Project objectives
Goals and ways to achieve them include:
- Making mathematics education more engaging by: improving teachers’ qualifications, opening project participants to new skills, exchanging experiences, and developing new and modern teaching techniques.
- In connection with the previous goal, applying tools offered by mathematics to identify and solve everyday life problems.
- Demonstrating how mathematics can help, for example, in combating climate change by identifying the sources of these problems (statistical analysis of climate data, building climate change models).
An additional aim is to raise awareness among project participants, and through them, also among young people, about the importance of digital technology development and the broad concept of digitalization.
Project goals:
Understanding different teaching tools, supporting programs, alternative teaching materials, and problem-solving methods in mathematics will enhance the competencies of the staff, thus making the teaching process more engaging and ultimately more effective in terms of pass rates in external exams.
Taking into account programmatic differences in the curricula of mathematics teaching materials in various countries will prepare students for potential studies abroad. Observing the work of mathematics teachers in other countries will allow for drawing conclusions regarding one’s own teaching practices and potential improvements. Direct meetings during mobility periods will facilitate the exchange of observations, advice on teaching methods, and, most importantly, discussions on materials developed between mobility periods by partners. Discussion panels will present the curriculum requirements and mathematics topics that students should master in order to continue their education at a higher level. Establishing contacts with schools abroad will enable the organization of joint initiatives (mathematical tournaments, online lessons conducted in English, exchange of teaching materials) during and after the project. An extremely important innovation resulting from the project implementation will be the introduction of STEM methodology into school practice in the participating schools and, through them, in other educational institutions in local communities. The name STEM is an abbreviation for the English words: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. STEM methodology involves a complete reversal of the traditional approach to teaching. The student ceases to be a passive recipient of knowledge provided by the teacher.