERTAS,Turkey

emilourdes — 2017-10-03 22:45:32 UTC

ın my country ,the heads of the schools firstly arent aware of the importance of the Stem education and thats why they are not supportive of the guidance and counselling programme by providing the needed materials, facilities such as rooms and becoming an active participant in some stages of the programme.the counsellors only interested in the behaviour of the students they dont guide sts in the field of proffesions.Also there arent teachers who are responsible for the projects in a seperate duty.

EYİLİ Mehmet Turkey/İstanbul

mehmeteyili — 2017-10-04 08:24:43 UTC

To keep our children in school for the future and not to limit the actions they want to make; the school administration, guidance teachers and branch teachers must act in an interactive and cooperative manner. At the same time, district-based workshops are needed to keep all these disciplines together and organize trainings for teachers when necessary to organize STEAM dimes. Teachers no longer have problems with access to information, they should not know in what order they use the information and where they will start

Vahap Özgün, Turkey

2017-10-04 08:29:08 UTC

İn my country ,the heads of the schools firstly arent aware of the importance of the STEM education and thats why they are not supportive of the guidance and counselling programme by providing the needed materials, facilities such as rooms and becoming an active participant in some stages of the programme. The counsellors only interested in the behaviour of the students they dont guide sts in the field of proffesions. Also there arent teachers who are responsible for the projects in a seperate duty.

Ayşe ARSLAN,TURKEY

aysekaraul — 2017-10-04 08:43:16 UTC

I'm working in special education school.
I have possibilities for career information and stem career opportunities in my class. But I have only time problems.
When my lessons start, the company is usually closed.
I can planned to time..

MARINA ITALY CORNAREDO

marinademma — 2017-10-04 10:23:20 UTC

I THINK THAT AT SCHOOL WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PLa
N EVERYHING IN THE RIGHT WAY SO THINK HOW DIFFICULT IS TO TEACH AND GIVE A stem mind to the pupils

I don't work in a school, but I work in a research institue. I see that in many italian school there aren't career counsellor, but there are many collaterals activities in maker, physics, entrepreneurship. I think it is a possible way to promote different abilities and skills in the students.

mdisaverio — 2017-10-04 10:29:34 UTC

Sabrina, Milano

2017-10-04 15:27:25 UTC

I think that the motivation of teacher is the awareness of the students.

Szymon Pitek, Poland

2017-10-04 15:39:18 UTC

Indeed, our knowledge about STEM careers opportunities isn't as good as is should be; we don't even have a decent lab. At least we are cooperating with science professionals a lot.

Szymon Pitek, Poland

2017-10-04 15:39:18 UTC

Indeed, we know little about STEM careers opportunities, as well as about

Szymon Pitek, Poland

2017-10-04 15:39:20 UTC

Lenka, Czech Republic

2017-10-04 18:14:54 UTC

In our school we have a role of an career and educational counselor. He/she is a teacher who has a special extra education focused mainly on educational problems of certain students. This teacher has close connection with a psychological center and supports students with educational problems to solve them. The career counceling is only a marginal part of his activities. He is paid only for 90 minutes per week for this job. The rest of his work at school is teaching-19 lessons per week (one lasts 45 minutes.

Kari, Mexico In our school we try really hard to teach students loads of knowledge by using different teaching strategies. However, I think there is a big challenge for all of us (teachers and coordinators) in order to help students to make clear connections to the real-life with information provided in class.

2017-10-04 19:28:01 UTC

Marta Wójcik, Poland

2017-10-04 21:01:15 UTC

My school has one person which is in charge of career counselling activities and those take place few times during the school year and are available only for the oldest students.

Paola Malandrone, Italy

iopaolina — 2017-10-05 10:37:54 UTC

in our schools they try to work with teaching strategies that foster STEM career awareness, but there isn't a organic teacher training plan on the subject. not always teachers plan together and have the same vision of the goals and the road to reach them.

Hasan GÜRFİDAN, Turkey

2017-10-05 13:06:50 UTC

I am working in High School. Most of our teachers are not aware of STEM. Also, the intensity of the curriculum in our educational system, high school teachers does not have enough time for STEM.

