General Info
The purpose of this document is to describe possible directions for action for the revision of the curriculum in local development, from the perspective of integrating STEAM education in initial vocational training. In Romania, the curricular component accessible to schools is the curriculum in local development, designed and approved at the local level, depending on the economic development trends in the region where the school is located.
Applicability and Audience
Details
This educational policy applies to schools that provide initial vocational training for local / regional economic operators. The curriculum structure includes a component that is designed at school level, in collaboration with partner economic operators, directly involved in ensuring practical training according to their concrete requirements. This component is the only one in which STEAM education can be integrated, the rest of the curriculum being designed and approved at national level by the relevant ministry.
The beneficiaries of this policy are graduates of vocational and technical education, for whom the acquisition of skills and attitudes specific to STEAM education is desirable in order to ensure a successful socio-professional insertion in the labor market and the flexibility required by the dynamics of professions.
The policy will be applied at county level, during a training cycle (3-4 years, for the vocational school, respectively, for the technological high school).
After the approval at county level, by the School Inspectorate, the policy can be included in the Activity Plan of the department for vocational and technical education issues within the Inspectorate, as well as in the Activity Plan of the interested school units. The involvement of the County School Inspectorate is, moreover, necessary for the coordination, guidance and control of the implementation of this policy.
Through the modular organization of the national curriculum corresponding to the initial professional training, the relevant ministry facilitates a training process in which elements of STEAM education are partially found. From the point of view of the contents, it is obvious that all the components of STEAM education are found in the specialized training, through the very specificity of this training. However, in terms of skills and attitudes, their training/development from the perspective of STEAM education remains the decision of the teacher, being directly dependent on his experience, the degree of coverage of the areas involved and especially his desire to apply STEAM education tools in teaching-learning and assessment activities.
The projective strategic documents elaborated at national level take into account the STEAM education but it is necessary to intensify the efforts to put into practice the planned actions, all the more so as the reality of the labor market dictates this: graduates need the flexibility offered by 21st century skills training in order to successfully adapt to constantly evolving professions (due to technological advances) and these skills must be trained and practiced through initial training in high school / vocational school. The framework provided by the local development curriculum is conducive to achieving this goal by leaving to the schools the content to be approached and the application methodologies, in close collaboration with local economic operators, directly interested in a well-trained workforce.
1. Drafting, by the end of 2021, a Structured Guide for curriculum design in local development, promoting STEAM education, specifying the specific contents of the various areas addressed and the recommended teaching strategies for the formation of desirable software skills
2. Organizing, in the first quarter of 2022, for 2 teachers from each school, a regional program for the development of skills needed by teachers in the implementation of STEAM education (skills described by knowledge, skills and attitudes)
3. Designing, in partnership with local / regional economic operators and approving the curriculum in local development from the perspective of promoting STEAM education, according to the themes established at national level (March 2022)
4. Designing, between April and May 2022, the tools for evaluating and monitoring the implementation of the curriculum in local development; collecting examples of good practice during the application of the designed curriculum (in the school year 2022-2023)
5. Establishing, organizing and enriching the online library of documents developed in schools on the implementation of STEAM education through the curriculum in local development, starting with April 2021 and until the end of the school year 2022-2023.
Teachers
Representatives of economic operators partners
Educational Material/Resources
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STEAM_policy_ Balasoiu Doinita.pdf | 227.23 KB |
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policy presentation_Balasoiu Doinita.pdf | 1.07 MB |
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