The STEAM Innovation project acknowledges that the competencies required by tomorrow’s professionals extend beyond the conventional. The arts and sciences, once perceived as divergent paths, are now converging to cultivate a holistic skill set in students. As elucidated by Eisner (2002), arts education is not a mere supplement but a core component that enriches the educational experience by fostering personal expression, cultural appreciation, and an eye for the aesthetic in everyday life.
The STEAM Innovation project will contribute to developing creative students, teachers, and pedagogies. We rely on the notion that students create wisely and humanely, and that cyclical developments occur between their creativity and their identity as they generate new ideas. This in turn transforms them as ‘makers’ – they are developing or ‘becoming’ themselves. Small changes contribute to ‘journeys of becoming’. These are embedded within an ethical awareness of the impact of creative actions on the group. Through this process small-scale creative changes or ‘quiet revolutions’ can take place for the group as a whole. The European Commission’s Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) framework promotes a transparent, interactive process: innovators are mutually responsive. In STEAM Innovation, ideas generated through individual, collaborative and communal activities have a potent capacity to contribute to engagement and change.
The partnership spans across diverse regions of Europe, with rich cultural heritage, including Greece, Cyprus, Portugal and Italy.
News and updates about the project's activities
From 6 December to 6 January, Naples celebrates science, creativity, and imagination, perfectly mirroring the STEAM Innovation project’s hands-on activities currently being activated in schools of Greece, Cyprus, Portugal and Italy.
Our coordinator Menelaos Sotiriou participated in the meeting of the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), brought together coordinators of newly funded Creative Europe Cooperation projects.
Under the STEAM Innovation project, NUCLIO opened a 50-hour accredited training course named “Change Makers – Educational Community Projects” at Escola Básica Conde de Oeiras, in Portugal.
This event gathered educators, researchers, and practitioners to explore innovative approaches for educational practices and methods.
The international consortium behind the STEAM Innovation project, proudly announces the completion of Deliverable D2.3 – Modular STEAM Educational Curriculum
The European project STEAM INNOVATION’s implementation phase is officially started! Four countries – Greece (Science View), Cyprus (Inquirium), Portugal (NUCLIO), and Italy (Materahub) – are joining forces to transform schools into real creative laboratories where technology and art meet, and knowledge comes to life in engaging, inclusive, and contemporary ways. What’s Happening? The consortium will develop innovative teaching modules based […]
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