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We jokingly call them “geeks”, sometimes “nerds”. In the popular “Big Bang Theory” TV show they are portraited as super-smart scientists who possess technical and scientific knowledge and skills to ride the digital and technological revolution but lack social and communication skills to transfer their knowledge.
In real life, these professionals, working in education, or in innovation hubs such as FabLabs, are a great knowledge asset to capitalize if we want to increase the number and variety of learners to become aware, acquainted and proficient in STEM and digital skills as key skills for future occupations but more generally social and life purposes.
G4E (Geeks for Education) encourages collaboration and synergies between school education, industry and non-formal learning settings. Our partnership intends to support educators coming from such organizations – our geeks – to become proficient teachers/trainers and to use digital technologies and STEM in collaborative, creative, attractive and effective ways, also equipping them with methods and tools to transfer know-how to different learners in an inclusive way.
Participants are specialists from different fields, we create links among different types of teachers/trainers (formal and non-formal education), technicians and tech experts, entrepreneurs, and students.
Pupils, students, trainees are the main beneficiaries of G4E: about 500 will be directly involved in the project’s implementation and evaluation. Schools, decision makers and competent bodies at local and regional level are also targeted because they can positively influence political and strategy change.
… on the existing practice in which non-formal education provided by technology centers and organizations becomes an added value for a more attractive and effective STEM education.
… an innovative, transversal and inclusive pedagogical methodology for STEM teachers and non-formal educators.
… and optimize the cooperative model through interdisciplinary, research-based, experiential and non-formal learning.
… and promote the results by making them accessible through a combined ICT-driven platform.
The foreseen impact at the end – and hopefully in the longer term – will be the improved operational and strategic capabilities of internal stakeholders (partners and their organizations), for external stakeholders (other education providers, schools, NGOs and local partners, research and higher education organizations), increased awareness of the project’s potential to support achievement through collaboration and synergies between industry, formal and non-formal education, training and learning policy- and decision-making bodies.
The most important impact will be on the final beneficiaries (geeks and their students or learners). As a result of testing, implementation and dissemination of the project’s approach, the expected impact on the young generations is: Improved uptake (especially for girls and other groups at disadvantage) of STEM and digital skills, improve digital literacy, transversal and sustainability skills.
