MeJ Makers
Description
The MeJ Makers project is an Eramus+ small-scale partnership in school education (2023-2-FR01-KA210-SCH-000176068).
These approaches encourage students to apply their knowledge in practical contexts and explore their interests and passions within STE(A)M.
The maths research workshop for high-school students is an excellent opportunity for implementing STE(A)M education as teachers may employ project-based learning across each of the five disciplines (science, maths, technology, arts, engineering).
The objectives we want to achieve are:
1. To develop students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills by engaging them in learning STEM disciplines holistically during the maths research workshops.
2. To support maths and science teachers to add Technology & Engineering to their STEM activities by enhancing maths research through adding digital tools and transforming it into a STE(A)M activity.
3. To exchange ideas, experiences, materials, and cross-cultural practices among teachers and among students.
The main outcome/ result of our project is to have an STE(A)M course included in both partner schools' curriculum (the maths research workshop) with a multifaceted approach that engages students, fosters curiosity, and provides opportunities for digital learning.
Basic information
Coordinator
Lycée Polyvalent Val de Durance, France, https://www.site.ac-aix-marseille.fr/lyc-valdedurance/spip/?
Partners
- Colegiul National Emil Racovita, Romania
- Informathiques, France
Programme
Erasmus+ (programme-erasmus-plus)
Project Acronym
Target groups
secondary school students, teachers
Topic
Engineering, Maths, Technology
Start year
2024
End year
2026
Contact person
Ariana-Stanca Vacaretu, ariana.vacaretu@gmail.com
Reports of each of the students' learning weeks will be released.
We planned four learning weeks (two in Romania and two in France) on the following topics:
- Data analysis
- Neural nets
- AI generative algorithms
- Multi-agent crowd simulation.
In between the learning weeks, webinars for students will be organised. With these webinars we intend to assist high school students who are taking part in the MeJ research workshops at both partner-schools.
Papers
The main activities of the project are:
- A face-to-face training activity for teachers: We plan to transfer the experience and know-how of Informathiques experts concerning the tools that are interesting to implement STEAM education and Makers pedagogy to the teachers involved in the project.
- Online teacher training and community of practice: It is a project-based course, with practical tasks to be done by attendees voluntarily, where experts from Informathiques will act essentially as coaches and tutors.
- MeJ - MATh.en.JEANS/ MeJ (Méthode d'Apprentissage des Théories Mathématiques en Jumelant des Etablissements pour une Approche Nouvelle du Savoir): These are workshops for students. Research topics are launched by the three partner organisations (teachers from both partner schools and experts/ professional researchers from Informathiques). The topics will require the use of digital tools and/or the "making" of models to advance their research.
- Small, 2-3-student groups choose one of the proposed problems and conduct research work to solve it. The students have to organize their work, identify the resources (strategies, knowledge, experience, equipment, software, materials), and decide how the resources will be used for building and maintaining a shared understanding of the task and its solutions.
- In their research work, the students will use the knowledge and skills acquired during the training provided by Informathiques in practice. The students’ activity is facilitated by the teacher. A professional math researcher should participate in the workshop and periodically meet with the students to discuss their research work and the methodology of math/scientific research.
- The workshop activity will be developed in weekly sessions (one hour per week) throughout each of the two years in both partner schools.