Materials created during the project
Special focus on target group – undergraduate (BA) / Masters (MA, MSc) students, also gymnasium school students where the national educational system favours and enambel it; e.g. in Finland.
Goal: To increase awareness of the need for
(a) strong career-related communication skills (e.g. listening, speaking, presenting),
(b) stimulate thinking skills (e.g. analysing, conceptualisation) and research skills (e.g. creating questions), especially focussing on becoming a STEM teacher.
Innovation: Involving real life situations, related to STEM education (re-evaluating the teacher’s operational role), valuing the skills involved in communicating in an effective and attractive manner, plus listening attributes so as to act meaningfully.
Impact: Awareness and self-evaluation of general, interactive, communication skills needed for becoming a STEM teacher (applicable in other leadership careers involving interaction skills).
End product by participants: 3-minute video utilising speaking and presentation skills on ‘what is important in becoming a STEM teacher? Why to become a STEM teacher’
Transferability: Skills appropriate in all career related interactions.