Maria Gabriella

2017-10-05 13:49:00 UTC

In my school we work to enhance stem carreers as it is a secondary school where scientific subjects are taught, so there is plenty of awareness. We inform the students on the potentialities these professions can offer and provide meetings with University teachers and workshops with stakeholders.

Erramun MDonostia-San Sebastian

2017-10-05 15:09:30 UTC

There are career counselling activities, specially at the end of Secondary studies, presenting general maps for further studies. But it is not enough. Recent curriculum decrees have incorporated “The need of knowledge for Connections between school studies and STEM networks (research, industry...)”.
But I think that there is a great need to really integrate such activities in everyday practice.
On the other hand, do we really know the variety of most modern professions?

hgunes02 — 2017-10-05 17:54:33 UTC

We don't have a professional career consultant in my school. But we have physiological consulting service. They arrange University trips every year. They invite some people who have a good career in their job to give conference to the students. The teachers don't have any Stem career awareness in the schools in Turkey.

Hasan Gunes, Turkey

hgunes02 — 2017-10-05 17:54:46 UTC

Anaely, Mexico.

anaelypb — 2017-10-05 22:08:39 UTC

Besides the challenges mentioned in the report I think one challenge is that a barrier between STEM professionals and schools still exists. Either because of resources and time or the famous "Ivory tower". Another problem that I see, coming from a research background myself, is that sometimes even the STEM professionals, specially in academy are also ignorant about the different pathways a STEM preparation can take. So as I see it is a double problem, teachers wanting to contact with this professionals that do not have all the panorama of the richness of STEM careers.

Esma ÖZGÜNAY, TURKEY

2017-10-06 07:09:52 UTC

I think that our country is not at a sufficient level for STEM disciplines and STEM teaching method. The most important reason for this is that teachers do not have STEM awareness, there is not enough STEM work in education faculties, and our curriculum does not address real life problems.

Isabel Quirino PORTUGAL

isabelquirino — 2017-10-06 08:24:28 UTC

In my school, we have great difficulty to introduce career activities in classes, to all students, particulary in high school, because schools are higherly concerned with subjects and exams.

ANCA, Romania

2017-10-06 19:23:21 UTC

Our high school is a good one, so more than 90% of the students continue the studies at university. But, not all of them are decided about the direction of following studies. They wait till graduation for the final decision and sometimes, is not the best choice. Periodically we develop programs of counseling through educational projects including role plays in exercise firms. Something is moving in the right direction.

Doinita, Romania

2017-10-06 20:27:07 UTC

My school provides students with training for the theoretical and for the technological branches. Ever since admission to high school, students chose one of the branches according to the goals they were pursuing after completing the high school. There are situations where they change their minds and change their targets, but I'm not convinced that they do it on the basis of a process of self-knowledge and self-evaluation in relation to the requirements of the chosen profession.

Agnieszka, Poland

2017-10-06 20:37:40 UTC

In ouer schools we have only one person which met in a students only few times on year

Ljubov Fedotova Estonia

2017-10-06 21:19:37 UTC

In Estonia we have a career center, in our school we have a career counseling.
In Estonia at the level of the gymnasium, students choose subjects for study. For special courses, teachers make up their own curriculum. In our school students show interest in learning IT subjects and robotics. They get practical skills in these lessons and are interested in STEM career. Our science teachers are trying to give students a career awareness.

Fatih TOY / Turkey

mrtoy — 2017-10-07 05:55:45 UTC

In my country, most of the challenges are seen at schools and i think most important one is that students cannot have adequate sources in the classrooms to support their learning. Secondly, teachers may not have up-to-date knowledge of science career pathways

Cristina Prundariu/ Romania

prundariu_crist — 2017-10-07 14:32:58 UTC

We don't have a professional career consultant in my school. The class masters are the teachers who are working to motivate them to the STEM careers.

Claudya, Romania

claudia_neacsa — 2017-10-07 17:10:15 UTC

We are teaching in a rural small school. My colleagues do not still use enough methods, I think, to include practice in their science classes.

