STEAM education for all learners: Incorporating STEAM and Inclusive education practices in everyday teaching (SpicE)

The MOOC titled “STEAM education for all learners: Incorporating STEAM and Inclusive education practices in everyday teaching” supports the teachers’ professional development to build foundational understandings, strategies, and competences for becoming Inclusive STEAM educators through self-regulated learning and community building activities.

Specifically, the MOOC focuses on three thematic areas for which specific modules address relevant competences. The thematic areas are as follows:

1. STEAM education,
2. Inclusive and Special Education, and
3. Inclusive STEAM education.

Based on the “Joint Curriculum for STEAM in Special Education” (Pavlou et al., 2023) the competences guiding the development of the MOOC concern mostly the educator role “Educator as inclusive STEAM teacher- trainer-tutor”. Competences relevant to the “Educator as an Inclusive STEAM Education designer and creator” and “Educator as a community member” roles are addressed as well (Sakellaropoulou et al., 2023).

Upon completion of the program, participants will have developed the skills to:

• Develop knowledge of Inclusive and Special Education.
• Develop knowledge of the STEAM education approach.
• Apply inclusive STEAM teaching and learning techniques in Inclusive STEAM classrooms.
• Understand the impact of STEAM Education in Inclusive Educational Environments.
• Learn about resources and (Assistive Technology) tools for Inclusive STEAM Education.
• Understand how to develop learners’ profiles for Inclusive STEAM Education
• Develop understanding about techniques and methods to assess and monitor individual learners’ needs and performance in Inclusive STEAM context.
• Develop understanding on how to Facilitate all learners’ STEAM and Inclusive competences.
• Participate and collaborate in the national and international educational communities of the SpicE project.
• Enhance their understanding of EU policies that promote STEAM Education and Inclusion.

The main target group of the training program are pre- and in-service primary school teachers. Nevertheless, the participation to the MOOC is open to all individuals who have an interest in the aforementioned areas, such as educators of all educational levels and subject areas (e.g., Science, Technology, Arts), special/inclusive education educators, school managers/directors, undergraduate students in their last years of studies, postgraduate students from non-formal educational institutions, educational policy makers etc. The participants should have a background in education, either through acquired teaching experience or by being enrolled or holding a degree in Educational Sciences or a relevant field.

Tuition fees and payment method:

No tuition fees are required, the MOOC is offered free of charge.

The proposed course “STEAM education for all learners: Incorporating STEAM and Inclusive education practices in everyday teaching” has been developed in the framework of the Erasmus+ Teacher Academies project entitled “SpicE - Special Education STEAM Academy”, which is funded by the European Union (ERASMUS-EDU-2021-PEX-TEACH-ACA, Grant Agreement number: 101056159) and coordinated by the Hellenic Open University.

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