Anastasiya Boiko, European Schoolnet, presented STEM careers and skills of the future at the Scientix course "STEM in primary school classrooms" at the Future Classroom Lab 25-29 June 2018.
STEM careers and skills of the future - Anastasiya Boiko, European Schoolnet
1. Future Classroom Lab course
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
in primary school classrooms
25-29 June 2018, Brussels
STEM careers and skills of the future
This course has received funding from the European Union’s H2020 research and innovation programme – project Scientix 3 (Grant agreement N.
730009), coordinated by European Schoolnet (EUN). The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the organiser and it does not represent
the opinion of the European Commission (EC), and the EC is not responsible for any use that might be made of information contained.
4. In your country/school:
• How teachers are informed about the career perspectives of
children?
• Do you have a career councillor/advisor in your school?
• From which sources you get the information
(school, training, Ministry of Education, campaigns, events)?
Open discussion
8. Hands-on exercise
Step 1: Use the 4 sources of information (next slide) to look for a
career path which you believe will be interesting for your students
to learn about and which encounters some misconceptions
Step 2: Consider the types of skills needed to be successful in the
chosen career and fill them in the worksheet
Tip: Remember they can be soft skills and STEM skills
Step 3: Discuss! What can you do to help pupils develop these skills
in your classes?
9. The Space Awareness Career Hub:
http://www.space-awareness.org/en/careers/
Florida Polytechnic University website glossary of
established and emerging STEM careers:
http://stemstudy.com/stem-careers-glossary
STEM Alliance webinars and career sheets from
the “STEM Careers and Skills of the Future” series:
http://www.stemalliance.eu/webinars
The resources from Smart Futures initiative:
https://www.smartfutures.ie/stem-careers
Hands-on exercise