Pasquale, Ital

pdinverno — 2017-10-07 17:30:57 UTC

In my school we are studying the history of scientists to understand their training, their lives, the progress they have made.

Ana,Romania

iancumat — 2017-10-07 19:22:44 UTC

Roxana, Italy

2017-10-07 19:43:00 UTC

Unfortunately, there aren't any STEM career counselors in our school. The only approach to counselling is that of integrating a limited number of career related activities in classroom activities, delivered by school staff. Moreover, there are only a few labs which don't allow us to organize our school activities in a proper way.

Emilia Dan - Romania

edan7077 — 2017-10-08 08:52:43 UTC

There is a "bumping" in the directions specified in the table presented
Efforts are small but there is, and that's important
Access to information, to a variety of resources, probably in the future, will allow us to tick all the options presented in the table

César Marques, Portugal

cesarmarques — 2017-10-08 13:23:21 UTC

Lack of STEM teaching models among the teachers, barriers they face in bringing both professionals into the classroom and studentsto professional settings and transportation costs.

Mirela Emilia Pop, Romania

mirelaemiliapop — 2017-10-08 16:17:52 UTC

We don't have a profesional career consultant in my school.
The class masters are the techers who working to motivate them to the STEM careers.

Rui Vieira, Portugal

miguelvieira_com — 2017-10-08 16:24:53 UTC

Fortunately, my school has a dedicated professional to advice students about their future. And according to their skills they manage, almost all the times, to choose a university course that they like and at the same time, that they have skills to finish it. Careers can, nevertheless, be advised by teachers, but most of the time, teachers don’t have the time they need to do it, or the updated info. So there is a professional that can help students this way.

Georgeta, Romania

georgeta_barbu62 — 2017-10-08 17:59:24 UTC

One of the most important challanges we face is getting the children on trips in the idustry. I think it is one of the best tools for awakening the children's passion on the matter but it is very difficult to find people willing to accept us.

Liliya Stoykova,Bulgaria

2017-10-09 07:42:57 UTC

In our school we do not have any kind of career counselling.In my opinion it is something that we have to change.The students are the only ones who try to find information about their future careers.

Sevil ALTUNDAL

s_akinaltundal — 2017-10-09 12:09:23 UTC

Turkey
Teachers in our school do not have as much experience and knowledge as they are capable.They do not have the necessary materials and suitable environments.Personal development is expensive in training ...

Katerina

2017-10-09 16:36:17 UTC

In my country there are some educational advisors, but unfortunately this does not work, they do not help us and never visited us

Halil,Turkey

2017-10-09 17:25:01 UTC

Teachers have difficulty in preparing measurement instruments, training instructional programs, and timely formal procedures.
They also have difficulty developing models, materials or designs.

Sesil, Turkey

sesil_ozdal — 2017-10-09 18:34:44 UTC

1. Lack of STEM career guidance in schools.
2. Lack of collaboration between teachers in schools and the academicians

Suela,Albania

suelabraushi — 2017-10-09 19:54:16 UTC

Teachers have difficulty in preparing measurement instruments, training instructional programs, and timely formal procedures.
They also have difficulty developing models, materials or designs.

Secil, Turkey

2017-10-09 22:03:27 UTC

The inadequacy of teachers to implement STEM Education and the fact that schools do not have the appropriate equipment and facilities. Another problem is the inadequacy of planning in the STEM framework of in-school and out-of-school activities.

Eduardo, México

2017-10-10 02:51:13 UTC

I believe there is a lack of guidance of STEM. Many teachars have no idea of what STEM really is, so its' impossible to prepare capable "STEM students". Besides, there aren´t enough STEM advisors.

