The universities of Russia, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Ireland, Finland and Turkey participate in the project. The project is aimed to improve the quality of teaching of STEM-disciplines (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and the additional education programs on the basis of an integrative approach and the best practices of STEM-education. As a result of the project, the Southern Federal University, as well as partner universities of Russia and Kazakhstan, will implement a network master program in STEM-teacher training for schools and organizations of additional education.

The following issues were discussed during the workshop: the survey results of the school students, STEM and additional education teachers, aimed at determining the features of STEM-disciplines and additional educational programs implementation in the educational institutions of Russia and Kazakhstan, career preferences of students in the field of STEM; the special aspect of STEM-education in Ireland; the features of the educational results formulation based on the Bloom's taxonomy; the principles of creation, structure and basic modules of STEM master's program, effective methods and tools of evaluation.

The key experts of the meeting were representatives of the Limerick University: Keelin Leahy, Merrilyn Goos, Michelle Fitzpatrick, Oliver McGarr, Niamh O’Meara, as well as a project coordinator Janerik Lundquist (Linkoping University, Sweden), the partner universities representatives: Maija Aksela (University of Helsinki, Finland), Gultekin Cakmakci (University of Hacettepe, Turkey).

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