STEAM Learning Ecologies
STEAM Learning Ecologies
STE(A)M Learning Ecologies (SLEs) is an EU-funded project (Horizon Europe) developing engaging open schooling-enabled science learning paths for all in learning continuums of formal and informal education settings focusing on inclusiveness. The project highlights the necessary conditions for bringing together all formal, non-formal and informal education actors, as well as enterprises and the civil society and giving all space and motivation to take initiative and central roles. By building on promising previous results, the project proposes a framework that facilitates the creation of inclusive educational synergies in the form of interconnected knowledge ecosystems. The project is also studying the benefits of open schooling as a driving force in European and national policymaking. To achieve these, SLEs is introducing the powerful concept of “learning ecologies” as vehicles for envisaging and realising impactful local open schooling partnerships. A Learning Ecology is the physical, social and cultural context in which learning takes place.
What a Learning Ecology is
A Learning Ecology is the physical, social, and cultural context in which learning takes place. Like natural ecosystems, learning ecologies have physical dimensions, which may include easy access to nature, science museums or advanced science programmes and internships. However, we are less used to thinking about the sociocultural dimensions of learning ecologies. Robust science learning ecologies, like their counterparts in nature, are characterised by diversity and local adaptations. A robust science learning ecology contains a variety of programmes, across institutions and places, allowing students different and multiple ways to engage with science in the form of a learning continuum.
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SLEs in numbers
To date, more than 109 STEAM Learning Ecologies (SLEs) have been developed across 16 countries, engaging a wide range of stakeholders from diverse fields. The map below provides an overview of where these initiatives took place, along with a short description of each one. Each SLE is represented by a dedicated icon that reflects the main topic it addresses. In cases where an SLE explored more than one theme, we have assigned it to the category that best represents its core focus, though many projects naturally cross boundaries and touch on multiple issues.
Environmental Awareness
Marine Environment
Art & Heritage
Technology and Innovation
Health and Social Awareness
STEM Career Orientation
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The latest from STEAM Learning Ecologies
New SLEs Peer-Reviewed Publication
SLEs has recently released “STE(A)M Learning Ecologies and Creativity: A Typology of Open Schooling Projects Based on Stakeholder and Learner Engagement”, published in Thinking Skills and Creativity (Elsevier).
Biotech Week at ITA Garibaldi School within the Italian Pilot of SLEs Project
On October 1st, the Agricultural Technical Institute (ITA) Garibaldi school in Rome hosted the event “Biotechnologies and Healthy Lifestyles to Protect the Fragility of Youth and the Territory”, as part of the European Biotech Week. The initiative was organized within the SLEs project.
Join our 3rd SLEs Policy Learning Session
On October 23, join the 3rd SLEs Policy Learning Session, organised by APRE and European Schoolnet, focusing on “Celebrating the Achievements of the SLEs Journey and Lessons Learned” for policy.