Laura, Italy

laurapag04 — 2017-10-10 04:14:18 UTC

I think that the most important problem in Italy is that teachers are not motivated at all to change their teaching methods, but, on the ather hand, they are also obstacolated by the system who doesn't like innovation

Rosy, Rome - Italy

rosalba_tamburro — 2017-10-10 18:02:16 UTC

Certainly to strengthen collaboration between schools and businesses in EU Member States and in particular in regions where is  high the youth unemployment rate,  it is  important to raise awareness of career prospects as a study path in the field of science, technology, engineering, Mathematics, can offer, so as to address young students accordingly and encourage their inclusion in the world of work.

Maia, Moldova

porombricamaia — 2017-10-10 18:31:04 UTC

I am a beginner STEM teacher
In my school I plan to work together to promote STEM's career.
The biggest challenge - persuading students to choose the right one

Zehra, Turkey

zehrakurtdisi — 2017-10-10 19:58:19 UTC

In my country;
Teachers haven’t got enough educations about Stem.
Teachers don't want change to their teaching methots.
Schools haven’t got enough material for activity.

Hikmet Tutaysalgır

tutaysalgir — 2017-10-10 20:52:44 UTC

career counseling is not yet provided in the education system in our country due to stem education.

Erdem, Turkey

2017-10-11 15:28:52 UTC

Our teachers in my school are not open to self-improvement. Teachers do not spend time with different methods and techniques because the examinations in our education system measure only knowledge

Veronica, Romania

veronica_gaina1 — 2017-10-11 16:58:17 UTC

We learn in a small rural school. My colleagues do not yet use enough methods, I think, to include practice in science classes. It should alternate these interactive methods with the traditional ones, especially since this year we also have 5th grade digital textbooks, so hours become more attractive for children.

Dimitris T.Greece

tsiastoudis — 2017-10-11 19:59:12 UTC

Science counselors has a decorative role ( if they have at all) in career counseling. Career-counselling activities take place in a poor environment by poor trained teachers and of course has poor results.Often, parents do the job better.

Przemek Poland

2017-10-11 21:13:24 UTC

The best solution to the STEM problem is to go out with students to real job places - show the real jobs and duties We need to encourage students to become interested in a particular job and get to know them with the pros and cons of a position. The real environment is the key for students to learn about work and jobs.

Lina Stancelienė, Lithuania

2017-10-12 13:23:29 UTC

The situation in our school is like at Mirela's Emilia Pop, Romania school. STEM, like other programs, we must integrate in subjects.

Jeane de Fatima - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

2017-10-12 18:34:20 UTC

The teacher in the classroom has a very important function, it can arouse curiosity and interest through activities.
Create opportunities and present your students with a new look at science

Mert, Kusadasi

mertkocer — 2017-10-13 20:23:25 UTC

We don't have a professional carrer consultant in my school.

Maria Concetta Catalano, Italy

cettinacatalano644 — 2017-10-13 20:33:19 UTC

In my school, STEM is not the priority (as the headmaster says.....) but I persevere. Some students are very interested They, if they could, could also give a scientific key to their career (though they will work in tourism), but the need and desire to work, leads them to set aside science

Lorena, RO

leoatomix — 2017-10-16 12:57:51 UTC

In secondary school in Romania we don`t have a career counselling. Each class has a teacher designated to be class principal (diriginte), besides teaching his or hers usual subject. Additional counseling may be provided by a special counselor (consilier pe probleme de educație – counselor on educational issues) or by a school psychologist.

Dusa Vukovic, Serbia

2017-10-16 16:11:06 UTC

All teachers in my surrounding have so many job assignments that they don't have enough time to spend on encouraging students to explore science-related career options. All STEM teachers show have more time for their own professional development and individual counselling work with students outside of the regular classes.

António

2017-10-16 18:24:11 UTC

The vision that the teacher has fom technology is very important for the guidance of is students in order to help then decide if a STEM career is good for then

David de pablo, Spain

david_depablo — 2017-10-16 19:47:09 UTC

It's quite usual to find STEM teachers that can't encourage their pupils because they have no willing to do it.
Students choose their subjects depending on the teacher they hace. If we are able to empathize with our students and they trust us, we will get more STEM students.

