The participation to the project aims to support the achievement of: a) Educational-thematic goals: - enrichment of themes, resources and ideas to be transferred in the provision of the Digital Culture Lab (Future Inventors) and related pedagogical method and educational resources; - consolidation of the logic of equity and inclusion for the empowerment of the educating community (parents and teachers), in reference and in connection with other active educational projects. b) Strategic objectives of MUST: - Contribution to lifelong learning and to the growth of a new generation of innovators and science-oriented citizens through the work of the key sectors of the education department of the Museum - namely Learning and Research; Science Education Programs; Public Engagement with Science. - Contribution to the development of Science Capital and Science Citizenship, with the understanding that bridging the generation gap is fundamental to active citizenship at all levels of society; - Becoming an inclusive place, for the well-being of society and the personal growth of individuals.
To meet the needs of contemporary society and to meet the goals for the years 2020-2022, MUST felt the need to: 1) invest in the training and consolidation of skills and knowledge of Education staff; 2) shape an educational action in an international dimension, aligned with the European educational and social agenda; 3) strengthen the European network, in a logic of expertise exchange. This is for: a) the maintenance of a qualitatively high level of cultural provision, suitable for to the specific needs of different targets; b) the consolidation of science education as an "accelerator" for the development of scientific capital among different audiences, for a society based on 21st century skills and social integration; c) The countering of educational and social disadvantage through STEAM education as an inclusive educational approach; (d) The support, through informal educational methodologies and projects, to the world of formal and structured education; (e) The alignment of different audiences and the overcoming of the generational gap related to science education and Science Capital.