The main goal of the project is to empower educators to promote gender equality in STEAM fields and highlight the importance of inclusion and diversity in STEAM for a sustainable future. The overall goal can be summarized in 2 main objectives: O1:Create ready to use educational resources and provide training that promotes inclusion in STEAM , for ages 14 and above O2: Promote awareness about the importance of engaging young women in STEAM in order to secure a sustainable future
A need across Europe is for educational materials to promote gender equality and inclusion to inspire young students to pursue a STEAM career. Educational materials should: - be more inclusive and able to promote inclusion and diversity in STEAM, not only focusing on engaging young women in STEAM, but also shifting attitudes or stereotypes of young men towards girls studying STEAM subjects - be able to engage young students in STEAM fields - be more teacher-focused, providing guidance on how to promote inclusion in the classroom through activities - be easy to implement in any learning environment. Most teachers do not feel confident about addressing gender equality and diversity in a STEAM classroom, especially since the vast majority have had no education or training on this topic. There was therefore a great need to strengthen education and training systems and teachers to promote inclusion and diversity in STEAM. The project aimed to address these two main needs