Elif TErtemiz Arat

eliftertemiz — 2017-10-17 18:59:06 UTC

Even though the significance of early introduction to STEM subjects is
being discussed recently by many researchers, serious initiative for national regulations, curriculum
development, teacher preparation, and setting standards is still lacking for Turkey. Considering the demands of the new information era, ensuring every child to receive a qualified STEM
education starting from early childhood would be a logical investment for a country which intend to enhance
its capability of sustainable development. As mentioned before, there is a large amount of research point out
the significance of enhancing practices of STEM education starting with the early childhood. Unfortunately the
studies regarding to the STEM education in Turkey do not signify the key role of early childhood institutions in
terms of enhancing children’s scientific thinking skills and their attitudes towards scientific disciplines.
Children are inherently curious and eager to learn. Education should be designed to promote these innate
motivations of children. Keeping them exploring and ensuring their prospective success should be the prior aim
of the full array of early childhood stakeholders. Educators, policy makers, initiators, businesses should
cooperate to create a smooth continuum of STEM education for early childhood field, in order to raise citizens
who are capable of critical and analytical thinking and using their knowledge to solve daily life problems to be
able to compete with other countries in the 21th century. That can be ensured by integrating these fields with
each other, constructing connections with children’s daily life, utilizing age appropriate approaches, supporting
pre‐service and in‐service training of teachers in STEM areas, building quality network among academicians,
teachers, policy makers, companies, and community.
In order to achieve the goal of being capable of competing with developed countries both economically and
culturally, children should be raised with an approach to nurture the skills that are necessary for creativity,
problem solving and critical thinking. Since STEM education has the potential to enhance these skills, teachers,
educators, scientists, engineers, government, and entrepreneurs should work in collaboration and support
early introduction of STEM disciplines with an appropriate approach. Steps that should be taken may include:
STEM education for early childhood in Turkey should be coordinated with the developed countries such as
United States and United Kingdom. Partnerships and projects should be established with these countries. Early
childhood teachers should receive quality education to enhance their content knowledge on STEM subjects.
Early childhood education departments in universities should offer courses related to STEM fields both for
undergraduate and graduate level. Also, in service trainings should be provided in regular basis to enhance
content knowledge of teachers about STEM disciplines and promote teaching practices of STEM disciplines in
an integrated manner with a developmentally appropriate approach. Universities, schools, government,
businesses, and community should work in collaboration to enhance STEM learning of early childhood children.
Pilot STEM schools can be established for investigating the opportunities, and elucidate the phenomena. By
that way a research based STEM curricula can be developed which use learning trajectories that build upon
children’s needs, abilities, and knowledge. For providing informal learning experiences science museums or
science centers should be established in every city by government or by private companies. By that way STEM
education should be given all children regardless of their gender or socioeconomic status.
Achieving these goals will require a serious commitment, coordination, and effort, but it will yield tremendous
outcomes such as raising citizens capable of 21th century skills.

Daniela Tanu,Romania

tiganasu_daniela — 2017-10-18 17:05:17 UTC

Teachers have difficulty in training instructional programs.
They also have difficulty developing models, materials or designs.

Bahar DOĞAN, TURKEY

2017-10-18 20:58:38 UTC

There is no institute for career counsellor without fund so cooperation between teachers and career counsellor in public school is generally limited. However it should be connected with them through developed regulations and gained funds.

Orsola, Italy

2017-10-19 18:12:36 UTC

The most common problem is the lack of classroom resources to support student STEM learning

NECMİYE ERDOĞAN

2017-10-19 18:45:39 UTC

STUDENTS DAILY LIFE SIMPLE PROBLEMS EVEN UNCOMPATIBLE INFORMATION IS NOT PRODUCED IN SCHOOLS. SCHOOL INFO FACILITY EXPERIENCE VERY LESS.

Dr M Kurt

2017-10-19 21:07:16 UTC

no time, no desire, no money ...

ZUHAL,TURKEY

2017-10-20 07:38:57 UTC

İn my coutry,our teachers don't have necessary STEM qualificatians,they are not able to practise the STEM applications.

