“STEM in Action” Project held its first meeting in Zagreb

First face-to-face project meeting of the “STEM in Action” project on 22-23 September 2022, It was hosted by the University of Zagreb in Croatia. This meeting is the first face-to-face meeting after TPM1, which was planned to be held in Turkey in the project text but was held virtually due to COVID.

The main purpose of the meeting was to review the overall progress of our project with the project partners and to formulate future plans for the period without face-to-face activities. The main agenda items of the meeting were listed as follows:

– Progress Update

– Intellectual Output 1 (Current Situation and Next Steps for Preschool/Branch Teachers)

– Prototype Presentation

– Intellectual Output 1 (Presentation of Recorded Videos – MTU/UPB/TU)

– Intellectual Output 2 (Current Situation and Next Steps for Preschool/Branch Teachers)

– Dissemination (Dissemination Activities Updates/Future Steps)

– Quality Assurance

– Activity Evaluation

– Financial and Administrative Issues

– Multiplier Events – Deadlines and Plans (STEM Days)

Tarsus University (TU) from Turkey, Munster University of Technology (MTU) from Ireland, Pi Tech from Greece, Katholieke Hogeschool Vives Zuid (VIVES) from Belgium, Universitatea Din Craiova (UCV) from Romania and University of Zagreb (UniZg) from Croatia attended the meeting.

The project aims to strengthen international co-operation in the field of STEM education and increase the competences of teachers in this field. This productive meeting in Zagreb created a strong synergy between the project partners and contributed to the successful progress of the project.