Kitchen Lab for Kids: A Programme for Shaping STEM Skills in Preschool
Abstract
The authors of the article: “Kitchen Lab for Kids – a Programme for Shaping STEM Skills in Preschool” have presented the assumptions of the project financed from the European Funds within the Programme “Erasmus+ Action 2. School education – strategic partnerships for school education” (KA 201). The objective of five research teams from Italy, Ireland, Spain and Poland, is promoting the international exchange of the best practices and experiences in selecting active learning at the level of early childhood education and care (ECEC), as well as stimulating and encouraging teachers to find new, modern and interactive teaching methods, especially in the scope of STEM education. In the first part of the article the authors analysed the EU documents being the basis for the project actions. Also, they emphasized the meaning of improving the quality of teaching young children. In the further part of the article, they presented the methodological assumptions of the project and expected intellectual results.
Article prepared within the frame of Erasmus+ Project “Kitchen Lab for Kids,” grant number 2018-1-PL01-KA201-050857.
The article prepared with financial support of EU Erasmus+ programme. The European Commission’s support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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