Vesma, Latvia

fan13 — 2017-10-20 18:00:32 UTC

My school has very good career counselors. Various events are taking place. The former pupils come to school and tell about their education. There are career days when there are many professions in the school. However, my pupils at the age of 19 do not know who they are.

Yasemin Atılgan Selçuklu Kindergarden Konya /TURKEY

y_atilgan — 2017-10-20 19:33:45 UTC

Lack of knowledge and experience of teachers on STEM education Teachers' tasks are merely transferring information and thinking that it is a note taken from the examination Problems are not associated with everyday life Students lack the activities to develop problem solving abilities to solve problems

Zuhal Ozbay/ Turkey

zuhalozbay1912 — 2017-10-22 12:29:16 UTC

the problem i usually fcome across is that lack of motivation. Students lose themselves within the questions of 'what will i do with it or will i use it in the real life' I think in this point counsiling is very imoartant and we should give our students someting that will use in their career.

Claudia, Romania

claudiapostu — 2017-10-23 13:04:25 UTC

too much theory and too little practice

Maria,Greece

marbatsila — 2017-10-23 14:50:43 UTC

A great deal of overloaded material on a theoretical basis but no connection to real life skills and needs.. Students are often demotivated because they do not understand why they are learning what they are introduced and how this may connect to their real and future live

Anca, Romania

anca_morar91 — 2017-10-23 16:52:54 UTC

Teachers put more emphasis on theory and just a little bit on practice. I am certain that they do not have STEM qalification

Tural, Turkey

2017-10-24 07:46:04 UTC

In our country, exams are being made to settle in a higher education institution at the secondary and high school levels.Children and teachers organize their plans according to these exams.
As a result, STEM is virtually absent from career plans.

Andrea, France Most often teachers do not know where they can get information geared toward helping them make STEM relevant to their students? "Development Council notes both teachers and counselors lacked proper career information: "...noted a lack of comprehensiveinformation about careers, especially newer job titles."

2017-10-24 11:32:53 UTC

Solutions include:
"Key informants repeatedly commented that a critical role for teachers to engage students in science
careers is to act as conduits by introducing students personally to scientists, their worksites, and their
work. Study interviewees called for meaningful worksite experiences, a clearinghouse of internship
opportunities, and funding to take students to lectures and science events."

NURETTİN AYKAN

nurettin_aykan — 2017-10-27 12:35:16 UTC

Türkiye Biology
You can start with improving your students' sense of accomplishment. Creating awareness and functionality is an important part of education. It is also necessary to reveal the ability to adapt to modern systems. It will be easier to plan career for individuals with these equipment.
The first of the most important problems in career planning is change resistance and the second is the lack of expectations about the future or the individuals who do not carry this concern.

Mirela, Romania

mirelamorun — 2017-10-27 17:49:39 UTC

Science teacher are not up to date on what is out there in careers. Teachers in my school don't have the personal experience on STEM. It's more theory then practice in school.

As a Biology teacher i often fumble when students ask about practical applications of the topics they learn in the classrooms which we are not able to cater to

harithashankar076 — 2017-10-28 05:20:16 UTC

haritha, INDIA

bojanasupergenijejanjic — 2017-10-28 09:55:34 UTC

Bojana Janjić,
Serbia

I think teachers and counselors experience difficulties with information access, as STEM is only becoming a known subject in Serbia in general. There is a greater understanding of the need for proper career counseling, but I believe that no one can keep track of job opportunities, titles and requirements of the job market. I can agree that teachers are in general overburdened with a range of different tasks throughout their usual workday, and that leaves little time for self-improvement in this area, and investing oneself in student career counseling.

Kavita Sanghvi, India

2017-10-29 12:51:06 UTC

As a Head and Physics teacher, I completely agree that since teachers are not connected to industry, they are not able to share latest career developments with their students. They need to do regular internships with Industry

Mihaela,Romania

miha_ioana08 — 2017-10-30 11:48:50 UTC

In the school where I work, there are colleagues who teach the technical disciplines necessary for the mechanical profile, but more theoretically. The school does not have a satisfactory endowment in this respect.

