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).