Promoting engaging learning for mind and body together – STE(PA)M Project integrates Physical Activities into STEAM education
The STE(PA)M project responds to the need for more physical activities in the school system as a potential solution to integrate STEAM concepts and student well-being into the educational structure. The most important aim is to collect the available research findings, and support the teachers in recognizing that physical activities hold a lot of potentials in the learning of all subjects, including mathematics." - told Kristof Fenyvesi, JYU's local coordinator of the project.
The project meeting took place from May 14-16, 2024. Participants included the University of Kragujevac (Serbia) project team members, Johannes Kepler University (Austria), and the ILE group. The first day was the project meeting day. The project members attending the meeting were experts in combining physical activities such as sports and dances with different STEAM subjects. The team discussed further the teachers-friendly methods and e-learning platforms to disseminate good practices.
The second day was also fruitful. In the morning, the STE(PA)M project team held a staff training session at the Jyväskylä Christian School. Together with the teachers at the school, a physical education lesson mixed with mathematics learning was executed for grade 3 and 4 students. In the afternoon, the ILE group hosted a hybrid webinar named “Activating Students and Teachers for Joyful Learning” in the main library. Dr. Aleksandar Ignatinovic from the University of Kragujevac was an invited speaker on introducing the STE(PA)M model. The educational concepts and good practices from the STE(PA)M project were reached to a wider audience beyond Europe.
On the last day, the project team summarized and reflected on the experiences from the different activities, as well as planned further steps for the project.
The STE(PA)M Project was funded by the European Union's Erasmus+ program and aimed to promote innovation in education across Europe.
Contact information:
Dr. Kristof Fenyvesi (kristof.fenyvesi@jyu.fi), Dr. Josephine Lau (josephine.pw.lau@jyu.fi), Matias Mäki-Kuutti (matias.m.j.maki-kuutti@jyu.fi) and Orsolya Tuba (tubors@jyu.fi).
Finnish Institute for Educational Research
Agora, B435.2
PO Box 35, FI-40014 Ģֱ
The presentation by Dr. Aleksandar Ignatinovic from University of Kragujevac on the STE(PA)M model