Vesela, Bulgaria

veselatodorova — 2017-10-30 14:07:37 UTC

The main problem is that very often students have wrong idea about scientists and their job. Most of the students are not motivated for STEM education and teachers put more emphasis on theory

susanna

susanna_tognato — 2017-10-30 18:30:58 UTC

In many italian school there aren't funds to form appropriate materials and environments suitable for experimental learning. I think it is important that the experimental sciences can be to do in lab and not only tell in a classroom, but often there aren't laboratory or material to make significant experiments, so we use computer programs but is not the same.

Gabriela Bratu, Romania

gabi_bratu — 2017-10-30 18:53:20 UTC

The practice of career guidance in our country suffers from some shortcomings:
1. methodological deficiency and that the orientation activity was statically and punctually realized only at the end years of a school cycle.
2. Guidance activities consist in many cases only in informing the world of professions, without providing a grid of interpretation and integration of this knowledge with oneself.
3. a conceptual problem - the orientation was conceived as a special activity, which must be carried out in parallel with the educational process and by specialized personnel.
4. A school counselor is assigned to more than 1,000 students and that is why time for career guidance for a student is not enough to make the most appropriate decision.
It is well known that career counselors are often not well informed about careers in science and are therefore not well equipped to advise students on these issues.
This is also true for my school.

Denise, Italy

denemi181 — 2017-10-30 19:00:02 UTC

It is not easy to give carrer information: teachers usually teach for the present not for the future and students always ask 'how can this be useful for my future?'

Beatriz, Spain

jimenez_bjg — 2017-10-31 17:10:00 UTC

Teachers spend a lot of ours planning their lessons and not reading about the last trends in career development so I think that most of the time they are disconnected of the real world.
Furthermore, they haven't transitioned yet to collaborative teaching or combining different subjects to do projects.

Linda, Italy

LindaGiannini — 2017-11-02 11:07:57 UTC

I believe that one can not predict what will be the future. Everything is too fast

LindaGiannini — 2017-11-02 11:08:05 UTC

Fani, Greece

2017-11-02 18:24:55 UTC

In my country, most of science teachers do not spend time on experimentation but mostly on Theory.

Iuliana, Romania

iulyanaivan — 2017-11-02 20:12:32 UTC

In my country, this is a new field. Lack of material basic are one of encountered often by teachers in my school. And lack of teacher training in this area.

In my country science teachers try to take students to events organized by the university but those are very rare.

bogusia_kotwica — 2017-11-03 08:44:36 UTC

Bogusława

Kasia, Lithuania

2017-11-03 14:44:07 UTC

We don't have a career counsellor in our school. So, we must implement these skills into the subject we teach and I think most of those challenges, starting with career awareness and finishing with the reflection, mentioned in this section are encountered by our teachers.

M

2017-11-04 01:41:22 UTC

In the school that I work we dont have a career counsellor and I think our problem is the lack of stem career guidance.

Miguel Angel. Burgos (Spain)

2017-11-06 16:56:12 UTC

Understanding what science is and its many facets and connections, in addition to preparing students for university studies

2017-11-06 21:14:26 UTC

Stem is an educational program developed prepare

Ramute Bytaute, Lithuania

2017-11-07 00:39:41 UTC

Our school teachers upload career information to the science class by integrating the STEM program into their curriculum and organize, according to available options, special events and excursion with employers.

Gisela, México

2017-11-08 15:04:04 UTC

It is necessary that as a counselor we are aware of the activities that the technology will allow the population to carry out so that the new professions comply with improving the quality of life, the children of this generation understand how many of the current technologies work but they do not know which was the need that drove his invention and in which science participated to create them as teachers we must motivate the research in these subjects and the improvement of the current inventions ...

Bilge Uluçay Vapur Turkey

aybige33 — 2017-11-11 09:13:08 UTC

İn Turkey;
there is Lack of STEM knowledge and Shortage in paractise.So teachers don't do STEM activities in their lessons

Tiziana, Italy

2017-11-11 18:40:47 UTC

The most common problem is the lack of professional figures at school to support student STEM learning. Many teachers prefer not to approach the new technologies and methodologies a bit for fear and a bit because the work of the tutor is underpaid and little gratified.

Melquíades, Spain

2017-11-13 00:58:24 UTC

I think that teachers must be updated in all topics that are of interest of the students. In the case of my institute, there is an addes problem. There is no connection between scientists and technological industry, because I live in Canary Islands and the technological industry is on the mainland.

teacher training is the main issue in my country. They don't have enough knowledge what STEM education is and, so how to apply this approach.

kubra_ — 2017-11-13 20:54:20 UTC

Mariapia del Fosco, Italy

mariapiadelfosco — 2017-11-13 21:29:43 UTC

In my school there are teachers who integrate career counseling activities in the classroom, because my school has not yet developed a counseling strategy or a professional role. The only approach to counseling, if any, is to integrate a limited number of career-related activities into classroom activities provided by qualified teaching staff in scientific disciplines.

Greece

eirinisiotou — 2017-11-14 16:50:30 UTC

Teachers must be well educated and informed about STEM education and careers.

Rasa, Lithuania

2017-11-14 19:42:17 UTC

Our school teachers focus on STEM career development during lessons, career advancement events, meetings with various professionals and study trips.

Bogdan, Romania

2017-11-19 11:21:02 UTC

I constantly present and relate to professional perspectives. I present current information and images on the new technologies that support the profession in which our students are formed.

Suela Braushi.Albania

2017-11-19 15:03:02 UTC

Our school teachers focus on STEM career development during lessons, career advancement events

I present current information and imae on te new technologies tat support the profession in wich our students

2017-11-20 11:02:53 UTC

I present cur

Ligita, Lithuania

kligitux — 2017-11-22 21:26:06 UTC

I can not say that teachers pay little attention to the development of STEM, but I think that the most important problem in Lithuania is that teachers are not at all motivated to change their teaching methods, but, on the other hand, they also hindered the system who does not like innovation

Mehtap KILIÇ/Turkey

mehtapogretmen — 2017-12-05 22:47:43 UTC

Our classrooms are crowded.

There is entrance exam to university in our country. Our students and teachers are exam centered.  when career development is infused into the curriculum, students can further their development of subject-specific competencies while exploring their options.

Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, Romania

2018-04-09 14:42:17 UTC

În our school the theory is more important then practice. And as issue wee dont have materials to practice in school.

Hasan BURDUR/TURKEY

2018-04-17 19:47:58 UTC

STEM is not known at my school. My teachers do not have time to apply STEM. It is very difficult to get out of the stereotyped training programs.

Dan Şovan-România

sovan_dan — 2018-06-20 06:05:21 UTC

In my work as a teacher teaching biology and the majority of my colleagues, I found the same thing, it is the interest in studying STEM disciples. A busy curriculum, with many redundant information in several disciplines, overloaded with many theoretical knowledge with a low emphasis on building practical skills. There is also a lack of career counseling in the specific skills of each student. In order to overcome some of these difficulties in my extra-curricular activities based on interdisciplinary projects along with my colleagues, I train the students to develop practical skills related to real life, in the formation of attitudes and values of active employment in community life

Candan KİLBUL

candankilbul1 — 2018-11-18 18:58:37 UTC

Not in my school

Fatma, Turkey

2021-03-16 07:09:01 UTC

The main challenge we face at our school is that there is not enough education on the subject. I think teacher training is very important in this regard.

Hatice Mutlu, Turkey

2022-06-02 22:11:33 UTC

To be honest, Stem knowledge in schools is still not fully known. When root is mentioned, more robots and similar things come to mind. School staff (administrators and teachers) should be trained more in STEM. I'm trying to improve my skills about Stem. Despite all this, I try to provide my students with fun experiments and Stem skills they can apply. We prefer blended learning models by doing projects related to STEM.

Mirjeta Domi Albania

2026-01-04 21:53:04 UTC

In our school, we don’t have separate science classes yet, but we have established STEM clubs according to age groups. In the 2026–2027 school year, with the curriculum changes, we expect to create STEM classes